A Primeira rodada da Temporada da GP2 Series de 2012 aconteceu em Kuala Lampur, na Malás. Aconteceu entre 23 e 25 de agosto. A Primeira Corrida foi vencida pelo brasileiro Luiz Razia e a segunda pelo britânico James Calado. Classificatória Pos No. Piloto Time Tempo Grid 1 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:45.494 1 2 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 1:45.554 2 3 26 Max Chilton Carlin 1:45.558 3 4 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:45.577 4 5 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:45.588 5 6 9 James Calado Lotus GP 1:45.638 6 7 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:45.758 7 8 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:45.773 8 9 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:45.810 12 10 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:45.942 9 11 1 Johnny Cecotto, Jr. Barwa Addax Team 1:46.012 10 12 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:46.138 11 13 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:46.150 13 14 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 1:46.160 14 15 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:46.186 15 16 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:46.264 16 17 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:46.392 17 18 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:46.428 18 19 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:46.489 19 20 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:46.557 20 21 24 Jon Lancaster Ocean Racing Technology 1:46.662 21 22 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:46.868 22 23 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:46.962 23 24 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 1:47.004 24 25 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1:48.113 25 26 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:49.620 26 Primeira Corrida Pos No. Piloto Time Voltas Tempo Grid Pontos 1 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 30 56:00.250 2 25 2 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 30 +7.817 1 24 () 3 26 Max Chilton Carlin 30 +27.366 3 15 4 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 30 +28.291 5 12 5 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 30 +32.217 4 10 6 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 30 +33.378 10 8 7 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 30 +33.679 15 6 8 5 James Calado Lotus GP 30 +36.449 6 4 9 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 30 +41.519 8 2 10 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 30 +43.240 12 1 11 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 30 +43.720 18 12 11 Rio Haryanto Carlin 30 +53.383 17 13 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 30 +1:01.683 20 14 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 30 +1:02.683 14 15 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 30 +1:09.180 22 16 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 30 +1:10.399 19 17 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 30 +1:12.861 7 18 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 30 +1:27.810 16 19 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 30 +1:35.206 13 20 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 30 +1:39.125 12 21 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 30 +1:48.025 25 22 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 29 +1 lap 26 23 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 30 +1:59.672 24 Ret 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 13 Acidente 23 Ret 1 Johnny Cecotto, Jr. Barwa Addax Team 7 Retirou-se 11 Ret 24 Jon Lancaster Ocean Racing Technology 1 Acidente 21 Segunda Corrida Pos No. Piloto Time Voltas Tempo Grid Pontos 1 9 James Calado Lotus GP 22 41:08.048 1 15 2 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 22 +2.004 2 12 3 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 22 +3.440 3 10 4 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 22 +10.760 9 8 5 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 22 +11.430 8 6 6 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 22 +14.689 5 4 7 26 Max Chilton Carlin 22 +15.685 6 2 8 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 22 +16.578 11 1 9 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 22 +18.175 14 10 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 22 +24.033 12 ''' 11 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 22 +24.086 18 12 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 22 +25.547 17 13 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 22 +32.206 20 14 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 22 +34.500 16 15 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 22 +34.629 15 16 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 22 +35.226 23 17 24 Jon Lancaster Ocean Racing Technology 22 +40.340 26 18 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 22 +44.700 24 19 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 22 +47.133 19 20 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 22 +1:10.466 22 21 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 22 +1:21.035 10 22 1 Johnny Cecotto, Jr. Barwa Addax Team 21 +1 volta 25 23 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 20 Problema 4 24 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 19 Acidente 21 Ret 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 13 Colisão 7 Ret 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 13 Colisão 13

Classificação após a rodada

Pilotos Pos Piloto Pontos 1 Luiz Razia 31 2 Davide Valsecchi 24 3 James Calado 19 4 Esteban Gutiérrez 18 5 Felipe Nasr 18

Times Pos Time Pontos 1 DAMS 42 2 Lotus GP 37 3 Arden International 31 4 Carlin 19 5 Racing Engineering 17