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Ellinas and Suranovich disqualified from Qualifying

Marussia Manor Racing's Ellinas and Suranovich moved to back of the grid

Stewards received a report from the FIA Technical Delegate which stated that upon inspection from parc ferme after qualifying that cars number 7 (Dmitry Suranovich) and number 9 (Tio Ellinas) did not comply with Articles 1.3 and 1.4 of the 2012 Series GP3 Series Technical Regulations in that the orifice in a hydraulic hose relevant to hear change operation had been enlarged.

The Stewards accordingly directed that both cars be removed from the results of Qualifying, but accept that they can both take the start of Race 1 from the last two positions on the grid.

Ellinas and Suranovich had originally qualified 4th and 19th respectively.