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

2012 German Grand Prix

868th World Championship race, 59th World Championship German Grand Prix, 33rd World Championship race at Hockenheim

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Fact File

Date:Sunday, 22 July 2012
Winner:Spain flag Fernando Alonso
Italy flag Ferrari
Pole position:Spain flag Fernando Alonso
Italy flag Ferrari
Fastest lap:Germany flag Michael Schumacher
Germany flag Mercedes
Circuit:Hockenheim, 67 laps
Round:10 of 20

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Spain flag Fernando AlonsoFerrari671hr 31m 05.862s25
2+4United Kingdom flag Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes67+6.949s18
3+7Finland flag Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault67+16.409s15
4+8Japan flag Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari67+21.925s12
5-3Germany flag Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault67+23.732s (20.000s)10
6+11Mexico flag Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari67+27.896s8
7-4Germany flag Michael SchumacherMercedes67+28.970s6
8 Australia flag Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault67+46.941s4
9-5Germany flag Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes67+48.162s2
10+11Germany flag Nico RosbergMercedes67+48.889s1
11-2United Kingdom flag Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes67+59.227s 
12+1Brazil flag Felipe MassaFerrari67+1m 11.428s 
13-2Australia flag Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari67+1m 16.829s 
14+1France flag Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari67+1m 16.965s 
15-10Venezuela flag Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault66+1 lap 
16+2Russia flag Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault66+1 lap 
17-3Brazil flag Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault66+1 lap 
18+1France flag Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault66+1 lap 
19-3Finland flag Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault65+2 laps 
20 France flag Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth65+2 laps 
21+2Spain flag Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth64+3 laps 
22 Germany flag Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth64+3 laps 
23+1India flag Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth64+3 laps 
R United Kingdom flag Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes56DNF 
  • Sebastian Vettel was given a 20-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
Pos DriverConstructorTime
1 Spain flag Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:40.621
2 Germany flag Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:41.026
3 Germany flag Michael SchumacherMercedes1:42.459
4 Germany flag Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:43.501
5 Venezuela flag Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:43.950
6 United Kingdom flag Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:44.113
7 United Kingdom flag Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:44.186
8-5Australia flag Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:41.496
9 United Kingdom flag Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:44.889
10 Finland flag Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:45.811
11 Australia flag Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:39.789
12 Japan flag Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:39.985
13 Brazil flag Felipe MassaFerrari1:40.212
14 Brazil flag Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:40.752
15 France flag Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:16.741
16 Finland flag Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:17.620
17-5Mexico flag Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:39.933
18 Russia flag Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:18.531
19-5France flag Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:40.574
20 France flag Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:19.220
21-5Germany flag Nico RosbergMercedes1:41.551
22 Germany flag Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:19.291
23 Spain flag Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:19.912
24 India flag Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:20.230
  • Mark Webber, Romain Grosjean and Nico Rosberg received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
  • Sergio Perez received a five-place grid penalty for impeding Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen in qualifying.

Qualifying Result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Spain flag Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:40.621 
2Germany flag Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:41.0260.405
3Australia flag Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:41.4960.875
4Germany flag Michael SchumacherMercedes1:42.4591.838
5Germany flag Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:43.5012.880
6Venezuela flag Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:43.9503.329
7United Kingdom flag Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:44.1133.492
8United Kingdom flag Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:44.1863.565
9United Kingdom flag Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:44.8894.268
10Finland flag Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:45.8115.190
Q2
11Australia flag Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:39.789 
12Mexico flag Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:39.933 
13Japan flag Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:39.985 
14Brazil flag Felipe MassaFerrari1:40.212 
15France flag Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:40.574 
16Brazil flag Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:40.752 
17Germany flag Nico RosbergMercedes1:41.551 
Q1
18France flag Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:16.741 
19Finland flag Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:17.620 
20Russia flag Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:18.531 
21France flag Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:19.220 
22Germany flag Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:19.291 
23Spain flag Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:19.912 
24India flag Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:20.230 

Free Practice Appearances

DriverConstructor
France flag Jules BianchiForce India-Mercedes
Finland flag Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault
Spain flag Dani ClosHRT-Cosworth

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Spain flag Fernando Alonso154
2Australia flag Mark Webber120
3Germany flag Sebastian Vettel110
4Finland flag Kimi Raikkonen98
5United Kingdom flag Lewis Hamilton92
6Germany flag Nico Rosberg76
7United Kingdom flag Jenson Button68
8France flag Romain Grosjean61
9Mexico flag Sergio Perez47
10Japan flag Kamui Kobayashi33
11Venezuela flag Pastor Maldonado29
12Germany flag Michael Schumacher29
13United Kingdom flag Paul di Resta27
14Brazil flag Felipe Massa23
15Germany flag Nico Hulkenberg19
16Brazil flag Bruno Senna18
17France flag Jean-Eric Vergne4
18Australia flag Daniel Ricciardo2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag Red Bull-Renault230
2Italy flag Ferrari177
3United Kingdom flag McLaren-Mercedes160
4United Kingdom flag Lotus-Renault159
5Germany flag Mercedes105
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari80
7United Kingdom flag Williams-Renault47
8India flag Force India-Mercedes46
9Italy flag Toro Rosso-Ferrari6

Statistics & Milestones

Milestone race start
Driver: 100th for Lewis Hamilton, 50th for Kamui Kobayashi
Wins
Driver: 30th for Fernando Alonso
Constructor: 219th for Ferrari
Podiums
Driver: 79th for Fernando Alonso, 66th for Kimi Raikkonen, 46th for Jenson Button
Constructor: 659th for Ferrari, 477th for McLaren, 6th for Lotus (2012-15)
Poles
Driver: 22nd and last for Fernando Alonso
Constructor: 207th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
Driver: 77th and last for Michael Schumacher
Constructor: 11th for Mercedes
Front row starts
Driver: 45th for Sebastian Vettel, 37th and last for Fernando Alonso
Pole & win
Driver: 14th and last for Fernando Alonso

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Hockenheim Circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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