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2012 Bahrain 1st GP2 Series round

Field	Value
Country	Bahrain
Grand Prix	1st Bahrain
Round_No	2
Season_No	12
Image	Bahrain International Circuit--Grand Prix Layout.svg
Year	2012
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	3.359
Course_km	5.412
Date_r1	21 April
Laps_r1	32
Pole_driver_country	Italy
Pole_driver	Davide Valsecchi
Pole_team	DAMS
Pole_time	1:41.200
First_driver_country_r1	Italy
First_driver_r1	Davide Valsecchi
First_team_r1	DAMS
Second_driver_country_r1	Brazil
Second_driver_r1	Luiz Razia
Second_team_r1	Arden International
Third_driver_country_r1	Mexico
Third_driver_r1	Esteban Gutiérrez
Third_team_r1	Lotus GP
Fast_driver_country_r1	Italy
Fast_driver_r1	Davide Valsecchi
Fast_team_r1	DAMS
Fast_time_r1	1:44.380
Fast_lap_r1	25
Date_r2	22 April
Laps_r2	23
First_driver_country_r2	Italy
First_driver_r2	Davide Valsecchi
First_team_r2	DAMS
Second_driver_country_r2	Mexico
Second_driver_r2	Esteban Gutiérrez
Second_team_r2	Lotus GP
Third_driver_country_r2	GBR
Third_driver_r2	James Calado
Third_team_r2	Lotus GP
Fast_driver_country_r2	Netherlands
Fast_driver_r2	Giedo van der Garde
Fast_team_r2	Caterham Racing
Fast_time_r2	1:45.650
Fast_lap_r2	3

The 2012 Bahrain 1st GP2 Series round was the second round of the 2012 GP2 Series. It was held on 21 and 22 April 2012 at Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain. The race supported the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix. The second round was held one week later as an independent round of the championship, the only one of its kind on the 2012 calendar.

The rounds were the first time the GP2 Series has visited the Bahrain International Circuit since 2007. The circuit was a regular fixture on the calendar of the now-defunct GP2 Asia Series from its inception in 2008 until 2011, when the race was cancelled due to anti-government protests. With the GP2 Asia series being discontinued at the end of the 2011 season and merged into its parent series, the Bahrain International Circuit returned to the larger GP2 Series as part of the series' expansion to include fly-away rounds.

In the week before the first race, Barwa Addax driver Josef Král was replaced by Dani Clos. Brendon Hartley also replaced Ocean Racing Technology's Jon Lancaster.

DAMS driver Davide Valsecchi qualified on pole for the first feature race, and won both the feature and sprint races.

The first race was also the first time that the series introduced the points system used by Formula One since 2010 for the feature race, with points awarded to the top ten drivers and twenty-five points awarded to the race winner. The points for the sprint race were changed too, with the winner receiving fifteen points and the top eight drivers scoring points. The points for pole and fastest lap were doubled as well.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time
3	Italy Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:41.200	1
10	Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:41.479	2
4	Brazil Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:41.785	3
5	Switzerland Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:41.798	4
1	Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	1:41.858	5
16	Monaco Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:41.862	6
7	Sweden Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:41.933	17
9	United Kingdom James Calado	Lotus GP	1:41.939	7
23	Brazil Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:41.962	8
26	United Kingdom Max Chilton	Carlin	1:41.980	9
27	Indonesia Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:42.097	10
12	Netherlands Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:42.139	11
8	United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:42.156	12
2	Spain Dani Clos	Barwa Addax Team	1:42.158	13
21	France Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:42.190	14
15	Italy Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:42.374	15
11	Venezuela Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:42.409	16
6	France Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:42.427	18
17	Colombia Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:42.456	19
18	Italy Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:42.706	20
24	New Zealand Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	1:42.782	26
14	Monaco Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:42.853	21
25	Netherlands Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:42.895	22
22	Switzerland Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:43.014	23
19	Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:43.907	24
20	Portugal Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:44.078	25

Notes:

— Marcus Ericsson was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Davide Valsecchi at Sepang.
— Brendon Hartley received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Giedo van der Garde during the qualifying session.

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	Italy Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	32	59:31.115	1	31 (25+4+2)
23	Brazil Luiz Razia	Arden International	32	+7.770	8	18
10	Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	32	+13.528	2	15
26	United Kingdom Max Chilton	Carlin	32	+14.088	9	12
9	United Kingdom James Calado	Lotus GP	32	+16.278	7	10
21	France Tom Dillmann	Rapax	32	+16.559	14	8
5	Switzerland Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	32	+17.243	4	6
15	Italy Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	32	+28.109	15	4
27	Indonesia Rio Haryanto	Carlin	32	+32.846	10	2
24	New Zealand Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	32	+36.093	26	1
16	Monaco Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	32	+37.377	6
17	Colombia Julián Leal	Trident Racing	32	+38.677	19
7	Sweden Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	32	+40.627	17
18	Italy Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	32	+41.009	20
11	Venezuela Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	32	+44.028	16
22	Switzerland Simon Trummer	Arden International	32	+44.552	23
20	Portugal Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	32	+47.776	25
19	Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	32	+52.464	24
2	Spain Dani Clos	Barwa Addax Team	30	Brakes	13
25	Netherlands Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	30	Accident damage	22
6	France Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	29	Accident damage	18
1	Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	16	Collision	5
4	Brazil Felipe Nasr	DAMS	16	Collision	3
12	Netherlands Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	16	Accident damage	11
14	Monaco Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	2	Collision	21
8	United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer	iSport International		Electrical	12

Notes:

— Dani Clos, Nigel Melker and Nathanaël Berthon were classified as having finished the race, as they had completed 90% of the winners race distance.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	Italy Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	22	39:22.363	8	15
10	Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	22	+0.399	6	12
9	United Kingdom James Calado	Lotus GP	22	+10.617	4	10
23	Brazil Luiz Razia	Arden International	22	+12.463	7	8
26	United Kingdom Max Chilton	Carlin	22	+13.573	5	6
4	Brazil Felipe Nasr	DAMS	22	+15.414	26	4
8	United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	22	+22.950	25	2
22	Switzerland Simon Trummer	Arden International	22	+30.425	16	1
12	Netherlands Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	22	+31.976	23	2
21	France Tom Dillmann	Rapax	22	+32.545	3
2	Spain Dani Clos	Barwa Addax Team	22	+32.632	19
5	Switzerland Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	22	+32.856	2
20	Portugal Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	22	+36.275	17
15	Italy Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	22	+36.477	1
27	Indonesia Rio Haryanto	Carlin	22	+39.988	9
7	Sweden Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	22	+40.386	13
17	Colombia Julián Leal	Trident Racing	22	+47.410	12
25	Netherlands Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	22	+56.196	20
18	Italy Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	22	+59.488	14
19	Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	22	+1:53.295	18
11	Venezuela Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	22	+2:12.968	15
1	Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	21	Retired	22
14	Monaco Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	20	Retired	24
6	France Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	15	Retired	21
24	New Zealand Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	2	Retired	10
16	Monaco Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	0	Retired	11

Notes:

— Felipe Nasr was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Johnny Cecotto Jr. in the feature race. He later started from the pit lane.
— Rodolfo González received a post-race 20-second penalty.
— Johnny Cecotto Jr. and Stefano Coletti were both classified as having finished the race, as they had completed 90% of the winners race distance.
— Tom Dillmann started from the pit lane.

Standings after the round

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	1	Italy Davide Valsecchi
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 1	2	Brazil Luiz Razia
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	3	Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 1	4	United Kingdom James Calado
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	5	United Kingdom Max Chilton

;Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	1	France DAMS
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	2	France Lotus GP
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	3	United Kingdom Arden International
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	4	United Kingdom Carlin
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	5	Spain Racing Engineering

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

References

Collantine, Keith. (16 December 2011). "GP2 to support F1 in Singapore, Bahrain and Malaysia". Keith Collantine.
(21 February 2011). "Bahrain withdraw from 2011 GP2 Asia Series calendar". GP2 Motorsport Limited.
Collantine, Keith. (12 July 2011). "GP2 to drop Asia Series in 2012". Keith Collantine.
Allen, Peter. (18 April 2012). "Clos replaces Kral at Addax for Bahrain". BlackEagleMedia Network.
(19 April 2012). "Brendon Hartley rejoint Ocean". Groupe Hommell.
(25 March 2012). "Ericsson handed a 10 place grid penalty". GP2 Series Ltd..
(20 April 2012). "Hartley issued with five place grid penalty". GP2 Series Ltd..
(21 April 2012). "Felipe Nasr given five-place grid penalty for GP2 sprint race". [[Haymarket Media Group.

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