2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round

GP3 Series
Round details
	Round 4 of 8 rounds in the ; 2012 GP3 Series
	; Silverstone Circuit
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course	Permanent racing circuit ; 5.901 km (3.667 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	7 July 2012
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Mitch Evans
Time	1:51.892
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa
Second	Mitch Evans
Third	Aaro Vainio
Fastest lap
Driver	António Félix da Costa
Time	1:53.951 (on lap 13)
Race 2
Date	8 July 2012
Laps	14
Podium
First	William Buller
Second	Conor Daly
Third	Patric Niederhauser
Fastest lap
Driver	Tio Ellinas
Time	1:59.829 (on lap 14)
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The 2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 7 and 8 July 2012 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the fourth round of the 2012 GP3 Season.^[1] The race supported the 2012 British Grand Prix.

Trident Racing entered a third car for Giovanni Venturini in the GP3 category, making the Silverstone rounds the first time the GP3 Series had been run with a full twenty-seven car grid in 2012.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	1:51.892	1
2	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	1:52.216	2
3	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	1:52.233	3
4	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	1:52.332	4
5	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	1:52.519	5
6	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	1:52.543	6
7	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	1:52.572	7
8	28	William Buller	Carlin	1:52.648	8
9	15	Kotaro Sakurai	Status Grand Prix	1:52.807	9
10	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	1:52.921	12¹
11	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	ATECH CRS Grand Prix	1:52.930	21²
12	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	1:53.133	10
13	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	1:53.536	11
14	22	Facu Regalia	Jenzer Motorsport	1:53.549	13
15	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	1:53.624	14
16	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	1:53.769	15
17	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	1:53.852	18¹
18	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	1:53.861	16
19	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	1:53.893	17
20	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	1:54.324	19
21	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	1:54.339	20
22	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	1:54.427	22
23	30	Fabio Gamberini	ATECH CRS Grand Prix	1:55.175	23
24	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	1:55.363	24
25	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:55.711	25
26	31	Ethan Ringel	ATECH CRS Grand Prix	1:59.371	26³
—	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	1:59.989	—⁴
Source:^[3]

Notes:

^1 — David Fumanelli and Alice Powell were both given two place grid penalties for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of the Qualifying session.^[4]
^2 — Tamás Pál Kiss wash given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the first practice session.^[5]
^3 — Ethan Ringel was given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the first practice session. He later received a two-place grid penalty for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of qualifying. As Ringel qualified twenty-sixth of the twenty-six drivers to set a lap time, and so started the feature race from the back of the grid.^[5]
^4 — Carmen Jordá was given a two-place grid penalty for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of qualifying.^[4] However, as she did not set a lap time within 107% of Mitch Evans' pole position time, she was not given permission to start the race.

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	14	27:14.410	3	27 (25+2)
2	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	+7.062	1	22 (18+4)
3	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	14	+8.783	2	15
4	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	14	+16.136	6	12
5	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	14	+22.156	5	10
6	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+22.325	11	8
7	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	14	+38.448	10	6
8	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+41.719	7	4
9	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	14	+42.314	4	2
10	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+44.489	17	1
11	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	ATECH CRS Grand Prix	14	+53.795	21
12	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+60.061	16
13	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	14	+62.451	14
14	22	Facu Regalia	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+63.081	13
15	15	Kotaro Sakurai	Status Grand Prix	14	+65.140	9
16	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	14	+72.707	25
17	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	14	+86.048	18
18	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	14	+1:34.318	15
19	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+1:38.754	22
20	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+1:39.170	24
21	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	14	+1:39.960	20
22	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+1:40.812	19
23	30	Fabio Gamberini	ATECH CRS Grand Prix	13	+1 lap	23
Ret	31	Ethan Ringel	ATECH CRS Grand Prix	2	Retired	26
Ret	28	William Buller	Carlin	0	Retired	8
DNS	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	0	Did not start	12
DNQ	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Did not qualify	—
Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 1:53.951 (on lap 13)
Source:^[6]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	William Buller	Carlin	14	29:49.526	25	15
2	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	14	+8.577	4	12
3	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+30.017	10	10
4	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+37.529	3	10 (8+2)
5	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+52.038	15¹	6
6	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	14	+1:03.722	8	4
7	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+1:05.954	1	2
8	30	Fabio Gamberini	ATECH CRS Grand Prix	14	+1:06.482	23	1
9	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+1:07.321	19
10	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	14	+1:20.941	2
11	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	+1:22.894	7
12	22	Facu Regalia	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+1:23.503	13
13	15	Kotaro Sakurai	Status Grand Prix	14	+1:24.203	14
14	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	ATECH CRS Grand Prix	14	+1:28.143	11
15	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+1:44.079	20
16	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	14	+1:52.408	12
17	31	Ethan Ringel	ATECH CRS Grand Prix	14	+1:54.151	24
18	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	13	Retired	9
19	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	13	Retired	21
20	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	12	Retired	22
21	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	12	Retired	18
Ret	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	11	Retired	5
Ret	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	11	Retired	16
Ret	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	11	Retired	6
Ret	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	9	Retired	17
DNS	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	0	Did not start	12
DNQ	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Did not qualify	—
Fastest lap: Tio Ellinas (Marussia Manor Racing) — 1:59.829 (on lap 14)
Source:^[7]

Notes:

^1 — Robert Visoiu finished Race 1 in twelfth position, but received a three-place grid penalty for crossing the finish line twice at the end of the race, and so started Race 2 from fifteenth position.^[8]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Mitch Evans	100
	2	Aaro Vainio	89
6	3	António Félix da Costa	58
1	4	Daniel Abt	54
1	5	Patric Niederhauser	50

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Team	Points
1	1	Lotus GP	188
1	2	MW Arden	177
3	3	Carlin	83
1	4	Jenzer Motorsport	72
2	5	Marussia Manor Racing	45

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

References

^ "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
^ "Trident Racing join forces with Venturini". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
^ Bradley, Charles (7 July 2012). "Evans beats title rival Vainio to pole in dry qualifying session at Silverstone". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Post Qualifying Grid Penalties". Gp3series.com. GP3 Series. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Grid penalties for Pal Kiss and Ringel". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ van de Burgt, Andrew (7 July 2012). "Antonio Felix da Costa beats title rivals Mitch Evans and Aaro Vainio to Silverstone GP3 victory". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
^ Bradley, Charles (8 July 2012). "Will Buller wins GP3 race two at Silverstone from last on grid". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
^ "Visoiu penalised after Race 1 in Silverstone". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

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[1] "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.

[Venturini-2] "Trident Racing join forces with Venturini". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[3] Bradley, Charles (7 July 2012). "Evans beats title rival Vainio to pole in dry qualifying session at Silverstone". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[2_places-4] "Post Qualifying Grid Penalties". Gp3series.com. GP3 Series. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[Kiss_and_Ringel-5] "Grid penalties for Pal Kiss and Ringel". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[6] van de Burgt, Andrew (7 July 2012). "Antonio Felix da Costa beats title rivals Mitch Evans and Aaro Vainio to Silverstone GP3 victory". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

[7] Bradley, Charles (8 July 2012). "Will Buller wins GP3 race two at Silverstone from last on grid". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

[8] "Visoiu penalised after Race 1 in Silverstone". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

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Round details
Round 4 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series
Silverstone Circuit
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course	Permanent racing circuit 5.901 km (3.667 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	7 July 2012
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:51.892
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Second	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Third	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Time	1:53.951 (on lap 13)
Race 2
Date	8 July 2012
Laps	14
Podium
First	William Buller	Carlin
Second	Conor Daly	Lotus GP
Third	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing
Time	1:59.829 (on lap 14)