Dalam sesi kualifikasi di Sirkuit Catalunya, Barcelona, Kamis (11/5/2012) waktu setempat, Rio mencatatkan waktu 1 menit 33,010 detik. Ia terpaut 2,355 detik dari pebalap urutan pertama, James Calado.
James Calado meraih pole position dengan catatan waktu 1 menit 30,655 detik. Pebalap Lotus itu unggul 0,210 detik dari Fabio Leimer yang ada di urutan kedua.
SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT
Hasil kualifikasi feature race GP2 Barcelona:
No-Nama-Tim-Waktu-Gap
1. James Calado Lotus 1m30.655s
2. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1m30.865s + 0.210s
3. Stephane Richelmi Trident 1m30.902s + 0.247s
4. Max Chilton Carlin 1m30.962s + 0.307s
5. Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1m31.006s + 0.351s
6. Fabio Onidi Coloni 1m31.167s + 0.512s
7. Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1m31.212s + 0.557s
8. Stefano Coletti Coloni 1m31.212s + 0.557s
9. Jolyon Palmer iSport 1m31.269s + 0.614s
10. Nathanael Berthon Racing Engineering 1m31.308s + 0.653s
11. Esteban Gutierrez Lotus 1m31.320s + 0.665s
12. Nigel Melker Ocean 1m31.332s + 0.677s
13. Luiz Razia Arden 1m31.377s + 0.722s
14. Marcus Ericsson iSport 1m31.391s + 0.736s
15. Johnny Cecotto Addax 1m31.565s + 0.910s
16. Josef Kral Addax 1m31.599s + 0.944s
17. Fabrizio Crestani Lazarus 1m31.677s + 1.022s
18. Tom Dillmann Rapax 1m31.682s + 1.027s
19. Simon Trummer Arden 1m31.939s + 1.284s
20. Rodolfo Gonzalez Caterham 1m31.966s + 1.311s
21. Victor Guerin Ocean 1m32.270s + 1.615s
22. Felipe Nasr DAMS 1m32.325s + 1.670s
23. Julian Leal Trident 1m32.691s + 2.036s
24. Rio Haryanto Carlin 1m33.010s + 2.355s
25. Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1m33.083s + 2.428s
26. Giancarlo Serenelli Lazarus 1m33.329s + 2.674s
(a2s/mfi)