2012 German Grand Prix

F1 Germany German 2012 British Grand Prix 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix Hockenheim2012.svg The Hockenheimring 22 July, 2012 Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012Formula 1 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012 http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/germany_873/circuit_diagram.html Formula1.com Formula One Management 8 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120620114640/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/germany_873/circuit_diagram.html June 20, 2012 10 20 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany Permanent racing facility 2.842 4.574 67 190.424 306.458 Fine and DryFORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2012 (Race) http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/873/7125/live_timing_popup.html# Formula One 22 July 2012 18 February 2013 March 2016 Air Temp 22 C Track Temp 30 C Fernando Alonso ESP Ferrari 1:40.621 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:18.725 58 GER Fernando Alonso ESP Ferrari Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Mercedes Kimi Räikkönen FIN Lotus-Renault GER The 2012 German Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012, was a Formula One motor race that took place on 22 July 2012 as the tenth round of the 2012 season.http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/12/07/united-states-grand-prix-remains-unchanged-2012-f1-calendar/ United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 7 December 2011 8 July 2012 After being held at the Nürburgring in 2011,http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2010/Pages/wmsc_031110.aspx World Motor Sport Council: 03/11/2010 fia.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 3 November 2010 8 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20101105155751/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2010/Pages/wmsc_031110.aspx 5 November 2010 dead the race returned to the Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, making the 2012 race the thirty-third time the circuit hosted the German Grand Prix, and the eighth time the shortened circuit hosted the race since its 2002 redesign. Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso got his 22nd pole position before going on to win the race, with McLaren's Jenson Button and Lotus' Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium.Formula 1 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland — Provisional Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/873/7125/ Formula1.com Formula One Management 21 July 2012 22 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120724141032/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/873/7125/ July 24, 2012 This race would see Michael Schumacher set his 77th and final fastest lap in Formula One, a record he still holds 2025 y. By winning the German Grand Prix, Alonso achieved his 30th Grand Prix victory overall, becoming the fifth driver after Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell and Michael Schumacher to achieve this feat. Alonso increased his points advantage to 34 points over Webber, bringing up their totals to 154 and 120, respectively. While Vettel remained in third with 110 points, Räikkönen overtook Hamilton in the standings for fourth spot, six points clear of Hamilton following the latter's retirement. Meanwhile, Ferrari narrowed their deficit to Red Bull to 53 points, while McLaren overtook Lotus for third in the standings having amassed 160 points, with Lotus being shy by only one point. Report Background As there was no race at Hockenheim in 2011, 2012 was the first year that the drag reduction system (DRS) and Pirelli tyres featured at the circuit. The DRS detection zone for the race was located at turn four, with the activation zone located 260 m further down the road, so that it could be used on the approach to the hairpin.One DRS zone for Hockenheim GP http://www.gpnow.com/formula1/12371/one-drs-zone-for-hockenheim-gp/ GPnow.com GPNow Frances Vermeeren 17 July 2012 17 July 2012 https://archive.today/20130125040859/http://www.gpnow.com/formula1/12371/one-drs-zone-for-hockenheim-gp/ 2013-01-25 dead Tyre supplier Pirelli chose to run with the most commonly run tyre combination of the year to date, and brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre to the Hockenheim circuit.Pirelli reveal tyre choices for final three rounds http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/10/13931.html Formula One 16 October 2012 18 February 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130929163542/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/10/13931.html September 29, 2013 Driver penalties Romain Grosjean took a five-place grid penalty after his team discovered a terminal issue in his gearbox.Grosjean to take five-place grid penalty at Hockenheim after team discovers gearbox issue http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101167 Jonathan Noble Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 July 2012 13 July 2012 Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber were also given five-place penalties for gearbox changes.Rosberg to get five-place grid penalty after gearbox change ahead of German GP http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101304 Edd Straw Strang Simon Autosport Haymarket Publications 20 July 2012 20 July 2012Red Bull's Mark Webber gets gearbox change penalty for German Grand Prix http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101341 Edd Straw Autosport Haymarket Publications 21 July 2012 21 July 2012 Sergio Pérez was given a five-place grid penalty for impeding Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen in the second qualifying session.Sergio Perez handed penalty for impeding during qualifying for the German Grand Prix http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101376 Matt Beer Autosport Haymarket Publications 21 July 2012 21 July 2012 Drivers Dani Clos took over Narain Karthikeyan's HRT during the first free practice session.Clos to replace Karthikeyan at HRT for opening session of the German Grand Prix http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101233 Pablo Elizalde Autosport Haymarket Publications 16 July 2012 16 July 2012 Jules Bianchi replaced Paul di Resta at Force India,Bianchi gets another practice outing with Force India in Germany http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101256 Pablo Elizalde Autosport Haymarket Publications 17 July 2012 17 July 2012 while Valtteri Bottas once again drove Bruno Senna's Williams for the same session. This race marked Lewis Hamilton's 100th race and Kamui Kobayashi's 50th race.Germany 2012 • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/2012/allemagne.aspx 2022-06-19 www.statsf1.com Race The conditions on the grid were dry and sunny before the race; the air temperature ranged between 20 - 21 C F and the track temperature was between 30 - 32 C F.Creighton Geoff Hughes Emlyn As it happened: The German Grand Prix http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/497 Autosport Haymarket Publications 22 July 2012 30 December 2015 14 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190814114341/http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/497 deadSymonds Pat August 2012 Race Debrief F1 Racing 106–109 Haymarket Publications 1361-4487 Fernando Alonso won the race, his 30th in Formula One to become the only driver to win three races at this point in the season, Jenson Button was 2nd after Sebastian Vettel was given a 20 second time penalty for passing the former by going off the track, the penalty dropped the German down to 5th.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/18947482 Vettel penalised for Button pass BBC Sport Michael Schumacher got the 77th and final fastest lap of his Formula One career.Germany 2012 • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/2012/allemagne.aspx 2022-06-19 www.statsf1.com Classification thumb|right|Michael Schumacher qualified fourth Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Number Driver Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Grid Final grid position 1 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:16.073 1:38.521 1:40.621 1 2 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:16.393 1:38.309 1:41.026 2 3 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.500 1:39.382 1:41.496 81 1 4 7 GER Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:16.686 1:38.010 1:42.459 3 5 12 GER Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:16.271 1:39.467 1:43.501 4 6 18 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:16.181 1:38.731 1:43.950 5 7 3 UK Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.507 1:38.659 1:44.113 6 8 4 UK Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.221 1:37.365 1:44.186 7 9 11 UK Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:16.352 1:39.703 1:44.889 9 10 9 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:15.693 1:39.729 1:45.811 10 11 16 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:16.516 1:39.789 11 12 15 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.726 1:39.933 171 2 13 14 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:16.481 1:39.985 12 14 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.265 1:40.212 13 15 10 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:16.685 1:40.574 191 1 16 19 BRA Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:16.426 1:40.752 14 17 8 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.988 1:41.551 211 1 18 17 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:16.741 15 19 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:17.620 16 20 21 RUS Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:18.531 18 21 25 FRA Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:19.220 20 22 24 GER Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:19.291 22 23 22 ESP Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:19.912 23 24 23 IND Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:20.230 24107% time: 1:20.991Source: Notes: 1 1 — Romain Grosjean, Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber were each demoted five places as a penalty for changing their gearboxes before the race. 1 2 — Sergio Pérez was demoted five places as a penalty for impeding Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen in the second qualifying session. Race thumb|right|200px|Fernando Alonso started the race from pole position and won. Pos. Race position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Grid position Points 1 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 67 1:31:05.862 1 25 2 3 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 67 +6.931 6 18 3 9 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 67 +16.409 10 15 4 14 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 67 +21.925 12 12 5 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 67 +23.7323 1 2 10 6 15 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 67 +27.896 17 8 7 7 GER Michael Schumacher Mercedes 67 +28.970 3 6 8 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 67 +46.941 8 4 9 12 GER Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 67 +48.162 4 2 10 8 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 67 +48.889 21 1 11 11 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 67 +59.227 9 12 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 +1:11.428 13 13 16 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 67 +1:16.829 11 14 17 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 67 +1:16.965 15 15 18 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 66 +1 Lap 5 16 21 RUS Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 66 +1 Lap 18 17 19 BRA Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 66 +1 Lap 14 18 10 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 66 +1 Lap 19 19 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 65 +2 Laps 16 20 25 FRA Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 65 +2 Laps 20 21 22 ESP Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 64 +3 Laps 23 22 24 GER Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 64 +3 Laps 22 23 23 IND Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 64 +3 Laps 24 Ret Retired 4 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 Puncture damage 7 Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/873/7125/ FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2012 22 July 2012 Formula One World Championship Limited 22 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120724141032/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/873/7125/ July 24, 2012 Notes: 3 1 — Sebastian Vettel finished 2nd, but received a 20 second post-race drive-through penalty for an illegal overtaking manoeuvre on Jenson Button.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101426 Vettel penalised for Button pass, drops from second to fifth in the German Grand Prix 22 July 2012 Autosport Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 ESP Fernando Alonso 154 10px 2 AUS Mark Webber 120 10px 3 GER Sebastian Vettel 110 10px 1 4 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 98 10px 1 5 GBR Lewis Hamilton 92Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2012/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 2012 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 31 January 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 AUT Red Bull-Renault 230 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 177 10px 1 3 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 160 10px 1 4 GBR Lotus-Renault 159 10px 5 GER Mercedes 105Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2012 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round 2012 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round References 30em German Grand Prix 2012 2012 British Grand Prix 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix 2011 German Grand Prix 2013 German Grand Prix German Category:German Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:July 2012 sports events in Germany