2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round
| Round details | |||
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Round 4 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series | |||
 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 |
 Mitch Evans | MW Arden | |
| Time | 1:51.892 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 António Félix da Costa | Carlin | |
| Second |
Mitch Evans | MW Arden | |
| Third |
 Aaro Vainio | Lotus GP | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
António Félix da Costa | Carlin | |
| Time | 1:53.951 (on lap 13) | ||
| Race 2 | |||
| Date | 8 July 2012 | ||
| Laps | 14 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 William Buller | Carlin | |
| Second |
 Conor Daly | Lotus GP | |
| Third |
 Patric Niederhauser | Jenzer Motorsport | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Tio Ellinas | Marussia Manor Racing | |
| Time | 1:59.829 (on lap 14) | ||
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.
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
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. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | António Félix da Costa
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Carlin | 14 | 27:14.410 | 3 | 27 (25+2) |
| 2 | 4 | Mitch Evans
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MW Arden | 14 | +7.062 | 1 | 22 (18+4) |
| 3 | 3 | Aaro Vainio
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Lotus GP | 14 | +8.783 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 |  Daniel Abt
|
Lotus GP | 14 | +16.136 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Conor Daly
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Lotus GP | 14 | +22.156 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | Tio Ellinas
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Marussia Manor Racing | 14 | +22.325 | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | 26 | Alex Brundle
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Carlin | 14 | +38.448 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 18 |  Kevin Ceccon
|
Ocean Racing Technology | 14 | +41.719 | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | Matias Laine
|
MW Arden | 14 | +42.314 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | 21 | Patric Niederhauser
|
Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | +44.489 | 17 | 1 |
| 11 | 29 |  Tamás Pál Kiss
|
ATECH CRS Grand Prix | 14 | +53.795 | 21 | |
| 12 | 20 | Robert Visoiu
|
Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | +60.061 | 16 | |
| 13 | 25 | Giovanni Venturini
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Trident Racing
|
14 | +62.451 | 14 | |
| 14 | 22 |  Facu Regalia
|
Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | +63.081 | 13 | |
| 15 | 15 |  Kotaro Sakurai
|
Status Grand Prix | 14 | +65.140 | 9 | |
| 16 | 14 | Marlon Stöckinger
|
Status Grand Prix | 14 | +72.707 | 25 | |
| 17 | 16 | Alice Powell
|
Status Grand Prix | 14 | +86.048 | 18 | |
| 18 | 23 | Vicky Piria
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Trident Racing
|
14 | +1:34.318 | 15 | |
| 19 | 8 |  Fabiano Machado
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Marussia Manor Racing | 14 | +1:38.754 | 22 | |
| 20 | 19 |  Robert Cregan
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Ocean Racing Technology | 14 | +1:39.170 | 24 | |
| 21 | 24 | Antonio Spavone
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Trident Racing
|
14 | +1:39.960 | 20 | |
| 22 | 7 |  Dmitry Suranovich
|
Marussia Manor Racing | 14 | +1:40.812 | 19 | |
| 23 | 30 | Fabio Gamberini
|
ATECH CRS Grand Prix | 13 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 31 | Ethan Ringel
|
ATECH CRS Grand Prix | 2 | Retired | 26 | |
| Ret | 28 | William Buller
|
Carlin | 0 | Retired | 8 | |
| DNS | 5 | David Fumanelli
|
MW Arden | 0 | Did not start | 12 | |
| DNQ | 17 |  Carmen Jordá
|
Ocean Racing Technology | 0 | Did not qualify | — | |
Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 1:53.951 (on lap 13)
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| Source:[6] | |||||||
Race 2
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | William Buller
|
Carlin | 14 | 29:49.526 | 25 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | Conor Daly
|
Lotus GP | 14 | +8.577 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | 21 | Patric Niederhauser
|
Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | +30.017 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | 9 | Tio Ellinas
|
Marussia Manor Racing | 14 | +37.529 | 3 | 10 (8+2) |
| 5 | 20 | Robert Visoiu
|
Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | +52.038 | 151 | 6 |
| 6 | 27 | António Félix da Costa
|
Carlin | 14 | +1:03.722 | 8 | 4 |
| 7 | 18 | Kevin Ceccon
|
Ocean Racing Technology | 14 | +1:05.954 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 30 | Fabio Gamberini
|
ATECH CRS Grand Prix | 14 | +1:06.482 | 23 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | Fabiano Machado
|
Marussia Manor Racing | 14 | +1:07.321 | 19 | |
| 10 | 26 | Alex Brundle
|
Carlin | 14 | +1:20.941 | 2 | |
| 11 | 4 | Mitch Evans
|
MW Arden | 14 | +1:22.894 | 7 | |
| 12 | 22 | Facu Regalia
|
Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | +1:23.503 | 13 | |
| 13 | 15 | Kotaro Sakurai
|
Status Grand Prix | 14 | +1:24.203 | 14 | |
| 14 | 29 | Tamás Pál Kiss
|
ATECH CRS Grand Prix | 14 | +1:28.143 | 11 | |
| 15 | 19 | Robert Cregan
|
Ocean Racing Technology | 14 | +1:44.079 | 20 | |
| 16 | 25 | Giovanni Venturini
|
Trident Racing
|
14 | +1:52.408 | 12 | |
| 17 | 31 | Ethan Ringel
|
ATECH CRS Grand Prix | 14 | +1:54.151 | 24 | |
| 18 | 6 | Matias Laine
|
MW Arden | 13 | Retired | 9 | |
| 19 | 24 | Antonio Spavone
|
Trident Racing
|
13 | Retired | 21 | |
| 20 | 7 | Dmitry Suranovich
|
Marussia Manor Racing | 12 | Retired | 22 | |
| 21 | 23 | Vicky Piria
|
Trident Racing
|
12 | Retired | 18 | |
| Ret | 1 | Daniel Abt
|
Lotus GP | 11 | Retired | 5 | |
| Ret | 14 | Marlon Stöckinger
|
Status Grand Prix | 11 | Retired | 16 | |
| Ret | 3 | Aaro Vainio
|
Lotus GP | 11 | Retired | 6 | |
| Ret | 16 | Alice Powell
|
Status Grand Prix | 9 | Retired | 17 | |
| DNS | 5 | David Fumanelli
|
MW Arden | 0 | Did not start | 12 | |
| DNQ | 17 | Carmen Jordá
|
Ocean Racing Technology | 0 | Did not qualify | — | |
| Source:[7] | |||||||
Notes:
- 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
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
References
- ^ "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Post Qualifying Grid Penalties". Gp3series.com. GP3 Series. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Grid penalties for Pal Kiss and Ringel". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Visoiu penalised after Race 1 in Silverstone". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.