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2012 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 57 1:44:16.649 11 25
2 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 57 +6.4 secs 5 18
3 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 57 +12.6 secs 12 15
4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 57 +13.6 secs 19 12
5 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 57 +19.9 secs 8 10
6 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 57 +21.1 secs 6 8
7 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 57 +22.8 secs 10 6
8 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 57 +24.6 secs 9 4
9 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 57 +27.7 secs 15 2
10 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 57 +35.9 secs 14 1
11 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 57 +37.0 secs 17
12 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 57 +54.6 secs 3
13 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 57 +75.8 secs 20
14 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 57 +94.6 secs 16
15 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 57 +96.5 secs 23
16 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 13
17 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 56 +1 Lap 21
18 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 56 +1 Lap 22
19 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 55 Accident 2
Ret 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 40 +17 Laps 4
Ret 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 33 +24 Laps 1
Ret 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 33 Accident damage 7
Ret 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 26 Accident damage 18
DNS 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth DNS
Note - Glock did not take part due to a stomach bug. Maldonado originally finished 10th, but had 20s added to his race time for causing a collision

wolf1 wrote:of course Schumi finaly on the Podium!.

He's still under investigation by the stewards due to open back wing during safty car.
No decision till now.

That was a Race I wanna seen with many good Fights and Suprises and of course Schumi finaly on the Podium! I hope he lost not the 3. Place because Webber say Schumi use Kers under the yellow Flag.

I think it was the most spectacular race in past few years! All 3 (alonso,kimi,schumi) deserves the podium, but lewis showed,once again, that he didn` know how to lose. Too bad that vettel and grosjean had to retire

I thought it's about the sequence of "go out" this weekend !

hanshel wrote:3 Hamilton
2 Grosjean
1 Vettel

And Alonso ... he did the miracle!!!
Great Alonso!!!

Amazing Schumi and Kimi.

3 ferrari's men on the podium.

it never happened before !

Silly safety car !!!
Vettel out
Grosjean out
Alonso your sabotage buttons is one too much !

OOOHH!!!
What a thrilling race.

7 GP, 7 different winners up until now. Let`s continue with that...I think grosjean is ready to be the next...but if kimi is gonna get a good start,guess who I want to win?!

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2012 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE
qualifying

1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.626 1:38.530 1:38.086 15
2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.169 1:38.616 1:38.410 17
3 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:38.825 1:38.570 1:38.475 21
4 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:39.530 1:38.489 1:38.505 16
5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:39.464 1:38.531 1:38.513 16
6 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:39.061 1:38.504 1:38.623 17
7 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.651 1:38.703 1:38.741 12
8 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:39.009 1:38.689 1:38.752 19
9 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.622 1:38.563 1:38.801 16
10 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:38.858 1:38.519 1:38.992 18
11 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:39.409 1:38.707 14
12 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:39.447 1:38.770 12
13 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.388 1:38.780 14
14 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:39.449 1:39.207 15
15 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.353 1:39.358 14
16 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:40.087 1:40.295 11
17 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:39.924 1:40.358 12
18 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:40.203 9
19 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:40.395 7
20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:40.457 8
21 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:42.171 7
22 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:42.527 8
23 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:42.675 10
DNS 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth No time 0
Note - Glock did not take part in qualifying due to a stomach bug.

Congratulations To Sebastian! I think the battle will be between him and Hamilton!

The F1 will be this weekend in my city, Valencia.
I want to invite all the members of this forum to visit, know and enjoy beautiful, cozy this one and with an exceptional climate, city of the Spanish Mediterranean.

Here are the times of the 2nd free practice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:39.334 - laps 32
2. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:39.465 + 0.131 laps 32
3. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:39.595 + 0.261 laps 20
4. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:39.601 + 0.267 laps 27
5. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:39.644 + 0.310 laps 34
6. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:39.700 + 0.366 laps 32
7. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:39.733 + 0.399 laps 34
8. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:39.868 + 0.534 laps 33
9. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:39.901 + 0.567 laps 30
10. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:39.926 + 0.592 laps 32
11. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:39.945 + 0.611 laps 34
12. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:39.990 + 0.656 laps 33
13. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:40.075 + 0.741 laps 29
14. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:40.147 + 0.813 laps 25
15. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:40.244 + 0.910 laps 35
16. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:40.511 + 1.177 laps 29
17. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:40.963 + 1.629 laps 20
18. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:41.121 + 1.787 laps 32
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:41.197 + 1.863 laps 38
20. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:41.263 + 1.929 laps 29
21. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:42.424 + 3.090 laps 21
22. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:42.958 + 3.624 laps 30
23. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:44.201 + 4.867 laps 33
24. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:44.260 + 4.926 laps 12

Comment of the 2nd practice sesion :
World champion Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of the day in the second free practice session for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. The Red Bull driver, running an upgraded rear-end package on the RB8 that featured re-sculpted sidepods and new rear wing endplates, made the most of the new additions to go quickest with a 1m39.335s, 0.131 seconds ahead of Force India's Nico Hulkenberg and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi.
Session one pacesetter Pastor Maldonado (Williams) began the bidding six minutes into the session with a 1m41.133s, but that time was never likely to last long and within a minute Kobayashi had moved ahead in the Sauber.
Jenson Button's McLaren then went top with a 1m40.744s before improving that to a 1m40.522s just before the quarter hour mark. Lewis Hamilton quickly moved ahead with a 1m40.397s and that stood for nearly 10 minutes before the rapid-looking Mercedes of Michael Schumacher emerged from the pits and recorded a 1m40.169s.
Having set that time, Schumacher was straight on the radio complaining of 'drive' issues. It was not a big problem though, as he was back on track within 10 minutes. As the session crept towards the halfway mark, Button slapped on a set of soft Pirellis and became the first man to dip below 1m40s with a 1m39.990s. That though was put into context when Nico Rosberg eclipsed the time on the eighth lap of his own prime medium tyre run.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso had just moved to the top of the times (1m39.733s), again on softs, when Pedro de la Rosa hit the barriers hard. Having clattered the kerbs at Turn 13, the front-left of the HRT was significantly damaged as it went in front on into the tyres. There was a brief lull as the circuit was cleared before Schumacher emerged from the pits and set a time of 1m39.601s. It was then, finally, that Vettel produced his 1m39.334s flyer, which settled the matter, as teams switched to long-run modes and gathered degradation data. Behind Vettel, Hulkenberg and Kobayashi snuck ahead of Schumacher with two very impressive laps that hinted at the potential for another mixed up grid on Saturday.
Bruno Senna was fifth fastest, to further enhance the view that Williams is a contender in Valencia ahead of Hulkenberg's Force India team-mate Paul di Resta. Romain Grosjean was the fastest Lotus driver in seventh ahead of Mark Webber and Rosberg. That meant that both McLaren drivers, Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa all loitered outside the top 10 and the top 15 runners were covered by 0.910s.

Tommorrow ( saturday ) will be the 3rd free practice session at 11.00u CET - 12.00u CET , followed at 14.00u CET with the qaulification

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi