Hungarian Grand Prix 2012

 Hungarian Grand Prix 2012

Racing data
11th of 20 races in the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Eni Magyar Nagydíj 2012
Date:	July 29, 2012
Place:	Mogyoród
Course:	Hungaroring
Length:	302.249 km in 69 laps of 4.381 km
Planned:	306.63 km in 70 laps of 4.381 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 20.953 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 24.136 min (lap 68)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault
Third:	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault

The 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix took place on July 29th at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród and was the eleventh race of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the German Grand Prix , Fernando Alonso led the drivers' standings with 34 points ahead of Mark Webber and 44 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . In the constructors' championship, Red Bull-Renault led with 53 points ahead of Ferrari and with 70 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes .

At the Hungarian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Medium (white) and P Zero Soft (yellow), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

With Michael Schumacher (four times), Jenson Button , Lewis Hamilton (twice), Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen , Heikki Kovalainen and Webber (once each), seven former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Gerd Ennser (DEU), Lajos Herczeg (HUN), Radovan Novak (CZE) and Danny Sullivan (USA) acted as race commissioners .

training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of his teammates Button and Alonso. This training took Jules Bianchi the Force India of Nico Hulkenberg , Valtteri Bottas the Williams of Bruno Senna and Dani Clos the HRT of Narain Karthikeyan . In the second free practice session it started to rain during practice. In the process, Schumacher lost control of a vehicle and demolished the front of his car in an accident. Hamilton was again the fastest pilot. Raikkonen finished second, Senna third. In the third free practice session, Webber set the fastest time on a dry track ahead of Hamilton and Vettel.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Hamilton set the fastest time. The HRT, Marussia and Caterham pilots as well as Daniel Ricciardo were eliminated. In the second section, Hamilton stayed in the lead. The pilots in positions two to ten were within about thirteenth of a second. The Mercedes and Sauber drivers as well as Jean-Éric Vergne , Paul di Resta and Webber were eliminated. In the final section, Hamilton again achieved the fastest lap and thus secured pole position in front of Romain Grosjean and Vettel.

run

The start of the Hungarian Grand Prix had to be canceled and another introductory round carried out. The reason for the cancellation of the start was that Schumacher had taken the wrong starting position. Instead of going to 17th position, Schumacher went to 19th position. He then switched off his engine, thinking that there would be a five-minute break in this case. However, this regulation only applied until 2006. Schumacher was pushed into the pit lane and started the race from there.

At the start, Hamilton got off to a good start and kept the lead safely. Grosjean was attacked by Vettel and maintained his position. Vettel lost momentum. This enabled Button to drive past Vettel on the outside of the second corner into third position. There were also shifts behind that. Alonso went past Raikkonen to fifth place. In the initial phase, Schumacher pitted to change tires. However, he drove too fast and was immediately given a drive-through penalty. In the initial phase, the drivers tried to take care of their tires.

At the top, Hamilton and Grosjean separated. Grosjean was a few seconds behind Hamilton. Button came under pressure from Vettel in third place. On lap 15, Button was the first pilot from the leading group to pit. He switched from the softer to the harder tire compound. Vettel and Alonso follow three laps later. While Alonso also switched to the harder tires, Vettel stayed on the softer compound. Button stayed ahead of Vettel, Alonso fell behind Sergio Pérez , who had not stopped yet, and was therefore unable to take advantage of the fresh tires. Hamilton pitted ahead of Grosjean and took the lead again after the meanwhile leader Raikkonen had stopped. Hamilton switched to the harder compound, the Lotus drivers stayed on the softer tire compound. Raikkonen passed Alonso through the stop.

Grosjean, who had lost a few seconds to Hamilton due to a suboptimal pit stop, finally made up the gap and his gap on Hamilton fluctuated by a second. In the 34th round Button pitted again. He switched to the softer tire compound. Five laps later, Vettel passed Button, who had fallen behind Senna. Shortly afterwards, Grosjean and Hamilton also completed their second stop. Vettel, Grosjean and Button now drove on the harder tire compound. Grosjean initially fell behind Alonso. Alonso and Raikkonen stayed longer on the track from the leading group and also took the harder tire compound with them. While Alonso did not make up any places, Raikkonen, who drove a good second stint, took second place behind Hamilton after a close duel with Grosjean. Raikkonen braked himself, but since he was on the inside lane and Grosjean used the run-off zone to avoid, he stayed ahead of Grosjean.

In midfield there was a duel between Pastor Maldonado and di Resta. Maldonado drove into a right turn inside and pushed di Resta into the run-off zone with one touch. The race management then imposed a drive-through penalty on Maldonado for causing a collision.

Raikkonen caught up with Hamilton and was finally about a second behind Hamilton by the end of the race. However, he did not attempt to overtake because he never got close enough to his opponent. Vettel and Button went to the pits again. Button switched to the harder, Vettel to the softer tire compound. Button fell behind Alonso; Vettel came back onto the track right in front of Alonso and kept his position, but was on fresher tires. By the end of the race he made up the gap to Grosjean completely, but there was no more attempt to overtake.

Before the end of the race, Schumacher and Karthikeyan dropped out. Schumacher gave up with a technical defect in the pits, Karthikeyan parked his car with a broken steering. This defect was announced over a few laps when the car pulled slightly to the right.

Hamilton finally won the race in front of the Lotus drivers Raikkonen and Grosjean. Vettel was fourth ahead of Alonso and Button. The other points went to Senna, Webber, Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg .

In the world championship, Alonso increased the gap to second-placed Webber. Vettel, Hamilton and Raikkonen in the places behind caught up. Red Bull stayed in the lead among the constructors. Ferrari dropped from second to fourth place. McLaren was new in second place ahead of Lotus.

There was a five-week summer break until the next race, the Belgian Grand Prix .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Red Bull Racing	01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB8	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	02	Mark Webber
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	03	Jenson Button	McLaren MP4-27	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	04th	Lewis Hamilton
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari F2012	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	06th	Felipe Massa
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	07th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes F1 W03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	08th	Nico Rosberg
Lotus F1 Team	09	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus E20	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	10	Romain Grosjean
Sahara Force India F1 Team	11	Paul di Resta	Force India VJM05	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	12	Jules Bianchi
		Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber F1 Team	14th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean C31	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	15th	Sergio Perez
Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso STR7	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	17th	Jean-Éric Vergne
Williams F1 team	18th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams FW34	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	19th	Valtteri Bottas
		Bruno Senna
Caterham F1 team	20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham CT01	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	21st	Vitaly Petrov
HRT F1 team	22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT F112	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	23	Dani Clos
		Narain Karthikeyan
Marussia F1 Team	24	Timo Glock	Marussia MR01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	25th	Charles Pic

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bianchi drove the Force India with the number 12 in the first free practice. Hülkenberg then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Bottas drove the Williams with the number 19 in the first free practice. Senna then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Clos drove the HRT with the number 23 in the first free practice. Karthikeyan then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 21.794	1: 21.060	1: 20.953	01
02	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 22.755	1: 21.657	1: 21.366	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 22.948	1: 21.407	1: 21.416	03
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 22.028	1: 21.618	1: 21.583	04th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	1: 22.234	1: 21.583	1: 21.730	05
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 22.095	1: 21.598	1: 21.844	06th
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 22.203	1: 21.534	1: 21,900	07th
08th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1: 22.475	1: 21.504	1: 21.939	08th
09	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1: 22.271	1: 21.697	1: 22.343	09
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 22.176	1: 21.653	1: 22.847	10
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 22.829	1: 21.715	-	11
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 21.912	1: 21.813	-	12
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 22.079	1: 21.895	-	13
14th	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 22.110	1: 21.895	-	14th
15th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 22.801	1: 22,300	-	15th
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 22.799	1: 22.380	-	16
17th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 22.436	1: 22.723	-	17th
18th	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 23.250	-	-	18th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1: 23.576	-	-	19th
20th	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1: 24.167	-	-	20th
21st	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 25.244	-	-	21st
22nd	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 25.476	-	-	22nd
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1: 25.916	-	-	23
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1: 26.178	-	-	24
107 percent time : 1: 27.519 min (based on the Q1 best time of 1: 21.794 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} racing cars with KERS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	69	2	1: 41: 05,503	01	1: 25.677 (65th)
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	69	2	+ 1.032	05	1: 25.728 (41st)
03	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	69	2	+ 10.518	02	1: 26.050 (59th)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	69	3	+ 11.614	03	1: 24.136 (68.)
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	69	2	+ 26.653	06th	1: 25.738 (65th)
06th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	69	3	+ 30.243	04th	1: 25.831 (58th)
07th	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	69	2	+ 33.899	09	1: 26.248 (65.)
08th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	69	3	+ 34.458	11	1: 25.402 (41.)
09	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	69	2	+ 38.350	07th	1: 25.920 (54th)
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	69	2	+ 51.234	13	1: 25.830 (58th)
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	69	2	+ 57.283	10	1: 26.073 (60th)
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	69	2	+1: 02.887	12	1: 25.976 (57.)
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	69	3	+1: 03,606	08th	1: 25.723 (63rd)
14th	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	69	2	+1: 04.494	14th	1: 25.218 (65.)
15th	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	68	3	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 26.508 (59th)
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	68	4th	+ 1 lap	16	1: 26.061 (66.)
17th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	68	3	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 26,595 (62nd)
18th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	67	2	DNF	15th	1: 25.745 (61.)
19th	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	67	3	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 27.629 (59.)
20th	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	67	2	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 28.727 (22.)
21st	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	66	2	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 28,447 (55.)
22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	66	2	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 28.765 (56th)
-	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	60	2	DNF	24	1: 29.506 (56.)
-	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	58	3	DNF	17th	1: 26.778 (56th)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} racing cars with KERS

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 164 02  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 124 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 122 04th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 117 05  Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Renault 116 06th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 77 07th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 76 08th  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 76 09  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 47 10  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 33 11  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 29 12  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 29

Item driver constructor Points 13  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 27 14th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 25th 15th  Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 24 16  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 19th 17th  Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4th 18th  Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2 19th  Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 0 20th  Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 0 21st  Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 0 22nd  Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 0 23  Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0 24  Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 246 02  McLaren-Mercedes 193 03  Lotus Renault 192 04th  Ferrari 189 05  Mercedes 106 06th  Clean Ferrari 80

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Renault 53 08th  Force India-Mercedes 46 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6th 10  Caterham-Renault 0 11  Marussia-Cosworth 0 12  HRT-Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sebastian Fränzschky: "Pirelli expects high wear in Hungary". Motorsport-Total.com, July 25, 2012, accessed July 27, 2012 . 
2. ^ "GP Hungary in Hungaroring / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, July 27, 2012, accessed July 27, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "And the rain comes again: Hamilton stays in front". Motorsport-Total.com, July 27, 2012, accessed July 27, 2012 . 
4. ^ "GP Hungary in Hungaroring / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, July 27, 2012, accessed July 27, 2012 . 
5. ^ "GP Hungary in Hungaroring / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, July 28, 2012, accessed July 28, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: "FIA dissolves: parking offenders Schumacher was a reason for abandonment". Motorsport-Total.com, July 29, 2012, accessed July 30, 2012 . 
7. ^ ^{A b c d} Stefan Ziegler: "Victory before the summer break: Hamilton beats Lotus". Motorsport-Total.com, July 29, 2012, accessed July 30, 2012 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e} "GP Hungary in Hungaroring / Race - Chronology". Motorsport-Total.com, July 29, 2012, accessed July 30, 2012 . 
9. ^ "GP Hungary in Hungaroring / Race - Tire Strategies". Motorsport-Total.com, July 29, 2012, accessed July 30, 2012 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Falko Schoklitsch: "Formula 1 races: Hamilton brings narrow victory in Hungary". Raikkonen created tension. Motorsport-Magazin.com, July 29, 2012, accessed July 30, 2012 . 
11. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "Formula 1 - Grosjean plays down Raikkonen duel". Missed chance to win in traffic. Motorsport-Magazin.com, July 29, 2012, accessed July 30, 2012 . 
12. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "HRT gets intoxicated from fighting with Glock". Motorsport-Total.com, July 29, 2012, accessed August 8, 2012 .