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
- 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
Sprint race
- 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
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
- Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.
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