page_title: Esteban Gutiérrez
section_title: 2012
hierarchical_section_title: Esteban Gutiérrez / Early career / GP2 Series / 2012
caption_attribution_description: English: GP2 Series 2012 Rd.1 Malaysia - Sprint race: opening lap
context_page_description: Esteban Manuel Gutiérrez Gutiérrez is a Mexican racing driver currently representing Mercedes in Formula One, Formula E and esports.
  Previously from 2013 to 2014, Gutiérrez drove for the Sauber Formula One team but lost his drive at the end of the 2014 season. He then signed with Ferrari as their test and reserve driver for 2015. Gutiérrez drove for the Haas F1 Team for the 2016 Formula One season.
  In 2008, Gutiérrez won the Formula BMW Europe championship title, becoming the youngest Mexican driver to win an International Championship at 17 years old. He also won the inaugural GP3 season in 2010. With the Lotus GP team in 2012, he became the first GP3 graduate to finish in the top three of the GP2 parent series.
  Gutiérrez has also raced in Formula E and the IndyCar Series.
context_section_description: He remained with Lotus ART for the 2012 season, with the team being renamed Lotus GP after the increased sponsorship from Lotus, and was partnered with James Calado.
  His third place in the championship marked him the first GP3 graduate to finish in the top 3 of the GP2 series, with 176 points, 3 wins, 4 other separate podiums and 5 fastest laps, equalling Valsecchi's total for the year for most fastest laps of the season.
caption: Gutiérrez follows teammate James Calado in 1st place out of the first corner at the 2012 Malaysian Sprint race.
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