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 | |||
Standort | 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 | |
Zeit | 1:21.195 | ||
Podium | |||
First |
![]() | Barwa Addax Team | |
Second |
![]() | iSport International | |
Third |
![]() | Caterham Racing | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | Scuderia Coloni | |
Zeit | 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 | |
Zeit | 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
Qualifying
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 | Zeit | 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 | Zeit | Grid |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Feature race
Notes:
- ^1 — Esteban Gutiérrez was classified as having finished the race, as he had completed 90% of the winners race distance.
Sprint race
![](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
References
- ^ 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.