2012 Monaco GP2 Series round
Appearance
Round details | |||
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Round 5 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series | |||
![]() Circuit de Monaco | |||
Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
Course |
Street circuit 3.34 km (2.08 mi) | ||
Feature race | |||
Date | 25 May 2012 | ||
Laps | 42 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver |
![]() | Barwa Addax Team | |
Time | 1:21.195 | ||
Podium | |||
First |
![]() | Barwa Addax Team | |
Second |
![]() | iSport International | |
Third |
![]() | Caterham Racing | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | Scuderia Coloni | |
Time | 1:22.667 (on lap 41) | ||
Sprint race | |||
Date | 26 May 2012 | ||
Laps | 30 | ||
Podium | |||
First |
![]() | iSport International | |
Second |
![]() | Carlin | |
Third |
![]() | Caterham Racing | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | Arden International | |
Time | 1:22.223 (on lap 30) |
The 2012 Monaco GP2 Series round was the fifth round of the 2012 GP2 Series season. It was held on May 24–26, 2012 at Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco.[1] The race was used to support the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix.
Classification
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]The qualifying session was divided into two groups in order to avoid accidents due to the overcrowding on the track.[2] Following a ballot, Group A was formed by cars with even numbers and Group B by those with odd numbers.[3] The grid was formed in two rows in order from the sessions.[4]
- Group A
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Grid |
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1 | 26 | ![]() |
Carlin | 1:21.320 | 2 |
2 | 12 | ![]() |
Caterham Racing | 1:21.475 | 4 |
3 | 8 | ![]() |
iSport International | 1:21.530 | 6 |
4 | 2 | ![]() |
Barwa Addax Team | 1:21.776 | 8 |
5 | 10 | ![]() |
Lotus GP | 1:21.796 | 10 |
6 | 14 | ![]() |
Scuderia Coloni | 1:22.174 | 12 |
7 | 16 | ![]() |
Trident Racing | 1:22.326 | 14 |
8 | 6 | ![]() |
Racing Engineering | 1:22.475 | 16 |
9 | 4 | ![]() |
DAMS | 1:22.650 | 18 |
10 | 22 | ![]() |
Arden International | 1:22.997 | 20 |
11 | 18 | ![]() |
Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:23.193 | 22 |
12 | 24 | ![]() |
Ocean Racing Technology | 1:23.792 | 24 |
13 | 20 | ![]() |
Rapax | 1:25.661 | 26 |
- Group B
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Grid |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Barwa Addax Team | 1:21.195 | 1 |
2 | 7 | ![]() |
iSport International | 1:21.249 | 3 |
3 | 23 | ![]() |
Arden International | 1:21.858 | 5 |
4 | 3 | ![]() |
DAMS | 1:21.912 | 7 |
5 | 5 | ![]() |
Racing Engineering | 1:22.053 | 9 |
6 | 21 | ![]() |
Rapax | 1:22.288 | 11 |
7 | 9 | ![]() |
Lotus GP | 1:22.598 | 13 |
8 | 17 | ![]() |
Trident Racing | 1:22.762 | 15 |
9 | 11 | ![]() |
Caterham Racing | 1:22.873 | 17 |
10 | 25 | ![]() |
Ocean Racing Technology | 1:22.996 | 19 |
11 | 15 | ![]() |
Scuderia Coloni | 1:23.020 | 21 |
12 | 27 | ![]() |
Carlin | 1:23.539 | 23 |
13 | 19 | ![]() |
Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:25.907 | 25 |
Qualifying summary
[edit]Feature race
[edit]Notes:
- ^1 — Esteban Gutiérrez was classified as having finished the race, as he had completed 90% of the winners race distance.
Sprint race
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Jolyon_Palmer_Monaco_win.jpg/220px-Jolyon_Palmer_Monaco_win.jpg)
Standings after the round
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Collantine, Keith (16 December 2011). "GP2 to support F1 in Singapore, Bahrain and Malaysia". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ "Monaco qualifying split in two". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Monaco Qualifying Session twist revealed". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Cecotto storms to Monaco pole". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Johnny Cecotto grabs maiden GP2 win in Monaco". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ "Palmer escapes first-lap carnage to take maiden GP2 win at Monaco". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.