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Friday, 22 June 2012 19:53 |
 GP3 Series report and result from Iberian harbour circuit - GP3 Series leader, Lotus GP’s Aaro Vainio, set the pace in the forty five minute free practice session at the Valencia Street Circuit in Spain for Round 3 of the 2012 Series.
The session got underway with a track temperature of 23 degrees in very muggy and windy conditions as the MW Arden trio were first to take to the track. The circuit was very dusty to begin with as the drivers set their installation laps and cleared away the material as the times began to quicken.
Mitch Evans led the way for the start of the session, ahead of Ocean Racing Technology’s Kevin Ceccon and Matias Laine. The Carlin duo of William Buller and Antonio Felix Da Costa soon shot up to P2 and P3 after 15 minutes of practice had run until Tio Ellinas (Marussia Manor Racing) snuck into second.
Felix Da Costa then moved to the top of the timesheets with Marlon Stockinger (Status Grand Prix) jumping up to P2.
At the midway point, Evans then reclaimed his position back at the head of the timings until Vainio set the quickest time of the session in a hard fought practice as the drivers were getting to grips with the challenge of the tight and twisty street circuit.
Cypriot driver Ellinas rose up to P1 with ten minutes remaining on the clock, but Finnish driver Vainio had other ideas and produced the best lap time in practice of 2'00.094 with five minutes left. His Lotus GP team-mate Conor Daly was also on a charge and went P2 ahead of Ellinas, Evans, Felix Da Costa, Ceccon and Stockinger. David Fumanelli was 8th with Alice Powell putting in her best lap on her final attempt to shoot up to P9 ahead of Buller.
Lotus GP's Conor Daly penalised 10 place grid drop for Valencia Race 1 after Monaco Race 2
Following an incident with Dmitry Suranovich (Marussia Manor Racing) in Round 2 of the GP3 Series at Monaco, Conor Daly (Lotus GP) has been handed a 10 place grid penalty which will be served in Race 1 of this weekend's race event in Valencia.
Stewards penalised the American after he "collided with the rear of another competitor and removed the rear wing. After colliding again with the rear of the same competitor, the race was red flagged."
Therefore, Daly will drop 10 places from his qualifying position for Race 1 in Valencia.
2012 GP3 Valencia - Friday practice results
| Pos. |
Driver |
Team |
Time |
Laps |
| 1 |
Aaro Vainio |
Lotus GP |
2'00.094 |
14 |
| 2 |
Conor Daly |
Lotus GP |
2'00.343 |
13 |
| 3 |
Tio Ellinas |
Marussia Manor Racing |
2'00.482 |
17 |
| 4 |
Mitch Evans |
MW Arden |
2'00.546 |
19 |
| 5 |
Antonio Felix Da Costa |
Carlin |
2'00.737 |
19 |
| 6 |
Kevin Ceccon |
Ocean Racing Technology |
2'00.764 |
18 |
| 7 |
Marlon Stockinger |
Status Grand Prix |
2'00.950 |
14 |
| 8 |
David Fumanelli |
MW Arden |
2'00.979 |
19 |
| 9 |
Alice Powell |
Status Grand Prix |
2'01.055 |
16 |
| 10 |
William Buller |
Carlin |
2'01.124 |
18 |
| 11 |
Robert Visoiu |
Jenzer Motorsport |
2'01.136 |
19 |
| 12 |
Tamas Pal Kiss |
Atech CRS GP |
2'01.192 |
7 |
| 13 |
Daniel Abt |
Lotus GP |
2'01.570 |
14 |
| 14 |
Alex Brundle |
Carlin |
2'01.708 |
20 |
| 15 |
Fabiano Machado |
Marussia Manor Racing |
2'01.916 |
19 |
| 16 |
Patric Niederhauser |
Jenzer Motorsport |
2'02.098 |
20 |
| 17 |
Matias Laine |
MW Arden |
2'02.172 |
18 |
| 18 |
Dmitry Suranovich |
Marussia Manor Racing |
2'02.231 |
18 |
| 19 |
John Wartique |
Atech CRS GP |
2'02.500 |
19 |
| 20 |
Robert Cregan |
Ocean Racing Technology |
2'02.529 |
19 |
| 21 |
Antonio Spavone |
Trident Racing |
2'02.922 |
19 |
| 22 |
Vicky Piria |
Trident Racing |
2'02.929 |
18 |
| 23 |
Ethan Ringel |
Atech CRS GP |
2'03.456 |
17 |
| 24 |
Carmen Jorda |
Ocean Racing Technology |
2'04.036 |
19 |
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