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2012 Hungarian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

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

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
2(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
3(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
6(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
7(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
8(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
9(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
10(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
11(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
12(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
13(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
14(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
15(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
16(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
17   
18(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
19(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
20(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
21(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth
22(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
23(ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth
24(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:20.953 
2(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:21.3660.413
3(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:21.4160.463
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.5830.630
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:21.7300.777
6(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:21.8440.891
7(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:21.9000.947
8(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:21.9390.986
9(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:22.3431.390
10(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:22.8471.894
Q2
11(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:21.715 
12(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:21.813 
13(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:21.895 
14(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:21.895 
15(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:22.300 
16(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:22.380 
17(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:22.723 
Q1
18(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.250 
19(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:23.576 
20(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:24.167 
21(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:25.244 
22(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:25.476 
23(ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:25.916 
24(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:26.178 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(FRA) Jules BianchiForce India-Mercedes
(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault
(ESP) Dani ClosHRT-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ESP) Fernando Alonso164
2(AUS) Mark Webber124
3(DEU) Sebastian Vettel122
4(GBR) Lewis Hamilton117
5(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen116
6(DEU) Nico Rosberg77
7(GBR) Jenson Button76
8(FRA) Romain Grosjean76
9(MEX) Sergio Perez47
10(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi33
11(VEN) Pastor Maldonado29
12(DEU) Michael Schumacher29
13(GBR) Paul di Resta27
14(BRA) Felipe Massa25
15(BRA) Bruno Senna24
16(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg19
17(FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne4
18(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Renault246
2McLaren-Mercedes193
3Lotus-Renault192
4Ferrari189
5Mercedes106
6Sauber-Ferrari80
7Williams-Renault53
8Force India-Mercedes46
9Toro 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)