2012 Hungaroring GP2 Series round

The 2012 Hungaroring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 28 and 29, 2012 at Hungaroring, Hungary. It was the ninth round of the 2012 GP2 season.^[1] The race supported the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	26	Max Chilton	Marussia Carlin	1:28.980	1
2	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:29.003	4
3	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:29.034	2
4	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:29.093	3
5	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:29.177	5
6	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:29.202	6
7	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:29.248	7
8	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:29.334	8
9	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:29.345	9
10	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	1:29.367	10
11	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	1:29.472	11
12	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:29.496	12
13	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:29.574	13
14	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:29.637	14
15	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:29.666	15
16	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:29.717	16
17	27	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Carlin	1:29.786	17
18	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	1:29.786	18
19	21	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	1:29.906	19
20	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:30.027	20
21	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:30.201	21
22	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:30.202	22
23	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:30.475	23
24	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:30.655	24
25	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	1:30.930	25
26	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:33.093	26
Source:^[2]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Max Chilton	Marussia Carlin	37	59:02.965	1	29 (25+4)
2	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	37	+0.628	2	20 (18+2)
3	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	37	+1.538	5	15
4	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	37	+4.090	4	12
5	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	37	+9.070	6	10
6	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	37	+11.835	3	8
7	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	37	+18.166	12	6
8	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	37	+18.756	7	4
9	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	37	+19.724	8	2
10	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	37	+21.106	19	1
11	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	37	+30.046	14
12	27	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Carlin	37	+36.672	17
13	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	37	+36.999	24
14	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	37	+37.388	16
15	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	37	+39.591	25
16	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	37	+46.010	22
17	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	37	+46.197	20
18	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	37	+1:06.294	9
19	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	37	+1:31.506	23
20	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	37	+1:44.003	26
21	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	36	+1 Lap	18
22	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	36	+1 Lap	15
23	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	36	+1 Lap	21
24	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	34	Suspension	11
25	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	33	Brakes	13
Ret	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	4	Accident	10
Fastest lap: Simon Trummer (Arden International) — 1:32.164 (on lap 32)
Source:^[3]^[4]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	28	42:58.301	1	17 (15+2)
2	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	28	+3.565	2	12
3	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	28	+15.733	6	10
4	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	28	+1:13.352	7	8
5	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	28	+1:14.237	3	6
6	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	28	+ 1:14.493	5	4
7	27	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Carlin	28	+1:16.336	12	2
8	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	28	+1:17.578	25	1
9	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	28	+1:23.475	10
10	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	28	+1:25.928	4
11	26	Max Chilton	Marussia Carlin	28	+1:28.868	8
12	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	28	+1:29.399	22
13	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	28	+1:29.417	13
14	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	28	+1:30.221	9
15	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	28	+1:30.937	16
16	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	28	+1:33.087	23
17	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	28	+1:34.058	24
18	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	28	+1:35.753	14
19	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	28	+1:38.037	15
20	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	28	+1:38.870	19
21	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	28	+1:39.887	17
22	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	28	+1:48.537	20
23	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	28	+1:53.900	21
24	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	27	+1 Lap	11
Ret	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	10	Spun off	26
Ret	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1	Accident	18
Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 1:32.348 (on lap 15)
Source:^[5]^[6]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Luiz Razia	196
	2	Davide Valsecchi	189
	3	Esteban Gutiérrez	150
1	4	James Calado	132
1	5	Giedo van der Garde	129

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Team	Points
	1	Lotus GP	282
	2	DAMS	258
	3	Arden	200
	4	Racing Engineering	156
1	5	Carlin	153

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ Collantine, Keith (16 December 2011). "GP2 to support F1 in Singapore, Bahrain and Malaysia". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
^ "GP2 Hungaroring 2012:Qualifying Result". The Checkered Flag. TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "Budapest GP2 Feature Race Classification". 9 September 2012. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "2012 Hungaroring GP2". 28 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "Budapest Hungaroring GP2 Sprint Race classification". 9 September 2012. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
^ "2012 Hungaroring GP2 - Round 18". 9 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

Previous round: 2012 Hockenheimring GP2 round	GP2 Series 2012 season	Next round: 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 round
Previous round: 2011 Hungaroring GP2 round	Hungaroring GP2 round	Next round: 2013 Hungaroring GP2 round

[1] Collantine, Keith (16 December 2011). "GP2 to support F1 in Singapore, Bahrain and Malaysia". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

[2] "GP2 Hungaroring 2012:Qualifying Result". The Checkered Flag. TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[3] "Budapest GP2 Feature Race Classification". 9 September 2012. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[4] "2012 Hungaroring GP2". 28 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[5] "Budapest Hungaroring GP2 Sprint Race classification". 9 September 2012. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

[6] "2012 Hungaroring GP2 - Round 18". 9 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

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