2012 Germany F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: German Grand Prix
Track: Hockenheimring

Weather: wet qualifying, dry race

Fernando ALONSO won his 30th F1 World Championship race at the 2012 Germany F1 GP, extending his championship lead with a pole-to-flag victory. The Ferrari driver started from pole and won at Hockenheim by 6.949 seconds from Jenson Button for McLaren. It was Ferraris 220th F1 win.

Alonso pole in wet Q3, Ferrari heading the field

Hockenheim on 22 July 2012 saw Alonso take pole in a rain-affected Q3 with a 1:40.621 lap, Vettel second by 0.405, Webber third for a Red Bull second row, Schumacher fourth for Mercedes GP on home soil.

Race day: Vettel penalised, Button hunts Alonso

Alonso led from lights out and controlled the race for the full 67 laps, Button chasing on a different strategy but never able to close within threatening range. Vettel crossed the line second but was demoted to fifth after a 20-second penalty for illegally passing Button off-track at the hairpin. Raikkonen inherited third for Lotus, Kobayashi fourth for Sauber (missing his first F1 podium by 1.5 seconds), Perez sixth, Schumacher seventh. Schumacher set the fastest lap on lap 57 at 1:18.725.

Championship: Alonso 154, Webber 116, Vettel 110

Alonsos lead was 34 points; the Ferrari with its Coke-bottle sidepod upgrade was now consistently the class of the field on Sunday, if not always on Saturday. Hungary in a week would be next.

Classification 2012 Germany F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	5	FernandoAlonso	Ferrari	Ferrari F2012Ferrari 056	1	67	64	1:31:05.862	25
2	3	JensonButton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/27Mercedes FO 108	6	67		1:31:12.811+6.949s	18
3	9	KimiRäikkönen	Lotus F1	Lotus E20Renault RS27		67		1:31:22.271+16.409s	15
4	14	KamuiKobayashi	Sauber	Sauber C31Ferrari 056	12	67		1:31:27.787+21.925s	12
5	1	SebastianVettel	Red Bull	Red Bull RB8Renault RS27	2	67	3	1:31:29.594+23.732s	10
6	15	SergioPérez	Sauber	Sauber C31Ferrari 056	17	67		1:31:33.758+27.896s	8
7	7	MichaelSchumacher	Mercedes	Mercedes W03Mercedes FO 108	4	67		1:31:34.832+28.970s	6
8	2	MarkWebber	Red Bull	Red Bull RB8Renault RS27	8	67		1:31:52.803+46.941s	4
9	12	NicoHülkenberg	Force India	Force India VJM05Mercedes FO 108	4	67		1:31:54.024+48.162s	2
10	8	NicoRosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes W03Mercedes FO 108	21	67		1:31:54.751+48.889s	1
11	11	Pauldi Resta	Force India	Force India VJM05Mercedes FO 108	9	67		1:32:05.039+59.177s
12	6	FelipeMassa	Ferrari	Ferrari F2012Ferrari 056	13	67		1:32:17.290+1:11.428
13	16	DanielRicciardo	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR7Ferrari 056	11	67		1:32:22.691+1:16.829
14	17	Jean-EricVergne	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR7Ferrari 056	15	67		1:32:22.827+1:16.965
15	18	PastorMaldonado	Williams	Williams FW34Renault RS27	5	66		1:31:22.663+16.801s
16	21	VitalyPetrov	Caterham	Caterham CT01Renault RS27	18	66		1:31:50.478+44.616s
17	19	BrunoSenna	Williams	Williams FW34Renault RS27	14	66		1:31:51.024+45.162s
18	10	RomainGrosjean	Lotus F1	Lotus E20Renault RS27	19	66		1:32:10.268+1:04.406
19	20	HeikkiKovalainen	Caterham	Caterham CT01Renault RS27	16	65		1:31:25.408+19.546s
20	25	CharlesPic	Manor	Marussia MR01Cosworth CA2010	20	65		1:31:38.057+32.195s
21	22	Pedrode la Rosa	HRT	HRT F112 Cosworth CA2010	23	64		1:31:14.225+8.363s
22	24	TimoGlock	Manor	Marussia MR01Cosworth CA2010	22	64		1:31:19.377+13.515s
23	23	NarainKarthikeyan	HRT	HRT F112 Cosworth CA2010	24	64		1:31:19.708+13.846s
DNF	4	LewisHamilton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/27Mercedes FO 108	7	56		Puncture damage

Fastest lap: 1:18.725 min. by Michael Schumacher

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