2012 European Grand Prix

2012 European Grand Prix
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Valencia Street Circuit
Race Details
Date	June 24, 2012
Official Name	2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe
Location	Valencia Street Circuit Valencia, Spain
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 5.419 km (3.367 mi)
Distance	57 laps, 308.883 km (191.931 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:38.086
Fastest Lap
Driver	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time	1:42.163 on lap 54
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso
Second	Kimi Räikkönen
Third	Michael Schumacher
Lap Leaders

The 2012 European Grand Prix (officially the 2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe) was the eighth race of the 2012 Formula One Season. It was held for the fifth time at the Valencia Street Circuit, Spain and was the 22nd running of the European Grand Prix as a standalone Formula One event. The race took place on 24 June 2012. It was the last F1 race to be held at Valencia before it was dropped from F1.

On Saturday, Sebastian Vettel took pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton after a storming lap in a tight qualifying session. Vettel's time was over three tenths ahead of Hamilton.

The race was won by Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso from 11th on the grid, a deserved victory after a string of overtakes earlier in the race. Second was Kimi Räikkönen for Lotus, with Mercedes veteran Michael Schumacher completing the podium. This was Schumacher's first podium since his return to Formula One in 2010. Sebastian Vettel led up until lap 33, when an alternator failure on his Renault engine forced him to stop. Lewis Hamilton was third with two laps to go, but crashed with Pastor Maldonado. Maldonado received a 20-second penalty for his part in the crash, and lost a point as a result.

Background

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Red Bull arrived at Valencia with a major set of upgrades expected to greatly improve their performance after a disappointing result in Canada. Amongst other teams making minor bodywork changes were Ferrari with new aerodynamic parts and Lotus with a new front wing design.

The Valencia Street Circuit remained unchanged from the 2011 event, however the double-DRS zone which was used the previous year was reduced to a single DRS zone on the long back-straight between the swing-bridge exit (turn 10) and the braking zone for the tight right-left chicane (Turn 12). This posed potential difficulties taking the left-kink (Turn 11) with the DRS activated.

Following an unsuccessful practice, Marussia driver Timo Glock was forced to withdraw from the event on doctors' advice, as he was feeling unwell. The team chose to leave the number 24 car-slot vacant for the race, rather than allowing reserve driver María de Villota to compete in the race, as de Villota lacked the Super Licence required by the FIA to race.

Entry list

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

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

Practice Overview

FP1

For Free Practice 1, Jules Bianchi replaced Nico Hülkenberg and Valtteri Bottas replaced Bruno Senna.

The session started relatively quietly, without much driving taking place in the first half hour, and with no incidents. Like in Canada, Jenson Button's McLaren was having issues, first with his KERS, then front locking and brake balance issues. Despite this, Button set the fourth fastest time of the session. But the quickest driver was Pastor Maldonado, who set a time only eight hundredths ahead of second-placed Sebastian Vettel, who in turn was only about one hundredth ahead of his Red Bull teammate, Mark Webber. The top thirteen drivers were all within one second.

FP2

Unlike FP1, Free Practice 2 had some incidents. First, 25 minutes in, Michael Schumacher suffered an engine problem, he was soon back out on track. Then, just after 40 minutes into the session, Pedro de la Rosa had an accident, crashing into the barriers, and this brought out Yellow Flags for five minutes. Also unlike FP1, the drivers completed a lot of laps, with Heikki Kovalainen doing the most laps (38). Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets after being second quickest in FP1; but surprisingly was backed up by Nico Hülkenberg and Kamui Kobayashi. The top 15 were covered by one second, tighter than in FP1; and also of note is that Vitaly Petrov's FP2 time would place 2nd in comparison to the FP1 times.

FP3

In an uneventful session, out-of-form Jenson Button surprising set the fastest lap time, ahead of the two Lotus's, with Romain Grosjean ahead of Kimi Räikkönen. The Force Indias came fourth and fifth, Nico Hülkenberg beating Paul di Resta. Mark Webber only completed four laps in the hour session; all at the start, as his suffered brake problems. The only near-crashes were Pedro de la Rosa, who spun at the final corner, but kept his car out the barriers; and Sebastian Vettel, who went off at turn two with minutes to go.

Practice Results

No.	Driver	Team		FP1			FP2			FP3
				Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		2	1:40.973		1	1:39.334		13	1:39.434
2	Mark Webber			3	1:40.984		9	1:39.901		19	1:41.282
3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		4	1:40.994		12	1:39.990		1	1:38.562
4	Lewis Hamilton			8	1:41.158		14	1:40.147		8	1:39.178
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		5	1:41.065		7	1:39.733		12	1:39.395
6	Felipe Massa			14	1:42.109		15	1:40.244		9	1:39.318
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes		7	1:41.117		4	1:39.601		7	1:39.141
8	Nico Rosberg			9	1:42.182		10	1:39.926		15	1:39.946
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault		10	1:41.620		11	1:39.945		3	1:38.759
10	Romain Grosjean			11	1:41.784		8	1:39.868		2	1:38.655
11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		6	1:41.105		6	1:39.700		5	1:38.892
12	Nico Hülkenberg			DNP			2	1:39.465		4	1:38.819
	Jules Bianchi			15	1:42.175		DNP			DNP
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari		12	1:41.838		3	1:39.595		11	1:39.358
15	Sergio Pérez			13	1:41.861		16	1:40.511		6	1:39.084
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		19	1:42.777		18	1:41.121		17	1:40.134
17	Jean-Éric Vergne			18	1:42.758		20	1:41.263		16	1:40.037
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault		1	1:40.890		13	1:40.075		10	1:39.357
19	Bruno Senna			DNP			5	1:39.644		14	1:39.543
	Valtteri Bottas			16	1:42.299		DNP			DNP
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault		17	1:42.442		19	1:41.197		18	1:40.681
21	Vitaly Petrov			20	1:43.209		17	1:40.963		20	1:41.931
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth		22	1:44.996		24	1:44.260		21	1:42.758
23	Narain Karthikeyan			23	1:45.120		23	1:44.201		23	1:42.943
24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth		24	1:45.338		21	1:42.424		24	1:43.815
25	Charles Pic			21	1:44.173		22	1:42.958		22	1:42.815

Qualifying

Q1

Pastor Maldonado topped the first session, which saw Mark Webber return to the track after problems with his brakes. However, his DRS was not working, and as a result he was unable to progress to Q2, despite using the softer tyres. His place in Q2 was taken by Heikki Kovalainen, who beat the time of Jean-Éric Vergne on his final lap to advance out of Q1 for the first time this season. Behind Webber, Vitaly Petrov was 20th, the two HRTs of Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan were 21st and 22nd. Charles Pic qualified 23rd, and Timo Glock did not take part in the session.

Q2

The second session of qualifying was very tight. Romain Grosjean was fastest, setting a time of 1:38.489 at the end. Felipe Massa, who was 13th, posted a time of 1:38.780, under three tenths of a second slower than Grosjean. Fernando Alonso qualified 11th and Michael Schumacher qualified 12th, the two biggest scalps of Q2. Bruno Senna was 14th, with Sergio Pérez 15th. Another surprise was that Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen beat the time of Daniel Ricciardo, to qualify 16th.

Q3

The third and final session was dominated by one lap from Sebastian Vettel. He beat Lewis Hamilton by 0.324 seconds, with one the best qualifying laps of his career. Behind Hamilton was Pastor Maldonado, showing some of the form he had last time he was in Spain. Fourth and fifth were Lotus teammates, Romain Grosjean and Kimi Räikkönen. Sixth was Nico Rosberg, and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi was seventh, another good qualifying performance from the Japanese driver. Eighth was Nico Hülkenberg, who beat McLaren's Jenson Button. After a mistake on his fastest lap, Paul di Resta was tenth, completing a disappointing return for Force India, considering their strong performance in the practice sessions.

Post-qualifying

Sebastian Vettel's pole was the 33rd of his career, putting him equal third in the all-time table with Jim Clark and Alain Prost. He was, however, still 32 poles behind Ayrton Senna, who has the second-most amount of poles (65).

The stewards gave Timo Glock special dispenation to take part in the race, but after taking medical advice, he chose not to.

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		14	1:39.626		4	1:38.530		1	1:38.086	1
2	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes		5	1:39.169		8	1:38.616		2	1:38.410	2
3	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault		1	1:38.825		7	1:38.570		3	1:38.475	3
4	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault		12	1:39.530		1	1:38.489		4	1:38.505	4
5	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault		11	1:39.464		5	1:38.531		5	1:38.513	5
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		4	1:39.061		2	1:38.504		6	1:38.623	6
7	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari		15	1:39.651		10	1:38.703		7	1:38.741	7
8	12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes		3	1:39.009		9	1:38.689		8	1:38.752	8
9	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		13	1:39.622		6	1:38.563		9	1:38.801	9
10	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		2	1:38.858		3	1:38.519		10	1:38.992	10
11	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		8	1:39.409		11	1:38.707				11
12	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes		9	1:39.447		12	1:38.770				12
13	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		7	1:39.388		13	1:38.780				13
14	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault		10	1:39.449		14	1:39.207				14
15	15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari		6	1:39.353		15	1:39.358				15
16	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault		17	1:49.087		16	1:40.295				16
17	16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		16	1:39.924		17	1:40.358				17
18	17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		18	1:40.203							18
19	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault		19	1:40.395							19
20	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault		20	1:40.457							20
21	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth		21	1:42.171							21
22	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth		22	1:42.527							22
23	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth		23	1:42.675							23
24	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth		24	no time							24*

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

* Timo Glock was unable to participate in qualifying, due to a stomach bug, and though he was allowed to race, he decided against doing so.

Race

Report

At the start, Sebastian Vettel made a strong start and held onto first place. Lewis Hamilton made a poor start, but managed to hold onto second. Kimi Räikkönen made a good start, but was blocked by Pastor Maldonado, and then Romain Grosjean took Maldonado's third place. Kamui Kobayashi, meanwhile, sneaked into fourth place. Both Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa also made good starts, both making up three places. Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button did the opposite, making poor starts; Rosberg fell to 11th, and Button finished the lap 13th.

Vettel then drove away from a slow Hamilton at about two seconds a lap. Hamilton was being pressured by Grosjean. On lap 10, Charles Pic lost a bit of his front wing trying to overtake Narain Karthikeyan at turn 2, who was lucky to avoid a puncture. On lap 11, Grosjean attempted to pass Hamilton at turn 12, completing the move by turn 13. On lap 13, Alonso passed Nico Hülkenberg for 7th, and Räikkönen managed to pass Maldonado for fifth.

Hamilton then pitted, as did Räikkönen, while Alonso passed Maldonado what had become third. On lap 15, Alonso pitted. On lap 16, both Vettel and Grosjean pitted, and after Grosjean got pass Rosberg and Paul di Resta, they were in first and second again, but the gap was about 20 seconds. Hamilton had held onto third after the pit stops, with Alonso in fourth after a few overtakes. Räikkönen was fifth, ahead of Maldonado.

On lap 20, there was contact between Kobayashi and Bruno Senna at turn 8, and Senna managed to spin on the following straight, before correcting the spin with a fine piece of car control. Senna picked up a puncture in the incident and then received a drive-through penalty.

On lap 27, Jean-Éric Vergne and Heikki Kovalainen collide, after Vergne pulls an overtake on Kovalainen, but then Vergne's right rear hits Kovalainen's front left, and the safety car is brought out as damage is shrewn all over the circuit. As a result, Vergne was forced to retire his Toro Rosso.

Under the safety car, Alonso got past Hamilton, the McLaren driver being the victim of an awful pit stop. Daniel Ricciardo found himself in fourth place, behind Alonso, but ahead of Räikkönen and Hamilton.

After the restart on lap 34, Vettel held onto his lead, while Alonso managed to get past Grosjean. Kobayashi and Massa touched, leaving Massa with a puncture and Kobayashi was forced to retire his car with terminal suspension damage. Then on the run-up to turn 10, Vettel lost drive, with an alternator failure, and had to stop his car. This, amazingly, left Alonso in the lead from 11th on the grid.

Hamilton overtook both Räikkönen and Ricciardo to take third place on lap 35. On lap 37, Schumacher overtook Ricciardo for fifth; and since the restart, Rosberg had lost seven places, to Schumacher, Webber, Maldonado, Hülkenberg, Di Resta, Button and Sergio Pérez. Webber pitted after losing places to Maldonado, Hülkenberg and Di Resta.

On lap 41, Grosjean is forced to retire as his car had an alternator failure, similar to the one that ended Vettel's race. This left Alonso ahead of Hamilton by three seconds. Räikkönen was promoted into the final podium place, with Maldonado fourth. Schumacher pitted on the same lap as Grosjean retired, after quickly losing three places, and he emerged in front of Webber again, this time in 11th place. But more surprising was that Vitaly Petrov had made his way up to tenth place.

Petrov was overtaken by Schumacher and Webber on lap 45, who had started to carve their way through the field on fresh tyres. On lap 46, Rosberg pitted, and became the fastest driver on the track, Petrov pitted a lap later for a new front wing, after having made contact with Ricciardo. On lap 49, Schumacher and Webber got past Button, who had found his way to eight place; then the duo made their way past Pérez three laps later, then the one-stopping Di Resta the next lap. The pair had driven their way to fifth and sixth places.

Then, on lap 55, Räikkönen managed to find a way past Hamilton who then fell into the clutches of Maldonado. They ran side-by-side, but then on turn 12 of lap 56, Maldonado gets ahead, runs wide, then drives into Hamilton. Hamilton is forced to retire, while Maldonado completes the race minus a front wing; he finishes the race in tenth. On the same lap, Schumacher and Webber overtake Hülkenberg. Rosberg, in the fastest car on track with his fresh tyres, overtook Button, Pérez, Maldonado, and Di Resta. Button makes his way past both Pérez and Maldonado.

Alonso won the race, finishing six seconds ahead of Räikkönen, who in turn finished another six seconds ahead of Schumacher, who scored his first podium of his comeback. Schumacher was surprised when he heard of his third-place finish, since he was quite far down the order with only a few laps to go. Schumacher was followed by Webber. Hülkenberg came an impressive fifth, and Rosberg had managed to charge up to sixth place. He was followed by Di Resta, who was ahead of Button. Pérez scored two points for ninth. Maldonado completed the top ten. Senna was about a second behind his teammate, who in turn was a few seconds ahead of Ricciardo. The two Caterhams of Petrov and Kovalainen were 13th and 14th, and Pic was the last driver on the lead lap, in 15th place. Massa eventually came 16th, a lap down. Pedro de la Rosa and Karthikeyan came 17th and 18th. Hamilton was classified 19th.

Post-race

The result left Fernando Alonso in the lead of the World Championship by 20 points over Mark Webber. Red Bull extended their lead in the Constructors' Championship.

Pastor Maldonado was given a twenty-second penalty for returning to the track in an unsafe manner, and as a result crashing with Lewis Hamilton. The penalty took him out of the pointscoring positions, and he was placed 12th. Bruno Senna, Maldonado's teammate, took the final point.

Jean-Éric Vergne was given a ten place grid penalty for the next race, the British Grand Prix, for causing an avoidable collision with Heikki Kovalainen. He was also fined €25,000 for driving dangerously with a puncture.

Kamui Kobayashi was given a five place grid penalty for the British Grand Prix, for his part in his collision with Felipe Massa.

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Avg Speed	Grid	Pts
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	57	1:44:16.649	177.728	11	25
2	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	57	+ 6.421 s	177.545	5	18
3	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	57	+ 12.639 s	177.369	12	15
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	57	+ 13.628 s	177.341	19	12
5	12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	57	+ 19.993 s	177.161	8	10
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	+ 21.176 s	177.128	6	8
7	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	57	+ 22.866 s	177.080	10	6
8	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+ 24.653 s	177.030	9	4
9	15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	57	+ 27.777 s	176.942	15	2
10	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	57	+ 35.961 s	176.712	14	1
11	16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	+ 37.041 s	176.682	17
12	18	Pastor Maldonado*	Williams-Renault	57	+ 54.630 s	176.749	3
13	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	57	+ 1 m 15.871 s	175.598	20
14	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	57	+ 1 m 34.654 s	175.079	16
15	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	57	+ 1 m 36.551 s	175.027	23
16	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+ 1 lap	174.533	13
17	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	56	+ 1 lap	174.281	21
18	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	56	+ 1 lap	174.024	22
19	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	55	Collision	177.341	2
Ret	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	40	Alternator	174.462	4
Ret	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	33	Alternator	172.181	1
Ret	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	33	Collision damage	171.981	7
Ret	17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	26	Collision damage/Puncture	178.776	18
DNS	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth		Illness

* Pastor Maldonado finished 10th but received a 20-second penalty for "rejoining the track in an unsafe manner" in his collision with Lewis Hamilton. This moved him down to 12th.

Fastest Laps

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Time	Gap	Avg Speed	Race
1	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	54	1:42.163		190.954	6
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	40	1:42.717	0.554	189.924	4
3	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	43	1:43.099	0.936	189.220	3
4	15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	43	1:43.526	1.363	188.440	9
5	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	40	1:43.666	1.503	188.185	1
6	16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	44	1:43.674	1.511	188.171	11
7	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	43	1:43.686	1.523	188.149	2
8	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	38	1:43.764	1.601	188.007	Ret
9	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	43	1:44.007	1.844	187.568	19
10	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	43	1:44.064	1.901	187.465	12
11	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	45	1:44.101	1.938	187.399	7
12	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	44	1:44.111	1.948	187.381	10
13	12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	40	1:44.226	2.063	187.174	5
14	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	54	1:44.253	2.090	187.126	13
15	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	36	1:44.431	2.268	186.807	16
16	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	18	1:44.555	2.392	186.505	Ret
17	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	48	1:44.806	2.643	186.138	8
18	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	22	1:45.082	2.919	185.649	Ret
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	40	1:45.294	3.131	185.274	14
20	17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	22	1:45.491	3.328	184.930	Ret
21	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	42	1:46.388	4.225	183.370	18
22	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	43	1:46.701	4.538	182.832	15
23	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	36	1:46.799	4.636	182.665	17

Laps in the Lead

By Lap

Stint	Driver	Laps	Total	Distance
1	Sebastian Vettel	01 – 33	33	178.827 km
2	Fernando Alonso	34 – 57	24	130.056 km

Totals

Pos.	Driver	Laps	Distance
1	Sebastian Vettel	33	178.827 km
2	Fernando Alonso	24	130.056 km

Milestones

• Ferrari's 850th Grand Prix.
• Sergio Pérez's 25th start (26 entries).
• This was the first time for the 2013 season that there had been a multiple winner (Alonso).
• Michael Schumacher's last ever podium finish.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts 1 Fernando Alonso 111 2 Mark Webber 91 3 Lewis Hamilton 88 4 Sebastian Vettel 85 5 Nico Rosberg 75 6 Kimi Räikkönen 73 7 Romain Grosjean 53 8 Jenson Button 45 9 Sergio Pérez 39 10 Pastor Maldonado 29 11 Paul di Resta 27 12 Kamui Kobayashi 21 13 Michael Schumacher 17 14 Nico Hülkenberg 17 15 Bruno Senna 16 16 Felipe Massa 11 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 176 2 McLaren-Mercedes 137 3 Lotus-Renault 126 4 Ferrari 122 5 Mercedes 92 6 Sauber-Ferrari 60 7 Williams-Renault 45 8 Force India-Mercedes 44 9 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6 10 Caterham-Renault 0 11 Marussia-Cosworth 0 12 HRT-Cosworth 0

See Also

See the related event on the F2 Wiki 2012 Valencia Feature Race See the related event on the FIA F3 Wiki 2012 Valencia Feature Race

See the related event on the F2 Wiki 2012 Valencia Sprint Race See the related event on the FIA F3 Wiki 2012 Valencia Sprint Race

External links

• On Manipe F1

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