F1 - GP of Germany 2012

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso

Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso

Kimi Räikkönen

Red Bull pit stop: Sebastian Vettel

Fernando Alonso

Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button

Team Ferrari: Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso

Result:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	67	1:31:05.862	1	25
2	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	67	+6.9 secs	6	18
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	67	+16.4 secs	10	15
4	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	67	+21.9 secs	12	12
5	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	67	+23.7 secs	2	10
6	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	67	+27.8 secs	17	8
7	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	67	+28.9 secs	3	6
8	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	67	+46.9 secs	8	4
9	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	67	+48.1 secs	4	2
10	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	67	+48.8 secs	21	1
11	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	67	+59.2 secs	9
12	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	67	+71.4 secs	13
13	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	67	+76.8 secs	11
14	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	67	+76.9 secs	15
15	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	66	+1 Lap	5
16	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	66	+1 Lap	18
17	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	66	+1 Lap	14
18	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	66	+1 Lap	19
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	65	+2 Laps	16
20	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	65	+2 Laps	20
21	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	64	+3 Laps	23
22	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	64	+3 Laps	22
23	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	64	+3 Laps	24
Ret	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	Puncture damage	7

Note - Vettel originally finished second, but had 20s added to race time for leaving track and gaining advantage. Grosjean, Rosberg, Webber were penalised five grid places for unscheduled gearbox changes; Perez was penalised five grid places for impeding.

2012 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
DRIVERS  |  PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION
Ps	Driver																					Pts
1	Fernando Alonso ESP	105	251	29	67	182	153	105	251	182	251											154
2	Mark Webber AUS	124	124	124	124	011	251	67	124	251	48											120
3	Sebastien Vettel DEU	182	011	105	251	86	124	124	0M	153	105											110
4	Kimi Raikkonen FIN	67	105	014	182	153	29	48	182	105	153											98
5	Lewis Hamilton GBR	153	153	153	48	48	105	251	019	48	0M											92
6	Nico Rosberg DEU	012	013	251	105	67	182	86	86	015	110											76
7	Jenson Button GBR	251	014	182	018	29	016	016	48	110	182											68
8	Romain Grosjean FRA	0A	0A	86	153	124	0A	182	0M	86	018											61
9	Sergio Perez MEX	48	182	011	011	0M	011	153	29	0M	86											47
10	Kamui Kobayashi JPN	86	0M	110	013	105	0M	29	0M	011	124											33
11	Pastor Maldonado VEN	013	019	48	0M	251	0A	013	012	016	015											29
12	Michael Schumacher DEU	0M	110	0M	110	0A	0M	0M	153	67	67											29
13	Paul Di Resta GBR	110	67	012	86	014	67	011	67	0M	011											27
14	Felipe Massa BRA	0M	015	013	29	015	86	110	016	124	012											23
15	Nico Hulkenberg DEU	0A	29	015	012	110	48	012	105	012	29											19
16	Bruno Senna BRA	016	86	67	022	0A	110	017	110	29	017											18
17	Jean-Eric Vergne FRA	011	48	016	014	012	012	015	0M	014	014											4
18	Daniel Ricciardo AUS	29	012	017	015	013	0M	014	011	013	013											2
19	Heikki Kovalainen FIN	0M	018	023	017	016	013	018	014	017	019											0
20	Vitaly Petrov RUS	0M	016	018	016	017	0M	019	013	-DS	016											0
21	Timo Glock DEU	014	017	019	019	018	014	0M		018	022											0
22	Charles Pic FRA	015	020	020	0M	0M	0M	020	015	019	020											0
23	Narain Karthikeyan IND	-DS	022	022	021	0M	015	0M	018	021	023											0
24	Pedro De la Rosa ESP	-DS	021	021	020	019	0A	0M	017	020	021											0
KEY:  25  1  NC  M  A  X  W  DS		Points Scored in Race  Position in Race  Not Classified  Retired - Mechanical  Retired - Accident  Excluded  Withdrawn  Did not start
NOTE:		The Sporting Regulations provide that if two or more manufacturers or drivers have the same number of points (including 0 points), their positions in the Championship are fixed according to the quality of their places. Under this system one first place is better than any number of second places, one second place is better than any number of third places, and so on.

CONSTRUCTORS  |  PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION
Ps	Constructor																					Pts
1	Red Bull Racing	302 4	1211 4	224 5	371 4	86 11	374 1	184 7	124 M	401 3	148 5											230
2	Scuderia Ferrari	105 M	2515 1	29 13	87 9	182 15	236 3	1110 5	2516 1	304 2	2512 1											177
3	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	401 3	153 14	333 2	418 8	69 8	1016 5	2516 1	419 8	510 8	18M 2											160
4	Lotus F1 Team	6A 7	105 A	814 6	332 3	273 4	2A 9	228 2	182 M	186 5	1518 3											159
5	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	012 M	113 10	25M 1	115 10	67 A	18M 2	8M 6	233 6	67 15	710 7											105
6	Sauber F1 Team	126 8	18M 2	110 11	011 13	10M 5	0M 11	173 9	2M 9	011 M	206 4											80
7	Williams F1 Team	013 16	819 6	107 8	0M 22	251 A	1A 10	017 13	110 12	216 9	017 15											47
8	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1A 10	89 7	015 12	86 12	114 10	108 7	012 11	167 5	012 M	29 11											46
9	Scuderia Toro Rosso	211 9	48 12	016 17	015 14	012 13	0M 12	014 15	0M 11	013 14	014 13											6
10	Caterham F1 Team	0M M	018 16	018 23	016 17	016 17	0M 13	018 19	013 14	0DS 17	016 19											0
11	Marussia F1 Team	014 15	020 17	019 20	0M 19	018 M	014 M	020 M	015	018 19	020 22											0
12	HRT F1 Team	0DS DS	021 22	021 22	020 21	0M 19	015 A	0M M	017 18	021 20	021 23											0

Fernando Alonso - ESP

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

It was tough, definitely, I don’t think it was an easy race because maybe we were not the quickest on dry conditions. But we were quite competitive, enough to maintain the lead. Also it was some good calls by the team in terms of strategy in the first stop and then obviously in the second stop when Jenson pits, we have to react, Sebastian and me, and up to that point I knew it was a long race, 27 laps to the end with Jenson putting a lot of pressure, but I don’t know, the car was feeling good, feeling good on traction and top speed, so it was enough to keep the lead into Turn Six. And then after that it is not possible to overtake in the last sector, so you try to control the tyres and, a little bit the race.

Sebastian Vettel -  GER

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel

Well, he (Button) didn’t say anything to me, so… he didn’t complain to me so… it was a difficult one, I wasn’t sure whether he was still on the inside or not and obviously the last thing you want to do is make contact, so, yeah, because at the angle he’s side by side but not really and I can’t see him from the inside of the car, so I tried to give enough room and then went wide and obviously we’re all struggling with our tyres, Jenson in particular, and that’s how I was able to get close and pass him.

I think all in all the pace was there but it was extremely difficult once we were close to Fernando, and also in the end closer to Jenson. We seemed to lose quite a lot and not stay close enough to really try something for the following corner or to get close at the straights to try something under braking, so that seemed to be the problem. Yeah, so… ah, not entirely happy. I think we could have been a little bit better in clean air if we would have, yeah, been in clean air for most of the race. But that wasn’t the case, so all in all I think we did a good race, especially a good recovery at the end, looking after the tyres and getting past Jenson. It was more a less a question of when to pass him as his tyres were is quite poor shape and he was struggling a lot. So happy to take second in the end.

Jenson Button - GRB

Jenson Button

Jenson Button

Jenson Button

Well, first of all I want to say thank you to the crowd. It’s amazing to see so many people here in the paddock. I had a great race out there. It’s nice to be fighting at the front again. It’s been a little while. But I had a great race and I don’t wish to comment at the moment on the manoeuvre at Turn Six.

Yeah it was really close. But Fernando knows exactly, as we all do, how to use KERS to keep someone behind you, not just in the DRS zone but in other areas around the lap. I just ran out of steam at the end of the straight. It was a little big too big, the gap, to get past. I’m a little but disappointed with that but all in all a fun race and I really enjoyed racing out there today. It’s nice to be back on the podium and to get some good points. In the last couple of races, as I’ve said, I’ve been very happy with the car - the balance of the car anyway - and my feeling with it, he confidence. The results haven’t been there because the pace hasn’t been there with the car. This race gives me a lot of confidence and I’m very happy with being up here. I have to say thanks to the guys for bringing good updates here. We’re there or thereabouts at the front. Still a little bit more to go maybe. Also big thanks for the pits stops. The second pit stop was phenomenally quick and that’s what put us in the fight for the win.

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