European GP 2012: session times and results

Race result

Fernando Alonso

Ferrari · 1:44:16.649

Kimi Raikkonen

Lotus · +6.421s

Michael Schumacher

Mercedes · +12.639s

	Driver	Team	Time	Grid	Pits
1	ALO Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:44:16.649	11	2
2	RAI Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	+6.421s	5	2
3	MSC Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+12.639s	12	2
4	WEB Mark Webber	Red Bull	+13.628s	19	2
5	HUL Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	+19.993s	8	2
6	ROS Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+21.176s	6	2
7	DIR Paul di Resta	Force India	+22.866s	10	1
8	BUT Jenson Button	McLaren	+24.653s	9	2
9	PER Sergio Perez	Sauber	+27.777s	15	2
10	SEN Bruno Senna	Williams	+35.961s	14	2
11	RIC Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	+37.041s	17	2
12	MAL Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+54.630s	3	2
13	PET Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	+75.871s	20	4
14	KOV Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	+94.654s	16	2
15	PIC Charles Pic	Marussia	+96.551s	23	2
16	MAS Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+1 lap	13	4
17	DLR Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	+1 lap	21	2
18	KAR Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	+1 lap	22	3
19	HAM Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	DNF	2	2
20	GRO Romain Grosjean	Lotus	DNF	4	2
21	VET Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	DNF	1	2
22	KOB Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	DNF	7	2
23	VER Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	DNF	18	1

Race summary

Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) won the 2012 European Grand Prix at Valencia Street Circuit, finishing 6.421 seconds ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) and Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) completed the podium.

Fernando Alonso started P11 on the grid, so the race was won on track and through strategy. The biggest climb was Mark Webber, who started P19 and finished P4.

5 drivers retired: Lewis Hamilton, Romain Grosjean, Sebastian Vettel, Kamui Kobayashi, and Jean-Eric Vergne.

Weekend schedule

European Grand Prix

Valencia Street Circuit · Bakou

2012-06-22 08:00 UTCPractice 11

MAL2

VET3

WEB

	Driver	Laps
1	MAL Pastor Maldonado	22
2	VET Sebastian Vettel	21
3	WEB Mark Webber	19
4	BUT Jenson Button	19
5	ALO Fernando Alonso	26
6	DIR Paul di Resta	15
7	MSC Michael Schumacher	22
8	HAM Lewis Hamilton	18
9	ROS Nico Rosberg	21
10	RAI Kimi Raikkonen	22
11	GRO Romain Grosjean	15
12	KOB Kamui Kobayashi	19
13	PER Sergio Perez	16
14	MAS Felipe Massa	20
15	BIA Jules Bianchi	21
16	BOT Valtteri Bottas	24
17	KOV Heikki Kovalainen	26
18	VER Jean-Eric Vergne	27
19	RIC Daniel Ricciardo	28
20	PET Vitaly Petrov	19
21	PIC Charles Pic	19
22	DLR Pedro de la Rosa	15
23	KAR Narain Karthikeyan	23
24	GLO Timo Glock	7

2012-06-22 12:00 UTCPractice 21

VET2

HUL3

KOB

	Driver	Laps
1	VET Sebastian Vettel	33
2	HUL Nico Hulkenberg	32
3	KOB Kamui Kobayashi	20
4	MSC Michael Schumacher	27
5	SEN Bruno Senna	34
6	DIR Paul di Resta	32
7	ALO Fernando Alonso	34
8	GRO Romain Grosjean	33
9	WEB Mark Webber	30
10	ROS Nico Rosberg	32
11	RAI Kimi Raikkonen	34
12	BUT Jenson Button	33
13	MAL Pastor Maldonado	29
14	HAM Lewis Hamilton	25
15	MAS Felipe Massa	35
16	PER Sergio Perez	29
17	PET Vitaly Petrov	20
18	RIC Daniel Ricciardo	32
19	KOV Heikki Kovalainen	38
20	VER Jean-Eric Vergne	29
21	GLO Timo Glock	21
22	PIC Charles Pic	30
23	KAR Narain Karthikeyan	33
24	DLR Pedro de la Rosa	12

2012-06-23 09:00 UTCPractice 31

BUT2

GRO3

RAI

	Driver	Laps
1	BUT Jenson Button	17
2	GRO Romain Grosjean	18
3	RAI Kimi Raikkonen	18
4	HUL Nico Hulkenberg	17
5	DIR Paul di Resta	17
6	PER Sergio Perez	20
7	MSC Michael Schumacher	15
8	HAM Lewis Hamilton	17
9	MAS Felipe Massa	15
10	MAL Pastor Maldonado	18
11	KOB Kamui Kobayashi	19
12	ALO Fernando Alonso	15
13	VET Sebastian Vettel	13
14	SEN Bruno Senna	13
15	ROS Nico Rosberg	20
16	VER Jean-Eric Vergne	17
17	RIC Daniel Ricciardo	20
18	KOV Heikki Kovalainen	15
19	WEB Mark Webber	4
20	PET Vitaly Petrov	15
21	DLR Pedro de la Rosa	14
22	PIC Charles Pic	16
23	KAR Narain Karthikeyan	14
24	GLO Timo Glock	16

2012-06-23 12:00 UTCQualifying1

VET2

HAM3

MAL

		Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1		VET Sebastian Vettel
2		HAM Lewis Hamilton
3		MAL Pastor Maldonado
4		GRO Romain Grosjean
5		RAI Kimi Raikkonen
6		ROS Nico Rosberg
7		KOB Kamui Kobayashi
8		HUL Nico Hulkenberg
9		BUT Jenson Button
10		DIR Paul di Resta
11		ALO Fernando Alonso
12		MSC Michael Schumacher
13		MAS Felipe Massa
14		SEN Bruno Senna
15		PER Sergio Perez
16		KOV Heikki Kovalainen
17		RIC Daniel Ricciardo
18		VER Jean-Eric Vergne
19		WEB Mark Webber
20		PET Vitaly Petrov
21		DLR Pedro de la Rosa
22		KAR Narain Karthikeyan
23		PIC Charles Pic
–		GLO Timo Glock

2012-06-24 12:00 UTCRace1

ALO2

RAI3

MSC

	Driver	Time	Laps
1	ALO Fernando Alonso	1:44:16.649	57
2	RAI Kimi Raikkonen	+6.421s	57
3	MSC Michael Schumacher	+12.639s	57
4	WEB Mark Webber	+13.628s	57
5	HUL Nico Hulkenberg	+19.993s	57
6	ROS Nico Rosberg	+21.176s	57
7	DIR Paul di Resta	+22.866s	57
8	BUT Jenson Button	+24.653s	57
9	PER Sergio Perez	+27.777s	57
10	SEN Bruno Senna	+35.961s	57
11	RIC Daniel Ricciardo	+37.041s	57
12	MAL Pastor Maldonado	+54.630s	57
13	PET Vitaly Petrov	+75.871s	57
14	KOV Heikki Kovalainen	+94.654s	57
15	PIC Charles Pic	+96.551s	57
16	MAS Felipe Massa	+1 lap	56
17	DLR Pedro de la Rosa	+1 lap	56
18	KAR Narain Karthikeyan	+1 lap	56
19	HAM Lewis Hamilton	DNF	55
20	GRO Romain Grosjean	DNF	40
21	VET Sebastian Vettel	DNF	33
22	KOB Kamui Kobayashi	DNF	33
23	VER Jean-Eric Vergne	DNF	26

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