2012 GP3 Series

2012 GP3 champion, Mitch Evans

The 2012 GP3 Series season was the third season of the GP3 Series, a feeder series for the GP2 Series. The season began at Barcelona on 12 May and concluded at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 9 September after eight rounds made up of two races each and all in support of European Formula One Grands Prix.

The series adopted the points system used by Formula One for the feature race, with points awarded to the top ten drivers and twenty-five points on offer for victory. The points awarded in the sprint race also were changed, with the winner receiving fifteen points and top eight drivers receiving points. The points awarded for pole position and the fastest lap of the race also were doubled.[1]

The winner of the championship was Mitch Evans driving for the MW Arden team, who outscored Lotus GP driver Daniel Abt by two points.[2]

2012 was also the final season that the Dallara GP3/10 chassis package, which débuted in the inaugural season of the series in 2010, was used in competition, as a new chassis package and car, the Dallara GP3/13, was introduced for 2013.

  1. ^ "GP2 & GP3 Series adopt F1 points system". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  2. ^ Esler, William (9 September 2012). "Evans clinches GP3 title". skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 May 2017.