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The 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Eni Magyar Nagydíj 2012) was a Formula One race that was the eleventh race of the 2012 Formula One season. It took place from July 27 to July 29, 2012 at the Hungaroring. It was the 27th Hungarian Grand Prix, and the 27th time the Hungaroring has been raced on as the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren-Mercedes secured pole position after dominating qualifying, ahead of Lotus-Renault's Romain Grosjean, his best qualifying performance. Championship leader Fernando Alonso was sixth, but his closest rival in the championship battle, Mark Webber, qualified 11th after failing to progress out of Q2.

After Michael Schumacher's engine stopped on the grid, an extra formation lap was required. Thus, a lap was removed from the scheduled distance of 70 laps (306.630 km / 190.539 mi) and the race was run over a distance of 69 laps (302.249 km / 187.817 mi).

Hamilton went on to win the race, the 50th win for a British driver driving for McLaren, ahead of Kimi Räikkönen, who drove a strong middle stint. Grosjean came third, over ten seconds down on Hamilton, after spending much of the race in second. Alonso came in fifth place, with Webber in eighth.

Alonso extended his championship lead to 40 points, still ahead of Mark Webber, and 42 ahead of defending champion Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull-Renault held onto their lead, now 53 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes.

Background[]

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Red Bull Racing were referred to the race stewards at the German Grand Prix for using engine maps that were potentially in violation of the technical regulations. This meant that Red Bull were accused of manipulating the relationship between the torque produced by the Red Bull RB8 and the degree to which the throttle was open, particularly in medium-speed corners, which allowed more air to pass through the extraust and over the diffuser, which generated more downforce. Although Red Bull were cleared of wrongdoing, since, in the steward's words, they had not broken any rules, the FIA rewrote the rules on throttle mapping before the Hungarian Grand Prix to outlaw the practice entirely.

After the German Grand Prix, race winner Fernando Alonso extended his championship lead to 34 points ahead of Mark Webber. Sebastian Vettel, was ten points behind teammate Webber after his 20-second penalty. Kimi Räikkönen took fourth place off Lewis Hamilton, who retired.

As for the constructors' championship, Red Bull-Renault lead by 53 points over Ferrari. McLaren-Mercedes moved ahead of Lotus-Renault by one point, and Mercedes passed the 100-point mark.

Entry list[]

The full entry list for the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix is shown below:

No. Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 Renault RS27-2012 P
2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 Renault RS27-2012 P
3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-27 Mercedes FO 108Z P
4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-27 Mercedes FO 108Z P
5 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F2012 Ferrari 056 P
6 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F2012 Ferrari 056 P
7 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W03 Mercedes FO 108Z P
8 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W03 Mercedes FO 108Z P
9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus E20 Renault RS27-2012 P
10 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus E20 Renault RS27-2012 P
11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 Mercedes FO 108Z P
12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 Mercedes FO 108Z P
14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 Ferrari 056 P
15 Mexico Sergio Pérez Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 Ferrari 056 P
16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR7 Ferrari 056 P
17 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR7 Ferrari 056 P
18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams F1 Williams FW34 Renault RS27-2012 P
19 Brazil Bruno Senna United Kingdom Williams F1 Williams FW34 Renault RS27-2012 P
20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 Renault RS27-2012 P
21 Russia Vitaly Petrov Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 Renault RS27-2012 P
22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT F1 Team HRT F112 Cosworth CA2012 P
23 India Narain Karthikeyan Spain HRT F1 Team HRT F112 Cosworth CA2012 P
24 Germany Timo Glock Russia Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 Cosworth CA2012 P
25 France Charles Pic Russia Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 Cosworth CA2012 P
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12 France Jules Bianchi India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 Mercedes FO 108Z P
19 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams F1 Williams FW34 Renault RS27-2012 P
23 Spain Dani Clos Spain HRT F1 Team HRT F112 Cosworth CA2012 P

Practice Overview[]

FP1[]

Valtteri Bottas replaced Bruno Senna at Williams, Jules Bianchi replaced Nico Hülkenberg at Force India and Dani Clos replaced Narain Karthikeyan at HRT.

Lewis Hamilton was the fastest driver in a dry practice session at the Hungaroring. Hamilton's teammate, Jenson Button, set the second best time, 0.101 seconds down. Fernando Alonso was third, but over half a second down.

Pastor Maldonado had a moment when he needed to take drastic action to avoid Heikki Kovalainen, and the Venezuelan went off the track.

FP2[]

Lewis Hamilton once again was quickest, as the Brit set the first time below 1 minute 22 second in this event. Kimi Räikkönen showed off the pace of the Lotus car by setting the next best time.

The session started dry, but ended very wet. Romain Grosjean had a spin in the dry at the chicane, breaking his front wing. Sergio Pérez also nearly hit Pedro de la Rosa while braking for turn 12.

The predicted rain came down halfway through the session, catching out Heikki Kovalainen at the chicane while the track was not wet enough for dry tyres. Jean-Éric Vergne went out on the full wet tyres with 30 minutes left. Michael Schumacher crashed for the second FP2 in a row, aquaplaning at turn 11 and going straight off into the tyre barrier. He was using intermediate tyres when full wets were required. Later, Bruno Senna went off after running through a puddle of water.

The track began to dry out, but no-one was able to challenge Hamilton's time.

FP3[]

Saturday's one hour session was topped by Mark Webber, ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel set the third best time, the Red Bull-Renaults showing pace that was missing on Friday.

The weather was extremely dry, and as a result, no real action occurred despite that the teams were attempting to make up ground lost in FP2's rain. The soft tyre was quicker, and most teams used it only during the second half of the session, as the track heated up.

Practice Results[]

No. Driver Team FP1 FP2 FP3
Pos Time Pos Time Pos Time
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 15 1:24.608 8 1:22.824 3 1:21.671
2 Australia Mark Webber 13 1:24.546 14 1:23.814 1 1:21.550
3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 2 1:22.922 6 1:22.747 10 1:22.233
4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 1 1:22.821 1 1:21.995 2 1:21.643
5 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 3 1:23.397 5 1:22.582 5 1:21.884
6 Brazil Felipe Massa 7 1:23.904 4 1:22.417 8 1:22.136
7 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes 6 1:23.845 10 1:23.160 17 1:22.868
8 Germany Nico Rosberg 4 1:23.628 11 1:23.164 18 1:22.931
9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 8 1:23.983 2 1:22.180 6 1:21.953
10 France Romain Grosjean 5 1:23.633 9 1:22.922 7 1:22.110
11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India-Mercedes 14 1:24.559 7 1:22.794 9 1:22.191
12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg DNP 13 1:23.713 14 1:22.530
France Jules Bianchi 18 1:25.715 DNP DNP
14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 12 1:24.394 15 1:23.841 12 1:22.387
15 Mexico Sergio Pérez 10 1:24.268 18 1:24.623 15 1:22.597
16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16 1:25.354 17 1:24.345 16 1:22.716
17 France Jean-Éric Vergne 17 1:25.559 16 1:24.328 13 1:22.492
18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams-Renault 11 1:24.300 12 1:23.337 11 1:22.381
19 Brazil Bruno Senna DNP 3 1:22.253 4 1:21.876
Finland Valtteri Bottas 9 1:24.152 DNP DNP
20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Caterham-Renault 21 1:26.755 20 1:25.220 19 1:24.036
21 Russia Vitaly Petrov 19 1:26.440 19 1:24.823 20 1:24.547
22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 23 1:27.101 22 1:27.106 23 1:26.785
23 India Narain Karthikeyan DNP 24 1:27.822 24 1:26.898
Spain Dani Clos 24 1:28.176 DNP DNP
24 Germany Timo Glock Russia Marussia-Cosworth 22 1:27.015 21 1:27.104 22 1:25.497
25 France Charles Pic 20 1:26.705 23 1:27.185 21 1:25.224

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time as Daniel Ricciardo pulled the short straw and went out earlier than expected. He qualified 18th. Also out (in order): Heikki Kovalainen, Vitaly Petrov, Charles Pic, Timo Glock, Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan.

Kimi Räikkönen set the first quick time, a 1:22.689. However, Hamilton went three tenths quicker a few minutes later, before improving it yet again to 1:21.798, amazingly on the harder tyre. Fernando Alonso used up a set of softer tyres to ensure he stayed in qualifying. The Red Bulls set slow times, nearly going out of qualifying earlier than normal, with Mark Webber in 16th and Sebastian Vettel in 17th.

Q2[]

Lewis Hamilton topped Q2 by 0.347 seconds over Sebastian Vettel, the Briton's time of 1:21:060 set with seven minutes of the session left. Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber, did not set a strong enough time and ended up eleventh and out of qualifying, as Nico Hülkenberg and Bruno Senna edged him out. Also out was Paul di Resta, Nico Rosberg, Sergio Pérez, Kamui Kobayashi, Jean-Éric Vergne and Michael Schumacher was 17th. The German's team, Mercedes had underperformed on the Hungaroring, with Schumacher's good qualifying form coming to an end.

Q3[]

Lewis Hamilton once again dominated the session, setting pole position with a time of 1:20.953, 0.413 seconds ahead of Romain Grosjean. This was the Frenchman's best ever qualifying result, and thus his first front row.

Hamilton's first quick lap of 1:21.260 was quicker than Grosjean's time.

Sebastian Vettel was third, his time being beaten by Grosjean at the end. Jenson Button, Hamilton's teammate, came in fourth. Kimi Räikkönen set the fifth fastest time, but he could have gone quicker.

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa were sixth and seventh, both setting just one timed lap. Pastor Maldonado was nearly a second down on Hamilton in eighth, while teammate Bruno Senna was 1.390 seconds slower than Hamilton. Nico Hülkenberg was very far down in 10th.

Post-qualifying[]

Lewis Hamilton's dominance of qualifying lead him to his 22nd career pole position and McLaren's 150th; while Romain Grosjean scored both Lotus and his own best grid position with second. The damage of championship leader Fernando Alonso sixth place on his title challenge was lessened as Sebastian Vettel could only manage the second row, while Mark Webber, second in the championship, went out in Q2 and started 11th.

Qualifying Results[]

Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
Pos Time Pos Time Pos Time
1 4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1 1:21.794 1 1:21.060 1 1:20.953 1
2 10 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 13 1:22.755 9 1:21.657 2 1:21.366 2
3 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 17 1:22.948 2 1:21.407 3 1:21.416 3
4 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 3 1:22.028 7 1:21.618 4 1:21.583 4
5 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 9 1:22.234 5 1:21.583 5 1:21.730 5
6 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 5 1:22.095 6 1:21.598 6 1:21.844 6
7 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 8 1:22.203 4 1:21.534 7 1:21.900 7
8 18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams-Renault 12 1:22.475 3 1:21.504 8 1:21.939 8
9 19 Brazil Bruno Senna United Kingdom Williams-Renault 10 1:22.271 10 1:21.671 9 1:22.343 9
10 12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 7 1:22.176 8 1:21.653 10 1:22.847 10
11 2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 16 1:22.829 11 1:21.715 11
12 11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India-Mercedes 2 1:21.912 12 1:21.813 12
13 8 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 4 1:22.079 13 1:21.895 13
14 15 Mexico Sergio Pérez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 6 1:22.110 14 1:21.895 14
15 14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 15 1:22.801 15 1:22.300 15
16 17 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 14 1:22.799 16 1:22.380 16
17 7 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes 11 1:22.436 17 1:22.723 17*
18 16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18 1:23.250 18
19 20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Caterham-Renault 19 1:23.576 19
20 21 Russia Vitaly Petrov Malaysia Caterham-Renault 20 1:24.167 20
21 25 France Charles Pic Russia Marussia-Cosworth 21 1:25.244 21
22 24 Germany Timo Glock Russia Marussia-Cosworth 22 1:25.476 22
23 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 23 1:25.916 23
24 23 India Narain Karthikeyan Spain HRT-Cosworth 24 1:26.178 24

*Schumacher had an engine malfunction at the initial (aborted) start. He started from the pit-lane at the restart.

Grid[]

Pos. Pos.
Driver Driver
______________
Row 1 1 ______________
Lewis Hamilton 2
______________ Romain Grosjean
Row 2 3 ______________
Sebastian Vettel 4
______________ Jenson Button
Row 3 5 ______________
Kimi Räikkönen 6
______________ Fernando Alonso
Row 4 7 ______________
Felipe Massa 8
______________ Pastor Maldonado
Row 5 9 ______________
Bruno Senna 10
______________ Nico Hülkenberg
Row 6 11 ______________
Mark Webber 12
______________ Paul di Resta
Row 7 13 ______________
Nico Rosberg 14
______________ Sergio Pérez
Row 8 15 ______________
Kamui Kobayashi 16
______________ Jean-Éric Vergne
Row 9 17 ______________
Michael Schumacher 18
______________ Daniel Ricciardo
Row 10 19 ______________
Heikki Kovalainen 20
______________ Vitaly Petrov
Row 11 21 ______________
Charles Pic 22
______________ Timo Glock
Row 12 23 ______________
Pedro de la Rosa 24
______________ Narain Karthikeyan

Race[]

Report[]

As the car lined up for the gird, Michael Schumacher lined up incorrectly, then as the start was aborted, he switched off his engine, which required an additional formation lap, as starting race with a car that does not move off the grid is a dangerous procedure. Schumacher was wheeled off into the pitlane. The race distance was reduced by one lap.

As the race restarted, Lewis Hamilton made a strong start, as did Sebastian Vettel, who looked to have overtaken Romain Grosjean into turn 1. However, Grosjean battled for the position and this allowed Hamilton to maintain his lead despite locking up into the first corner, while Button managed to find a way past Vettel into turn 3. Fernando Alonso once again gained at the start, overtaking Kimi Räikkönen. At the back, Schumacher had a puncture, and had to pit. Schumacher was found to have gone too quickly in the pit lane and received a drive-through penalty.

The top ten after the first lap was Hamilton, Grosjean, Button, Vettel, Alonso, Räikkönen, Mark Webber (from 11th), Bruno Senna, Felipe Massa and Nico Hülkenberg.

Not much happened early on. Timo Glock spun and lost two positions, to the HRT drivers. Unfortuanately, despite the increased overtaking this year, with no rain, there is no real action at the Hungaroring.

Of the leaders, Button was the first to blink, pitting on lap 15 after running wide at turn 4. Hülkenberg also pitted. Senna and Nico Rosberg (11th) were next on lap 16, Rosberg getting ahead of fellow German Hülkenberg. Vettel finally reacted to Button on lap 17, but emerged behind the McLaren driver. Alonso also pitted on lap 17. Hamilton pitted from the lead on lap 18, with Massa following him in from a temporary fifth place. Grosjean reacted on lap 19, but the Brit had taken advantage of the undercut to extend his lead. Räikkönen pitted from the lead on lap 20, followed by Webber. While Räikkönen got ahead of Alonso, Webber did not.

Grosjean worked on closing the gap to Hamilton, the Frenchman setting two fastest laps, before making errors and losing time once again. Vettel was chasing Button, but unable to find a way past. Vettel was getting annoyed, feeling he was faster than the Brit, and asking his team to do something. Button was the one to do something, McLaren putting their driver on a three-stop strategy, a move which Button questioned post-race as he got stuck behind Senna, who was driving a strong race. Unable to find a way past, Button lost the position to Vettel.

In an attempt to get past, Grosjean pitted a lap earlier than Hamilton, but Hamilton emerged ahead after unually slow stops from both drivers. Räikkönen was left in the lead, and set a few fast laps to take second place from Grosjean after the Lotus pair fought for the position in turn 1 and 2. Grosjean was fighting Vettel for third.

Button had pitted a third time and he emerged behind Alonso, who was having a quiet race. Webber later pitted a third time from fifth, and came out behind Senna. Pastor Maldonado was penalised after forcing Paul di Resta off the track, yet another poor show of racecraft from the Venezuelan.

Räikkönen pressurised Hamilton, but was unable to find a way past the McLaren, who was saving his fuel and his tyres while heading for victory. Vettel pitted a third time on lap 58, emerging just ahead of Alonso, fighting up until turn 4 for fourth place. Vettel, after getting away, became the fastest driver on track, setting a few fastest laps.

Schumacher became the first driver to retire on lap 58, a lap down, his car being pitted and put into the garage. On his lap 60, Narain Karthikeyan (who was three laps behind the leaders) crashed at turn 4.

Hamilton used his extra fuel and well-kept tyres to pull away from Räikkönen in the last few laps to take victory. Grosjean completed the podium, Vettel catching up the Lotus driver. Alonso managed to hold off Button, who was a few seconds ahead of Senna, who held off Webber well. Massa came ninth after a slow final lap. Rosberg was nearly 15 seconds down on Massa, but took the final point. Hülkenberg came 11th, ahead of his Force India teammate Di Resta, who got back ahead of 13th-place Maldonado after the Williams driver took his penalty. Sergio Pérez followed Maldonado home. Daniel Ricciardo was ahead of teammate Jean-Éric Vergne once again, both a lap down; Heikki Kovalainen came in 17th. Kamui Kobayashi was classified 18th after stopping two laps before the finish with hydraulic issues. Vitaly Petrov was 19th, ahead of Charles Pic and Glock, while Pedro de la Rosa brought up the rear.

Sam Michael McLaren team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer's award. Podium interviews were conducted by Plácido Domingo.

Post-race[]

Lewis Hamilton's win, the 50th for a British driver driving for McLaren, pushed him up to fourth place in the title race, one point ahead of second-placed man Kimi Räikkönen. Fernando Alonso extended his lead up to 40 points, as his finished ahead of Mark Webber and did not lose enough points to Sebastian Vettel, the other close challenger.

Red Bull-Renault's lead in the title chase remained at 53 points, but now ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and not Ferrari, who were also overtaken by Lotus-Renault.

Results[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Avg Speed Grid Pts
1 4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 69 1:41:05.503 179.391 1 25
2 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 69 + 1.032 s 179.360 5 18
3 10 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 69 + 10.518 s 179.080 2 15
4 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 69 + 11.614 s 179.048 3 12
5 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 69 + 26.653 s 178.606 6 10
6 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 69 + 30.243 s 178.501 4 8
7 19 Brazil Bruno Senna United Kingdom Williams-Renault 69 + 33.899 s 178.394 9 6
8 2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 69 + 34.458 s 178.378 11 4
9 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 69 + 38.350 s 78.264 7 2
10 8 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 69 + 51.234 s 177.888 13 1
11 12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 69 + 57.283 s 177.713 10
12 11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India-Mercedes 69 + 1 m 2.887 s 177.550 12
13 18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams-Renault 69 + 1 m 3.606 s 177.529 8
14 15 Mexico Sergio Pérez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 69 + 1 m 4.494 s 177.504 14
15 16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 68 + 1 lap 176.130 18
16 17 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 68 + 1 lap 175.547 16
17 20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Caterham-Renault 68 + 1 lap 174.518 19
18 14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 67 Hydraulics 176.574 15
19 21 Russia Vitaly Petrov Malaysia Caterham-Renault 67 + 2 laps 173.583 20
20 25 France Charles Pic Russia Marussia-Cosworth 67 + 2 laps 172.941 21
21 24 Germany Timo Glock Russia Marussia-Cosworth 66 + 3 laps 170.476 22
22 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 66 + 3 laps 170.463 23
Ret 23 India Narain Karthikeyan Spain HRT-Cosworth 60 Suspension 168.737 24
Ret 7 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes 58 Mechanical 174.777 17

Fastest Laps[]

Laps in the Lead[]

By lap[]

Stint Driver Laps Total Distance
1 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 01 – 17 17 74.437 km
2 France Romain Grosjean 18 – 19 02 8.762 km
3 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 20 – 20 01 4.371 km
4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 21 – 40 20 87.620 km
5 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 41 – 45 05 21.905 km
6 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 46 – 69 24 105.144 km

Totals[]

Pos. Driver Laps Distance
1 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 61 267.201 km
2 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 06 26.286 km
3 France Romain Grosjean 02 8.762 km

Milestones[]

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos. Driver Pts
1 Fernando Alonso 164
2 Mark Webber 124
3 Sebastian Vettel 122
4 Lewis Hamilton 117
5 Kimi Räikkönen 116
6 Nico Rosberg 77
7 Jenson Button 76
8 Romain Grosjean 76
9 Sergio Pérez 47
10 Kamui Kobayashi 33
11 Pastor Maldonado 29
12 Michael Schumacher 29
13 Paul di Resta 27
14 Felipe Massa 25
15 Bruno Senna 24
16 Nico Hülkenberg 19
17 Jean-Éric Vergne 4
18 Daniel Ricciardo 2
19 Heikki Kovalainen 0
20 Vitaly Petrov 0
21 Timo Glock 0
22 Charles Pic 0
23 Narain Karthikeyan 0
24 Pedro de la Rosa 0
Constructors' World Championship
Pos. Team Pts
1 Red Bull-Renault 246
2 McLaren-Mercedes 193
3 Lotus-Renault 192
4 Ferrari 189
5 Mercedes 106
6 Sauber-Ferrari 80
7 Williams-Renault 53
8 Force India-Mercedes 46
9 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6
10 Caterham-Renault 0
11 Marussia-Cosworth 0
12 HRT-Cosworth 0

Notes[]

  1. One lap short of the scheduled 70 laps, due to an aborted start and subsequent additional formation lap.
V T E 2012 Formula One Season
Teams Red Bull | McLaren | Ferrari | Mercedes | Lotus | Force India | Sauber | Toro Rosso | Williams | Caterham | HRT | Marussia
Engines Renault | Mercedes | Ferrari | Cosworth
Race Drivers Vettel | 2 Webber | 3 Button | 4 Hamilton | 5 Alonso | 6 Massa | 7 Schumacher | 8 Rosberg | 9 Räikkönen | 10 Grosjean | 10 D'Ambrosio | 11 Di Resta | 12 Hülkenberg | 14 Kobayashi | 15 Pérez | 16 Ricciardo | 17 Vergne | 18 Maldonado | 19 Senna | 20 Kovalainen | 21 Petrov | 22 De la Rosa | 23 Karthikeyan | 24 Glock | 25 Pic
Other Drivers Buemi | Paffett | Turvey | Rigon | Bird | Bianchi | Daly | Gutiérrez | Bottas | Wolff | Van der Garde | Rossi | González | Clos | Luizzi | de Villota | Chilton
Cars RB8 | MP4-27 | F2012 | F1 W03 | E20 | VJM05 | C31 | STR7 | FW34 | CT01 | F112 | MR01
Tyres Pirelli
Races Australia | Malaysia | China | Bahrain | Spain | Monaco | Canada | Europe | Britain | Germany | Hungary | Belgium | Italy | Singapore | Japan | Korea | India | Abu Dhabi | United States | Brazil
Team Reports Red Bull | McLaren | Ferrari | Mercedes | Lotus | Force India | Sauber | Toro Rosso | Williams | Caterham | HRT | Marussia
Driver Reports Vettel | Webber | Button | Hamilton | Alonso | Massa | Schumacher | Rosberg | Räikkönen | Grosjean | di Resta | Hülkenberg | Kobayashi | Pérez | Ricciardo | Vergne | Maldonado | Senna | Kovalainen | Petrov | de la Rosa | Karthikeyan | Karthikeyan | Glock | Pic
Tests Jerez | Barcelona 1 | Barcelona 2 | Mugello | Young Driver
See also 2011 Formula One Season | 2013 Formula One Season | Bahrain GP protests | Category
V T E Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix
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