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2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/866-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

2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe · Valencia Street Circuit

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

2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 8

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:44:16.649 · 57 laps · ferrari	25
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:44:23.070 · 57 laps · renault	18
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:44:29.288 · 57 laps · mercedes	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:44:30.277 · 57 laps · renault	12
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:44:36.642 · 57 laps · mercedes	10
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:44:37.825 · 57 laps · mercedes	8
7	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:44:39.515 · 57 laps · mercedes	6
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:44:41.302 · 57 laps · mercedes	4
9	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:44:44.426 · 57 laps · ferrari	2
10	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:44:52.610 · 57 laps · renault	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:44:53.690 · 57 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:45:11.279 · 57 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
13	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:45:32.520 · 57 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:45:51.303 · 57 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:45:53.200 · 57 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Time not recorded · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
17	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Time not recorded · 56 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
18	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Time not recorded · 56 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
19	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Collision · Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Alternator · Time not recorded · 40 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Alternator · Time not recorded · 33 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 33 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 26 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Timo Glock	Marussia	Illness · Time not recorded · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:39.626 · 15 laps · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:39.169 · 17 laps · mercedes
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:38.825 · 21 laps · renault
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Q1 1:39.530 · 16 laps · renault
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Q1 1:39.464 · 16 laps · renault
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:39.061 · 17 laps · mercedes
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:39.651 · 12 laps · ferrari
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Q1 1:39.009 · 19 laps · mercedes
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:39.622 · 16 laps · mercedes
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:38.858 · 18 laps · mercedes
11	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:39.409 · 14 laps · ferrari
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:39.447 · 12 laps · mercedes
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:39.388 · 14 laps · ferrari
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	Q1 1:39.449 · 15 laps · renault
15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:39.353 · 14 laps · ferrari
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Q1 1:40.087 · 11 laps · renault
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:39.924 · 12 laps · ferrari
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:40.203 · 9 laps · ferrari
19	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:40.395 · 7 laps · renault
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Q1 1:40.457 · 8 laps · renault
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Q1 1:42.171 · 7 laps · cosworth
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Q1 1:42.527 · 8 laps · cosworth
23	Charles Pic	Marussia	Q1 1:42.675 · 10 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:38.086 · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:38.410 · mercedes
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:38.475 · renault
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:38.505 · renault
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:38.513 · renault
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.623 · mercedes
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.741 · ferrari
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:38.752 · mercedes
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:38.801 · mercedes
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:38.992 · mercedes
11	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:38.707 · ferrari
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:38.770 · mercedes
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38.780 · ferrari
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:39.207 · renault
15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:39.358 · ferrari
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:40.295 · renault
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:40.358 · ferrari
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:40.203 · ferrari
19	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:40.395 · renault
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:40.457 · renault
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:42.171 · cosworth
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:42.527 · cosworth
23	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:42.675 · 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	111
2	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	91
3	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	88
4	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	85
5	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	75
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	73
7	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	53
8	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	49
9	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	39
10	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	29
11	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
13	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
15	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
16	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
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	Pastor Maldonado	1	1:40.890
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	1:40.973
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	3	1:40.984
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	4	1:40.994
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	5	1:41.065
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	6	1:41.105
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	7	1:41.117
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	8	1:41.158
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	9	1:41.182
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	10	1:41.620
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	11	1:41.784
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	12	1:41.838
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	13	1:41.861
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	14	1:42.109
freePractice1Results	Jules Bianchi	15	1:42.175
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	16	1:42.299
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	17	1:42.442
freePractice1Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	18	1:42.758
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	19	1:42.777
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	20	1:43.209
freePractice1Results	Charles Pic	21	1:44.173
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	22	1:44.996
freePractice1Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:45.120
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	24	1:45.338
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:39.334
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	2	1:39.465
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	3	1:39.595
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	4	1:39.601
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	5	1:39.644
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	6	1:39.700
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	7	1:39.733
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	8	1:39.868
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	9	1:39.901
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	10	1:39.926
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	11	1:39.945
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	12	1:39.990
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	13	1:40.075
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	14	1:40.147
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	15	1:40.244
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	16	1:40.511
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	17	1:40.963
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	18	1:41.121
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:41.197
freePractice2Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	20	1:41.263
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	21	1:42.424
freePractice2Results	Charles Pic	22	1:42.958
freePractice2Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:44.201
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	24	1:44.260
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	1	1:38.562
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	2	1:38.655
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	3	1:38.759
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	4	1:38.819
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	5	1:38.892
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	6	1:39.084
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	7	1:39.141
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	8	1:39.178
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	9	1:39.318
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	10	1:39.357
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	11	1:39.358
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	12	1:39.395
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	13	1:39.434
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	14	1:39.543
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	15	1:39.946
freePractice3Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	16	1:40.037
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	17	1:40.134
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	18	1:40.681
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	19	1:41.282
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	20	1:41.931
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	21	1:42.758
freePractice3Results	Charles Pic	22	1:42.815
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:42.943
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	24	1:43.124

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Jenson Button	1	10	20.246
Sergio Pérez	1	10	21.032
Felipe Massa	1	11	20.498
Charles Pic	1	11	31.636
Heikki Kovalainen	1	12	21.040
Lewis Hamilton	1	13	19.355
Vitaly Petrov	1	13	20.726
Kamui Kobayashi	1	14	23.071
Kimi Räikkönen	1	14	21.879
Pastor Maldonado	1	14	21.342
Nico Hülkenberg	1	14	21.198
Daniel Ricciardo	1	14	21.209
Pedro de la Rosa	1	14	23.127
Fernando Alonso	1	15	19.789
Narain Karthikeyan	1	15	22.930
Sebastian Vettel	1	16	20.357
Romain Grosjean	1	16	20.479
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	17	21.303
Michael Schumacher	1	19	20.477
Mark Webber	1	19	20.246
Nico Rosberg	1	20	20.625
Kamui Kobayashi	2	20	25.719
Bruno Senna	1	20	28.440
Paul di Resta	1	23	20.295
Bruno Senna	2	24	14.659
Sergio Pérez	2	25	20.904
Vitaly Petrov	2	25	21.224
Jenson Button	2	26	19.640
Felipe Massa	2	27	20.126
Heikki Kovalainen	2	27	24.445
Romain Grosjean	2	28	23.183
Lewis Hamilton	2	28	31.081
Fernando Alonso	2	28	20.718
Kimi Räikkönen	2	28	21.103
Pastor Maldonado	2	28	21.525
Nico Hülkenberg	2	28	20.332
Vitaly Petrov	3	28	21.407
Sebastian Vettel	2	29	20.023
Pedro de la Rosa	2	28	23.125
Charles Pic	2	28	22.838
Narain Karthikeyan	2	29	26.370
Felipe Massa	3	34	39.041
Daniel Ricciardo	2	37	22.597
Mark Webber	2	38	20.222
Narain Karthikeyan	3	39	14.780
Michael Schumacher	2	41	20.041
Nico Rosberg	2	46	20.115
Vitaly Petrov	4	47	30.800
Felipe Massa	4	53	20.476