2012 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round

The 2012 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 21 and 22, 2012 at Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany. It was the eighth round of the 2012 GP2 Season. The race supported the 2012 German Grand Prix.

   2012 Hockenheim GP2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series
The Hockenheimring since 2002
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.574 km (2.842 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	21 July 2012
Laps	38
Pole position
Driver	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
Time	1:44.022
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team
Second	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering
Third	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni
Time	1:25.254 (on lap 31)
Sprint race
Date	22 July 2012
Laps	27
Podium
First	James Calado	Lotus GP
Second	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
Third	Felipe Nasr	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing
Time	1:25.760 (on lap 7)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:44.022	1
2	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:44.034	2
3	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:44.944	3
4	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:45.063	4
5	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:45.129	5
6	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:45.152	6
7	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:45.420	7
8	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	1:45.516	8
9	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:45.613	9
10	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:45.636	10
11	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:45.760	11
12	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:45.763	12
13	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:45.821	13
14	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:45.870	14
15	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:45.907	15
16	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:45.917	16
17	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:45.939	17
18	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.103	18
19	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:46.394	19
20	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.637	20
21	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:46.651	21
22	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:46.849	22
23	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:47.332	23
24	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:49.546	24
25	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:52.356	25
26	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	No time	26
Source:[1][2]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	38	58:16.075	18	27 (25+2)
2	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	38	+9.609	3	18
3	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	38	+14.977	22	15
4	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	38	+21.464	7	12
5	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	38	+26.885	1	14 (10+4)
6	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	38	+29.260	4	8
7	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	38	+29.573	10	6
8	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	38	+29.950	2	4
9	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	38	+31.978	12	2
10	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	38	+32.373	9	1
11	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	38	+33.798	14
12	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	38	+39.284	20
13	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	38	+46.854	6
14	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	38	+50.205	11
15	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	38	+55.440	16
16	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	38	+55.707	17
17	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	38	+56.284	19
18	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	38	+1:02.119	21
19	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	38	+1:08.223	5
20	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	38	+1:18.043	15
21	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	38	+1:18.945	23
22	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	38	+1:20.866	13
23	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	38	+1:30.712	24
24	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	37	+1 Lap	26
Ret	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	27	Accident	8
DSQ	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	18	Disqualified	25
Fastest lap: Fabio Onidi (Scuderia Coloni) — 1:25.254 (on lap 31)
Source:[2][3]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	27	40:18.134	1	17 (15+2)
2	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	27	+7.962	4	12
3	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	27	+17.509	5	10
4	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	27	+21.962	7	8
5	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	27	+22.353	10	6
6	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	27	+33.193	8	4
7	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	27	+39.870	13	2
8	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	27	+41.861	3	1
9	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	27	+42.196	15
10	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	27	+42.442	2
11	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	27	+42.959	17
12	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	27	+43.336	21
13	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	27	+43.580	12
14	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	27	+44.111	22
15	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	27	+46.002	11
16	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	27	+46.683	26
17	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	27	+47.624	16
18	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	27	+53.235	18
19	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	27	+54.660	20
20	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	27	+56.315	23
21	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	27	+1:02.878	6
22	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	27	+1:13.439	19
23	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	27	+1 Lap	25
Ret	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	18	Retired	24
Ret	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	0	Accident	9
Ret	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	0	Accident	14
Fastest lap: Stéphane Richelmi (Trident Racing) — 1:25.760 (on lap 7)
Source:[4][5]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Luiz Razia 171 2 Davide Valsecchi 161 3 Esteban Gutiérrez 129 2 4 Giedo van der Garde 119 1 5 James Calado 116

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Lotus GP 245 2 DAMS 227 3 Arden International 175 2 4 Racing Engineering 136 2 5 Caterham Racing 125

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

See also

• 2012 German Grand Prix
• 2012 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round