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

2012 Hungarian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 29 July 2012
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
CircuitHungaroring, 69 laps
Round11 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix was the

  • 869th World Championship race
  • 27th World Championship Hungarian Grand Prix
  • 27th World Championship race at Hungaroring
More 2012 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes691hr 41m 05.503s25
2+3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault69+1.032s18
3-1France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault69+10.518s15
4-1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault69+11.614s12
5+1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari69+26.653s10
6-2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes69+30.243s8
7+2Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault69+33.899s6
8+3Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault69+34.458s4
9-2Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari69+38.350s2
10+3Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes69+51.234s1
11-1Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes69+57.283s 
12 United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes69+1m 02.887s 
13-5Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault69+1m 03.606s 
14 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari69+1m 04.494s 
15+3Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari68+1 lap 
16 France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari68+1 lap 
17+2Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault68+1 lap 
18-3Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari67DNF 
19+1Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault67+2 laps 
20+1France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth67+2 laps 
21+1Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth66+3 laps 
22+1Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth66+3 laps 
R India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth60DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes58DNF 

Notes

  • Kamui Kobayashi ended lap 67 in P15 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:20.953 
2France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:21.3660.413
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:21.4160.463
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.5830.630
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:21.7300.777
6Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:21.8440.891
7Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:21.9000.947
8Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:21.9390.986
9Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:22.3431.390
10Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:22.8471.894
Q2
11Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:21.715 
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:21.813 
13Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:21.895 
14Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:21.895 
15Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:22.300 
16France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:22.380 
17Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:22.723 
Q1
18Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.250 
19Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:23.576 
20Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:24.167 
21France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:25.244 
22Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:25.476 
23Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:25.916 
24India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:26.178 

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 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso164
2Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber124
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel122
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton117
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen116
6Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg77
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button76
8France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean76
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 Massa25
15Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna24
16Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg19
17France flag lazyload Jean-Eric Vergne4
18Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault246
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes193
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault192
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari189
5Germany flag lazyload Mercedes106
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari80
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault53
8India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes46
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari6

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
100th for Heikki Kovalainen (61st driver to start 100 races, 5th Finnish driver)
Wins
19th for Lewis Hamilton
178th for McLaren
Podiums
67th for Kimi Raikkonen, 47th for Lewis Hamilton, 3rd for Romain Grosjean
478th for McLaren, 7th & 8th for Lotus (2012-15)
Poles
22nd for Lewis Hamilton
150th for McLaren (2nd constructor to take 150 pole positions)
Fastest laps
12th for Sebastian Vettel
25th for Red Bull
Front row starts
43rd for Lewis Hamilton, 1st for Romain Grosjean (145th different front row starter, 16th French driver; first French front row starter since 1999 and last until 2021)
Pole & win
10th for Lewis Hamilton (10th driver to win ten races from pole, 3rd British driver; first since 2010)

See also

  • Hungarian Grand Prix
  • Hungaroring circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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