2012 German Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 22 July 2012
Winner	Fernando Alonso Ferrari
Pole position	Fernando Alonso Ferrari
Fastest lap	Michael Schumacher Mercedes
Circuit	Hockenheim, 67 laps
Round	10 of 20
Race numbers	The 2012 German Grand Prix was the: 868th World Championship race 59th World Championship German Grand Prix 33rd World Championship race at Hockenheim
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	67	1hr 31m 05.862s	25
2	+4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	67	+6.949s	18
3	+7	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	67	+16.409s	15
4	+8	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	67	+21.925s	12
5	-3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	67	+23.732s (20.000s)	10
6	+11	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	67	+27.896s	8
7	-4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	67	+28.970s	6
8		Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	67	+46.941s	4
9	-5	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	67	+48.162s	2
10	+11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	67	+48.889s	1
11	-2	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	67	+59.227s
12	+1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	67	+1m 11.428s
13	-2	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	67	+1m 16.829s
14	+1	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	67	+1m 16.965s
15	-10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	66	+1 lap
16	+2	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	66	+1 lap
17	-3	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	66	+1 lap
18	+1	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	66	+1 lap
19	-3	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	65	+2 laps
20		Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	65	+2 laps
21	+2	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	64	+3 laps
22		Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	64	+3 laps
23	+1	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	64	+3 laps
R		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	DNF

Notes

Sebastian Vettel received a 20-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. He originally finished P2.

Notes

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.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:40.621
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:41.026	0.405
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:41.496	0.875
4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:42.459	1.838
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:43.501	2.880
6	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:43.950	3.329
7	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:44.113	3.492
8	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:44.186	3.565
9	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:44.889	4.268
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1:45.811	5.190
Q2
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:39.789
12	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:39.933
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:39.985
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:40.212
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:40.574
16	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:40.752
17	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.551
Q1
18	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:16.741
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:17.620
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:18.531
21	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:19.220
22	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:19.291
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:19.912
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:20.230

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Milestone race start: 100th for Lewis Hamilton (60th driver to start 100 races, 12th British driver); 50th for Kamui Kobayashi (120nd driver to start 50 races, 5th Japanese driver)
Wins: 30th for Fernando Alonso (5th driver to win 30 races, 1st Spanish driver); 219th for Ferrari
Podiums: 79th for Fernando Alonso; 66th for Kimi Raikkonen; 46th for Jenson Button; 659th for Ferrari; 477th for McLaren; 6th for Lotus (2012-15)
Poles: 22nd for Fernando Alonso (last Spanish polesitter until 2022); 207th for Ferrari (last until 2015)
Fastest laps: 77th and last for Michael Schumacher (first since 2006; only fastest lap for Mercedes); 11th for Mercedes
Front row starts: 45th for Sebastian Vettel; 37th for Fernando Alonso (last Spanish front row starter until 2021; last for Ferrari)
Pole & win: 14th for Fernando Alonso (first since 2010; last Spanish driver to win from pole until 2022)