2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round

The 2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 7 and 8 July 2012 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the fourth round of the 2012 GP3 Season.[1] The race supported the 2012 British Grand Prix.

United Kingdom    2012 Silverstone GP2 round
Round details

and
Round 4 of 8 rounds in the
2012 GP3 Series
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course Permanent racing circuit
5.901 km (3.667 mi)
Race 1
Date 7 July 2012
Laps 14
Pole position
Driver New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden
Time 1:51.892
Podium
First Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin
Second New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden
Third Finland Aaro Vainio Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin
Time 1:53.951 (on lap 13)
Race 2
Date 8 July 2012
Laps 14
Podium
First United Kingdom William Buller Carlin
Second United States Conor Daly Lotus GP
Third Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver Cyprus Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing
Time 1:59.829 (on lap 14)

Trident Racing entered a third car for Giovanni Venturini in the GP3 category, making the Silverstone rounds the first time the GP3 Series had been run with a full twenty-seven car grid in 2012.[2]

Classification

Qualifying
Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGrid
1 4 New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:51.892 1
2 3 Finland Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 1:52.216 2
3 27 Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:52.233 3
4 6 Finland Matias Laine MW Arden 1:52.332 4
5 2 United States Conor Daly Lotus GP 1:52.519 5
6 1 Germany Daniel Abt Lotus GP 1:52.543 6
7 18 Italy Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 1:52.572 7
8 28 United Kingdom William Buller Carlin 1:52.648 8
9 15 Philippines Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 1:52.807 9
10 5 Italy David Fumanelli MW Arden 1:52.921 121
11 29 Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss ATECH CRS Grand Prix 1:52.930 212
12 26 United Kingdom Alex Brundle Carlin 1:53.133 10
13 9 Cyprus Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:53.536 11
14 22 Argentina Facu Regalia Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.549 13
15 25 Italy Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 1:53.624 14
16 23 Italy Vicky Piria Trident Racing 1:53.769 15
17 16 United Kingdom Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 1:53.852 181
18 20 Romania Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.861 16
19 21 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.893 17
20 7 Russia Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 1:54.324 19
21 24 Italy Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 1:54.339 20
22 8 Brazil Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 1:54.427 22
23 30 Brazil Fabio Gamberini ATECH CRS Grand Prix 1:55.175 23
24 19 Republic of Ireland Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 1:55.363 24
25 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:55.711 25
26 31 United States Ethan Ringel ATECH CRS Grand Prix 1:59.371 263
— 17 Spain Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 1:59.989 —4
Source:[3]

Notes:

  • ^1 — David Fumanelli and Alice Powell were both given two place grid penalties for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of the Qualifying session.[4]
  • ^2 — Tamás Pál Kiss wash given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the first practice session.[5]
  • ^3 — Ethan Ringel was given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the first practice session. He later received a two-place grid penalty for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of qualifying. As Ringel qualified twenty-sixth of the twenty-six drivers to set a lap time, and so started the feature race from the back of the grid.[5]
  • ^4 — Carmen Jordá was given a two-place grid penalty for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of qualifying.[4] However, as she did not set a lap time within 107% of Mitch Evans' pole position time, she was not given permission to start the race.

Race 1
Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 27 Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin 14 27:14.410 3 27 (25+2)
2 4 New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 +7.062 1 22 (18+4)
3 3 Finland Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 14 +8.783 2 15
4 1 Germany Daniel Abt Lotus GP 14 +16.136 6 12
5 2 United States Conor Daly Lotus GP 14 +22.156 5 10
6 9 Cyprus Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +22.325 11 8
7 26 United Kingdom Alex Brundle Carlin 14 +38.448 10 6
8 18 Italy Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +41.719 7 4
9 6 Finland Matias Laine MW Arden 14 +42.314 4 2
10 21 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 14 +44.489 17 1
11 29 Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +53.795 21
12 20 Romania Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 14 +60.061 16
13 25 Italy Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 14 +62.451 14
14 22 Argentina Facu Regalia Jenzer Motorsport 14 +63.081 13
15 15 Philippines Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 14 +65.140 9
16 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 14 +72.707 25
17 16 United Kingdom Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 14 +86.048 18
18 23 Italy Vicky Piria Trident Racing 14 +1:34.318 15
19 8 Brazil Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 14 +1:38.754 22
20 19 Republic of Ireland Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:39.170 24
21 24 Italy Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 14 +1:39.960 20
22 7 Russia Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 14 +1:40.812 19
23 30 Brazil Fabio Gamberini ATECH CRS Grand Prix 13 +1 lap 23
Ret 31 United States Ethan Ringel ATECH CRS Grand Prix 2 Retired 26
Ret 28 United Kingdom William Buller Carlin 0 Retired 8
DNS 5 Italy David Fumanelli MW Arden 0 Did not start 12
DNQ 17 Spain Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 0 Did not qualify —
Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 1:53.951 (on lap 13)
Source:[6]

Race 2
Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 28 United Kingdom William Buller Carlin 14 29:49.526 25 15
2 2 United States Conor Daly Lotus GP 14 +8.577 4 12
3 21 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 14 +30.017 10 10
4 9 Cyprus Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +37.529 3 10 (8+2)
5 20 Romania Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 14 +52.038 151 6
6 27 Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin 14 +1:03.722 8 4
7 18 Italy Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:05.954 1 2
8 30 Brazil Fabio Gamberini ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +1:06.482 23 1
9 8 Brazil Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 14 +1:07.321 19
10 26 United Kingdom Alex Brundle Carlin 14 +1:20.941 2
11 4 New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 +1:22.894 7
12 22 Argentina Facu Regalia Jenzer Motorsport 14 +1:23.503 13
13 15 Philippines Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 14 +1:24.203 14
14 29 Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +1:28.143 11
15 19 Republic of Ireland Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:44.079 20
16 25 Italy Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 14 +1:52.408 12
17 31 United States Ethan Ringel ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +1:54.151 24
18 6 Finland Matias Laine MW Arden 13 Retired 9
19 24 Italy Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 13 Retired 21
20 7 Russia Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 12 Retired 22
21 23 Italy Vicky Piria Trident Racing 12 Retired 18
Ret 1 Germany Daniel Abt Lotus GP 11 Retired 5
Ret 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 11 Retired 16
Ret 3 Finland Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 11 Retired 6
Ret 16 United Kingdom Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 9 Retired 17
DNS 5 Italy David Fumanelli MW Arden 0 Did not start 12
DNQ 17 Spain Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 0 Did not qualify —
Fastest lap: Tio Ellinas (Marussia Manor Racing) — 1:59.829 (on lap 14)
Source:[7]

Notes:

  • ^1 — Robert Visoiu finished Race 1 in twelfth position, but received a three-place grid penalty for crossing the finish line twice at the end of the race, and so started Race 2 from fifteenth position.[8]

Standings after the round
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

References
  1. "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. "Trident Racing join forces with Venturini". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. Bradley, Charles (7 July 2012). "Evans beats title rival Vainio to pole in dry qualifying session at Silverstone". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. "Post Qualifying Grid Penalties". Gp3series.com. GP3 Series. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  5. "Grid penalties for Pal Kiss and Ringel". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  6. van de Burgt, Andrew (7 July 2012). "Antonio Felix da Costa beats title rivals Mitch Evans and Aaro Vainio to Silverstone GP3 victory". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  7. Bradley, Charles (8 July 2012). "Will Buller wins GP3 race two at Silverstone from last on grid". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  8. "Visoiu penalised after Race 1 in Silverstone". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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