Race · Round 9 of 20 · 8 July 2012

2012 British Grand Prix

Mark Webber won for Red Bull Racing from 2nd on the grid at Silverstone Circuit. 2 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 19 °C, 12.5 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: Mark WebberRed Bull Racing
Pole: Fernando Alonso
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
Entries: 2421 classified

Two sources disagree about this race

Conditions

dryagainst12.5 mm of rain on the day, modelled

The race's Wikipedia article's words are read as dry: by data/harvest.py's rule, which finds no rain, showers or wet track in them, or by a reading declared there (race_weather_reported holds the words). ERA5's reanalysis of 8 July 2012, through Open-Meteo, holds 12.5 mm of rain over 19 hours of that day in the grid cell the circuit is in - a heavy-precipitation day, 10 mm or more. A daily total cannot say whether the rain fell during the race, and a grid cell is not the track, so neither is overruled. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_British_Grand_Prix; weather data by Open-Meteo.com, https://open-meteo.com/

Recorded rather than resolved, and open for somebody to settle. Every one is listed on the quality page. If you can settle it against a source that can be checked, report what you have.

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB8	2	52	Finished	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	1	52	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB8	4	52	Finished	15
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	5	52	Finished	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E20	6	52	Finished	10	fastest lap
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E20	9	52	Finished	8
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	3	52	Finished	6
8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-27	8	52	Finished	4
9	Bruno Senna	Williams	FW34	13	52	Finished	2
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-27	16	52	Finished	1
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C31	17	52	Finished	0
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM05	14	52	Finished	0
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	12	52	Finished	0
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	23	52	Finished	0
15	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	11	52	Finished	0
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW34	7	51	Finished	0
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	19	51	Finished	0
18	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	20	51	Finished	0
19	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	24	51	Finished	0
20	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	F112	21	50	Finished	0
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F112	22	50	Finished	0
DNF	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C31	15	11	Collision	0
DNF	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM05	10	2	Collision damage	0
DNS	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	18	—	Engine	0

F1DB layout silverstone-8 · 5.891 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Mark Webber	2	1	52
Fernando Alonso	1	2	52
Sebastian Vettel	4	3	52
Felipe Massa	5	4	52
Kimi Raikkonen	6	5	52
Romain Grosjean	9	6	52
Michael Schumacher	3	7	52
Sir Lewis Hamilton	8	8	52
Bruno Senna	13	9	52
Jenson Button	16	10	52
Kamui Kobayashi	17	11	52
Nico Hulkenberg	14	12	52
Daniel Ricciardo	12	13	52
Jean-Éric Vergne	23	14	52
Nico Rosberg	11	15	52
Pastor Maldonado	7	16	51
Heikki Kovalainen	19	17	51
Timo Glock	20	18	51
Charles Pic	24	19	51
Pedro de la Rosa	21	20	50
Narain Karthikeyan	22	21	50
Sergio Perez	15	DNF	11
Paul di Resta	10	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:46.515	1:56.921	1:51.746	—	0 m	—
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:47.276	1:55.898	1:51.793	+0.047	2 m	+0.047
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:46.571	1:55.799	1:52.020	+0.274	14 m	+0.227
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:46.279	1:56.931	1:52.199	+0.453	24 m	+0.179
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:47.401	1:56.388	1:53.065	+1.319	70 m	+0.866
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:47.309	1:56.469	1:53.290	+1.544	81 m	+0.225
7	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:46.449	1:56.802	1:53.539	+1.793	95 m	+0.249
8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:47.433	1:54.897	1:53.543	+1.797	95 m	+0.004
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:46.334	1:55.556	1:54.382	+2.636	139 m	+0.839
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:47.043	1:56.388	—	—	76 m	—
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:47.582	1:57.009	—	—	108 m	—
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:46.649	1:57.071	—	—	111 m	—
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:47.724	1:57.108	—	—	113 m	—
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:47.266	1:57.132	—	—	115 m	—
15	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:47.105	1:57.426	—	—	130 m	—
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:47.705	1:57.719	—	—	145 m	—
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:46.494	1:57.895	—	—	154 m	—
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:48.044	—	—	—	98 m	—
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:49.027	—	—	—	152 m	—
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:49.477	—	—	—	177 m	—
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:51.618	—	—	—	296 m	—
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:52.742	—	—	—	358 m	—
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:53.040	—	—	—	375 m	—
NC	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:54.143	—	—	—	436 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Mark Webber	1	52	2	14, 33	25.9, 25.2
Fernando Alonso	2	52	2	15, 37	25.4, 25.0
Sebastian Vettel	3	52	2	10, 31	25.8, 25.3
Felipe Massa	4	52	2	13, 35	25.3, 25.1
Kimi Raikkonen	5	52	2	13, 34	25.6, 25.9
Romain Grosjean	6	52	2	2, 26	34.2, 25.4
Michael Schumacher	7	52	2	12, 34	25.9, 25.6
Sir Lewis Hamilton	8	52	2	21, 28	24.5, 25.0
Bruno Senna	9	52	2	14, 30	26.0, 26.6
Jenson Button	10	52	2	16, 31	25.1, 24.8
Kamui Kobayashi	11	52	2	16, 37	26.8, 39.2
Nico Hulkenberg	12	52	2	16, 35	26.1, 25.4
Daniel Ricciardo	13	52	2	16, 29	25.6, 25.6
Jean-Éric Vergne	14	52	2	14, 32	26.5, 26.2
Nico Rosberg	15	52	2	15, 37	25.2, 33.5
Pastor Maldonado	16	51	2	11, 12	25.6, 33.1
Heikki Kovalainen	17	51	2	12, 29	26.2, 26.4
Timo Glock	18	51	2	18, 38	26.2, 25.2
Charles Pic	19	51	2	13, 32	26.3, 26.2
Pedro de la Rosa	20	50	1	27	27.7
Narain Karthikeyan	21	50	2	16, 35	29.9, 27.9
Sergio Perez	DNF	11	1	11	25.2
Paul di Resta	DNF	2	1	1	32.8

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Fernando Alonso · Mark Webber	1 · 2	2 · 1	15 · 14	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Michael Schumacher	2 · 3	1 · 7	14 · 12	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 4	2 · 3	15 · 10	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 4	7 · 3	12 · 10	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Felipe Massa	4 · 5	3 · 4	10 · 13	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Kimi Raikkonen	5 · 6	4 · 5	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Romain Grosjean	6 · 9	5 · 6	13 · 2	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Pastor Maldonado	6 · 7	5 · 16	13 · 11	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Romain Grosjean	3 · 9	7 · 6	12 · 2	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Romain Grosjean	8 · 9	8 · 6	21 · 2	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Sir Lewis Hamilton	3 · 8	7 · 8	12 · 21	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Sir Lewis Hamilton	7 · 8	16 · 8	11 · 21	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Bruno Senna	8 · 13	8 · 9	21 · 14	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Bruno Senna	12 · 13	13 · 9	16 · 14	Bruno Senna	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Jenson Button	13 · 16	9 · 10	14 · 16	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Nico Hulkenberg	13 · 14	9 · 12	14 · 16	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Kamui Kobayashi	16 · 17	10 · 11	16 · 16	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Kamui Kobayashi	14 · 17	12 · 11	16 · 16	Same lap	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Nico Hulkenberg	12 · 14	13 · 12	16 · 16	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Daniel Ricciardo	11 · 12	15 · 13	15 · 16	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Jean-Éric Vergne	12 · 23	13 · 14	16 · 14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Jean-Éric Vergne	11 · 23	15 · 14	15 · 14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Swapped places
Narain Karthikeyan · Jean-Éric Vergne	22 · 23	21 · 14	16 · 14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Swapped places
Jean-Éric Vergne · Charles Pic	23 · 24	14 · 19	14 · 13	Charles Pic	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Nico Rosberg	7 · 11	16 · 15	11 · 15	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Pastor Maldonado · Heikki Kovalainen	7 · 19	16 · 17	11 · 12	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Timo Glock	19 · 20	17 · 18	12 · 18	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Charles Pic	20 · 24	18 · 19	18 · 13	Charles Pic	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Pedro de la Rosa	20 · 21	18 · 20	18 · 27	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Pedro de la Rosa · Charles Pic	21 · 24	20 · 19	27 · 13	Charles Pic	Swapped places
Pedro de la Rosa · Narain Karthikeyan	21 · 22	20 · 21	27 · 16	Narain Karthikeyan	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:56.552	—	0 m	—	13
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:56.827	+0.275	14 m	+0.275	10
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:57.174	+0.622	31 m	+0.347	6
4	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:57.664	+1.112	56 m	+0.490	11
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:58.119	+1.567	79 m	+0.455	7
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:58.463	+1.911	97 m	+0.344	7
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:58.483	+1.931	98 m	+0.020	19
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:58.493	+1.941	98 m	+0.010	10
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:58.942	+2.390	121 m	+0.449	8
10	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:59.076	+2.524	128 m	+0.134	12
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:59.414	+2.862	145 m	+0.338	11
12	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:59.614	+3.062	155 m	+0.200	9
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	19	1:59.733	+3.181	161 m	+0.119	7
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:59.787	+3.235	164 m	+0.054	10
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	2:00.125	+3.573	181 m	+0.338	5
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	2:00.253	+3.701	187 m	+0.128	6
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	2:01.834	+5.282	267 m	+1.581	6
18	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	2:01.835	+5.283	267 m	+0.001	6
19	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	2:04.341	+7.789	394 m	+2.506	9
20	Dani Clos (never started a Grand Prix)	HRT	23	2:05.022	+8.470	428 m	+0.681	11
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	2:11.760	+15.208	769 m	+6.738	6
22	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	—	—	—	—	4
23	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	—	—	—	—	3
24	Jules Bianchi	Force India	12	—	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:56.345	—	0 m	—	8
2	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:56.474	+0.129	7 m	+0.129	16
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:56.545	+0.200	10 m	+0.071	12
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:56.567	+0.222	11 m	+0.022	9
5	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:57.493	+1.148	58 m	+0.926	13
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:57.948	+1.603	81 m	+0.455	9
7	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:58.580	+2.235	113 m	+0.632	10
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:58.897	+2.552	129 m	+0.317	8
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:58.943	+2.598	132 m	+0.046	12
10	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:59.015	+2.670	135 m	+0.072	14
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:59.429	+3.084	156 m	+0.414	9
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:59.472	+3.127	158 m	+0.043	6
13	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:59.476	+3.131	159 m	+0.004	10
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:59.854	+3.509	178 m	+0.378	7
15	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	2:00.565	+4.220	214 m	+0.711	7
16	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	2:00.820	+4.475	227 m	+0.255	11
17	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	2:01.099	+4.754	241 m	+0.279	6
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	2:01.348	+5.003	253 m	+0.249	12
19	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	2:03.719	+7.374	373 m	+2.371	8
20	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	2:04.774	+8.429	427 m	+1.055	8
21	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	—	—	—	—	1
22	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	—	—	—	—	2
23	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	—	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:32.167	—	0 m	—	21
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:32.320	+0.153	10 m	+0.153	20
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:32.358	+0.191	12 m	+0.038	25
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:32.420	+0.253	16 m	+0.062	21
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:32.454	+0.287	18 m	+0.034	25
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:32.477	+0.310	20 m	+0.023	20
7	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:32.622	+0.455	29 m	+0.145	21
8	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:32.940	+0.773	49 m	+0.318	19
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:33.046	+0.879	56 m	+0.106	20
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:33.150	+0.983	63 m	+0.104	19
11	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:33.267	+1.100	70 m	+0.117	25
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:33.367	+1.200	77 m	+0.100	20
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:33.398	+1.231	79 m	+0.031	24
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:33.462	+1.295	83 m	+0.064	24
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:33.673	+1.506	96 m	+0.211	22
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:33.674	+1.507	96 m	+0.001	21
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:33.707	+1.540	98 m	+0.033	21
18	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:33.733	+1.566	100 m	+0.026	15
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:34.298	+2.131	136 m	+0.565	18
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:34.781	+2.614	167 m	+0.483	20
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:36.605	+4.438	284 m	+1.824	18
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:37.060	+4.893	313 m	+0.455	14
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:37.269	+5.102	326 m	+0.209	23
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:37.429	+5.262	336 m	+0.160	17

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 9 of 2012
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 8 Jul 2012
Layout raced: Arena layout · 5.891 km · 18 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.