GP3 series 2012

GP3 series 2012

master
Driver:	Mitch Evans
Team:	Lotus GP
Season dates
Number of races:	16
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The 2012 GP3 series was the third season of the GP3 series . It started on May 12th in Barcelona and ended on September 9th in Monza . Mitch Evans won the drivers' championship.

Rule changes

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 were given to the first ten pilots. In the sprint race, the first eight riders got 15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 points. In addition, there were four points for the winner of the qualifying, as well as two bonus points each for the driver who achieved the fastest lap of the first ten classified drivers.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers used Dallara chassis , Renault engines and Pirelli tires .

team	Automobile #	driver	Race weekend
Lotus GP	01	Daniel Dept.	1-8
	02	Conor Daly	1-8
	03	Aaro Vainio	1-8
MW Arden	04th	Mitch Evans	1-8
	05	David Fumanelli	1-8
	06th	Matias Laine	1-8
Marussia Manor Racing	07th	Dmitri Suranovich	1-8
	08th	Fabiano Machado	1-8
	09	Tio Ellinas	1-8
Status Grand Prix	14th	Marlon Stockinger	1-8
	15th	Kōtaro Sakurai	1, 2, 4
		Lewis Williamson	5-8
	16	Alice Powell	1-8
Ocean Racing Technology	17th	Kevin Ceccon	1
		Carmen Jordá	2-8
	18th	Carmen Jordá	1
		Kevin Ceccon	2-8
	19th	Robert Cregan	1-8
Jenzer Motorsport	20th	Robert Visoiu	1-8
	21st	Patric Niederhauser	1-8
	22nd	Jakub Klášterka	1, 2
		Facu regalía	4th
		Alex Fontana	6, 7
Trident Racing	23	Vicky Piria	1-8
	24	Antonio Spavone	1-4
	25th	Giovanni Venturini	4-8
Carlin	26th	Alex Brundle	1-8
	27	António Félix da Costa	1-8
	28	William Buller	1-8
Atech CRS Grand Prix	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	1-8
	30th	John Wartique	1-3, 7, 8
		Fabio Gamberini	4th
		Facu regalía	6th
	31	Ethan Ringel	1-8

Remarks

1. ↑ Kōtarō Sakurai started the first two racing weekends with a Japanese license. From the fourth race weekend he entered with a Filipino license.

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers who took part in the 2011 GP3 series and who do not start for the same team in the 2012 season as in 2011.

Drivers who have changed their team:

• Conor Daly : Carlin → Lotus GP
• António Félix da Costa : Status Grand Prix → Carlin
• Matias Laine : Marussia Manor Racing → MW Arden
• Tamás Pál Kiss : Tech 1 Racing → Atech CRS Grand Prix
• Marlon Stöckinger : Atech CRS Grand Prix → Status Grand Prix
• Aaro Vainio : Tech 1 Racing → Lotus GP
• Lewis Williamson : MW Arden → Status Grand Prix

Drivers entering or returning to the GP3 series:

• Daniel Abt : Formula 3 Euro Series ( Signature ) → Lotus GP
• William Buller : British Formula 3 Championship ( Fortec Motorsport ) → Carlin
• Alex Brundle : FIA Formula 2 Championship → Carlin
• Kevin Ceccon : Auto GP ( Ombra Racing ) → Ocean Racing Technology
• Robert Cregan : Fujitsu V8 ​​Supercar Series ( Matt Stone Racing ) → Ocean Racing Technology
• Tio Ellinas : British Formula Renault (Atech Reid GP) → Marussia Manor Racing
• David Fumanelli : European F3 Open ( RP Motorsport ) → MW Arden
• Fabio Gamberini : European F3 Open ( Team West-Tec ) → Atech CRS Grand Prix
• Carmen Jordá : Lamborghini Super Trofeo → Ocean Racing Technology
• Jakub Klášterka : Time out → Jenzer Motorsport
• Fabiano Machado : South American Formula 3 Championship ( Cesário Fórmula ) → Marussia Manor Racing
• Patric Niederhauser : Formula Abarth (Jenzer Motorsport) → Jenzer Motorsport
• Vicky Piria : Formula Abarth ( Prema Powerteam ) → Trident Racing
• Alice Powell : British Formula Renault (Manor Competition) → Status Grand Prix
• Facu Regalía : Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Arco Motorsport ) → Jenzer Motorsport
• Ethan Ringel : F2000 Championship Series ( McLaughlin Motorsports ) → Atech CRS Grand Prix
• Kōtarō Sakurai : British Formula 3 Championship ( Hitech Racing ) → Status Grand Prix
• Antonio Spavone : Formula Abarth ( JD Motorsport ) → Trident Racing
• Dmitri Suranowitsch : Formula Abarth ( Euronova Racing ) → Marussia Manor Racing
• Giovanni Venturini : Auto GP ( Griffitz Durango ) → Trident Racing
• Robert Visoiu : Formula Abarth (Jenzer Motorsport) → Jenzer Motorsport
• John Wartique : Peugeot Sport 207 Championship → Atech CRS Grand Prix

Drivers who have left the GP3 series:

• Zoël Amberg : Atech CRS Grand Prix → Formula Renault 3.5 ( Pons Racing )
• Luciano Bacheta : RSC Mücke Motorsport → FIA Formula 2 Championship
• Valtteri Bottas : Lotus ART → Formula 1 test driver ( Williams F1 )
• James Calado : Lotus ART → GP2 series (Lotus GP)
• Gabby Chaves : Addax Team → Star Mazda Series ( JDC Motorsports )
• Michael Christensen : RSC Mücke Motorsport → German Porsche Carrera Cup
• Tom Dillmann : Addax Team → GP2 series ( Rapax )
• Vittorio Ghirelli : Addax Team → Formula Renault 3.5 ( Comtec Racing )
• Rio Haryanto : Marussia Manor Racing → GP2 Series (Carlin)
• Daniel Mancinelli : RSC Mücke Motorsport → Italian Porsche Carrera Cup (MIK Corse)
• Nigel Melker : RSC Mücke Motorsport → GP2 series (Ocean Racing Technology)
• Nico Müller : Jenzer Motorsport → Formula Renault 3.5 ( International Draco Racing )
• Adrian Quaife-Hobbs : Marussia Manor Racing → Auto GP World Series ( SuperNova International )
• Alexander Sims : Status Grand Prix → European Le Mans Series (Status GP)
• Richie Stanaway : Lotus ART → Formula Renault 3.5 ( Gravity - Charouz )
• Simon Trummer : MW Arden → GP2 series (Arden International)
• Nick Yelloly : Atech CRS Grand Prix → Formula Renault 3.5 (Comtec Racing)

Drivers who do not yet have a contract for a racing cockpit 2012:

Andrea Caldarelli Leonardo Cordeiro Christophe Hurni Thomas Hylkema

Ivan Lukashevich Callum MacLeod Daniel Morad Pedro Nunes

Maxim Simin Dean Smith Dominic Storey

Changes in the teams

• The Addax team withdrew from the GP3 series and handed the place over to Trident Racing . Tech 1 Racing was also no longer represented in the starting field . Ocean Racing Technology took over this starting position .

• RSC Mücke Motorsport got out of the GP3 series.

• 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.

Changes during the season

• In Status Grand Prix was Kotaro Sakurai for the fifth race weekend by Lewis Williamson replaced.

• Jenzer Motorsport used several drivers in the third vehicle. Jakub Klášterka initially drove two races, then Facu Regalía and Alex Fontana each took part in one race.

• John Wartique lost his cockpit at the Atech CRS Grand Prix after the third race weekend due to budget problems. Fabio Gamberini initially took his place for a race. As the season progressed, Regalia, who had previously driven for Jenzer Motorsport, also competed in this vehicle at a race weekend.

Racing calendar

In 2012, eight racing weekends took place, all of them as part of the Formula 1 supporting program . The GP3 series accompanied the GP2 series to every European event this season. For the first time, GP3 races were held on the Circuit de Monaco .

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
01.	12th of May	Barcelona	Mitch Evans	Marlon Stockinger	Aaro Vainio
02.	May 13th		Conor Daly	Robert Visoiu	Matias Laine
03.	25. May	Monte Carlo	Aaro Vainio	Tamás Pál Kiss	Kevin Ceccon
04th	May 26		Marlon Stockinger	António Félix da Costa	Daniel Dept.
05.	23rd June	Valencia	Mitch Evans	Aaro Vainio	David Fumanelli
06th	June 24th		Patric Niederhauser	Daniel Dept.	Matias Laine
07th	07th of July	Silverstone	António Félix da Costa	Mitch Evans	Aaro Vainio
08th.	08th of July		William Buller	Conor Daly	Patric Niederhauser
09.	21 July	Hockenheim	Patric Niederhauser	Conor Daly	Giovanni Venturini
10.	22nd of July		Mitch Evans	Daniel Dept.	Conor Daly
11.	July 28th	Mogyoród	António Félix da Costa	Daniel Dept.	Mitch Evans
12.	29th of July		António Félix da Costa	Patric Niederhauser	Alex Brundle
13.	0September 1	Spa Francorchamps	Daniel Dept.	António Félix da Costa	Mitch Evans
14th	0September 2nd		Matias Laine	António Félix da Costa	Conor Daly
15th	0September 8th	Monza	Daniel Dept.	Tio Ellinas	Matias Laine
16.	0the 9th of September		Tio Ellinas	Daniel Dept.	Giovanni Venturini

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

Item driver ESP HAU ESP SPR MON HAU MON SPR ESP HAU ESP SPR GBR HAU GBR SPR GER HAU GER SPR HUN HAU HUN SPR BEL HAU BEL SPR ITA HAU ITA SPR Points 01  M. Evans 1 20th 5 4th 1 6th 2 11 8th 1 3 21st 3 15th DNF 20th 151.5 02  D. Dept. 13 6th 6th 3 6th 2 4th DNF 7th 2 2 11 1 5 1 2 149.5 03  A. Felix da Costa 14th 7th 7th 2 DNF 8th 1 6th DNF DNF 1 1 2 2 15th 5 132.0 04th  A. Vainio 3 4th 1 7th 2 7th 3 DNF 5 6th 5 7th 6th 14th 11 14th 123.0 05  M. Laine 5 3 21st 16 5 3 9 18 * 4th 5 7th 6th 5 1 3 6th 111.0 06th  C. Daly 6th 1 23 * DNF 11 DNF 5 2 2 3 6th 9 7th 3 4th 11 106.0 07th  P. Niederhauser 4th 5 DNF 15th 8th 1 10 3 1 9 16 2 11 6th 5 DNF 101.0 08th  T. Ellinas 7th 15th 9 8th 4th 5 6th 4th 10 7th 13 4th 4th DNF 2 1 99.0 09  K. Ceccon DNF 10 3 6th 7th 4th 8th 7th 17th 15th 4th 8th 12 20th 13 9 56.0 10  M. Stockinger 2 19th 8th 1 19th 11 16 DNF 16 11 9 13 14th 16 7th 4th 55.0 11  D. Fumanelli 9 17th 4th 5 3 16 DNS DNS 12 10 8th DNF 20th DNF 6th 13 47.0 12  T. Pál Kiss 12 DNF 2 9 9 10 11 14th 6th 4th 14th 10 17th 10 9 15th 38.0 13  G. Venturini             13 16 3 8th 11 DNF 9 9 8th 3 31.0 14th  R. Visoiu 8th 2 14th 10 DNF 12 12 5 DSQ 12 12 22nd 15th 13 14th 7th 24.0 15th  W. Buller 23 9 12 DNF 10 9 DNF 1 9 DNF 23 12 13 8th 10 12 20.0 16  A. Brundle 10 8th 10 DNF 16 14th 7th 10 DSQ 13 15th 3 19th 11 DNF 10 19.0 17th  L. Williamson                 13 DNF 10 5 8th 7th 19th DNF 11.0 18th  A. Fontana                     17th 15th 10 4th     8.5 19th  A. Powell DNF 11 11 22nd 18th DNF 17th DNF 19th DNF 19th 20th 18th 12 12 8th 1.0 20th  F. Gamberini             23 8th                 1.0 21st  F. Machado 16 DNF 15th 17th DNF 19th 19th 9 DNF DNF DNS DNS 25th 21st DNF 16 0.0 22nd  R. Cregan 15th DNF 18th 11 15th 13 20th 15th 11 NC 21st 14th 21st DNS 20th 17th 0.0 23  D. Suranovich 11 DNF 16 DSQ DNF 15th 22nd 20 * 15th 14th DNF 16 22nd 18th 22 * DNF 0.0 24  K. Sakurai 18th 12 13 20th     15th 13                 0.0 25th  J. Wartique 21st 13 17th 13 12 DNF             23 17th 17th 18th 0.0 26th  V. Piria 22nd 16 19th 12 17th 18th 18th 21 * 14th DNF 20th 19th 16 19th 16 DNF 0.0 27  F. Regalia             14th 12     18th 18th         0.0 28  C. Jordá 20th 21st DNF 21st 13 DNF DNQ DNQ 20th DNF 24 * DNF 26th 23 21st 19th 0.0 29  E. Ringlet DNF 18th DNF 18th 14th DNF DNF 17th 18th 16 22nd 17th 24 22nd 18th DNF 0.0 30th  A. Spavone 17th DNF 20th 14th DNF 17th 21st 19th                 0.0 31  J. Klášterka 19th 14th 22nd 19th                         0.0 Item driver ESP HAU ESP SPR MON HAU MON SPR ESP HAU ESP SPR GBR HAU GBR SPR GER HAU GER SPR HUN HAU HUN SPR BEL HAU BEL SPR ITA HAU ITA SPR Points

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished (DNF) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start (DNS) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) Blank not participated injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) other formats and characters P / bold Pole position italic Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers) * not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered underlined Leader in the overall standings Bold - pole position Italic - fastest race lap

• At the main race in Spa-Francorchamps only half points were awarded because the race was stopped prematurely and the distance required to get full points had not been completed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "Lotus-ART becomes 2012 Lotus-GP" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 10, 2012)
2. ↑ “Daniel Abt gets Lotus GP3 seat for 2012” (autosport.com on January 18, 2012)
3. ↑ “Conor Daly joins Lotus GP for GP3 assault” (autosport.com on March 2, 2012)
4. ↑ “Vainio vaihtaa Bottaksen talliin” (mtv3.fi on November 29, 2011)
5. ↑ "GP3 - Evans also at the start for Arden in 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on January 16, 2012)
6. ↑ “MW Arden signs David Fumanelli for 2012 GP3 season” (autosport.com on January 13, 2012)
7. ↑ “Matias Laine completes Arden's GP3 line-up” (autosport.com on January 25, 2012)
8. ↑ "GP3 - Marussia Manor 2012 with Suranovich" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 3, 2012)
9. ^ "GP3 - Marussia Manor 2012 with Machado" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 15, 2012)
10. ↑ "GP3 - Marussia Manor signs Ellinas" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 17, 2012)
11. ^ "GP3 - future status with Stockinger" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 6, 2012)
12. ↑ “Kotaro Sakurai joins Status for GP3” (autosport.com on April 5, 2012)
13. ↑ Pablo Elizalde: “Lewis Williamson returns to GP3 with Status GP after FR3.5 spell”. autosport.com, July 18, 2012, accessed July 18, 2012 . 
14. ^ “Alice Powell secures Status GP3 deal for 2012 season” (autosport.com on April 16, 2012)
15. ^ "GP3 - Kevin Ceccon drives for Ocean" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 6, 2012)
16. ↑ ^{a b} “Jorda and Cregan join Ocean for squad's maiden GP3 campaign” (autosport.com on March 10, 2012)
17. ^ "GP3: Robert Visoiu avec Jenzer" (autohebdo.fr on February 13, 2012)
18. ↑ “Jenzer Motorsport confirm Niederhauser for 2012” (gp3series.com on March 3, 2012)
19. ↑ “Jenzer announce Jakub Klasterka” (gp3series.com on May 8, 2012)
20. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "GP3 - Jenzer strengthens with Regalia". From Silverstone in the cockpit. Motorsport-Magazin.com, July 1, 2012, accessed July 5, 2012 . 
21. ↑ “Alex Fontana joins Jenzer for Budapest”. (No longer available online.) Gp3series.com, July 24, 2012, archived from the original on July 26, 2012 ; accessed on July 27, 2012 (English). 
22. ↑ ^{a b} "GP3 - Trident takes place from Addax" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on October 11, 2011)
23. ↑ "GP3 - Vicky Piria starts as the first woman in GP3" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 17, 2012)
24. ↑ “Spavone joins Trident Racing for 2012” (gp3series.com on March 12, 2012)
25. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "GP3 - Trident: Third Car for Venturini". From Silverstone onwards there is a wider cast. Motorsport-Magazin.com, July 4, 2012, accessed July 5, 2012 . 
26. ^ "Alex Brundle en GP3 chez Carlin" (autohebdo.fr on February 3, 2012)
27. ↑ “Antonio Felix da Costa confirmed at Carlin for GP3” ( Memento from March 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (gp3series.com on March 26, 2012)
28. ↑ "William Buller completes Carlin's GP3 line-up" (autosport.com on April 12, 2012)
29. ↑ "GP3 - Pal Kiss goes into the cockpit for Atech in 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 4, 2012)
30. ↑ “Atech CRS GP confirms Wartique for GP3 campaign” (gp3series.com on May 7, 2012)
31. ↑ ^{a b} “FABIO GAMBERINI JOINS ATECH CRS GP FOR HOME EVENT”. Gamberini debuts with Atech at Silverstone. (No longer available online.) Gp3series.com, July 5, 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on July 5, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
32. ↑ “2012 Season Preview: Round 6, Budapest Hungary”. (No longer available online.) Gp3series.com, July 26, 2012, archived from the original on December 5, 2012 ; Retrieved July 27, 2012 . 
33. ↑ “Atech CRS makes American Ethan Ringel its first signing for 2012 GP3 season” (autosport.com on November 22, 2011)
34. ↑ "GP3 - Ocean replaces Tech 1 Racing" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on March 7, 2012)
35. ↑ "RSC mosquito gets out of GP3" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 27, 2012)
36. ↑ "GP3 - GP3 announces provisional calendar" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 16, 2011)
37. ↑ "Monaco represented in the GP3 calendar for the first time" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 26, 2012)