2012 European Grand Prix

Date: 24 Jun 2012
Circuit: Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain
Round: 8 of 20
Winner: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
Pole position: Sebastian Vettel (1:38.086)

← Canadian Grand Prix · British Grand Prix →

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	5	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	11	57	1:44:16.649		25
2	9	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	5	57	+6.421		18
3	7	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	12	57	+12.639		15
4	2	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	19	57	+13.628		12
5	12	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	8	57	+19.993		10
6	8	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	57	+21.176	1:42.163	8
7	11	DIRPaul di Resta	Force India	10	57	+22.866		6
8	3	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	9	57	+24.653		4
9	15	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	15	57	+27.777		2
10	19	SENBruno Senna	Williams	14	57	+35.961		1
11	16	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	17	57	+37.041		0
12	18	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	3	57	+54.630		0
13	21	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	20	57	+75.871		0
14	20	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	16	57	+94.654		0
15	25	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	23	57	+96.551		0
16	6	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	13	56	+1 Lap		0
17	22	DLRPedro de la Rosa	HRT	21	56	+1 Lap		0
18	23	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	56	+1 Lap		0
19	4	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	55	Collision		0
R	10	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus F1	4	40	Electronics		0
R	1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	33	Gearbox		0
R	14	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	7	33	Collision		0
R	17	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	18	26	Collision		0
W	24	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	PL	0	Withdrew		0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Shaded bands are safety-car periods. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 40 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Fernando Alonso: 2 stops (laps 15, 28), stints of 15, 13, 29 laps
2nd: Kimi Räikkönen: 2 stops (laps 14, 28), stints of 14, 14, 29 laps
3rd: Michael Schumacher: 2 stops (laps 19, 41), stints of 19, 22, 16 laps
Finishers: 1 stop: 1 · 2 stops: 15 · 3 or more: 3
First stops: median lap 14 of 57

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
ALOFernando Alonso	2	15 (19.8 s), 28 (20.7 s)	151329
RAIKimi Räikkönen	2	14 (21.9 s), 28 (21.1 s)	141429
MSCMichael Schumacher	2	19 (20.5 s), 41 (20.0 s)	192216
WEBMark Webber	2	19 (20.2 s), 38 (20.2 s)	191919
HULNico Hülkenberg	2	14 (21.2 s), 28 (20.3 s)	141429
ROSNico Rosberg	2	20 (20.6 s), 46 (20.1 s)	202611
DIRPaul di Resta	1	23 (20.3 s)	2334
BUTJenson Button	2	10 (20.2 s), 26 (19.6 s)	101631
PERSergio Pérez	2	10 (21.0 s), 25 (20.9 s)	101532
SENBruno Senna	2	20 (28.4 s), 24 (14.7 s)	20433
RICDaniel Ricciardo	2	14 (21.2 s), 37 (22.6 s)	142320
MALPastor Maldonado	2	14 (21.3 s), 28 (21.5 s)	141429
PETVitaly Petrov	4	13 (20.7 s), 25 (21.2 s), 28 (21.4 s), 47 (30.8 s)	131231910
KOVHeikki Kovalainen	2	12 (21.0 s), 27 (24.4 s)	121530
PICCharles Pic	2	11 (31.6 s), 28 (22.8 s)	111729
MASFelipe Massa	4	11 (20.5 s), 27 (20.1 s), 34 (39.0 s), 53 (20.5 s)	11167193
DLRPedro de la Rosa	2	14 (23.1 s), 28 (23.1 s)	141428
KARNarain Karthikeyan	3	15 (22.9 s), 29 (26.4 s), 39 (14.8 s)	15141017
HAMLewis Hamilton	2	13 (19.4 s), 28 (31.1 s)	131527
GRORomain Grosjean	2	16 (20.5 s), 28 (23.2 s)	161212
VETSebastian Vettel	2	16 (20.4 s), 29 (20.0 s)	16134
KOBKamui Kobayashi	2	14 (23.1 s), 20 (25.7 s)	14613
VERJean-Éric Vergne	1	17 (21.3 s)	179

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:39.626	1:38.530	1:38.086	fastest Q3
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:39.169	1:38.616	1:38.410	+0.324 Q3
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:38.825	1:38.570	1:38.475	+0.389 Q3
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:39.530	1:38.489	1:38.505	+0.403 Q2
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1:39.464	1:38.531	1:38.513	+0.427 Q3
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:39.061	1:38.504	1:38.623	+0.418 Q2
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:39.651	1:38.703	1:38.741	+0.617 Q2
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:39.009	1:38.689	1:38.752	+0.603 Q2
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:39.622	1:38.563	1:38.801	+0.477 Q2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:38.858	1:38.519	1:38.992	+0.433 Q2
11	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:39.409	1:38.707		+0.621 Q2
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:39.447	1:38.770		+0.684 Q2
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:39.388	1:38.780		+0.694 Q2
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:39.449	1:39.207		+1.121 Q2
15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:39.353	1:39.358		+1.267 Q1
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:40.087	1:40.295		+2.001 Q1
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:39.924	1:40.358		+1.838 Q1
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:40.203			+2.117 Q1
19	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:40.395			+2.309 Q1
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:40.457			+2.371 Q1
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:42.171			+4.085 Q1
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:42.527			+4.441 Q1
23	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:42.675			+4.589 Q1

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	2	111
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1	91
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	88
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	85
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	75
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	0	73
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	0	53
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	1	49
9	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	0	39
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1	29

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Red Bull	2	176
2	McLaren	2	137
3	Lotus F1	0	126
4	Ferrari	2	122
5	Mercedes	1	92
6	Sauber	0	60
7	Williams	1	45
8	Force India	0	44
9	Toro Rosso	0	6
10	Caterham	0	0

Full 2012 standings