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2012 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix · race
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
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- 2012 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix · race
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · session/867-race
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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 Santander British Grand Prix · Silverstone Circuit
Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.
2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 9
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:25:11.288 · 52 laps · renault | 25 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25:14.348 · 52 laps · ferrari | 18 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25:16.124 · 52 laps · renault | 15 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:25:20.807 · 52 laps · ferrari | 12 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:25:21.602 · 52 laps · renault | 10 |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:25:28.389 · 52 laps · renault | 8 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:25:40.441 · 52 laps · mercedes | 6 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25:47.751 · 52 laps · mercedes | 4 |
| 9 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:25:54.635 · 52 laps · renault | 2 |
| 10 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:25:55.732 · 52 laps · mercedes | 1 |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:25:56.658 · 52 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:25:59.144 · 52 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:26:02.529 · 52 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 14 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:26:04.601 · 52 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26:08.682 · 52 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Time not recorded · 51 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | Time not recorded · 51 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 18 | Timo Glock | Marussia | Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 19 | Charles Pic | Marussia | Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 20 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | Time not recorded · 50 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 21 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | Time not recorded · 50 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | Collision · Time not recorded · 11 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Paul di Resta | Force India | Collision damage · Time not recorded · 2 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNS | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | Engine · Time not recorded · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | Q1 1:46.515 · 25 laps · ferrari | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | Q1 1:47.276 · 23 laps · renault | |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | Q1 1:46.571 · 22 laps · mercedes | |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | Q1 1:46.279 · 23 laps · renault | |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | Q1 1:47.401 · 24 laps · ferrari | |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | Q1 1:47.309 · 24 laps · renault | |
| 7 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Q1 1:46.449 · 25 laps · renault | |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | Q1 1:47.433 · 25 laps · mercedes | |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | Q1 1:46.334 · 22 laps · mercedes | |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Q1 1:47.043 · 20 laps · renault | |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India | Q1 1:47.582 · 19 laps · mercedes | |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | Q1 1:46.649 · 18 laps · ferrari | |
| 13 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Q1 1:47.724 · 17 laps · mercedes | |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:47.266 · 18 laps · ferrari | |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams | Q1 1:47.105 · 19 laps · renault | |
| 16 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:47.705 · 18 laps · ferrari | |
| 17 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | Q1 1:46.494 · 19 laps · ferrari | |
| 18 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Q1 1:48.044 · 12 laps · mercedes | |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | Q1 1:49.027 · 10 laps · renault | |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | Q1 1:49.477 · 10 laps · renault | |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | Q1 1:51.618 · 10 laps · cosworth | |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | Q1 1:52.742 · 11 laps · cosworth | |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | Q1 1:53.040 · 10 laps · cosworth | |
| NC | Charles Pic | Marussia | Q1 1:54.143 · 10 laps · cosworth |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:51.746 · ferrari | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:51.793 · renault | |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:52.020 · mercedes | |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:52.199 · renault | |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:53.065 · ferrari | |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:53.290 · renault | |
| 7 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:53.539 · renault | |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:53.543 · mercedes | |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Time not recorded · renault | |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:57.009 · mercedes | |
| 11 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:57.108 · mercedes | |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:57.132 · ferrari | |
| 13 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:57.426 · renault | |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:54.382 · mercedes | |
| 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:57.895 · ferrari | |
| 16 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:48.044 · mercedes | |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:57.071 · ferrari | |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:49.027 · renault | |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:49.477 · renault | |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:51.618 · cosworth | |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:52.742 · cosworth | |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:53.040 · cosworth | |
| 23 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:57.719 · ferrari | |
| 24 | Charles Pic | Marussia | Time not recorded · cosworth |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 129 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 116 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 100 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 92 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 83 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 75 |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 61 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 50 |
| 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 | Michael Schumacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 23 |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 23 |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 21 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 18 |
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 17 |
| 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 | Romain Grosjean | 1 | 1:56.552 |
| freePractice1Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 2 | 1:56.827 |
| freePractice1Results | Lewis Hamilton | 3 | 1:57.174 |
| freePractice1Results | Sergio Pérez | 4 | 1:57.664 |
| freePractice1Results | Felipe Massa | 5 | 1:58.119 |
| freePractice1Results | Mark Webber | 6 | 1:58.463 |
| freePractice1Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 7 | 1:58.483 |
| freePractice1Results | Michael Schumacher | 8 | 1:58.493 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Rosberg | 9 | 1:58.942 |
| freePractice1Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 10 | 1:59.076 |
| freePractice1Results | Sebastian Vettel | 11 | 1:59.414 |
| freePractice1Results | Vitaly Petrov | 12 | 1:59.614 |
| freePractice1Results | Valtteri Bottas | 13 | 1:59.733 |
| freePractice1Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 14 | 1:59.787 |
| freePractice1Results | Pastor Maldonado | 15 | 2:00.125 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 16 | 2:00.253 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 17 | 2:01.834 |
| freePractice1Results | Timo Glock | 18 | 2:01.835 |
| freePractice1Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 19 | 2:04.341 |
| freePractice1Results | Dani Clos | 20 | 2:05.022 |
| freePractice1Results | Charles Pic | 21 | 2:11.760 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 22 | Unknown |
| freePractice1Results | Paul di Resta | 23 | Unknown |
| freePractice1Results | Jules Bianchi | 24 | Unknown |
| freePractice2Results | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1:56.345 |
| freePractice2Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 2 | 1:56.474 |
| freePractice2Results | Michael Schumacher | 3 | 1:56.545 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Rosberg | 4 | 1:56.567 |
| freePractice2Results | Sergio Pérez | 5 | 1:57.493 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 6 | 1:57.948 |
| freePractice2Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 7 | 1:58.580 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 8 | 1:58.897 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 9 | 1:58.943 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 10 | 1:59.015 |
| freePractice2Results | Paul di Resta | 11 | 1:59.429 |
| freePractice2Results | Pastor Maldonado | 12 | 1:59.472 |
| freePractice2Results | Sebastian Vettel | 13 | 1:59.476 |
| freePractice2Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 14 | 1:59.854 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Massa | 15 | 2:00.565 |
| freePractice2Results | Timo Glock | 16 | 2:00.820 |
| freePractice2Results | Bruno Senna | 17 | 2:01.099 |
| freePractice2Results | Vitaly Petrov | 18 | 2:01.348 |
| freePractice2Results | Charles Pic | 19 | 2:03.719 |
| freePractice2Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 20 | 2:04.774 |
| freePractice2Results | Romain Grosjean | 21 | Unknown |
| freePractice2Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 22 | Unknown |
| freePractice2Results | Mark Webber | 23 | Unknown |
| freePractice3Results | Fernando Alonso | 1 | 1:32.167 |
| freePractice3Results | Jenson Button | 2 | 1:32.320 |
| freePractice3Results | Romain Grosjean | 3 | 1:32.358 |
| freePractice3Results | Sebastian Vettel | 4 | 1:32.420 |
| freePractice3Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 5 | 1:32.454 |
| freePractice3Results | Lewis Hamilton | 6 | 1:32.477 |
| freePractice3Results | Pastor Maldonado | 7 | 1:32.622 |
| freePractice3Results | Sergio Pérez | 8 | 1:32.940 |
| freePractice3Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 9 | 1:33.046 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 10 | 1:33.150 |
| freePractice3Results | Bruno Senna | 11 | 1:33.267 |
| freePractice3Results | Paul di Resta | 12 | 1:33.367 |
| freePractice3Results | Mark Webber | 13 | 1:33.398 |
| freePractice3Results | Michael Schumacher | 14 | 1:33.462 |
| freePractice3Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 15 | 1:33.673 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Massa | 16 | 1:33.674 |
| freePractice3Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 17 | 1:33.707 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Rosberg | 18 | 1:33.733 |
| freePractice3Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 19 | 1:34.298 |
| freePractice3Results | Vitaly Petrov | 20 | 1:34.781 |
| freePractice3Results | Timo Glock | 21 | 1:36.605 |
| freePractice3Results | Charles Pic | 22 | 1:37.060 |
| freePractice3Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 23 | 1:37.269 |
| freePractice3Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 24 | 1:37.429 |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.