The 2012 European Grand Prix started June 24th, 2012 at 14:00 on Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain. Sebastian Vettel started from pole position with Lewis Hamilton next to him. Pastor Maldonado started from third place.
After 1 hour, 44 minutes and 16 seconds Fernando Alonso finished the race first. The podium was completed with Kimi Räikkönen in second and Michael Schumacher in third place.
The fastest laps was driven by Nico Rosberg in a time of 1:42.163.
After the 2012 European Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 111 points. Alonso is 20 points ahead of Mark Webber.
Location
Valencia, Spain
Date
June 24th, 2012 at 14:00
Round
8/20
Winner
Fernando Alonso
Winning time
1:44:16.649
Pole position
Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap
Nico Rosberg 1:42.163
Fastest pitstop
Bruno Senna 14.659 (lap 24)

Results

Pos Driver Car Time/Retired Grid Laps Pts
1 10
#5 Fernando Alonso
Ferrari 1:44:16.649 11 57 25
2 3
#9 Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1 +6.421 5 57 18
3 9
#7 Michael Schumacher
Mercedes +12.639 12 57 15
4 15
#2 Mark Webber
Red Bull +13.628 19 57 12
5 3
#12 Nico Hülkenberg
Force India +19.993 8 57 10
6
#8 Nico Rosberg
Mercedes +21.176 6 57 8
7 3
#11 Paul di Resta
Force India +22.866 10 57 6
8 1
#3 Jenson Button
McLaren +24.653 9 57 4
9 6
#15 Sergio Pérez
Sauber +27.777 15 57 2
10 4
#19 Bruno Senna
Williams +35.961 14 57 1
11 6
#16 Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso +37.041 17 57 0
12 9
#18 Pastor Maldonado
Williams +54.630 3 57 0
13 7
#21 Vitaly Petrov
Caterham +1:15.871 20 57 0
14 2
#20 Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham +1:34.654 16 57 0
15 8
#25 Charles Pic
Marussia +1:36.551 23 57 0
16 3
#6 Felipe Massa
Ferrari +1 Lap 13 56 0
17 4
#22 Pedro de la Rosa
HRT +1 Lap 21 56 0
18 4
#23 Narain Karthikeyan
HRT +1 Lap 22 56 0
19 17
#4 Lewis Hamilton
McLaren Collision 2 55 0
-
#10 Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1 DNF (Electronics) 4 40 0
-
#1 Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull DNF (Gearbox) 1 33 0
-
#14 Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber DNF (Collision) 7 33 0
-
#17 Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso DNF (Collision) 18 26 0
-
#24 Timo Glock
Marussia Withdrew 0 0 0
Pos Driver Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Delta
1
#1 Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull 1:39.626 1:38.530 1:38.086
2
#4 Lewis Hamilton
McLaren 1:39.169 1:38.616 1:38.410 +0.324
3
#18 Pastor Maldonado
Williams 1:38.825 1:38.570 1:38.475 +0.389
4
#10 Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1 1:39.530 1:38.489 1:38.505 +0.419
5
#9 Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1 1:39.464 1:38.531 1:38.513 +0.427
6
#8 Nico Rosberg
Mercedes 1:39.061 1:38.504 1:38.623 +0.537
7
#14 Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber 1:39.651 1:38.703 1:38.741 +0.655
8
#12 Nico Hülkenberg
Force India 1:39.009 1:38.689 1:38.752 +0.666
9
#3 Jenson Button
McLaren 1:39.622 1:38.563 1:38.801 +0.715
10
#11 Paul di Resta
Force India 1:38.858 1:38.519 1:38.992 +0.906
11
#5 Fernando Alonso
Ferrari 1:39.409 1:38.707
12
#7 Michael Schumacher
Mercedes 1:39.447 1:38.770
13
#6 Felipe Massa
Ferrari 1:39.388 1:38.780
14
#19 Bruno Senna
Williams 1:39.449 1:39.207
15
#15 Sergio Pérez
Sauber 1:39.353 1:39.358
16
#20 Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham 1:40.087 1:40.295
17
#16 Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso 1:39.924 1:40.358
18
#17 Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso 1:40.203
19
#2 Mark Webber
Red Bull 1:40.395
20
#21 Vitaly Petrov
Caterham 1:40.457
21
#22 Pedro de la Rosa
HRT 1:42.171
22
#23 Narain Karthikeyan
HRT 1:42.527
23
#25 Charles Pic
Manor Marussia 1:42.675
Pos Driver Car Time Delta Laps
1
#3 Jenson Button
McLaren 1:38.562 17
2
#10 Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1 1:38.655 +0.093 18
3
#9 Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1 1:38.759 +0.197 18
4
#12 Nico Hülkenberg
Force India 1:38.819 +0.257 17
5
#11 Paul di Resta
Force India 1:38.892 +0.330 17
6
#15 Sergio Pérez
Sauber 1:39.084 +0.522 20
7
#7 Michael Schumacher
Mercedes 1:39.141 +0.579 15
8
#4 Lewis Hamilton
McLaren 1:39.178 +0.616 17
9
#6 Felipe Massa
Ferrari 1:39.318 +0.756 15
10
#18 Pastor Maldonado
Williams 1:39.357 +0.795 18
11
#14 Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber 1:39.358 +0.796 19
12
#5 Fernando Alonso
Ferrari 1:39.395 +0.833 15
13
#1 Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull 1:39.434 +0.872 13
14
#19 Bruno Senna
Williams 1:39.543 +0.981 13
15
#8 Nico Rosberg
Mercedes 1:39.946 +1.384 20
16
#17 Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso 1:40.037 +1.475 17
17
#16 Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso 1:40.134 +1.572 20
18
#20 Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham 1:40.681 +2.119 15
19
#2 Mark Webber
Red Bull 1:41.282 +2.720 4
20
#21 Vitaly Petrov
Caterham 1:41.931 +3.369 15
21
#22 Pedro de la Rosa
HRT 1:42.758 +4.196 14
22
#25 Charles Pic
Marussia 1:42.815 +4.253 16
23
#23 Narain Karthikeyan
HRT 1:42.943 +4.381 14
24
#24 Timo Glock
Marussia 1:43.124 +4.562 16
Pos Driver Car Time Delta Laps
1
#1 Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull 1:39.334 33
2
#12 Nico Hülkenberg
Force India 1:39.465 +0.131 32
3
#14 Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber 1:39.595 +0.261 20
4
#7 Michael Schumacher
Mercedes 1:39.601 +0.267 27
5
#19 Bruno Senna
Williams 1:39.644 +0.310 34
6
#11 Paul di Resta
Force India 1:39.700 +0.366 32
7
#5 Fernando Alonso
Ferrari 1:39.733 +0.399 34
8
#10 Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1 1:39.868 +0.534 33
9
#2 Mark Webber
Red Bull 1:39.901 +0.567 30
10
#8 Nico Rosberg
Mercedes 1:39.926 +0.592 32
11
#9 Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1 1:39.945 +0.611 34
12
#3 Jenson Button
McLaren 1:39.990 +0.656 33
13
#18 Pastor Maldonado
Williams 1:40.075 +0.741 29
14
#4 Lewis Hamilton
McLaren 1:40.147 +0.813 25
15
#6 Felipe Massa
Ferrari 1:40.244 +0.910 35
16
#15 Sergio Pérez
Sauber 1:40.511 +1.177 29
17
#21 Vitaly Petrov
Caterham 1:40.963 +1.629 20
18
#16 Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso 1:41.121 +1.787 32
19
#20 Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham 1:41.197 +1.863 38
20
#17 Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso 1:41.263 +1.929 29
21
#24 Timo Glock
Marussia 1:42.424 +3.090 21
22
#25 Charles Pic
Marussia 1:42.958 +3.624 30
23
#23 Narain Karthikeyan
HRT 1:44.201 +4.867 33
24
#22 Pedro de la Rosa
HRT 1:44.260 +4.926 12
Pos Driver Car Time Delta Laps
1
#18 Pastor Maldonado
Williams 1:40.890 22
2
#1 Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull 1:40.973 +0.083 21
3
#2 Mark Webber
Red Bull 1:40.984 +0.094 19
4
#3 Jenson Button
McLaren 1:40.994 +0.104 19
5
#5 Fernando Alonso
Ferrari 1:41.065 +0.175 26
6
#11 Paul di Resta
Force India 1:41.105 +0.215 15
7
#7 Michael Schumacher
Mercedes 1:41.117 +0.227 22
8
#4 Lewis Hamilton
McLaren 1:41.158 +0.268 18
9
#8 Nico Rosberg
Mercedes 1:41.182 +0.292 21
10
#9 Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1 1:41.620 +0.730 22
11
#10 Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1 1:41.784 +0.894 15
12
#14 Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber 1:41.838 +0.948 19
13
#15 Sergio Pérez
Sauber 1:41.861 +0.971 16
14
#6 Felipe Massa
Ferrari 1:42.109 +1.219 20
15
#12 Jules Bianchi
Force India 1:42.175 +1.285 21
16
#19 Valtteri Bottas
Williams 1:42.299 +1.409 24
17
#20 Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham 1:42.442 +1.552 26
18
#17 Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso 1:42.758 +1.868 27
19
#16 Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso 1:42.777 +1.887 28
20
#21 Vitaly Petrov
Caterham 1:43.209 +2.319 19
21
#25 Charles Pic
Marussia 1:44.173 +3.283 19
22
#22 Pedro de la Rosa
HRT 1:44.996 +4.106 15
23
#23 Narain Karthikeyan
HRT 1:45.120 +4.230 23
24
#24 Timo Glock
Marussia 1:45.338 +4.448 7

Standings after race

Pos Driver Car Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari 2 4 111
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull 1 1 91 -20
3
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren 1 4 88 -23
4
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull 1 2 85 -26
5
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes 1 2 75 -36
6
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1 3 73 -38
7
Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1 2 53 -58
8
Jenson Button
McLaren 1 2 49 -62
9
Sergio Pérez
Sauber 2 39 -72
10
Pastor Maldonado
Williams 1 1 29 -82
11
Paul di Resta
Force India 27 -84
12
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber 21 -90
13
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes 1 17 -94
14
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India 17 -94
15
Bruno Senna
Williams 16 -95
16
Felipe Massa
Ferrari 11 -100
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso 4 -107
18
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso 2 -109
19
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham 0 -111
20
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham 0 -111
21
Timo Glock
Marussia 0 -111
22
Charles Pic
Marussia 0 -111
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT 0 -111
24
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT 0 -111
Pos Team Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1 Red Bull 2 3 176
2 McLaren 2 6 137 -39
3 Lotus F1 5 126 -50
4 Ferrari 2 4 122 -54
5 Mercedes 1 3 92 -84
6 Sauber 2 60 -116
7 Williams 1 1 45 -131
8 Force India 44 -132
9 Toro Rosso 6 -170
10 Caterham 0 -176
11 Marussia 0 -176
12 HRT 0 -176

Other race results

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Fastest lap Pole position
2016
#6 Nico Rosberg
Sebastian Vettel
Sergio Pérez
1:46.485 -
Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
2011
#1 Sebastian Vettel
Fernando Alonso
Mark Webber
1:41.852 -
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
2010
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Lewis Hamilton
Jenson Button
1:38.766 -
Jenson Button
Sebastian Vettel
2009
#23 Rubens Barrichello
Lewis Hamilton
Kimi Räikkönen
1:38.683 -
Timo Glock
Lewis Hamilton
2008
#2 Felipe Massa
Lewis Hamilton
Robert Kubica
1:38.708 -
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa
2007
#1 Fernando Alonso
Felipe Massa
Mark Webber
1:32.853 -
Felipe Massa
Kimi Räikkönen
2006
#5 Michael Schumacher
Fernando Alonso
Felipe Massa
1:32.099 -
Michael Schumacher
Fernando Alonso
2005
#5 Fernando Alonso
Nick Heidfeld
Rubens Barrichello
1:30.711 -
Fernando Alonso
Nick Heidfeld
2004
#1 Michael Schumacher
Rubens Barrichello
Jenson Button
1:29.468 -
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher
2003
#4 Ralf Schumacher
Juan Pablo Montoya
Rubens Barrichello
Kimi Räikkönen
2002
#2 Rubens Barrichello
Michael Schumacher
Kimi Räikkönen
Juan Pablo Montoya
2001
#1 Michael Schumacher
Juan Pablo Montoya
David Coulthard
Michael Schumacher
2000
#3 Michael Schumacher
Mika Häkkinen
David Coulthard
David Coulthard
1999
#17 Johnny Herbert
Jarno Trulli
Rubens Barrichello
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1997
#9 Mika Häkkinen
David Coulthard
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve
1996
#6 Jacques Villeneuve
Michael Schumacher
David Coulthard
Damon Hill
1995
#1 Michael Schumacher
Jean Alesi
David Coulthard
David Coulthard
1994
#5 Michael Schumacher
Damon Hill
Mika Häkkinen
Michael Schumacher
1993
#8 Ayrton Senna
Damon Hill
Alain Prost
Alain Prost
1985
#5 Nigel Mansell
Ayrton Senna
Keke Rosberg
Ayrton Senna
1984
#7 Alain Prost
Michele Alboreto
Nelson Piquet
Nelson Piquet
1983
#5 Nelson Piquet
Alain Prost
Nigel Mansell
Elio de Angelis