Round 10 · 2012

German Grand Prix

CircuitHockenheimringLocationHockenheim, GermanyDates20 Jul – 22 Jul 2012Final

WinnerALOFerrari · from P1

PoleALO

Fastest lap1:18.725Schumacher · L57

Most laps led57Alonso

Biggest gain+11Pérez P17→P6

Retirements1of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1	0	67	1:31:05.862	2	25
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	6	+4	67	+6.950	2	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	10	+7	67	+16.410	2	15
4	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	12	+8	67	+21.930	2	12
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2	-3	67	+23.730	2	10
6	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	17	+11	67	+27.900	2	8
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	3	-4	67	+28.970 FL	3	6
8	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	8	0	67	+46.940	2	4
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	4	-5	67	+48.160	3	2
10	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	21	+11	67	+48.890	3	1
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	9	-2	67	+59.230	2
12	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	13	+1	67	+1:11.430	3
13	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	11	-2	67	+1:16.830	2
14	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	15	+1	67	+1:16.970	3
15	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	5	-10	66	+1 lap	3
16	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	18	+2	66	+1 lap	3
17	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	14	-3	66	+1 lap	3
18	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	19	+1	66	+1 lap	3
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	16	-3	65	+2 laps	4
20	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	0	65	+2 laps	2
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	23	+2	64	+3 laps	2
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22	0	64	+3 laps	2
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	24	+1	64	+3 laps	2
—	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	7		56	DNF · L56	4

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	23
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	23
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	24
4	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	24
5	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	24
6	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	27
7	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	20
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	18
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	26
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	20
11	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	15
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	17
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	16
14	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	17
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	18
16	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	21
17	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	18
18	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	9
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	8
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	9
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	12
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	11
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	8
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	10

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:16.014	14
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:16.091	21
3	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:16.202	21
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:16.238	27
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:16.447	19
6	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:16.475	18
7	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:16.664	18
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:16.771	15
9	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:16.807	25
10	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:16.930	23
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:16.962	26
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:17.033	26
13	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:17.148	24
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:17.238	25
15	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:17.266	22
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:17.419	23
17	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:17.491	26
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:18.366	21
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:18.818	23
20	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:19.778	22
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:20.235	22
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:20.318	9
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:20.741	22
24	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:20.914	25

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:27.476	14
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:27.564	24
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:27.902	24
4	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:28.402	26
5	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:28.420	20
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:28.495	22
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:28.513	23
8	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:28.516	16
9	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:28.877	21
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:29.327	22
11	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:29.364	26
12	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:29.719	15
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:29.785	24
14	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:30.090	19
15	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:30.220	16
16	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:30.291	22
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:30.331	26
18	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:30.437	14
19	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:30.617	16
20	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:31.207	20
21	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:32.241	22
22	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:32.349	17
23	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:32.777	18
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:42.566	8

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:16.595	27
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:17.093	22
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:17.370	21
4	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:17.382	20
5	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:17.413	28
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:17.599	17
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:17.915	27
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:17.995	22
9	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:18.020	20
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:18.130	21
11	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:18.226	22
12	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:18.339	21
13	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:18.422	28
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:18.709	30
15	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:18.831	14
16	Jules Bianchi BIA	Force India	1:18.972	21
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:19.039	34
18	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:19.674	24
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:19.963	24
20	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:20.122	27
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:20.169	20
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:20.539	18
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:21.138	24
24	Dani Clos CLO	HRT	1:21.740	27

Session schedule

Practice 1Final20 Jul 2012 08:00 UTC

Practice 2Final20 Jul 2012 12:00 UTC

Practice 3Final21 Jul 2012 09:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal21 Jul 2012 12:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal22 Jul 2012 12:00 UTC

Championship after round 10

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	154
2	Mark Webber WEB	120
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	110
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	98	▲1
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	92	▼1
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	76
7	Jenson Button BUT	68	▲1
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	61	▼1

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2010	German Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	2
2008	German Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1
2006	German Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	2
2005	German Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	3
2004	German Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1
2003	German Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya PAB	Williams	1
2002	German Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1
2001	German Grand Prix	Ralf Schumacher SCM	Williams	2