2012 Britain F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: Great Britain Grand Prix
Track: Silverstone Circuit

Weather: wet qualifying, dry race

Mark Webber won his 9th F1 World Championship race at the 2012 Britain F1 GP, a second Silverstone victory to add to his 2010 win. The Red Bull driver started second and won by 3.060 seconds from Fernando Alonso for Ferrari. It was Red Bulls 29th F1 win.

Alonso pole in the wet, three seconds clear before red flag

Silverstone on 8 July 2012 saw Fernando Alonso take pole for Ferrari with a 1:51.746 lap in a rain-hit Q3, Webber second by 0.047 for Red Bull, Schumacher third for Mercedes GP, Vettel fourth. The race weekend had been a mud bath, with heavy overnight rain forcing spectators away from many campsites.

Race day: Webber past Alonso with fresher tyres in the closing laps

Alonso led from lights out through a dry Sunday race, holding Webber comfortably for most of the 52 laps. But the Australians tyre call, running to a longer final stint, paid dividends: Webber closed inexorably in the final ten laps and passed Alonso with four to go for the lead. Alonso settled for second in front of a bemused home crowd expecting a Ferrari win, Vettel third for Red Bull, Massa fourth for Ferrari, Raikkonen fifth for Lotus, Grosjean sixth. Raikkonen set the fastest lap on lap 50 at 1:34.661.

Championship: Alonso 129, Webber 116, Vettel 100

Alonsos lead was 13 points; Webber closed in second, both Ferraris and both Red Bulls on the podium of every recent race. Germany at Hockenheim in a fortnight would be next.

Classification 2012 Britain F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	2	MarkWebber	Red Bull	Red Bull RB8Renault RS27	2	52	5	1:25:11.288	25
2	5	FernandoAlonso	Ferrari	Ferrari F2012Ferrari 056	1	52	44	1:25:14.348+3.060s	18
3	1	SebastianVettel	Red Bull	Red Bull RB8Renault RS27	4	52		1:25:16.124+4.836s	15
4	6	FelipeMassa	Ferrari	Ferrari F2012Ferrari 056	5	52		1:25:20.807+9.519s	12
5	9	KimiRäikkönen	Lotus F1	Lotus E20Renault RS27	6	52		1:25:21.602+10.314s	10
6	10	RomainGrosjean	Lotus F1	Lotus E20Renault RS27	9	52		1:25:28.389+17.101s	8
7	7	MichaelSchumacher	Mercedes	Mercedes W03Mercedes FO 108	3	52		1:25:40.441+29.153s	6
8	4	LewisHamilton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/27Mercedes FO 108	8	52	3	1:25:47.751+36.463s	4
9	19	BrunoSenna	Williams	Williams FW34Renault RS27	13	52		1:25:54.635+43.347s	2
10	3	JensonButton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/27Mercedes FO 108	16	53		1:25:55.732+44.444s	1
11	14	KamuiKobayashi	Sauber	Sauber C31Ferrari 056	17	52		1:25:56.658+45.370s
12	12	NicoHülkenberg	Force India	Force India VJM05Mercedes FO 108	14	52		1:25:59.144+47.856s
13	16	DanielRicciardo	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR7Ferrari 056	12	52		1:26:02.529+51.241s
14	17	Jean-EricVergne	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR7Ferrari 056	23	52		1:26:04.601+53.313s
15	8	NicoRosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes W03Mercedes FO 108	11	52		1:26:08.682+57.394s
16	18	PastorMaldonado	Williams	Williams FW34Renault RS27	7	51		1:25:49.169+37.881s
17	20	HeikkiKovalainen	Caterham	Caterham CT01Renault RS27	19	51		1:25:58.502+47.214s
18	24	TimoGlock	Manor	Marussia MR01Cosworth CA2010	20	51		1:26:22.764+1:11.476
19	25	CharlesPic	Manor	Marussia MR01Cosworth CA2010	24	51		1:26:43.189+1:31.901
20	22	Pedrode la Rosa	HRT	HRT F112 Cosworth CA2010	21	50		1:25:26.713+15.425s
21	23	NarainKarthikeyan	HRT	HRT F112 Cosworth CA2010	22	50		1:25:39.267+27.979s
DNF	15	SergioPérez	Sauber	Sauber C31Ferrari 056	15	11		Collision
DNF	11	Pauldi Resta	Force India	Force India VJM05Mercedes FO 108	10	2		Puncture
DNS	21	VitalyPetrov	Caterham	Caterham CT01Renault RS27	18	0		Engine

Fastest lap: 1:34.661 min. by Kimi Raikkonen

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