# 2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round

The 2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 22 and 23, 2012 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the final round of the 2012 GP2 Season and was run in support of the Singapore Grand Prix. The event marked the first time the GP2 Series had travelled to Singapore. With the 2012 GP3 Series season having concluded at the previous round at Monza.
Davide Valsecchi was declared the 2012 series champion after he out-scored title rival Luiz Razia in the feature race. Giedo van der Garde won the sprint race.

## Report
### Sprint race

Giedo van der Garde, who started from pole, got off to a good start keeping Marcus Ericsson behind him, while Luiz Razia moved up to third. Felipe Nasr got off to a bad start dropping from third to ninth. Sergio Canamasas, on the other hand, had a great start, when he rose from 16th to seventh. On the third lap, he received a drive-through penalty because one of his mechanics was late leaving the grid. Despite being constantly notified of the penalty on the radio, the driver did not return to serve the penalty over three laps, so he was disqualified on lap seven. Thinking that his radio was damaged or had interference, his engineer also used a sign to inform him that he had to return to the pits. It wasn't until lap 14 that Canamasas returned to the pits with a mechanical problem and retired from the race, but he had no idea that he had been disqualified.
The safety car came out on the ninth lap of the race when Rene Binder spun in the last corner. Meanwhile, at the front, van der Garde held on to the lead after the restart and won easily by 1.7 seconds. There was a fight for third place on the last lap when Fabio Leimer overtook Razia in turn ten, taking advantage of his rival's tire problems.
Davide Valsecchi and Felipe Nasr secured the DAMS squad's first teams' title in GP2 with fifth and seventh placed finishes enough to beat rival Lotus GP.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 14 | Luca Filippi | Scuderia Coloni | 1:59.444 | | 1 |
| 2 | 26 | Max Chilton | Carlin | 1:59.496 | +0.052 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Lotus GP | 1:59.908 | +0.464 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | Jolyon Palmer | iSport International | 2:00.102 | +0.658 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 2:00.113 | +0.669 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | Davide Valsecchi | DAMS | 2:00.287 | +0.843 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Barwa Addax Team | 2:00.335 | +0.891 | 7 |
| 8 | 21 | Stefano Coletti | Rapax | 2:00.364 | +0.920 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Luiz Razia | Arden International | 2:00.365 | +0.921 | 9 |
| 10 | 18 | Sergio Canamasas | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 2:00.634 | +1.190 | 10 |
| 11 | 16 | Stéphane Richelmi | Trident Racing | 2:00.671 | +1.227 | 11 |
| 12 | 6 | Nathanaël Berthon | Racing Engineering | 2:00.695 | +1.251 | 12 |
| 13 | 4 | Felipe Nasr | DAMS | 2:00.720 | +1.276 | 13 |
| 14 | 12 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham Racing | 2:00.906 | +1.462 | 14 |
| 15 | 9 | James Calado | Lotus GP | 2:00.954 | +1.510 | 15 |
| 16 | 27 | Rio Haryanto | Carlin | 2:01.031 | +1.587 | 16 |
| 17 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | 2:01.204 | +1.760 | 17 |
| 18 | 25 | Nigel Melker | Ocean Racing Technology | 2:01.308 | +1.864 | 18 |
| 19 | 17 | Julián Leal | Trident Racing | 2:01.474 | +2.030 | 19 |
| 20 | 15 | Fabio Onidi | Scuderia Coloni | 2:01.656 | +2.212 | 26 |
| 21 | 22 | Simon Trummer | Arden International | 2:01.961 | +2.517 | 20 |
| 22 | 24 | Victor Guerin | Ocean Racing Technology | 2:02.110 | +2.666 | 21 |
| 23 | 11 | Rodolfo González | Caterham Racing | 2:02.260 | +2.816 | 22 |
| 24 | 19 | René Binder | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 2:02.376 | +2.932 | 23 |
| 25 | 2 | Jake Rosenzweig | Barwa Addax Team | 2:03.218 | +3.774 | 24 |
| 26 | 20 | Ricardo Teixeira | Rapax | 2:04.174 | +4.730 | 25 |
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#### Notes

* ^1 – Fabio Onidi was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Nigel Melker at the previous round in Monza sprint race.

### Feature race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Max Chilton | Carlin | 28 | 1:01:48.095 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Lotus GP | 28 | +1.363 | 3 | 20 (18+2) |
| 3 | 5 | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 28 | +4.894 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | Davide Valsecchi | DAMS | 28 | +5.945 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 23 | Luiz Razia | Arden International | 28 | +6.295 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | Felipe Nasr | DAMS | 28 | +8.798 | 13 | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | 28 | +14.229 | 17 | 6 |
| 8 | 12 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham Racing | 28 | +15.147 | 14 | 4 |
| 9 | 27 | Rio Haryanto | Carlin | 28 | +48.855 | 16 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | Nathanaël Berthon | Racing Engineering | 28 | +49.445 | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | Julián Leal | Trident Racing | 28 | +51.466 | 19 | |
| 12 | 25 | Nigel Melker | Ocean Racing Technology | 28 | +52.099 | 18 | |
| 13 | 21 | Stefano Coletti | Rapax | 28 | +52.839 | 8 | |
| 14 | 16 | Stéphane Richelmi | Trident Racing | 28 | +1:04.038 | 11 | |
| 15 | 2 | Jake Rosenzweig | Barwa Addax Team | 28 | +1:04.314 | 24 | |
| 16 | 18 | Sergio Canamasas | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 28 | +1:04.378 | 10 | |
| 17 | 20 | Ricardo Teixeira | Rapax | 28 | +1:05.013 | 25 | |
| Ret | 14 | Luca Filippi | Scuderia Coloni | 24 | Retired | 1 | 4 |
| Ret | 15 | Fabio Onidi | Scuderia Coloni | 24 | Retired | 26 | |
| Ret | 9 | James Calado | Lotus GP | 23 | Retired | 15 | |
| Ret | 8 | Jolyon Palmer | iSport International | 19 | Retired | 4 | |
| Ret | 1 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Barwa Addax Team | 9 | Retired | 7 | |
| Ret | 11 | Rodolfo González | Caterham Racing | 7 | Retired | 22 | |
| Ret | 22 | Simon Trummer | Arden International | 5 | Retired | 20 | |
| Ret | 24 | Victor Guerin | Ocean Racing Technology | 0 | Retired | 21 | |
| Ret | 19 | René Binder | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 0 | Retired | 23 | |
| Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 2:04.247 (on lap 17) ||||||||
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### Sprint race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham Racing | 21 | 46:36.606 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | 21 | +1.719 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 5 | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 21 | +5.684 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | 23 | Luiz Razia | Arden International | 21 | +7.393 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | Davide Valsecchi | DAMS | 21 | +7.942 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 10 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Lotus GP | 21 | +8.562 | 7 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | Felipe Nasr | DAMS | 21 | +8.718 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | 21 | Stefano Coletti | Rapax | 21 | +15.394 | 13 | 3 (1+2) |
| 9 | 1 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Barwa Addax Team | 21 | +18.981 | 25 | |
| 10 | 9 | James Calado | Lotus GP | 21 | +21.964 | 19 | |
| 11 | 27 | Rio Haryanto | Carlin | 21 | +29.223 | 9 | |
| 12 | 25 | Nigel Melker | Ocean Racing Technology | 21 | +38.159 | 12 | |
| 13 | 24 | Victor Guerin | Ocean Racing Technology | 21 | +42.593 | 23 | |
| 14 | 22 | Simon Trummer | Arden International | 21 | +43.366 | 22 | |
| 15 | 6 | Nathanaël Berthon | Racing Engineering | 21 | +44.482 | 10 | |
| 16 | 17 | Julián Leal | Trident Racing | 21 | +49.242 | 11 | |
| 17 | 2 | Jake Rosenzweig | Barwa Addax Team | 21 | +50.553 | 15 | |
| 18 | 11 | Rodolfo González | Caterham Racing | 21 | +1:02.226 | 21 | |
| 19 | 26 | Max Chilton | Carlin | 21 | +1:06.565 | 8 | |
| 20 | 15 | Fabio Onidi | Scuderia Coloni | 21 | +1:07.175 | 24 | |
| 21 | 20 | Ricardo Teixeira | Rapax | 21 | +1:07.288 | 17 | |
| 22 | 16 | Stéphane Richelmi | Trident Racing | 19 | Retired | 14 | |
| Ret | 19 | René Binder | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 8 | Retired | 26 | |
| Ret | 8 | Jolyon Palmer | iSport International | 2 | Retired | 20 | |
| DSQ | 18 | Sergio Canamasas | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 14 | Disqualified | 16 | |
| DNS | 14 | Luca Filippi | Scuderia Coloni | 0 | Did not start | — | |
| Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Rapax) — 2:03.184 (on lap 5) ||||||||
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#### Notes

* ^1 – Johnny Cecotto Jr. was given a three-place grid penalty for crossing the white pit exit line when rejoining the circuit during the feature race.
* ^2 – Fabio Onidi was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Jake Rosenzweig during the feature race.
* ^3 – Stéphane Richelmi was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* ^4 – Sergio Canamasas was disqualified because her mechanics worked on her car too close to the start of the formation lap.
* ^5 – Luca Filippi did not start because her car could not be repaired in time after hitting a wall in the feature race.

## Standings after the round

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Davide Valsecchi | 247 |
| | 2 | Luiz Razia | 222 |
| 1 | 3 | Esteban Gutiérrez | 176 |
| 1 | 4 | Max Chilton | 169 |
| 2 | 5 | James Calado | 160 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | DAMS | 342 |
| | 2 | Lotus GP | 336 |
| | 3 | Arden International | 226 |
| | 4 | Racing Engineering | 212 |
| 1 | 5 | Carlin | 207 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
* Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.