Round 9 · 2012

British Grand Prix

CircuitSilverstone CircuitLocationSilverstone, BritainDates6 Jul – 8 Jul 2012Final

WinnerWEBRed Bull Racing · from P2

PoleALO

Fastest lap1:34.661Raikkonen · L50

Most laps led42Alonso

Biggest gain+9Vergne P23→P14

Retirements2of 23 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2	+1	52	1:25:11.288	2	25
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1	-1	52	+3.060	2	18
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	4	+1	52	+4.840	2	15
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	5	+1	52	+9.520	2	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	6	+1	52	+10.310 FL	2	10
6	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	9	+3	52	+17.100	2	8
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	3	-4	52	+29.150	2	6
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	8	0	52	+36.460	2	4
9	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	13	+4	52	+43.350	2	2
10	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	16	+6	52	+44.440	2	1
11	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	17	+6	52	+45.370	2
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	14	+2	52	+47.860	2
13	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	12	-1	52	+51.240	2
14	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	23	+9	52	+53.310	2
15	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	11	-4	52	+57.390	2
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	7	-9	51	+1 lap	2
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	19	+2	51	+1 lap	2
18	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	+2	51	+1 lap	2
19	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	24	+5	51	+1 lap	2
20	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	21	+1	50	+2 laps	1
21	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	22	+1	50	+2 laps	2
—	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	18		0	DNS	—
—	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	15		12	DNF · L12	1
—	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	10		3	DNF · L3	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	25
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	23
3	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	22
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	23
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	24
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	24
7	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	25
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	25
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	22
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	20
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	19
12	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	18
13	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	17
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	18
15	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	19
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	18
17	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	19
18	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	12
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	10
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	10
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	10
22	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	11
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	10
24	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	10

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:32.167	21
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:32.320	20
3	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:32.358	25
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:32.420	21
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:32.454	25
6	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:32.477	20
7	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:32.622	21
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:32.940	19
9	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:33.046	20
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:33.150	19
11	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:33.267	25
12	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:33.367	20
13	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:33.398	24
14	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:33.462	24
15	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:33.673	22
16	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:33.674	21
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:33.707	21
18	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:33.733	15
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:34.298	18
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:34.781	20
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:36.605	18
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.060	14
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:37.269	23
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:37.429	17

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:56.345	8
2	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:56.474	16
3	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:56.545	12
4	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:56.567	9
5	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:57.493	13
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:57.948	9
7	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:58.580	10
8	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:58.897	8
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:58.943	12
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:59.015	14
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:59.429	9
12	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:59.472	6
13	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:59.476	10
14	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:59.854	7
15	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	2:00.565	7
16	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	2:00.820	11
17	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	2:01.099	6
18	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	2:01.348	12
19	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	2:03.719	8
20	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	2:04.774	8
21	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	1
22	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	2
23	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	1
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:56.552	13
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:56.827	10
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:57.174	6
4	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:57.664	11
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:58.119	7
6	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:58.463	7
7	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:58.483	19
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:58.493	10
9	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:58.942	8
10	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:59.076	12
11	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:59.414	11
12	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:59.614	9
13	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:59.733	7
14	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:59.787	10
15	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	2:00.125	5
16	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	2:00.253	6
17	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	2:01.834	6
18	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	2:01.835	6
19	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	2:04.341	9
20	Dani Clos CLO	HRT	2:05.022	11
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	2:11.760	6
22	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	4
23	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	3
24	Jules Bianchi BIA	Force India	—	1

Session schedule

Practice 1Final6 Jul 2012 09:00 UTC

Practice 2Final6 Jul 2012 13:00 UTC

Practice 3Final7 Jul 2012 09:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal7 Jul 2012 12:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal8 Jul 2012 12:00 UTC

Championship after round 9

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	129
2	Mark Webber WEB	116
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	100	▲1
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	92	▼1
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	83	▲1
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	75	▼1
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	61
8	Jenson Button BUT	50

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Red Bull Racing	Mark Webber WEB	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Mercedes	Michael Schumacher SCH	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
Lotus F1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Williams	Pastor Maldonado MAL	—	Bruno Senna SEN
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Force India	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Paul di Resta DIR
Sauber	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Toro Rosso	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Jean-Eric Vergne VER
Caterham	Vitaly Petrov PET	—	Heikki Kovalainen KOV
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Timo Glock GLO	—	Charles Pic PIC
HRT	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2011	British Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3
2010	British Grand Prix	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2
2009	British Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2008	British Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	4
2007	British Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	2
2006	British Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	1
2005	British Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya PAB	McLaren	3
2004	British Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	4