2012 Bahrain 2nd GP2 Series round

The 2012 Bahrain 2nd GP2 Series round was the third round of the 2012 GP2 Series. It was held on 27 and 28 April 2012 at Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain. The first Bahrain round was held a week earlier.

   2012 2nd Bahrain GP2 round

Round details
Round 3 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.412 km (3.359 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	27 April 2012
Laps	32
Pole position
Driver	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
Time	1:42.451
Podium
First	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS
Second	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering
Third	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	James Calado[a]	Lotus GP
Time	1:43.964 (on lap 28)
Sprint race
Date	28 April 2012
Laps	23
Podium
First	Tom Dillmann	Rapax
Second	Luiz Razia	Arden International
Third	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Jolyon Palmer[b]	iSport International
Time	1:46.064 (on lap 2)

Davide Valsecchi won the feature race, with Rapax driver Tom Dillmann taking his first GP2 Series win in the second sprint.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:42.451	1
2	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:42.596	2
3	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:42.619	3
4	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:42.628	4
5	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:42.691	5
6	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:42.839	6
7	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:42.951	7
8	2	Dani Clos	Barwa Addax	1:43.080	8
9	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:43.124	9
10	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:43.163	10
11	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:43.172	11
12	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:43.206	12
13	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:43.213	13
14	24	Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	1:43.219	14
15	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:43.311	15
16	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:43.328	16
17	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:43.391	17
18	14	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:43.447	18
19	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:43.453	19
20	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax	1:43.599	20
21	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:43.659	21
22	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:43.757	22
23	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:43.929	23
24	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:44.100	24
25	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:44.850	25
26	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:45.036	26
Source:[1]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	32	57:35.088	2	27 (25+2)
2	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	32	+7.711	3	18
3	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	32	+14.824	1	19 (15+4)
4	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	32	+24.142	6	12
5	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	32	+24.705	4	10
6	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	32	+40.965	5	8
7	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	32	+50.645	9	6
8	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	32	+52.522	10	4
9	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax	32	+55.578	20	2
10	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	32	+56.211	13	1
11	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	32	+1:05.7727	11
12	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	32	+1:06.906	16
13	24	Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	32	+1:07.254	14
14	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	32	+1:15.486	23
15	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	32	+1:16.363	21
16	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	32	+1:20.506	22
17	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	32	+1:21.441	24
18	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	32	+1:29.2067	7
19	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	32	+1:29.955	19
20	14	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	32	+1:47.146	18
21	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	31	+1 lap	12
22	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	31	+1 lap	26
23	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	31	+1 lap	25
24	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	30	Retired8	17
Ret	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	24	Retired	15
Ret	2	Dani Clos	Barwa Addax	8	Retired	8
Fastest lap: James Calado (Lotus GP) — 1:43.964 (lap 28)
Source:[2]

Notes:

• ^7 — Felipe Nasr and Rodolfo González were both issued with twenty-second time penalties after the race for ignoring yellow flags.^[3]
• ^8 — Jolyon Palmer was classified as having finished the race, as he had completed 90% of the winners race distance.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	23	41:16.276	1	15
2	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	23	+0.198	5	14 (12+2)
3	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	23	+3.958	8	10
4	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	23	+16.488	10	8
5	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	23	+18.602	11	6
6	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	23	+20.425	3	4
7	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	23	+26.294	2	2
8	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	23	+29.605	7	1
9	14	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	23	+33.490	20
10	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	23	+34.078	12
11	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+43.463	19
12	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	23	+44.371	16
13	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	23	+46.743	4
14	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	23	+47.439	15
15	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	23	+54.991	18
16	24	Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+59.764	13
17	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	23	+1:00.655	17
18	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	23	+1:02.090	21
19	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	23	+1:02.632	6
20	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	23	+1:07.468	23
21	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	23	+1:08.293	22
22	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	23	+1:18.688	24
23	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	23	+1:26.049	269
24	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	21	Retired10	14
Ret	2	Dani Clos	Barwa Addax	19	Retired	25
Ret	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax	0	Retired	9
Fastest lap: Jolyon Palmer (iSport International) — 1:46.064 (lap 2)
Source:[4]

Notes:

• ^9 — Fabrizio Crestani was given a five grid position penalty for ignoring yellow flags during Feature race.^[3]
• ^10 — Simon Trummer was classified as having finished the race, as he had completed 90% of the winners race distance.

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Davide Valsecchi 107 2 Luiz Razia 83 3 Esteban Gutiérrez 54 1 4 Max Chilton 45 2 5 Fabio Leimer 41

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 DAMS 135 2 Lotus GP 93 3 Arden International 84 4 Carlin 61 5 Racing Engineering 42

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

Notes

1. James Calado set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Davide Valsecchi was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
2. Jolyon Palmer set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Luiz Razia was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.