Eupatorium

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.

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

References