The 2012 GP2 Series season was the forty-sixth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eighth season under the GP2 Series moniker and also the first season after merging
Davide Valsecchi won the Drivers' Championship.
The 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 66th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 63rd FIA Formula One World Championship, a motor racing series for Formula One cars, re
2012 GP2 Series
…season after merging with the GP2 Asia Series. The championship was expanded to include rounds in Malaysia, Bahrain and Singapore, in support of the 2012 Formula One season. 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…
Reigning Champion Sebastian Vettel became a three-time World Champion with Red Bull Racing.
Two-time Champion Fernando Alonso, driving for Ferrari, finished runner-up, three points behind Vettel.
2007 Champion Kimi Räikkönen (pictured in 2013) finished the season in third place on his return to F1, driving for Lotus.
Three teams changed their names for 2012: Team Lotus became known as Caterham (top); Renault was renamed as Lotus (middle); and Virgin Racing changed its name to Marussia (bottom).