2012 Hungarian Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 29 July 2012 |
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| Circuit | Hungaroring, 69 laps |
| Round | 11 of 20 |
| Race numbers | The 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 |  Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 69 | 1hr 41m 05.503s | 25 | |
| 2 | +3 |  Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 69 | +1.032s | 18 |
| 3 | -1 |  Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 69 | +10.518s | 15 |
| 4 | -1 |  Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 69 | +11.614s | 12 |
| 5 | +1 |  Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 69 | +26.653s | 10 |
| 6 | -2 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 69 | +30.243s | 8 |
| 7 | +2 |  Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 69 | +33.899s | 6 |
| 8 | +3 |  Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 69 | +34.458s | 4 |
| 9 | -2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 69 | +38.350s | 2 |
| 10 | +3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 69 | +51.234s | 1 |
| 11 | -1 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 69 | +57.283s | |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 69 | +1m 02.887s | ||
| 13 | -5 |  Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 69 | +1m 03.606s | |
| 14 |  Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 69 | +1m 04.494s | ||
| 15 | +3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 68 | +1 lap | |
| 16 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 68 | +1 lap | ||
| 17 | +2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 68 | +1 lap | |
| 18 | -3 |  Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 67 | DNF | |
| 19 | +1 |  Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 67 | +2 laps | |
| 20 | +1 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 67 | +2 laps | |
| 21 | +1 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 66 | +3 laps | |
| 22 | +1 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 66 | +3 laps | |
| R |  Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 60 | DNF | ||
| R | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 58 | DNF | ||
Notes
- Kamui Kobayashi ended lap 67 in P15 before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | |
| 2 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | |
| 9 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | |
| 11 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | |
| 13 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | |
| 14 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | |
| 15 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | |
| 16 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
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| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | |
| Started from the pit lane | |||
| Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | ||
Qualifying result
Free practice appearances
| Driver | Constructor |
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| Jules Bianchi | Force India-Mercedes |
| Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault |
| Dani Clos | HRT-Cosworth |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Fernando Alonso | 164 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | 124 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | 122 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 117 |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | 116 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | 77 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | 76 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | 76 |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | 47 |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | 33 |
| 11 | Pastor Maldonado | 29 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | 29 |
| 13 | Paul di Resta | 27 |
| 14 | Felipe Massa | 25 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | 24 |
| 16 | Nico Hulkenberg | 19 |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | 4 |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | 2 |
Constructor
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
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| 1 |  Red Bull-Renault | 246 |
| 2 | McLaren-Mercedes | 193 |
| 3 | Lotus-Renault | 192 |
| 4 |  Ferrari | 189 |
| 5 | Mercedes | 106 |
| 6 |  Sauber-Ferrari | 80 |
| 7 | Williams-Renault | 53 |
| 8 | Force India-Mercedes | 46 |
| 9 | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 6 |
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)