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PREVIEW
11
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza // Length 5.793 km
Race 1 30 laps - 173.481 km // Race 2 21 laps - 121.344 km
Sector 2
Sector 3
Speed
Trap
Sector 1
The title race is on!
Last week in Spa, the tenth round of the 2012 GP2 Series™ season
was not short of action and drama. It was a weekend of firsts: Rio
Haryanto surprised the rest of the field and stormed to a maiden
pole position. On the Saturday, it was Marcus Ericsson’s turn to
shine as he pocketed his first win of the season whilst on the
following day Josef Kral finally enjoyed a maiden GP2 victory.
Entry list
Following the results of the 2011 GP2 Series™ Teams Championship classification,
the 2012 GP2 Series™ grid will carry the following numbers:
Barwa
Addax Team
Johnny Cecotto Jr
Jake Rosenzweig
01
02
DAMS
Davide Valsecchi
Rookie
Felipe Nasr
03
04
Fabio Leimer
Nathanaël Berthon
05
06
Marcus Ericsson
Jolyon Palmer
07
08
James Calado
Esteban Gutiérrez
09
10
Rodolfo González
Giedo Van der Garde
11
12
Luca Filippi
Fabio Onidi
14
15
Stéphane Richelmi
Julián Leal
16
17
Sergio Canamasas
Rookie
René Binder
18
19
Rapax
Ricardo Teixeira
Stefano Coletti
20
21
Arden
International
Simon Trummer
Luiz Razia
22
23
Victor Guerin
Nigel Melker
24
25
Max Chilton
Rio Haryanto
26
27
Racing
Engineering
iSport
International
Lotus GP
Caterham
Racing
Scuderia Coloni
Trident Racing
Venezuela GP
Lazarus
It was not a great weekend on the other hand for Series leader
Luiz Razia who left the Belgium track with no points. His closest
rival, Davide Valsecchi added another podium finish to his 2012
record and the two men are now co-leaders on 204 points with
two rounds to go this season. Rookie James Calado impressed
again by adding two podium finishes to his already remarkable
GP2 career. The Brit is now third in the drivers’ classification, ten
points ahead of teammate Esteban Gutiérrez.
A short week after Spa, the GP2 Series™ will face its biggest
challenge of the year in Monza this week as the drivers prepare
for the fastest race of the season. The 5.793-kilometres long
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is characterised by a series of
long straights and tight chicanes, which provide a tough test for
the tyres as well as the cars and drivers.
// Saturday 8th September 2012
15:25 Pit lanes opens
15:30 Pit lanes closes - Grid
15:40 Race 1 // Feature Race Start (30 laps / 60 mins.)
18:00 Press Conference
// Sunday 9th September 2012
10:20 Pit lanes opens
10:25 Pit lanes closes - Grid
10:35 Race 2 // Sprint Race Start (21 laps / 45 mins.)
Hard
Soft
The STORY SO FAR
// Friday 7th September 2012
12:00 // 12:30 Practice Session
16:00 // 16:30 Qualifying Session
18:00 Press Conference
Start/Finish
offset: 0.309 km
Previous winners
2011 Filippi (Scuderia Coloni) // Vietoris (Racing Engineering)
2010 Bird (ART Grand Prix) // Vietoris (Racing Engineering)
2009 Van der Garde (iSport Intl.) // Razia (Scuderia Coloni)
2008 Di Grassi (Barwa Intl. Campos) // Valsecchi (Durango)
2007 Pantano (Campos Grand Prix) // Glock (iSport International)
2006 Pantano (Petrol Ofisi FMS Intl.) // Pantano (Petrol Ofisi FMS Intl.)
2005 Kovalainen (Arden International) // Jani (Racing Engineering)
Lap Record (2009)
V. Petrov (Barwa Addax Team) 1:30.007 // 231.701 kph
Prime:
Option:
MONZA
Rookie
Ocean Racing
Technology
Rookie
Carlin
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The drivers will have the P Zero Silver hard and P Zero Yellow soft
tyres available to them. There are three corners that are expected
to pose the biggest challenges: the first chicane, characterised
by heavy downhill braking, the Ascari curves with their several
rapid direction changes and the famous Parabolica, a wide, open
radius corner that puts a lot of lateral stress through the tyres.
LIVE TIMING
Pirelli’s racing manager Mario Isola said:
“For GP2, the combination of hard and soft tyres will open up
the possibility for a number of different race strategies with
what should be a notable speed differential between the two
compounds, Because of this, we would expect the GP2 drivers
to use the soft compound in qualifying.”
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PREVIEW
ROUNd 11 // MONZA
2012 GP2 SERIES™ RECAP
Pole Position
Race 1 M Winner
Fastest Lap
Race 2 M Winner
Fastest Lap
Davide Valsecchi
Luiz Razia
Davide Valsecchi
James Calado
Fabrizio Crestani
DAMS
Arden International
Davide Valsecchi
Davide Valsecchi
Venezuela GP Lazarus
Giedo Van der Garde
Caterham Racing
Giedo Van der Garde
Davide Valsecchi
James Calado
Tom Dillmann
Jolyon Palmer
James Calado
Giedo Van der Garde
Esteban Gutiérrez
Luiz Razia
Victor Guerin
Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Stefano Coletti
Jolyon Palmer
Luiz Razia
James Calado
Esteban Gutiérrez
Esteban Gutiérrez
Luiz Razia
Felipe Nasr
Fabio Leimer
Esteban Gutiérrez
Esteban Gutiérrez
Luiz Razia
Julián Leal
Fabio Leimer
Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Fabio Onidi
James Calado
Stéphane Richelmi
Max Chilton
Max Chilton
Simon Trummer
Esteban Gutiérrez
Esteban Gutiérrez
Rio Haryanto
Marcus Ericsson
Esteban Gutiérrez
Josef Král
Max Chilton
Lotus GP
Racing Engineering
Racing Engineering
Carlin
Carlin
2012 CLASSIFICATIONS
DAMS
Caterham Racing
Barwa Addax Team
Lotus GP
Lotus GP
Barwa Addax Team
Carlin
iSport International
Lotus GP
Lotus GP
Scuderia Coloni
Lotus GP
Lotus GP
Scuderia Coloni
Arden International
Lotus GP
THE CAR
Rapax
Arden International
iSport International
Arden International
Arden International
Lotus GP
Lotus GP
Barwa Addax Team
iSport International
Ocean Racing Technology
Arden International
DAMS
Trident Racing
Trident Racing
Lotus GP
Carlin
DALLARA GP2/11
Teams’ Standings
Drivers’ Standings
204
204
160
150
141
124
103
89
85
80
62
59
36
35
29
27
25
25
13
7
6
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1. Lotus GP
2M3M
2. DAMS
2M 1M
3. Arden International
1M 3M
4. Racing Engineering
5. Carlin
1M 6. iSport International
1M 1M
7. Caterham Racing
1M
8. Barwa Addax Team
2M 1M
9. Trident Racing
10. Rapax 1M
11. Ocean Racing Technology
12. Venezuela GP Lazarus
13. Scuderia Coloni
310
289
208
162
160
151
147
107
32
29
26
1
0
// Weekend format
30 minute Free Practice session.
30 minute Qualifying session.
Race 1: 170km
1 compulsory pit stop
minimum of 2 tyres changed
Race 2: 120km
no compulsory pit stops
Race 1 grid will be decided by qualifying.
Race 2 grid will be the finishing order
of Race 1, but with the top 8 positions
reversed.
The GP2 Series™ uses slick Pirelli
tyres in four specifications (super soft,
soft, medium and hard) which are
predetermined by Pirelli in advance of
the race weekend.
// Points allocation
Race 1
Pole Position 4 points
Chequered flag Top 10 finishers
score points: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
Fastest Lap
2 points
Race 2
Chequered flag Top 8 finishers
score points: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
Fastest Lap
2 points
Two points for fastest lap in both Race 1
and Race 2 will only be rewarded to a driver
who classifies in the top 10 and who has
started the race from the grid position.
Dimensions
Electronic features
• Overall length: 5065 mm
• Overall width: 1800 mm
• Overall height: 1072 mm (including FOM roll hoop camera)
• Wheelbase: 3120 mm
• Overall weight: 688 kg (driver on-board)
• Magneti Marelli Marvel 8 ECU/GCU including data logging system.
• XAP power supply
management unit
• CAN data acquisition
pre-equipment.
• F1 EM motorsport Marshalling system
• Beacon receiver.
Engine
Previous Champions
Drivers’ Champions // Teams’ Champions
2005 Nico Rosberg // ART Grand Prix
2006 Lewis Hamilton // ART Grand Prix
2007 Timo Glock // iSport International
2008 Giorgio Pantano // Barwa Intl. Campos Team
2009 Nico Hülkenberg // ART Grand Prix
2010 Pastor Maldonado // Rapax
2011 Romain Grosjean // Barwa Addax Team
2012 SPORTING REGULATIONS
// Fastest Lap
Lotus GP
DAMS
Barwa Addax Team
Luiz Razia 1M 3M
Davide Valsecchi
2M 1M
James Calado 2M
Esteban Gutiérrez
2M 1M
Giedo Van der Garde 1M
Max Chilton
1M
Fabio Leimer
Marcus Ericsson
1M
Felipe Nasr Rookie
Johnny Cecotto Jr.
2M
Jolyon Palmer 1M
Nathanaël Berthon
Rio Haryanto
Stefano Coletti
Tom Dillmann 1M
Josef Král 1M
Stéphane Richelmi
Nigel Melker
Fabio Onidi
Julián Leal
Rodolfo González
Simon Trummer
Fabrizio Crestani
Brendon Hartley
Daniel De Jong Rookie
Dani Clos
Sergio Canamasas Rookie
Ricardo Teixeira
Giancarlo Serenelli Rookie
Victor Guerin Rookie
Renè Binder Rookie
Jon Lancaster Rookie
Davide Valsecchi
DAMS
Lotus GP
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DAMS
DAMS
Caterham Racing
L
L
L
L
L
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Davide Valsecchi
DAMS
// Tyres
In a change to the regulations, three sets
of “prime” specification and two sets of
“option” specification will be allocated
to each driver before the start of the
free practice session. Once used in free
practice, one set of “prime” specification
must be returned to Pirelli before the start
of the qualifying practice session. As such,
each driver will still have four sets - two
sets of Primes and two sets of Options - to
use freely during qualifying, Feature Race
and Sprint Race.
// Pit window
The compulsory pit-stop during Race 1
remains in which a minimum of two tyres
must be changed. This pit stop may not be
carried out until the driver has completed
six laps. No pitstops are permitted in
Race 2 except in the event of a driver
suffering from damage to either car or
tyres.
// Safety Car
The pitlane remains open throughout
safety car periods. When deployed, the
SC will pick up the leader or the first car
approaching even if it is not the leader.
In that case, all the cars will overtake the
SC when it will be considered safe to do
sountil the leader is behind the SC. Lapped
cars will not be able to unlap themselves.
• V8 - 4 litre atmospheric - 612 HP @ 10.000 rpm made by Mecachrome.
• 8 in 1 exhaust.
• Fly by wire accelerator system.
• Rebuild after 4000 to 4500 km.
• Torque 500Nm @ 8000 rpm.
Performances
• Acceleration:
0 - 100 km/h, 2.90 sec
0 - 200 km/h, 6.60 sec
• Maximum speed: 330 km/h
(Monza aero configuration)
• Max. braking deceleration -3.5 G
• Max. lateral acceleration +/- 3.9G
Monocoque and Bodywork
• Survival cell - Sandwich
Carbon/aluminium honeycomb structure made by Dallara.
• Front and rear wing - Carbon structures made by Dallara.
• Bodywork - Carbon - Kevlar honeycomb structures made by Dallara.
Steering system
• Non assisted rack and pinion
steering system.
• XAP steering wheel with dashboard, marshalling display, gear change and clutch paddles.
Gearbox
• 6-speed longitudinal Hewland sequential gearbox.
• Electro-hydraulic command via paddle shift from steering wheel.
• AP Carbon clutch.
• No on-board starter,
anti-stall system.
• Non hydraulic ramp differential.
Fuel cell
• FIA Standard
Premier FT5 125 litres.
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Suspension
• Double steel wishbones, pushrod operated, twin dampers and torsion bars suspension (F) and spring suspension (R).
• Adjustable ride height, camber and toe.
• Two way (F) / Four way (R) adjustable Koni dampers.
• Adjustable anti-roll bar (Front/Rear).
Brakes
• 6 pistons monobloc Brembo callipers.
• Hitco carbon-carbon brake discs and pads.
Wheels and tyres
• F1 standard wheel dimensions.
• O.Z. Racing. Magnesium rims
13” x 12” front
13” x 13.7” rear
• GP2 Series™ specific Pirelli slick tyres in four specifications (super soft, soft, medium and hard) which are predetermined
by Pirelli in advance of the race weekend.
Safety standards
• FIA F1 safety standards including: Front, side, rear and steering column impact tests.
• Front and rear roll hoop,
impact structures and monocoque push tests.
• Anti-intrusion survival cell protection panels.
• Wheel retainer safety cables.
Extinguisher System
• LIFELINE (electrically operated).
Camera equipment
• Roll hoop, nose cone and face shot camera pre-equipment.