GP2 series 2012
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| Driver: |
 Davide Valsecchi
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| Team: |
 DAMS
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| Number of races: | 24 |
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The 2012 GP2 Series was the eighth season of the GP2 Series . Twelve race weekends were held. The season started on March 24th in Sepang and ended on September 23rd in Singapore . Davide Valsecchi won the drivers' championship.
In 2012, the GP2 Asia series did not take place for the first time since 2007 . Instead, the GP2 series started again outside of Europe.
Rule changes
technical changes
From the 2012 season two tire compounds will be offered in the GP2 series. As before, the drivers have four sets per weekend. Three of them are from the harder and one from the softer mixture. 1 In the sprint race, the harder tires must be used, otherwise the teams are free to decide when which tire is used.
1 The race weekend in Monaco was an exception, when two sets of both mixtures were available.
Sporting changes
As of the 2012 season, the points system in the main race will again be based on that of the FIA , which is also used in Formula 1. 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 points are given to the first ten pilots. In the sprint race, the first eight drivers get 15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 points. In addition, there are four points for the winner of the qualifying, as well as two bonus points each for the driver who achieves the fastest lap of the first ten classified drivers.
Teams and drivers
All teams and drivers used the Dallara GP2 / 11 chassis , Renault - Mecachrome engines and Pirelli tires .
Changes in the drivers
The following list contains all drivers who took part in the 2011 GP2 series and who did not start for the same team in the 2012 season as in 2011.
Drivers who have changed their team:
- Johnny cecotto jr. : Ocean Racing Technology → Barwa Addax Team
- Dani Clos : Racing Engineering → Barwa Addax Team
- Stefano Coletti : Trident Racing → Scuderia Coloni
- Giedo van der Garde : Barwa Addax Team → Caterham Racing
- Rodolfo González : Trident Racing → Caterham Racing
- Josef Král : Arden International → Barwa Addax Team
- Julian Leal : Rapax → Trident Racing
- Fabio Leimer : Rapax → Racing Engineering
- Jolyon Palmer : Arden International → iSport International
- Luiz Razia : Caterham Team AirAsia → Arden International
- Davide Valsecchi : Caterham Team AirAsia → DAMS
Drivers entering or returning to the GP2 series:
- Nathanaël Berthon : Formula Renault 3.5 ( ISR ) → Racing Engineering
- René Binder : German Formula 3 Cup ( Jo Zeller Racing ) → Venezuela GP Lazarus
- Sergio Canamasas : Formula Renault 3.5 ( BVM Target ) → Venezuela GP Lazarus
- James Calado : GP3 series ( Lotus ART ) → Lotus GP
- Fabrizio Crestani : Auto GP (Lazarus) → Venezuela GP Lazarus
- Tom Dillmann : GP3 series (Addax Team) → Rapax
- Víctor Guerin : Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Lucidi Motors ) → Ocean Racing Technology
- Rio Haryanto : GP3 series ( Marussia Manor Racing ) → Carlin
- Daniël de Jong : Formula Renault 3.5 ( Comtec Racing ) → Rapax
- Jon Lancaster : Auto GP ( SuperNova ) → Ocean Racing Technology
- Nigel Melker : GP3 series ( RSC Mücke Motorsport ) → Ocean Racing Technology
- Felipe Nasr : British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin) → DAMS
- Fabio Onidi : Auto GP (Lazarus) → Scuderia Coloni
- Jake Rosenzweig : Formula Renault 3.5 ( Mofaz Racing ) → Barwa Addax Team
- Giancarlo Serenelli : LATAM Challenge Series ( Re Racing ) → Venezuela GP Lazarus
- Ricardo Teixeira : Formula 1 test driver ( Team Lotus ) → Rapax
- Simon Trummer : GP3 series (MW Arden) → Arden International
Drivers who have left the GP2 series:
- Mikhail Aljoschin : Carlin → Formula Renault 3.5 ( RFR )
- Jules Bianchi : Lotus ART → Formula Renault 3.5 ( Tech 1 Racing )
- Sam Bird : iSport International → Formula Renault 3.5 (ISR)
- Adam Carroll : Super Nova Racing → FIA GT1 World Championship ( Belgian Audi Club Team WRT )
- Kevin Ceccon : Scuderia Coloni → GP3 series (Ocean Racing Technology)
- Fairuz Fauzy : Super Nova Racing → no racing activity 2012
- Romain Grosjean : DAMS → Formula 1 ( Lotus F1 Team )
- Michael Herck : Scuderia Coloni → no racing activity 2012
- Kevin Mirocha : Ocean Racing Technology → FIA Formula 2 Championship
- Álvaro Parente : Carlin → FIA GT1 World Championship ( Hexis Racing )
- Charles Pic : Barwa Addax Team → Formula 1 ( Marussia F1 Team )
- Davide Rigon : Scuderia Coloni → Blancpain Endurance Series ( Kessel Racing )
- Oliver Turvey : Carlin → Formula 1 test driver ( Vodafone McLaren Mercedes )
- Pål Varhaug : DAMS → Auto GP ( Virtuosi Racing UK )
- Christian Vietoris : Racing Engineering → DTM ( HWA AG )
Changes in the teams
- The Caterham Team AirAsia will compete as Caterham Racing from the 2012 season .
- ART Grand Prix expresses the connection to the automobile manufacturer Lotus from the 2012 season more clearly and reported the team as Lotus GP instead of Lotus ART . Instead of being painted in British Racing Green , the team, like all Lotus factory teams, competed in a black and gold color scheme in 2012.
- Super Nova Racing got out of the GP2 series for the new season. The team competed in Formula 3000 from 1994 to 2004 and was one of the teams that have been in every season since the GP2 series was founded in 2005. The starting place for the 2012 and 2013 seasons was awarded to the Italian team Lazarus , which was previously active in the Auto GP . The team competes under the name Venezuela GP Lazarus .
Racing calendar
In 2012, twelve race weekends took place, eight of them in Europe. For the first time, a GP2 race weekend was held on the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore. The races in Sepang and as-Sachir returned to the racing calendar, but the former took place for the first time as part of the main series. Both events were previously on the GP2 Asia series calendar. The German race switched from the Nürburgring back to Hockenheim . With the exception of the third event in as-Sachir, all racing weekends took place as part of the Formula 1 Grand Prix weekends. The Istanbul Park Circuit was removed from the racing calendar and no event was held at the Yas Marina Circuit and the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari , where 2011 GP2 races were held.
All main races took place on Saturday and all sprint races on Sunday. The event in Monaco, where the main race was held on Friday and the sprint race on Saturday, was an exception.
Rating
Point system
At the main race (HAU) the first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 or 1 point (s). In the sprint race (SPR) the first eight of the race received 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 or 1 point (s). In addition, the winner of the qualifying, who starts from pole position in the main race, received four points. The driver who achieved the fastest lap of the first ten classified drivers received two points.
Driver ranking
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Team evaluation
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- The Scuderia Coloni was removed from the team classification for the race weekend in Silverstone and is retrospectively not entitled to points for the entire season. The trigger was Coloni's announcement that he would leave at the end of the season.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b "GP2 with new points system and new tire rule" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 4, 2011)
- ^ The regulations. gp2series.com, accessed March 28, 2012 .
- ↑ "Johnny Cecotto Jr switches to Addax for 2012 GP2 campaign" (autosport.com on January 20, 2012)
- ↑ "GP2 - Kral signs with Barwa Addax" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 3, 2012)
- ^ "Clos Replaces Kral At Addax For Bahrain" (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on April 17, 2012)
- ^ Glenn Freeman: "Jake Rosenzweig replaces Josef Kral at Addax for Monza". autosport.com, September 6, 2012, accessed September 8, 2012 .
- ↑ “Davide Valsecchi joins DAMS for 2012 GP2 season” (autosport.com on January 19, 2012)
- ↑ "DAMS complete: Nasr becomes Valsecchi's teammate" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 16, 2012)
- ↑ "GP2 - Leimer drives 2012 for Racing Engineering" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 10, 2012)
- ^ “Nathanael Berthon joins Racing Engineering to race in 2012 GP2 season” (autosport.com on March 5, 2012)
- ↑ "GP2 - Ericsson stays with iSport" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on November 1, 2011)
- ↑ “Jolyon Palmer to switch to iSport for 2012 GP2 campaign” (autosport.com on December 23, 2011)
- ↑ a b "Lotus-ART becomes 2012 Lotus-GP" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 10, 2012)
- ↑ "Lotus-ART 2012 with new driver pairing" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 25, 2011)
- ↑ "GP2 - Gutierrez also 2012 at Lotus ART" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on September 27, 2011)
- ↑ a b "Caterham Group: Fernandes is repositioning itself" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 27, 2011)
- ^ "GP2 - Caterham with van der Garde & Gonzalez" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 27, 2012)
- ↑ “Van der Garde joins Caterham GP2 team” (gpupdate.net on February 25, 2012)
- ↑ a b “Coloni signs Stefano Coletti and Fabio Onidi for 2012 GP2 campaign” (autosport.com on January 9, 2012)
- ↑ a b Gerald Dirnbeck: "Filippi celebrates GP2 comeback". Motorsport-Total.com, September 6, 2012, accessed September 8, 2012 .
- ↑ "GP2 - Richelmi will be a regular Trident driver in 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 12, 2011)
- ^ "GP2 - Leal 2012 regular driver at Trident" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 20, 2011)
- ↑ a b “Venezuela GP Lazarus joins GP2 Series” (gp2series.com on February 17, 2012)
- ^ "GP2 - Fabrizio Crestani at Lazarus" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 23, 2012)
- ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "GP2 - Canamasas debuts in Hockenheim". At Lazarus next to Serenelli. Motorsport-Magazin.com, July 17, 2012, accessed July 17, 2012 .
- ↑ “Giancarlo Serenelli” (gp2series.com; accessed on March 21, 2012)
- ↑ Olaf Mehlhose: "GP2 - Binder replaces Serenelli". GP2 debut in Spa. Motorsport-Magazin.com, August 30, 2012, accessed August 31, 2012 .
- ↑ a b “Tom Dillmann and Ricardo Teixeira to drive for Rapax in 2012” ( Memento from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (rapaxteam.com on March 17, 2012)
- ^ A b Mario Fritzsche: "Rapax: Teixeira fails for Valencia". Motorsport-Total.com, June 20, 2012, accessed June 20, 2012 .
- ↑ "Arden obliges Trummer for the GP2" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 13, 2012)
- ↑ “Luiz Razia completes Arden GP2 driver line up season” (gp2series.com on February 27, 2012)
- ^ "Jon Lancaster joins Ocean for GP2" (autosport.com on March 6, 2012)
- ^ "GP2: Brendon Hartley rejoint Ocean" (autohebdo.fr on April 19, 2012)
- ↑ “Guerin Takes Ocean GP2 Seat While Kral Returns At Addax” (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on May 9, 2012)
- ↑ "GP2 - Melker 2012 for Ocean Racing at the start" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 14, 2011)
- ↑ a b “Rio Haryanto joins Max Chilton in Carlin's GP2 line-up as Marussia comes on board” (autosport.com on February 24, 2012)
- ↑ "Twelve events for GP2 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 19, 2011)
- ↑ "Sepang and Singapore new in the GP2 calendar" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2011)
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Coloni: No Future in GP2". Motorsport-Total.com, July 6, 2012, accessed July 9, 2012 .
