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Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012 · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012 · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/868-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012 · Hockenheimring

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 10

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:31:05.862 · 67 laps · ferrari	25
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:31:12.811 · 67 laps · mercedes	18
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:31:22.271 · 67 laps · renault	15
4	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:31:27.787 · 67 laps · ferrari	12
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:31:29.594 · 67 laps · renault	10
6	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:31:33.758 · 67 laps · ferrari	8
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:31:34.832 · 67 laps · mercedes	6
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:31:52.803 · 67 laps · renault	4
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:31:54.024 · 67 laps · mercedes	2
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:31:54.751 · 67 laps · mercedes	1
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:32:05.089 · 67 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32:17.290 · 67 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:32:22.691 · 67 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:32:22.827 · 67 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Time not recorded · 66 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Time not recorded · 66 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
17	Bruno Senna	Williams	Time not recorded · 66 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Time not recorded · 66 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Time not recorded · 65 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	Time not recorded · 65 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Time not recorded · 64 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
22	Timo Glock	Marussia	Time not recorded · 64 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Time not recorded · 64 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Puncture damage · Time not recorded · 56 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:16.073 · 23 laps · ferrari
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:16.393 · 23 laps · renault
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:16.500 · 24 laps · renault
4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:16.686 · 24 laps · mercedes
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Q1 1:16.271 · 24 laps · mercedes
6	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:16.181 · 27 laps · renault
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:16.507 · 20 laps · mercedes
8	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:16.221 · 18 laps · mercedes
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:16.352 · 26 laps · mercedes
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Q1 1:15.693 · 20 laps · renault
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:16.516 · 15 laps · ferrari
12	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:15.726 · 17 laps · ferrari
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:16.481 · 16 laps · ferrari
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:16.265 · 17 laps · ferrari
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Q1 1:16.685 · 18 laps · renault
16	Bruno Senna	Williams	Q1 1:16.426 · 21 laps · renault
17	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:15.988 · 18 laps · mercedes
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:16.741 · 9 laps · ferrari
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Q1 1:17.620 · 8 laps · renault
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Q1 1:18.531 · 9 laps · renault
21	Charles Pic	Marussia	Q1 1:19.220 · 12 laps · cosworth
22	Timo Glock	Marussia	Q1 1:19.291 · 11 laps · cosworth
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Q1 1:19.912 · 8 laps · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Q1 1:20.230 · 10 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:40.621 · ferrari
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:41.026 · renault
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:42.459 · mercedes
4	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:43.501 · mercedes
5	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:43.950 · renault
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:44.113 · mercedes
7	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:44.186 · mercedes
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:41.496 · renault
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:44.889 · mercedes
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:45.811 · renault
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:39.789 · ferrari
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:39.985 · ferrari
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:40.212 · ferrari
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:40.752 · renault
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:16.741 · ferrari
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:17.620 · renault
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:39.933 · ferrari
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:18.531 · renault
19	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:40.574 · renault
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:19.220 · cosworth
21	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.551 · mercedes
22	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:19.291 · cosworth
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:19.912 · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:20.230 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	154
2	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	120
3	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	110
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	98
5	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	92
6	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	76
7	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	68
8	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	61
9	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	47
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	33
11	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	29
12	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	29
13	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
14	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	23
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	19
16	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Charles Pic	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Narain Karthikeyan	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	1	1:16.595
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:17.093
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:17.370
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	4	1:17.382
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	5	1:17.413
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	6	1:17.599
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	7	1:17.915
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	8	1:17.995
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	9	1:18.020
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	10	1:18.130
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	11	1:18.226
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	12	1:18.339
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	13	1:18.422
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	14	1:18.709
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	15	1:18.831
freePractice1Results	Jules Bianchi	16	1:18.972
freePractice1Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	1:19.039
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	18	1:19.674
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:19.963
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	20	1:20.122
freePractice1Results	Charles Pic	21	1:20.169
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	22	1:20.539
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	23	1:21.138
freePractice1Results	Dani Clos	24	1:21.740
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	1	1:27.476
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	2	1:27.564
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:27.902
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	4	1:28.402
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	5	1:28.420
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	6	1:28.495
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	7	1:28.513
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	8	1:28.516
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	9	1:28.877
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	10	1:29.327
freePractice2Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	11	1:29.364
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	12	1:29.719
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:29.785
freePractice2Results	Charles Pic	14	1:30.090
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	15	1:30.220
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	16	1:30.291
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	17	1:30.331
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	18	1:30.437
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	19	1:30.617
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	20	1:31.207
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	21	1:32.241
freePractice2Results	Narain Karthikeyan	22	1:32.349
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	23	1:32.777
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	24	1:42.566
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	1	1:16.014
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:16.091
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	3	1:16.202
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	4	1:16.238
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	5	1:16.447
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	6	1:16.475
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	7	1:16.664
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	8	1:16.771
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	9	1:16.807
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	10	1:16.930
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	11	1:16.962
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	12	1:17.033
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	13	1:17.148
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	14	1:17.238
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	15	1:17.266
freePractice3Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	16	1:17.419
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	17	1:17.491
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	18	1:18.366
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	19	1:18.818
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	20	1:19.778
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	21	1:20.235
freePractice3Results	Charles Pic	22	1:20.318
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:20.741
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	24	1:20.914

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Felipe Massa	1	1	23.049
Bruno Senna	1	1	47.942
Romain Grosjean	1	1	32.766
Lewis Hamilton	1	3	21.012
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	6	18.901
Paul di Resta	1	10	17.899
Kimi Räikkönen	1	11	18.002
Nico Hülkenberg	1	12	18.442
Mark Webber	1	12	18.253
Nico Rosberg	1	12	18.395
Pastor Maldonado	1	13	19.646
Heikki Kovalainen	1	13	19.385
Michael Schumacher	1	14	18.497
Vitaly Petrov	1	14	19.802
Sergio Pérez	1	17	18.143
Fernando Alonso	1	18	17.570
Jenson Button	1	19	17.867
Daniel Ricciardo	1	19	18.374
Timo Glock	1	19	21.399
Sebastian Vettel	1	20	17.512
Pedro de la Rosa	1	20	19.850
Charles Pic	1	21	17.821
Kamui Kobayashi	1	22	18.904
Narain Karthikeyan	1	22	19.535
Felipe Massa	2	24	19.137
Romain Grosjean	2	24	20.388
Bruno Senna	2	25	18.822
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	27	18.425
Nico Hülkenberg	2	31	18.286
Heikki Kovalainen	2	31	18.801
Lewis Hamilton	2	31	17.598
Nico Rosberg	2	32	17.894
Vitaly Petrov	2	32	18.323
Michael Schumacher	2	36	17.928
Kimi Räikkönen	2	38	17.735
Pastor Maldonado	2	38	19.210
Daniel Ricciardo	2	38	17.990
Paul di Resta	2	39	17.968
Jenson Button	2	40	16.831
Sergio Pérez	2	40	18.199
Mark Webber	2	40	17.290
Fernando Alonso	2	41	17.942
Sebastian Vettel	2	41	17.859
Timo Glock	2	40	18.952
Romain Grosjean	3	42	22.743
Kamui Kobayashi	2	43	19.177
Charles Pic	2	43	19.391
Heikki Kovalainen	3	44	19.233
Jean-Éric Vergne	3	45	19.949
Nico Hülkenberg	3	46	18.365
Pedro de la Rosa	2	45	20.664
Felipe Massa	3	47	19.680
Lewis Hamilton	3	47	18.877
Narain Karthikeyan	2	46	19.382
Bruno Senna	3	47	18.313
Nico Rosberg	3	50	18.741
Vitaly Petrov	3	50	18.354
Michael Schumacher	3	52	18.163
Heikki Kovalainen	4	53	28.988
Pastor Maldonado	3	57	18.085