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

2012 European Grand Prix

DateSunday, 24 June 2012
Winner
  • Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitValencia, 57 laps
Round8 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 European Grand Prix was the

  • 866th World Championship race
  • 22nd World Championship European Grand Prix (last until 2016)
  • 5th and last World Championship race at Valencia
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+10Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari571hr 44m 16.649s25
2+3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault57+6.421s18
3+9Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes57+12.639s15
4+15Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault57+13.628s12
5+3Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes57+19.993s10
6 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes57+21.176s8
7+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes57+22.866s6
8+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes57+24.653s4
9+6Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari57+27.777s2
10+4Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault57+35.961s1
11+6Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari57+37.041s 
12-9Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault57+54.630s (20.000s) 
13+7Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault57+1m 15.871s 
14+2Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault57+1m 34.654s 
15+8France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth57+1m 36.551s 
16-3Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari56+1 lap 
17+4Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth56+1 lap 
18+4India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth56+1 lap 
19-17United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes55DNF 
R France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault40DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault33DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari33DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari26DNF 
Did not start
  Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-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

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:38.086 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:38.4100.324
3Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:38.4750.389
4France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:38.5050.419
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:38.5130.427
6Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:38.6230.537
7Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:38.7410.655
8Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:38.7520.666
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:38.8010.715
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:38.9920.906
Q2
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:38.707 
12Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:38.770 
13Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:38.780 
14Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:39.207 
15Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:39.358 
16Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:40.295 
17Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:40.358 
Q1
18France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:40.203 
19Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:40.395 
20Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:40.457 
21Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:42.171 
22India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:42.527 
23France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:42.675 
24Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
France flag lazyload Jules BianchiIndia flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes
Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso111
2Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber91
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton88
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel85
5Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg75
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen73
7France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean53
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button49
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez39
10Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado29
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta27
12Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi21
13Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher17
14Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg17
15Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna16
16Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa11
17France flag lazyload Jean-Eric Vergne4
18Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault176
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes137
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault126
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari122
5Germany flag lazyload Mercedes92
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari60
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault45
8India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes44
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari6

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

See also

  • European Grand Prix
  • Valencia circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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