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2012 Sepang GP2 Series round

Field	Value
Country	Malaysia
Grand Prix	Sepang
Round_No	1
Season_No	12
Image	Sepang.svg
Year	2012
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	3.444
Course_km	5.543
Date_r1	24 March
Laps_r1	30
Pole_driver_country	Italy
Pole_driver	Davide Valsecchi
Pole_team	DAMS
Pole_time	1:45.494
First_driver_country_r1	Brazil
First_driver_r1	Luiz Razia
First_team_r1	Arden International
Second_driver_country_r1	Italy
Second_driver_r1	Davide Valsecchi
Second_team_r1	DAMS
Third_driver_country_r1	GBR
Third_driver_r1	Max Chilton
Third_team_r1	Carlin
Fast_driver_country_r1	Italy
Fast_driver_r1	Davide Valsecchi
Fast_team_r1	DAMS
Fast_time_r1	1:49.246
Fast_lap_r1	24
Date_r2	25 March
Laps_r2	22
First_driver_country_r2	GBR
First_driver_r2	James Calado
First_team_r2	Lotus GP
Second_driver_country_r2	MEX
Second_driver_r2	Esteban Gutiérrez
Second_team_r2	Lotus GP
Third_driver_country_r2	BRA
Third_driver_r2	Felipe Nasr
Third_team_r2	DAMS
Fast_driver_country_r2	ITA
Fast_driver_r2
Fast_team_r2	Venezuela GP Lazarus
Fast_time_r2	1:50.690
Fast_lap_r2	8

The 2012 Sepang GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on March 24 and 25, 2012 at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. It was the first round of the 2012 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Davide Valsecchi was on pole for the feature race, which was won by Luiz Razia. James Calado won the sprint race.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time
3	Italy Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:45.494	1
23	Brazil Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:45.554	2
26	United Kingdom Max Chilton	Carlin	1:45.558	3
14	Monaco Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:45.577	4
5	Switzerland Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:45.588	5
9	United Kingdom James Calado	Lotus GP	1:45.638	6
8	United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:45.758	7
12	Netherlands Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:45.773	8
15	Italy Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:45.810	12
4	Brazil Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:45.942	9
1	Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.012	10
18	Italy Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:46.138	11
16	Monaco Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:46.150	13
2	Czech Republic Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.160	14
10	Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:46.186	15
21	France Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:46.264	16
27	Indonesia Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:46.392	17
6	France Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:46.428	18
25	Netherlands Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:46.489	19
7	Sweden Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:46.557	20
24	United Kingdom Jon Lancaster	Ocean Racing Technology	1:46.662	21
17	Colombia Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:46.868	22
11	Venezuela Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:46.962	23
22	Switzerland Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:47.004	24
20	Portugal Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:48.113	25
19	Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:49.620	26

Notes

– Onidi received a three grid place penalty for impeding González during the qualifying session.

Feature Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
23	BRA Luiz Razia	Arden International	30	56:00.250	2	25
3	ITA Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	30	+7.817	1	24 (18+4+2)
26	GBR Max Chilton	Carlin	30	+27.366	3	15
5	SUI Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	30	+28.291	5	12
14	MON Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	30	+32.217	4	10
4	BRA Felipe Nasr	DAMS	30	+33.378	10	8
10	MEX Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	30	+33.679	15	6
9	GBR James Calado	Lotus GP	30	+36.449	6	4
12	NED Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	30	+41.519	8	2
18	ITA Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	30	+43.240	12	1
6	FRA Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	30	+43.720	18
11	INA Rio Haryanto	Carlin	30	+53.383	17
7	SWE Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	30	+1:01.683	20
2	CZE Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	30	+1:02.683	14
17	COL Julián Leal	Trident Racing	30	+1:09.180	22
25	NED Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	30	+1:10.399	19
8	GBR Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	30	+1:12.861	7
21	FRA Tom Dillmann	Rapax	30	+1:27.810	16
16	MON Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	30	+1:35.206	13
15	ITA Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	30	+1:39.125	12
20	PRT Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	30	+1:48.025	25
22	SUI Simon Trummer	Arden International	30	+1:59.672	24
19	VEN Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	29	+1 lap	26
11	VEN Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	13	Accident	23
1	VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	7	Wheel nut	11
24	GBR Jon Lancaster	Ocean Racing Technology	1	Accident damage	21

Notes:

— Stéphane Richelmi and Simon Trummer were both issued with twenty-second time penalties after the race when they were judged to have caused an avoidable collision.
— Jolyon Palmer and Tom Dillmann started from the pit lane.

Sprint race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
9	GBR James Calado	Lotus GP	22	41:08.048	1	15
10	MEX Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	22	+2.004	2	12
4	BRA Felipe Nasr	DAMS	22	+3.440	3	10
12	NED Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	22	+10.760	9	8
23	BRA Luiz Razia	Arden International	22	+11.430	8	6
5	SUI Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	22	+14.689	5	4
26	GBR Max Chilton	Carlin	22	+15.685	6	2
6	FRA Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	22	+16.578	11	1
2	CZE Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	22	+18.175	14
27	INA Rio Haryanto	Carlin	22	+24.033	12	2
21	FRA Tom Dillmann	Rapax	22	+24.086	18
8	GBR Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	22	+25.547	17
15	ITA Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	22	+32.206	20
25	NED Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	22	+34.500	16
17	COL Julián Leal	Trident Racing	22	+34.629	15
22	SUI Simon Trummer	Arden International	22	+35.226	23
24	GBR Jon Lancaster	Ocean Racing Technology	22	+40.340	26
11	VEN Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	22	+44.700	24
16	MON Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	22	+47.133	19
19	VEN Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	22	+1:10.466	22
18	ITA Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	22	+1:21.035	10
1	VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	21	+1 lap	25
14	MON Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	20	Damage	4
20	PRT Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	19	Accident	21
3	ITA Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	13	Collision	7
7	SWE Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	13	Collision	13

Notes:

— Stefano Coletti and Ricardo Teixeira were both classified as having finished the race, as they had completed 90% of the winners race distance.

Standings after the round

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	1	Brazil Luiz Razia
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	2	Italy Davide Valsecchi
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	3	United Kingdom James Calado
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	4	Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	5	Brazil Felipe Nasr

;Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	1	France DAMS
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	2	France Lotus GP
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	3	United Kingdom Arden International
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	4	United Kingdom Carlin
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	5	Spain Racing Engineering

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

Notes

References

(23 March 2012). "Fabio Onidi penalised". GP2 Motorsport Limited.
(24 March 2012). "Trummer and Richelmi issued with 20 second time penalties". GP2 Series Limited.

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