2012 European Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 24 June 2012 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Valencia, 57 laps |
Round | 8 of 20 |
Race numbers | The 2012 European Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +10 | ![]() | Ferrari | 57 | 1hr 44m 16.649s | 25 |
2 | +3 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 57 | +6.421s | 18 |
3 | +9 | ![]() | Mercedes | 57 | +12.639s | 15 |
4 | +15 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | +13.628s | 12 |
5 | +3 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +19.993s | 10 |
6 | ![]() | Mercedes | 57 | +21.176s | 8 | |
7 | +3 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +22.866s | 6 |
8 | +1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | +24.653s | 4 |
9 | +6 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 57 | +27.777s | 2 |
10 | +4 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 57 | +35.961s | 1 |
11 | +6 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 57 | +37.041s | |
12 | -9 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 57 | +54.630s (20.000s) | |
13 | +7 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 57 | +1m 15.871s | |
14 | +2 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 57 | +1m 34.654s | |
15 | +8 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 57 | +1m 36.551s | |
16 | -3 | ![]() | Ferrari | 56 | +1 lap | |
17 | +4 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 56 | +1 lap | |
18 | +4 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 56 | +1 lap | |
19 | -17 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 55 | DNF | |
R | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 40 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 33 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 33 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 26 | DNF | ||
Did not start | ||||||
![]() | Marussia-Cosworth |
Notes
- Pastor Maldonado received a 20-second time penalty for failing to rejoin the track in a safe manner. He originally finished P10.
- Lewis Hamilton ended lap 55 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.
- Sebastian Vettel ended lap 33 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes |
3 | ![]() | Williams-Renault |
4 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault |
5 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault |
6 | ![]() | Mercedes |
7 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari |
8 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes |
9 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes |
10 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes |
11 | ![]() | Ferrari |
12 | ![]() | Mercedes |
13 | ![]() | Ferrari |
14 | ![]() | Williams-Renault |
15 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari |
16 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault |
17 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
18 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
19 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault |
20 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault |
21 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth |
22 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth |
23 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth |
Qualifying result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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Q3 | ||||
1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:38.086 | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.410 | 0.324 |
3 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:38.475 | 0.389 |
4 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.505 | 0.419 |
5 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.513 | 0.427 |
6 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:38.623 | 0.537 |
7 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.741 | 0.655 |
8 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.752 | 0.666 |
9 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.801 | 0.715 |
10 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.992 | 0.906 |
Q2 | ||||
11 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:38.707 | |
12 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:38.770 | |
13 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:38.780 | |
14 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:39.207 | |
15 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:39.358 | |
16 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:40.295 | |
17 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:40.358 | |
Q1 | ||||
18 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:40.203 | |
19 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:40.395 | |
20 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:40.457 | |
21 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:42.171 | |
22 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:42.527 | |
23 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:42.675 | |
24 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | – |
Free practice appearances
Driver | Constructor |
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Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2012 European Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 111 |
2 | ![]() | 91 |
3 | ![]() | 88 |
4 | ![]() | 85 |
5 | ![]() | 75 |
6 | ![]() | 73 |
7 | ![]() | 53 |
8 | ![]() | 49 |
9 | ![]() | 39 |
10 | ![]() | 29 |
11 | ![]() | 27 |
12 | ![]() | 21 |
13 | ![]() | 17 |
14 | ![]() | 17 |
15 | ![]() | 16 |
16 | ![]() | 11 |
17 | ![]() | 4 |
18 | ![]() | 2 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 176 |
2 | ![]() | 137 |
3 | ![]() | 126 |
4 | ![]() | 122 |
5 | ![]() | 92 |
6 | ![]() | 60 |
7 | ![]() | 45 |
8 | ![]() | 44 |
9 | ![]() | 6 |
Statistics & milestones
- Wins
- 29th for Fernando Alonso
- 218th for Ferrari
- Podiums
- 155th and last for Michael Schumacher (first podium since 2006; only podium for Mercedes), 77th for Fernando Alonso, 65th for Kimi Raikkonen
- 657th for Ferrari, 23rd for Mercedes, 5th for Lotus (2012-15)
- Poles
- 33rd for Sebastian Vettel
- 42nd for Red Bull
- Fastest laps
- 3rd for Nico Rosberg (first since 2009; first for Mercedes)
- 10th for Mercedes (16th constructor to set ten fastest laps)
- Front row starts
- 44th for Sebastian Vettel, 42nd for Lewis Hamilton