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

2012 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 22 July 2012
Winner
  • Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitHockenheim, 67 laps
Round10 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
More 2012 season
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Race result

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

Notes

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

Starting grid

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

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.

Qualifying result

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

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 German Grand Prix.

Driver

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

Constructor

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

Statistics & milestones

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
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)

See also

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

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