2012 Valencia GP3 Series round

The 2012 Valencia GP3 Series round was the third round of the 2012 GP3 Series season. It was held on June 24–26, 2012 at Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain.^[1] The race was used to support the 2012 European Grand Prix.

   2012 Valencia GP3 round

Round details
Round 3 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series
Valencia Street Circuit
Location	Valencia, Spain
Course	Street circuit 5.419 km (3.367 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	23 June 2012
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:58.478
Podium
First	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Second	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP
Third	David Fumanelli	MW Arden
Fastest lap
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:59.883 (on lap 12)
Race 2
Date	24 June 2012
Laps	14
Podium
First	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
Second	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP
Third	Matias Laine	MW Arden
Fastest lap
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Time	1:59.842 (on lap 14)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	1:58.478	1
2	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	1:58.511	2
3	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	1:58.567	3
4	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	1:58.772	4
5	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	1:58.991	235
6	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	1:59.009	5
7	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	1:59.015	166
8	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	1:59.031	6
9	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:59.091	7
10	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	1:59.276	8
11	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:59.332	9
12	28	William Buller	Carlin	1:59.356	10
13	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	1:59.399	11
14	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	1:59.568	12
15	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	1:59.708	13
16	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	1:59.820	14
17	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	1:59.906	15
18	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	2:00.047	17
19	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	2:00.062	18
20	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	2:00.306	19
21	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	2:00.334	20
22	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	2:00.406	21
23	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	2:01.300	22
24	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	2:02.103	24

Notes:

• ^5 — António Félix da Costa was removed from the results of the qualifying due to a technical infringement.^[2]
• ^6 — Conor Daly received a 10 place grid penalty the race before for causing an avoidable red flag.^[3]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	28:13.357	1	31 (25+4+2)
2	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	14	+2.190	3	18
3	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	14	+12.571	2	15
4	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+13.483	5	12
5	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	14	+16.515	6	10
6	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	14	+18.748	8	8
7	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+18.833	4	6
8	14	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+24.336	7	4
9	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	14	+27.082	9	2
10	28	William Buller	Carlin	14	+31.834	10	1
11	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	14	+32.279	16
12	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	14	+33.476	17
13	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+47.838	24
14	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	14	+52.330	22
15	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+54.192	19
16	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	14	+74.964	14
17	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	14	+78.561	21
18	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	14	+91.567	11
19	21	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	13	+1 Lap	15
Ret	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	2	Retired	18
Ret	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	2	Retired	23
Ret	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Retired	12
Ret	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	0	Retired	13
Ret	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	0	Retired	20
Fastest lap: Mitch Evans (MW Arden) — 1:59.883 (lap 12)
Source:[4]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	13	28:13.702	1	15
2	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	14	+0.924	3	12
3	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	14	+6.314	4	10
4	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+6.589	2	8
5	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+6.9387	5	6
6	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	+6.940	8	4
7	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	14	+9.959	7	2
8	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	14	+15.020	248	(1+2)
9	28	William Buller	Carlin	14	+19.751	10
10	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	14	+23.761	9
11	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	14	+24.396	19
12	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+26.251	21
13	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+26.330	15
14	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	14	+28.954	16
15	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+33.481	20
16	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	14	+34.148	6
17	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	14	+37.558	23
18	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	14	+46.606	17
19	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+56.689	22
Ret	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	8	Retired	13
Ret	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	2	Retired	14
Ret	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	0	Retired	12
Ret	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	0	Retired	11
Ret	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	18
Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 1:59.842 (lap 14)
Source:[5]

Notes:

• ^7 — Tio Ellinas was given a one-second time penalty added to his race result after contact between him and Kevin Ceccon, dropping him from third to fifth.^[6]
• ^8 — António Félix da Costa had a ten place grid penalty for the sprint race after causing an avoidable collision in the sprint race.^[7]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Mitch Evans 78 1 2 Aaro Vainio 74 4 3 Daniel Abt 42 4 4 Matias Laine 40 2 5 Marlon Stöckinger 39

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 1 MW Arden 153 1 2 Lotus GP 139 1 3 Jenzer Motorsport 55 1 4 Status Grand Prix 39 1 5 Ocean Racing Technology 37

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

See also

• 2012 European Grand Prix
• 2012 Valencia GP2 Series round