2012 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

   2012 Silverstone GP2 round

Round details
Round 7 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series and Round 4 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series
Silverstone Circuit
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course	Permanent racing circuit 5.901 km (3.667 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	7 July 2012
Laps	25
Pole position
Driver	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering
Time	2:01.889
Podium
First	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
Second	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team
Third	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
Time	2:01.622 (on lap 25)
Sprint race
Date	8 July 2012
Laps	21
Podium
First	Luiz Razia	Arden International
Second	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS
Third	Felipe Nasr	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Julián Leal	Trident Racing
Time	1:43.374 (on lap 19)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	7 July 2012
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:51.892
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Second	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Third	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Time	1:53.951 (on lap 13)
Race 2
Date	8 July 2012
Laps	14
Podium
First	William Buller	Carlin
Second	Conor Daly	Lotus GP
Third	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing
Time	1:59.829 (on lap 14)

The 2012 Silverstone GP2 Series round and the 2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round was a group of motor races held at the Silverstone Circuit in Great Britain for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships. The races, held on 7 and 8 July, were in support of the British Formula One Grand Prix. The GP2 races were the seventh round of the 2012 GP2 championship, while the GP3 races formed the fourth round of the 2012 GP3 season.

Trident Racing entered a third car for Giovanni Venturini in the GP3 category, making the Silverstone rounds the first time the GP3 Series had been run with a full twenty-seven car grid in 2012.

Mexican Esteban Gutierrez won the feature race while Brazilian Luiz Razia won the sprint race. Series leader Valsecchi was penalized and sent to the back of the starting grid due to the infringement of a technical regulation related to the quantity of fuel available after the qualifying session. As a result, Razia ended up leading the GP2 Championship after Silverstone.

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