But he will not incur any penalty for a gearbox change because of his retirement. Lewis Hamilton retired with gearbox damage after running well down the field following an early puncture. However, the Englishman was promoted to second place after race stewards gave Vettel a 20-second penalty for his overtake of Button on the penultimate lap. I knew it would be a long race to the end Fernando Alonsoīutton climbed up from sixth on the grid to pass Vettel at the second pit stops but was re-passed with two laps to go. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2012 German Grand Prix.Great strategy calls from the team to keep me ahead through the pit stops. ^ "Vettel penalised for Button pass, drops from second to fifth in the German Grand Prix".^ "FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2012".^ Creighton, Geoff Hughes, Emlyn (22 July 2012)."Bianchi gets another practice outing with Force India in Germany". "Clos to replace Karthikeyan at HRT for opening session of the German Grand Prix". "Sergio Perez handed penalty for impeding during qualifying for the German Grand Prix". "Red Bull's Mark Webber gets gearbox change penalty for German Grand Prix". "Rosberg to get five-place grid penalty after gearbox change ahead of German GP". ^ a b Straw, Edd Strang, Simon (20 July 2012)."Grosjean to take five-place grid penalty at Hockenheim after team discovers gearbox issue". ^ "Pirelli reveal tyre choices for final three rounds".^ a b "Formula 1 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland - Provisional Results".Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". ^ Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011).^ a b c "FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2012 (Race)".^ a b "Formula 1 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012".Notes: ^1 - Sebastian Vettel was given a 20 second post-race drive-through penalty for an illegal overtaking manoeuvre on Jenson Button on lap 66, dropping him from second to fifth. Race įernando Alonso started the race from pole position and won. ^2 - Sergio Pérez was demoted five places as a penalty for impeding Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen in the second qualifying session. Notes: ^1 - Romain Grosjean, Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber were each demoted five places as a penalty for changing their gearboxes before the race.
Michael Schumacher qualified fourth Qualifying Pos.
Jules Bianchi replaced Paul di Resta at Force India, while Valtteri Bottas once again drove Bruno Senna's Williams for the same session.
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Driver changes ĭani Clos took over Narain Karthikeyan's HRT during the first free practice session. Sergio Pérez was given a five-place grid penalty for impeding Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen in the second qualifying session. Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber were also given five-place penalties for gearbox changes. Romain Grosjean took a five-place grid penalty after his team discovered a terminal issue in his gearbox. Tyre supplier Pirelli chose to run with the most commonly run tyre combination of the year to date, and brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre to the Hockenheim circuit. The DRS detection zone for the race was located at turn four, with the activation zone located 260 metres (850 ft) further down the road, so that it could be used on the approach to the hairpin.