2012 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round explained

Country:	Germany
Grand Prix:	Hockenheim
Round No:	8
Season No:	12
Year:	2012
Location:	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.842
Course Km:	4.574
Date R1:	21 July
Laps R1:	38
Pole Driver Country:	Netherlands
Pole Driver:	Giedo van der Garde
Pole Team:	Caterham Racing
Pole Time:	1:44.022
First Driver Country R1:	Venezuela
First Driver R1:	Johnny Cecotto Jr.
First Team R1:	Barwa Addax Team
Second Driver Country R1:	Switzerland
Second Driver R1:	Fabio Leimer
Second Team R1:	Racing Engineering
Third Driver Country R1:	Monaco
Third Driver R1:	Stéphane Richelmi
Third Team R1:	Trident Racing
Fast Driver Country R1:	Italy
Fast Driver R1:	Fabio Onidi
Fast Team R1:	Scuderia Coloni
Fast Time R1:	1:25.254
Fast Lap R1:	31
Date R2:	22 July
Laps R2:	27
First Driver Country R2:	UK
First Driver R2:	James Calado
First Team R2:	Lotus GP
Second Driver Country R2:	Netherlands
Second Driver R2:	Giedo van der Garde
Second Team R2:	Caterham Racing
Third Driver Country R2:	Brazil
Third Driver R2:	Felipe Nasr
Third Team R2:	DAMS
Fast Driver Country R2:	Monaco
Fast Driver R2:	Stéphane Richelmi
Fast Team R2:	Trident Racing
Fast Time R2:	1:25.760
Fast Lap R2:	7

The 2012 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 21 and 22, 2012 at Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany. It was the eighth round of the 2012 GP2 Season. The race supported the 2012 German Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time
1	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:44.022	1
2	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:44.034	2
3	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:44.944	3
4	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:45.063	4
5	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:45.129	5
6	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:45.152	6
7	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:45.420	7
8	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	1:45.516	8
9	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:45.613	9
10	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:45.636	10
11	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:45.760	11
12	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:45.763	12
13	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:45.821	13
14	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:45.870	14
15	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:45.907	15
16	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:45.917	16
17	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:45.939	17
18	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.103	18
19	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:46.394	19
20	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.637	20
21	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:46.651	21
22	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:46.849	22
23	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:47.332	23
24	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:49.546	24
25	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:52.356	25
26	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	No time	26
Source:^[1] ^[2]

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	38	58:16.075	18	27
2	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	38	+9.609	3	18
3	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	38	+14.977	22	15
4	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	38	+21.464	7	12
5	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	38	+26.885	1	14
6	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	38	+29.260	4	8
7	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	38	+29.573	10	6
8	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	38	+29.950	2	4
9	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	38	+31.978	12	2
10	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	38	+32.373	9	1
11	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	38	+33.798	14
12	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	38	+39.284	20
13	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	38	+46.854	6
14	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	38	+50.205	11
15	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	38	+55.440	16
16	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	38	+55.707	17
17	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	38	+56.284	19
18	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	38	+1:02.119	21
19	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	38	+1:08.223	5
20	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	38	+1:18.043	15
21	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	38	+1:18.945	23
22	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	38	+1:20.866	13
23	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	38	+1:30.712	24
24	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	37	+1 Lap	26
Ret	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	27	Accident	8
DSQ	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	18	Disqualified	25
Source:^[3]

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	27	40:18.134	1	17
2	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	27	+7.962	4	12
3	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	27	+17.509	5	10
4	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	27	+21.962	7	8
5	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	27	+22.353	10	6
6	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	27	+33.193	8	4
7	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	27	+39.870	13	2
8	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	27	+41.861	3	1
9	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	27	+42.196	15
10	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	27	+42.442	2
11	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	27	+42.959	17
12	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	27	+43.336	21
13	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	27	+43.580	12
14	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	27	+44.111	22
15	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	27	+46.002	11
16	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	27	+46.683	26
17	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	27	+47.624	16
18	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	27	+53.235	18
19	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	27	+54.660	20
20	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	27	+56.315	23
21	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	27	+1:02.878	6
22	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	27	+1:13.439	19
23	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	27	+1 Lap	25
Ret	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	18	Retired	24
Ret	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	0	Accident	9
Ret	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	0	Accident	14
Source:^[4] ^[5]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Luiz Razia	171
	2	Davide Valsecchi	161
	3	Esteban Gutiérrez	129
2	4	Giedo van der Garde	119
1	5	James Calado	116

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Team	Points
	1	Lotus GP	245
	2	DAMS	227
	3	Arden International	175
2	4	Racing Engineering	136
2	5	Caterham Racing	125

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

See also

• 2012 German Grand Prix
• 2012 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round

Notes and References

1. News: Hockenheim GP2 Qualifying Session. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019221953/http://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-series-hockenheim-qualifying-session-2012-caterham-racing---101618.html. usurped. October 19, 2012. AutoMobilSport.com. 27 May 2021.
2. News: 2012 Hockenheim GP - Round 15. MotorSport Magazine. 27 May 2021.
3. News: Hockenheim GP2 Feature Race Result. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019220116/http://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-series-hockenheim-feature-race-result-2012---101676.html. usurped. October 19, 2012. AutoMobilSport.com. 27 May 2021.
4. News: 2012 Hockenheimring GP2 - Round 16. MotorSport Magazine. 13 June 2021.
5. News: Hockenheim GP2 Sprint Race Classification. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019192612/http://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-series-hockenheim-sprint-race-classification-james-calado-lotus-gp---101704.html. usurped. October 19, 2012. AutoMobilSport.com. 13 June 2021.