2012 German Grand Prix

2012
Race
Updated: 2025-08-04

Fine and Dry [ 2 ] Air Temp 22 °C (72 °F) [ 2 ]

The 2012 German Grand Prix , formally the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012 , [ 1 ] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 22 July 2012 as the tenth round of the 2012 season . [ 3 ] After being held at the NĂŒrburgring in 2011 , [ 4 ] the race returned to the Hockenheimring in Baden-WĂŒrttemberg , making the 2012 race the thirty-third time the circuit hosted the German Grand Prix , and the eighth time the shortened circuit hosted the race since its 2002 redesign .

Race

Tyre supplier Pirelli chose to run with the most commonly run tyre combination of the year to date, and brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre to the Hockenheim circuit. [ 7 ]

Driver penalties

Romain Grosjean took a five-place grid penalty after his team discovered a terminal issue in his gearbox. [ 8 ] Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber were also given five-place penalties for gearbox changes. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Sergio Pérez was given a five-place grid penalty for impeding Fernando Alonso and Kimi RÀikkönen in the second qualifying session. [ 11 ]

Drivers

Dani Clos took over Narain Karthikeyan 's HRT during the first free practice session. [ 12 ] Jules Bianchi replaced Paul di Resta at Force India , [ 13 ] while Valtteri Bottas once again drove Bruno Senna 's Williams for the same session. This race marked Lewis Hamilton 's 100th race and Kamui Kobayashi 's 50th race. [ 14 ]

Qualifying

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Race

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Drivers

Constructors' Championship standings

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Table 1

Pos.No.DriverConstructorPart 1Part 2
15Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:16.0731:38.521
21Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:16.3931:38.309
32Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:16.5001:39.382
47Michael SchumacherMercedes1:16.6861:38.010
512Nico HĂŒlkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:16.2711:39.467
618Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:16.1811:38.731
73Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:16.5071:38.659
84Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:16.2211:37.365
911Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:16.3521:39.703
109Kimi RÀikkönenLotus-Renault1:15.6931:39.729

Table 2

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/Retired
15Fernando AlonsoFerrari671:31:05.862
23Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes67+6.931
39Kimi RÀikkönenLotus-Renault67+16.409
414Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari67+21.925
51Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault67+23.7321
615Sergio PérezSauber-Ferrari67+27.896
77Michael SchumacherMercedes67+28.970
82Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault67+46.941
912Nico HĂŒlkenbergForce India-Mercedes67+48.162
108Nico RosbergMercedes67+48.889

Table 3

Unnamed: 0Pos.DriverPoints
nan1Fernando Alonso154
nan2Mark Webber120
nan3Sebastian Vettel110
14Kimi RÀikkönen98
15Lewis Hamilton92
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