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2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round

Field	Value
Country	Singapore
Grand Prix	Marina Bay
Round_No	12
Season_No	12
Image	Singapore street circuit v2.svg
Caption	Layout of the Marina Bay street circuit
Year	2012
Location	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore
Course	Street circuit
Course_mi	3.152
Course_km	5.073
Date_r1	22 September
Laps_r1	28
Pole_driver_country	ITA
Pole_driver	Luca Filippi
Pole_team	Scuderia Coloni
Pole_time	1:59.444
First_driver_country_r1	GBR
First_driver_r1	Max Chilton
First_team_r1	Carlin
Second_driver_country_r1	MEX
Second_driver_r1	Esteban Gutiérrez
Second_team_r1	Lotus GP
Third_driver_country_r1	SUI
Third_driver_r1	Fabio Leimer
Third_team_r1	Racing Engineering
Fast_driver_country_r1	MEX
Fast_driver_r1	Esteban Gutiérrez
Fast_team_r1	Lotus GP
Fast_time_r1	2:04.247
Fast_lap_r1	17
Date_r2	23 September
Laps_r2	24
First_driver_country_r2	NED
First_driver_r2	Giedo van der Garde
First_team_r2	Caterham Racing
Second_driver_country_r2	SWE
Second_driver_r2	Marcus Ericsson
Second_team_r2	iSport International
Third_driver_country_r2	SUI
Third_driver_r2	Fabio Leimer
Third_team_r2	Racing Engineering
Fast_driver_country_r2	MCO
Fast_driver_r2	Stefano Coletti
Fast_team_r2	Rapax
Fast_time_r2	2:03.184
Fast_lap_r2	5

The 2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 22 and 23, 2012 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the final round of the 2012 GP2 Season and was run in support of the Singapore Grand Prix. The event marked the first time the GP2 Series had travelled to Singapore. With the 2012 GP3 Series season having concluded at the previous round at Monza.

Davide Valsecchi was declared the 2012 series champion after he out-scored title rival Luiz Razia in the feature race. Giedo van der Garde won the sprint race.

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Sprint race

Giedo van der Garde, who started from pole, got off to a good start keeping Marcus Ericsson behind him, while Luiz Razia moved up to third. Felipe Nasr got off to a bad start dropping from third to ninth. Sergio Canamasas, on the other hand, had a great start, when he rose from 16th to seventh. On the third lap, he received a drive-through penalty because one of his mechanics was late leaving the grid. Despite being constantly notified of the penalty on the radio, the driver did not return to serve the penalty over three laps, so he was disqualified on lap seven. Thinking that his radio was damaged or had interference, his engineer also used a sign to inform him that he had to return to the pits. It wasn't until lap 14 that Canamasas returned to the pits with a mechanical problem and retired from the race, but he had no idea that he had been disqualified.

The safety car came out on the ninth lap of the race when Rene Binder spun in the last corner. Meanwhile, at the front, van der Garde held on to the lead after the restart and won easily by 1.7 seconds. There was a fight for third place on the last lap when Fabio Leimer overtook Razia in turn ten, taking advantage of his rival's tire problems.

Davide Valsecchi and Felipe Nasr secured the DAMS squad's first teams' title in GP2 with fifth and seventh placed finishes enough to beat rival Lotus GP.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
14	ITA Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni	1:59.444		1
26	GBR Max Chilton	Carlin	1:59.496	+0.052	2
10	MEX Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:59.908	+0.464	3
8	GBR Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	2:00.102	+0.658	4
5	SUI Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	2:00.113	+0.669	5
3	ITA Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	2:00.287	+0.843	6
1	VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	2:00.335	+0.891	7
21	MCO Stefano Coletti	Rapax	2:00.364	+0.920	8
23	BRA Luiz Razia	Arden International	2:00.365	+0.921	9
18	ESP Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	2:00.634	+1.190	10
16	MCO Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	2:00.671	+1.227	11
6	FRA Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	2:00.695	+1.251	12
4	BRA Felipe Nasr	DAMS	2:00.720	+1.276	13
12	NED Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	2:00.906	+1.462	14
9	GBR James Calado	Lotus GP	2:00.954	+1.510	15
27	INA Rio Haryanto	Carlin	2:01.031	+1.587	16
7	SWE Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	2:01.204	+1.760	17
25	NED Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	2:01.308	+1.864	18
17	COL Julián Leal	Trident Racing	2:01.474	+2.030	19
15	ITA Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	2:01.656	+2.212	26
22	SUI Simon Trummer	Arden International	2:01.961	+2.517	20
24	BRA Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	2:02.110	+2.666	21
11	VEN Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	2:02.260	+2.816	22
19	AUT René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	2:02.376	+2.932	23
2	USA Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	2:03.218	+3.774	24
20	POR Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	2:04.174	+4.730	25

;Notes:

– Fabio Onidi was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Nigel Melker at the previous round in Monza sprint race.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
26	GBR Max Chilton	Carlin	28	1:01:48.095	2	25
10	MEX Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	28	+1.363	3	20 (18+2)
5	SUI Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	28	+4.894	5	15
3	ITA Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	28	+5.945	6	12
23	BRA Luiz Razia	Arden International	28	+6.295	9	10
4	BRA Felipe Nasr	DAMS	28	+8.798	13	8
7	SWE Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	28	+14.229	17	6
12	NED Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	28	+15.147	14	4
27	INA Rio Haryanto	Carlin	28	+48.855	16	2
6	FRA Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	28	+49.445	12	1
17	COL Julián Leal	Trident Racing	28	+51.466	19
25	NED Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	28	+52.099	18
21	MCO Stefano Coletti	Rapax	28	+52.839	8
16	MCO Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	28	+1:04.038	11
2	USA Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	28	+1:04.314	24
18	ESP Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	28	+1:04.378	10
20	POR Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	28	+1:05.013	25
14	ITA Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni	24	Retired	1	4
15	ITA Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	24	Retired	26
9	GBR James Calado	Lotus GP	23	Retired	15
8	GBR Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	19	Retired	4
1	VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	9	Retired	7
11	VEN Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	7	Retired	22
22	SUI Simon Trummer	Arden International	5	Retired	20
24	BRA Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Retired	21
19	AUT René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	0	Retired	23

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
12	NED Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	21	46:36.606	1	15
7	SWE Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	21	+1.719	2	12
5	SUI Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	21	+5.684	6	10
23	BRA Luiz Razia	Arden International	21	+7.393	4	8
3	ITA Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	21	+7.942	5	6
10	MEX Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	21	+8.562	7	4
4	BRA Felipe Nasr	DAMS	21	+8.718	3	2
21	MCO Stefano Coletti	Rapax	21	+15.394	13	3 (1+2)
1	VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	21	+18.981	25
9	GBR James Calado	Lotus GP	21	+21.964	19
27	INA Rio Haryanto	Carlin	21	+29.223	9
25	NED Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	21	+38.159	12
24	BRA Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	21	+42.593	23
22	SUI Simon Trummer	Arden International	21	+43.366	22
6	FRA Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	21	+44.482	10
17	COL Julián Leal	Trident Racing	21	+49.242	11
2	USA Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	21	+50.553	15
11	VEN Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	21	+1:02.226	21
26	GBR Max Chilton	Carlin	21	+1:06.565	8
15	ITA Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	21	+1:07.175	24
20	POR Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	21	+1:07.288	17
16	MCO Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	19	Retired	14
19	AUT René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	8	Retired	26
8	GBR Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	2	Retired	20
18	ESP Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	14	Disqualified	16
14	ITA Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni	0	Did not start	—

;Notes:

– Johnny Cecotto Jr. was given a three-place grid penalty for crossing the white pit exit line when rejoining the circuit during the feature race.
– Fabio Onidi was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Jake Rosenzweig during the feature race.
– Stéphane Richelmi was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
– Sergio Canamasas was disqualified because her mechanics worked on her car too close to the start of the formation lap.
– Luca Filippi did not start because her car could not be repaired in time after hitting a wall in the feature race.

Standings after the round

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	1	ITA Davide Valsecchi
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	2	BRA Luiz Razia
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	3	MEX Esteban Gutiérrez
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	4	GBR Max Chilton
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 2	5	GBR James Calado

;Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	1	FRA DAMS
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	2	FRA Lotus GP
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	3	GBR Arden International
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	4	ESP Racing Engineering
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	5	GBR Carlin

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

Notes

References

| Previous_year's_round = none | Next_year's_round = 2013 Marina Bay GP2 Series round

References

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(16 December 2011). "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP2 Motorsport Limited.
(22 September 2012). "Valsecchi champion as Chilton wins". [[Haymarket Media Group.
Bradley, Charles. (23 September 2012). "Van der Garde wins Singapore sprint". [[Haymarket Media Group.
Bradley, Charles. (21 September 2012). "Filippi takes GP2 pole in Singapore". [[Haymarket Media Group.
(22 September 2012). "Penalties for Cecotto, Onidi". [[GP2 Series.

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