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Race details
Race 11 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One season
The Hungaroring circuit
The Hungaroring circuit
Date 29 July 2012
Official name Formula One Eni Magyar Nagydij 2012[1]
Location Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary
Course Permanent racing facility
4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Distance 69 laps, 302.249 km (187.817 mi)
Scheduled Distance70 laps, 306.630 km (190.539 mi)
Weather Fine and Dry. Very Hot[2][3]

Air Temp 30C (86F)[3]
Track Temp 45 C (113F)[3]

Pole position
Driver 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:20.953
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:24.136 on lap 68
Podium
First 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Second 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault
Third 25px France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault

The 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Formula One Eni Magyar Nagydij 2012)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Hungaroring circuit near Mogyoród, Hungary on 29 July 2012.[4] It was the eleventh round of the 2012 season, and the twenty-seventh running of the Hungarian Grand Prix as a round of the World Championship.

Lewis Hamilton started the sixty nine lap race from pole position[5]—his first since the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix—alongside Romain Grosjean, in his career-best starting position.[6] Hamilton went on to win the race with Kimi Räikkönen second and Grosjean finishing third.[7]

This race marks Heikki Kovalainen's 100th race.

Report[]

Background[]

Regulation changes

Red Bull Racing were referred to race stewards at the German Grand Prix after FIA Technical Delegate Jo Bauer noted that their engine maps had the potential to violate the technical regulations.[8] Red Bull stood accused of manipulating the relationship between the torque produced by the Red Bull RB8 and the degree to which the throttle was open—particularly in medium-speed corners—thereby allowing more air to pass through the exhaust and over the diffuser, generating more downforce. Red Bull were cleared of wrongdoing, as, in the stewards' words, they had not technically broken any rules, but the FIA announced plans to rewrite the regulations governing throttle mapping so as to outlaw the practice entirely ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix.[9]

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre. It was the first time at the track in the single tyre supplier era (2008–present(Bridgestone then Pirelli)) where the 'supersoft' tyre had not been used.[10]

Driver changes

Dani Clos took Narain Karthikeyan's place once again for the first free practice session on Friday morning.[11] Jules Bianchi drove in the place of Nico Hülkenberg at Force India, while Valtteri Bottas drove for Williams, replacing Bruno Senna.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Grid
1 4 25px United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.794 1:21.060 1:20.953 1
2 10 25px France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:22.755 1:21.657 1:21.366 2
3 1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:22.948 1:21.407 1:21.416 3
4 3 25px United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.028 1:21.618 1:21.583 4
5 9 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:22.234 1:21.583 1:21.730 5
6 5 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:22.095 1:21.598 1:21.844 6
7 6 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:22.203 1:21.534 1:21.900 7
8 18 25px Flag of Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:22.475 1:21.504 1:21.939 8
9 19 25px Brazil Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:22.271 1:21.697 1:22.343 9
10 12 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:22.176 1:21.653 1:22.847 10
11 2 25px Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:22.829 1:21.715 11
12 11 25px United Kingdom Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:21.912 1:21.813 12
13 8 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:22.079 1:21.895 13
14 15 25px Mexico Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:22.110 1:21.895 14
15 14 25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:22.801 1:22.300 15
16 17 25px France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:22.799 1:22.380 16
17 7 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:22.436 1:22.723 17
18 16 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:23.250 18
19 20 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:23.576 19
20 21 25px Russia Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:24.167 20
21 25 25px France Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:25.244 21
22 24 25px Germany Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:25.476 22
23 22 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:25.916 23
24 23 25px Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:26.178 24
107% time: 1:27.519
Source:[5]

Race[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 69 1:41:05.503 1 25
2 9 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 69 +1.032 5 18
3 10 25px France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 69 +10.518 2 15
4 1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 69 +11.614 3 12
5 5 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 69 +26.653 6 10
6 3 25px Great Britain Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 69 +30.243 4 8
7 19 25px Brazil Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 69 +33.899 9 6
8 2 25px Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 69 +34.458 11 4
9 6 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 69 +38.350 7 2
10 8 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 69 +51.234 13 1
11 12 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 69 +57.283 10
12 11 25px Great Britain Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 69 +1:02.887 12
13 18 25px The flag of Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 69 +1:03.606 8
14 15 25px Mexico Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 69 +1:04.494 14
15 16 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 68 +1 Lap 18
16 17 25px France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 68 +1 Lap 16
17 20 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 68 +1 Lap 19
18 14 25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 67 Hydraulics 15
19 21 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 67 +2 Laps 20
20 25 25px France Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 67 +2 Laps 21
21 24 25px Germany Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 66 +3 Laps 22
22 22 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 66 +3 Laps 23
Ret 23 25px Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 60 Steering 24
Ret 7 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Mercedes 58 Technical 17
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 25px Spain Fernando Alonso 164
2 25px Australia Mark Webber 124
3 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel 122
4 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton 117
5 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 116
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 25px Austria Red Bull-Renault 246
2 25px Great Britain McLaren-Mercedes 193
3 25px Great Britain Lotus-Renault 192
4 25px Italy Ferrari 189
5 25px Germany Mercedes 106
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Formula One Eni Magyar Nagydij 2012". Formula One. http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/hungary_874/. Retrieved 23 July 2012. 
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  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "FORMULA 1 ENI MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2012 (Race)". Formula One. 29 July 2012. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/874/7119/live_timing_popup.html#. Retrieved 19 February 2013. 
  4. Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/12/07/united-states-grand-prix-remains-unchanged-2012-f1-calendar/. Retrieved 8 July 2012. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Formula One Eni Magyar Nagydij 2012". Formula One. 28 July 2012. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/874/7118/. Retrieved 29 July 2012. 
  6. Elizalde, Pablo (28 July 2012). "Grosjean delighted to answer German GP woes with best F1 qualifying at Hungary". Autosport (Haymarket Media Group). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101575. Retrieved 29 July 2012. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "FORMULA 1 ENI MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2012 Provisional Results". Formula One. 29 July 2012. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/874/7119/. Retrieved 2012-07-29. 
  8. Benson, Andrew (22 July 2012). "German GP: Red Bull cleared of illegal engine mapping". BBC F1 (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18943608. Retrieved 24 July 2012. 
  9. Benson, Andrew (23 July 2012). "F1 seeks computer rule change on Red Bull". BBC F1 (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18957915. Retrieved 24 July 2012. 
  10. "Pirelli reveal tyre choices for final three rounds". Formula One. 16 October 2012. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/10/13931.html. Retrieved 19 February 2013. 
  11. Elizlde, Pablo (23 July 2012). "Clos to get another F1 Friday outing with HRT at Hungarian Grand Prix". Autosport (Haymarket Media Group). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101455. Retrieved 24 July 2012. 



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