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Home / Seasons / 2012 F1 World Championship Season / 2012 British Grand Prix

2012 British Grand Prix

DateSunday, 8 July 2012
Winner
  • Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
CircuitSilverstone, 52 laps
Round9 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 British Grand Prix was the

  • 867th World Championship race
  • 63rd World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 46th World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault521hr 25m 11.288s25
2-1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari52+3.060s18
3+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault52+4.836s15
4+1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari52+9.519s12
5+1Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault52+10.314s10
6+3France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault52+17.101s8
7-4Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes52+29.153s6
8 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes52+36.463s4
9+4Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault52+43.347s2
10+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes52+44.444s1
11+6Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari52+45.370s 
12+2Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes52+47.856s 
13-1Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari52+51.241s 
14+9France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari52+53.313s 
15-4Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes52+57.394s 
16-9Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault51+1 lap 
17+2Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault51+1 lap 
18+2Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth51+1 lap 
19+5France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth51+1 lap 
20+1Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth50+2 laps 
21+1India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth50+2 laps 
R Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari11DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes2DNF 
Did not start
  Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault   

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari
2 Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
3 Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes
4 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
5 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
6 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
7 Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
8 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
9 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
10 United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
11 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
12 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
13 Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
14-5Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
15 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
16 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
17-5Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
18   
19 Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
20 Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
21 Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth
22 India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth
23-10France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
24-5France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth

Notes

  • Nico Hulkenberg and Charles Pic received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
  • Kamui Kobayashi received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Felipe Massa in the previous race.
  • Jean-Eric Vergne received a 10-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Heikki Kovalainen in the previous race.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:51.746 
2Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:51.7930.047
3Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:52.0200.274
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:52.1990.453
5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:53.0651.319
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:53.2901.544
7Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:53.5391.793
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:53.5431.797
9Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:54.3822.636
10France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault– 
Q2
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:57.009 
12Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:57.071 
13Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:57.108 
14Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:57.132 
15Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:57.426 
16France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:57.719 
17Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:57.895 
Q1
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:48.044 
19Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:49.027 
20Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:49.477 
21Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:51.618 
22Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:52.742 
23India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:53.040 
24France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:54.143 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
France flag lazyload Jules BianchiIndia flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes
Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Spain flag lazyload Dani ClosSpain flag lazyload HRT-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2012 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso129
2Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber116
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel100
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton92
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen83
6Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg75
7France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean61
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button50
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez39
10Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado29
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta27
12Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher23
13Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa23
14Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi21
15Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna18
16Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg17
17France flag lazyload Jean-Eric Vergne4
18Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault216
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari152
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault144
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes142
5Germany flag lazyload Mercedes98
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari60
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault47
8India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes44
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari6

Statistics & milestones

Wins
9th and last for Mark Webber
30th for Red Bull (7th constructor to win 30 races)
Podiums
78th for Fernando Alonso, 39th for Sebastian Vettel, 32nd for Mark Webber
658th for Ferrari, 70th & 71st for Red Bull (9th constructor to score 70 podiums)
Poles
21st for Fernando Alonso (first since 2010)
206th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
37th for Kimi Raikkonen
3rd for Lotus (2012-15)
Front row starts
36th for Fernando Alonso, 28th for Mark Webber

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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