Round 8 · 2012
European Grand Prix
Valencia Street Circuit, Spain · Sun 24 Jun · 12:00 UTC
Race replay
Starting grid
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 11 | 1:44:16.649 | 25 |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 5 | +6.421 | 18 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 12 | +12.639 | 15 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 19 | +13.628 | 12 |
| 5 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 8 | +19.993 | 10 |
| 6 | Nico RosbergFL | Mercedes | 6 | +21.176 | 8 |
| 7 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 10 | +22.866 | 6 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 9 | +24.653 | 4 |
| 9 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 15 | +27.777 | 2 |
| 10 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 14 | +35.961 | 1 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 17 | +37.041 | |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 3 | +54.630 | |
| 13 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 20 | +1:15.871 | |
| 14 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 16 | +1:34.654 | |
| 15 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 23 | +1:36.551 | |
| 16 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 13 | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 21 | +1 Lap | |
| 18 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 22 | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | Collision | |
| — | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 4 | Electronics | |
| — | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | Gearbox | |
| — | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 7 | Collision | |
| — | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 18 | Collision | |
| — | Timo Glock | Marussia | 0 | Withdrew |
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.626 | 1:38.530 | 1:38.086 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.169 | 1:38.616 | 1:38.410 |
| 3 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:38.825 | 1:38.570 | 1:38.475 |
| 4 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:39.530 | 1:38.489 | 1:38.505 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:39.464 | 1:38.531 | 1:38.513 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.061 | 1:38.504 | 1:38.623 |
| 7 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:39.651 | 1:38.703 | 1:38.741 |
| 8 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:39.009 | 1:38.689 | 1:38.752 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:39.622 | 1:38.563 | 1:38.801 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:38.858 | 1:38.519 | 1:38.992 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:39.409 | 1:38.707 | — |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:39.447 | 1:38.770 | — |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:39.388 | 1:38.780 | — |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:39.449 | 1:39.207 | — |
| 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:39.353 | 1:39.358 | — |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:40.087 | 1:40.295 | — |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:39.924 | 1:40.358 | — |
| 18 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:40.203 | — | — |
| 19 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:40.395 | — | — |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:40.457 | — | — |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:42.171 | — | — |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:42.527 | — | — |
| 23 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:42.675 | — | — |