Round 8 · 2012

European Grand Prix

CircuitValencia Street CircuitLocationValencia, SpainDates22 Jun – 24 Jun 2012Final

WinnerALOFerrari · from P11

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:42.163Rosberg · L54

Most laps led31Vettel

Biggest gain+15Webber P19→P4

Retirements4of 23 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	11	+10	57	1:44:16.649	2	25
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	5	+3	57	+6.420	2	18
3	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	12	+9	57	+12.640	2	15
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	19	+15	57	+13.630	2	12
5	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	8	+3	57	+19.990	2	10
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	6	0	57	+21.180 FL	2	8
7	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	10	+3	57	+22.870	1	6
8	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	9	+1	57	+24.650	2	4
9	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	15	+6	57	+27.780	2	2
10	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	14	+4	57	+35.960	2	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	17	+6	57	+37.040	2
12	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	3	-9	57	+54.630	2
13	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	20	+7	57	+1:15.870	4
14	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	16	+2	57	+1:34.650	2
15	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	23	+8	57	+1:36.550	2
16	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	13	-3	56	+1 lap	4
17	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	21	+4	56	+1 lap	2
18	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	22	+4	56	+1 lap	3
19	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2	-17	55	+2 laps	2
—	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	24		0	DNS	—
—	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1		33	DNF · L33	2
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	4		40	DNF · L40	2
—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	7		33	DNF · L33	3
—	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	18		26	DNF · L26	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	15
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	17
3	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	21
4	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	16
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	16
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	17
7	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	12
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	19
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	16
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	18
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	14
12	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	12
13	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	14
14	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	15
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	14
16	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	11
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	12
18	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	9
19	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	7
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	8
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	7
22	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	8
23	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	10
24	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:38.562	17
2	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:38.655	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:38.759	18
4	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:38.819	17
5	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:38.892	17
6	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:39.084	20
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:39.141	15
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:39.178	17
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:39.318	15
10	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:39.357	18
11	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:39.358	19
12	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:39.395	15
13	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:39.434	13
14	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:39.543	13
15	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:39.946	20
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:40.037	17
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:40.134	20
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:40.681	15
19	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:41.282	4
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:41.931	15
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:42.758	14
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.815	16
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:42.943	14
24	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.124	16

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:39.334	33
2	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:39.465	32
3	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:39.595	20
4	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:39.601	27
5	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:39.644	34
6	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:39.700	32
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:39.733	34
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:39.868	33
9	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:39.901	30
10	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:39.926	32
11	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:39.945	34
12	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:39.990	33
13	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:40.075	29
14	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:40.147	25
15	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:40.244	35
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:40.511	29
17	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:40.963	20
18	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:41.121	32
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:41.197	38
20	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:41.263	29
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.424	21
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.958	30
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:44.201	33
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:44.260	12

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:40.890	22
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:40.973	21
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:40.984	19
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:40.994	19
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:41.065	26
6	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:41.105	15
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:41.117	22
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:41.158	18
9	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:41.182	21
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:41.620	22
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:41.784	15
12	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:41.838	19
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:41.861	16
14	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:42.109	20
15	Jules Bianchi BIA	Force India	1:42.175	21
16	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:42.299	24
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:42.442	26
18	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:42.758	27
19	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:42.777	28
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:43.209	19
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:44.173	19
22	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:44.996	15
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:45.120	23
24	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:45.338	7

Session schedule

Practice 1Final22 Jun 2012 08:00 UTC

Practice 2Final22 Jun 2012 12:00 UTC

Practice 3Final23 Jun 2012 09:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal23 Jun 2012 12:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal24 Jun 2012 12:00 UTC

Championship after round 8

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	111	▲1
2	Mark Webber WEB	91	▲2
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	88	▼2
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	85	▼1
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	75
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	73
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	53
8	Jenson Button BUT	49

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2011	European Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2010	European Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2009	European Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Brawn GP	3
2008	European Grand Prix	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1