European Grand Prix 2012

Valencia
24 June 2012
57 laps
308.9 km
5.419 km a lap

Pole positionSebastian VettelRed Bull · 1:38.086
Fastest lapNico Rosberg1:42.163 · lap 54
Winner started fromP11on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	11	57	1:44:16.649	25
2	Kimi Räikkönen	9	Lotus · Renault	5	57	+6.421	18
3	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	12	57	+12.639	15
4	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull · Renault	19	57	+13.628	12
5	Nico Hülkenberg	12	Force India · Mercedes	8	57	+19.993	10
6	Nico Rosbergfastest lap	8	Mercedes	6	57	+21.176	8
7	Paul di Resta	11	Force India · Mercedes	10	57	+22.866	6
8	Jenson Button	3	McLaren · Mercedes	9	57	+24.653	4
9	Sergio Pérez	15	Sauber · Ferrari	15	57	+27.777	2
10	Bruno Senna	19	Williams · Renault	14	57	+35.961	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	17	57	+37.041
12	Pastor Maldonado	18	Williams · Renault	3	57	+54.630+20.000 penalty
13	Vitaly Petrov	21	Caterham · Renault	20	57	+1:15.871
14	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Caterham · Renault	16	57	+1:34.654
15	Charles Pic	25	Marussia · Cosworth	23	57	+1:36.551
16	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	13	56	+1 lap
17	Pedro de la Rosa	22	HRT · Cosworth	21	56	+1 lap
18	Narain Karthikeyan	23	HRT · Cosworth	22	56	+1 lap
19	Lewis Hamilton	4	McLaren · Mercedes	2	55	Collision
DNF	Romain Grosjean	10	Lotus · Renault	4	40	Alternator
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	1	Red Bull · Renault	1	33	Alternator
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	14	Sauber · Ferrari	7	33	Collision damage
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	18	26	Collision damage
DNS	Timo Glock	24	Marussia · Cosworth	–		Illness

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Sebastian Vettel 33, Fernando Alonso 24. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 29	Lap 43	Finish	Laps led
Fernando Alonso	11	3	3	1	1	24
Kimi Räikkönen	5	9	5	3	2
Michael Schumacher	12	6	8	11	3
Mark Webber	19	11	9	12	4
Nico Hülkenberg	8	13	11	5	5
Nico Rosberg	6	5	7	9	6
Paul di Resta	10	4	12	6	7
Jenson Button	9	15	15	8	8
Sergio Pérez	15	16	16	7	9
Bruno Senna	14	7	21	14	10
Daniel Ricciardo	17	18	4	13	11
Pastor Maldonado	3	12	10	4	12
Vitaly Petrov	20	19	17	10	13
Heikki Kovalainen	16	20	20	15	14
Charles Pic	23	23	19	17	15
Felipe Massa	13	14	14	18	16
Pedro de la Rosa	21	22	18	16	17
Narain Karthikeyan	22	21	22	19	18
Lewis Hamilton	2	8	6	2	19
Romain Grosjean	4	2	2	–	out
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	1	–	out	33
Kamui Kobayashi	7	10	13	–	out
Jean-Éric Vergne	18	17	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 29	Lap 43	Last lap
Fernando Alonso	+23.2	+52.0	0.0	0.0
Kimi Räikkönen	+37.4	+55.6	+4.5	+6.4
Michael Schumacher	+35.1	+60.6	+26.3	+12.6
Mark Webber	+38.0	+63.4	+27.2	+13.6
Nico Hülkenberg	+42.1	+65.2	+12.5	+20.0
Nico Rosberg	+31.5	+59.0	+20.7	+21.2
Paul di Resta	+28.5	+66.6	+14.4	+22.9
Jenson Button	+48.2	+75.5	+19.1	+24.7
Sergio Pérez	+49.3	+76.1	+16.1	+27.8
Bruno Senna	+36.0	+164.0	+40.9	+36.0
Daniel Ricciardo	+53.9	+55.2	+32.4	+37.0
Pastor Maldonado	+39.5	+64.2	+10.2	+34.6
Vitaly Petrov	+65.2	+107.8	+24.3	+75.9
Heikki Kovalainen	+67.3	+162.8	+48.2	+94.7
Charles Pic	+97.3	+162.1	+56.8	+96.6
Felipe Massa	+46.4	+74.0	+68.2	+111.7
Pedro de la Rosa	+86.6	+161.3	+56.1	+120.7
Narain Karthikeyan	+76.5	+180.1	+80.0	+130.0
Lewis Hamilton	+36.5	+57.6	+3.8	+8.7
Romain Grosjean	+14.5	+35.6	–	out
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	0.0	–	out
Kamui Kobayashi	+37.8	+72.2	–	out
Jean-Éric Vergne	+51.3	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:39.626	1:38.530	1:38.086
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:39.169	1:38.616	1:38.410
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:38.825	1:38.570	1:38.475
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:39.530	1:38.489	1:38.505
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:39.464	1:38.531	1:38.513
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:39.061	1:38.504	1:38.623
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:39.651	1:38.703	1:38.741
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:39.009	1:38.689	1:38.752
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:39.622	1:38.563	1:38.801
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:38.858	1:38.519	1:38.992
11	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:39.409	1:38.707
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:39.447	1:38.770
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:39.388	1:38.780
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:39.449	1:39.207
15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:39.353	1:39.358
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:40.087	1:40.295
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:39.924	1:40.358
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:40.203
19	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:40.395
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:40.457
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:42.171
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:42.527
23	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:42.675

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Paul di Resta	1	23	20.295 s
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	17	21.303 s
Bruno Senna	2	20, 24	14.659 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	13, 28	19.355 s
Jenson Button	2	10, 26	19.640 s
Fernando Alonso	2	15, 28	19.789 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	16, 29	20.023 s
Michael Schumacher	2	19, 41	20.041 s
Nico Rosberg	2	20, 46	20.115 s
Mark Webber	2	19, 38	20.222 s
Nico Hülkenberg	2	14, 28	20.332 s
Romain Grosjean	2	16, 28	20.479 s
Sergio Pérez	2	10, 25	20.904 s
Heikki Kovalainen	2	12, 27	21.040 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	14, 28	21.103 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	14, 37	21.209 s
Pastor Maldonado	2	14, 28	21.342 s
Charles Pic	2	11, 28	22.838 s
Kamui Kobayashi	2	14, 20	23.071 s
Pedro de la Rosa	2	14, 28	23.125 s
Narain Karthikeyan	3	15, 29, 39	14.780 s
Felipe Massa	4	11, 27, 34, 53	20.126 s
Vitaly Petrov	4	13, 25, 28, 47	20.726 s

Every stop, lap by lap (49)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
10	Jenson Button	1	20.246 s
10	Sergio Pérez	1	21.032 s
11	Felipe Massa	1	20.498 s
11	Charles Pic	1	31.636 s
12	Heikki Kovalainen	1	21.040 s
13	Lewis Hamilton	1	19.355 s
13	Vitaly Petrov	1	20.726 s
14	Nico Hülkenberg	1	21.198 s
14	Daniel Ricciardo	1	21.209 s
14	Pastor Maldonado	1	21.342 s
14	Kimi Räikkönen	1	21.879 s
14	Kamui Kobayashi	1	23.071 s
14	Pedro de la Rosa	1	23.127 s
15	Fernando Alonso	1	19.789 s
15	Narain Karthikeyan	1	22.930 s
16	Sebastian Vettel	1	20.357 s
16	Romain Grosjean	1	20.479 s
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	1	21.303 s
19	Mark Webber	1	20.246 s
19	Michael Schumacher	1	20.477 s
20	Nico Rosberg	1	20.625 s
20	Kamui Kobayashi	2	25.719 s
20	Bruno Senna	1	28.440 s
23	Paul di Resta	1	20.295 s
24	Bruno Senna	2	14.659 s
25	Sergio Pérez	2	20.904 s
25	Vitaly Petrov	2	21.224 s
26	Jenson Button	2	19.640 s
27	Felipe Massa	2	20.126 s
27	Heikki Kovalainen	2	24.445 s
28	Nico Hülkenberg	2	20.332 s
28	Fernando Alonso	2	20.718 s
28	Kimi Räikkönen	2	21.103 s
28	Vitaly Petrov	3	21.407 s
28	Pastor Maldonado	2	21.525 s
28	Charles Pic	2	22.838 s
28	Pedro de la Rosa	2	23.125 s
28	Romain Grosjean	2	23.183 s
28	Lewis Hamilton	2	31.081 s
29	Sebastian Vettel	2	20.023 s
29	Narain Karthikeyan	2	26.370 s
34	Felipe Massa	3	39.041 s
37	Daniel Ricciardo	2	22.597 s
38	Mark Webber	2	20.222 s
39	Narain Karthikeyan	3	14.780 s
41	Michael Schumacher	2	20.041 s
46	Nico Rosberg	2	20.115 s
47	Vitaly Petrov	4	30.800 s
53	Felipe Massa	4	20.476 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Nico Rosberg	54	1:42.163
2	Mark Webber	40	1:42.717	+0.554
3	Michael Schumacher	43	1:43.099	+0.936
4	Sergio Pérez	43	1:43.526	+1.363
5	Fernando Alonso	40	1:43.666	+1.503
6	Daniel Ricciardo	44	1:43.674	+1.511
7	Kimi Räikkönen	43	1:43.686	+1.523
8	Romain Grosjean	38	1:43.764	+1.601
9	Lewis Hamilton	43	1:44.007	+1.844
10	Pastor Maldonado	43	1:44.064	+1.901

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 8. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 8
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Fernando Alonso	111	▲1
2	Mark Webber	91	▲2
3	Lewis Hamilton	88	▼2
4	Sebastian Vettel	85	▼1
5	Nico Rosberg	75
6	Kimi Räikkönen	73
7	Romain Grosjean	53
8	Jenson Button	49
9	Sergio Pérez	39
10	Pastor Maldonado	29

Constructors' championship after round 8
Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	176
2	McLaren	137
3	Lotus	126
4	Ferrari	122
5	Mercedes	92
6	Sauber	60
7	Williams	45
8	Force India	44
9	Toro Rosso	6
10	Caterham	0