Hungary 2012: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	McLaren	1:21.794	1:21.060	1:20.953
2	Grosjean	Lotus	1:22.755	1:21.657	1:21.366	+0.413
3	Vettel	Red Bull	1:22.948	1:21.407	1:21.416	+0.463
4	Button	McLaren	1:22.028	1:21.618	1:21.583	+0.630
5	Räikkönen	Lotus	1:22.234	1:21.583	1:21.730	+0.777
6	Alonso	Ferrari	1:22.095	1:21.598	1:21.844	+0.891
7	Massa	Ferrari	1:22.203	1:21.534	1:21.900	+0.947
8	Maldonado	Williams	1:22.475	1:21.504	1:21.939	+0.986
9	Senna	Williams	1:22.271	1:21.697	1:22.343	+1.390
10	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:22.176	1:21.653	1:22.847	+1.894
11	Webber	Red Bull	1:22.829	1:21.715		+0.655
12	Di Resta	Force India	1:21.912	1:21.813		+0.753
13	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:22.079	1:21.895		+0.835
14	Pérez	Sauber	1:22.110	1:21.895		+0.835
15	Kobayashi	Sauber	1:22.801	1:22.300		+1.240
16	Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:22.799	1:22.380		+1.320
17	Schumacher	Mercedes	1:22.436	1:22.723		+1.663
18	Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:23.250			+1.456
19	Kovalainen	Caterham	1:23.576			+1.782
20	Petrov	Caterham	1:24.167			+2.373
21	Pic	Marussia	1:25.244			+3.450
22	Glock	Marussia	1:25.476			+3.682
23	De la Rosa	HRT	1:25.916			+4.122
24	Karthikeyan	HRT	1:26.178			+4.384

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	69	1:41:05.503	2	Mercedes
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	5	69	+1.032	2	Renault
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	2	69	+10.518	2	Renault
4	Sebastian VettelFastest lap	Red Bull	3	69	+11.614	3	Renault
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	6	69	+26.653	2	Ferrari
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	69	+30.243	3	Mercedes
7	Bruno Senna	Williams	9	69	+33.899	2	Renault
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull	11	69	+34.458	3	Renault
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	7	69	+38.350	2	Ferrari
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	13	69	+51.234	2	Mercedes
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	10	69	+57.283	2	Mercedes
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	12	69	+1:02.887	2	Mercedes
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	8	69	+1:03.606	3	Renault
14	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	14	69	+1:04.494	2	Ferrari
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	18	68	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	16	68	+1 lap	4	Ferrari
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	19	68	+1 lap	3	Renault
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	15	67	Hydraulics	2	Ferrari
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	20	67	+2 laps	3	Renault
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	21	67	+2 laps	2	Cosworth
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	22	66	+3 laps	2	Cosworth
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	23	66	+3 laps	2	Cosworth
DNF	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	24	60	Steering	2	Cosworth
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	17	58	Technical defect	3	Mercedes

Race

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Places gained

Räikkönen5→2+3
Webber11→8+3
Rosberg13→10+3
Ricciardo18→15+3
Senna9→7+2
Kovalainen19→17+2
Alonso6→5+1
Petrov20→19+1
Pic21→20+1
Glock22→21+1
De la Rosa23→22+1
Hamilton1→10
Di Resta12→120
Pérez14→140
Vergne16→160
Grosjean2→3-1
Vettel3→4-1
Hülkenberg10→11-1
Button4→6-2
Massa7→9-2
Kobayashi15→18-3
Maldonado8→13-5

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Schumacher13.199R4
2Maldonado13.206R52
3Vettel18.964R58
4Hamilton19.059R40
5Button19.083R34
6Webber19.175R39
7Vettel19.331R38
8Alonso19.365R43
9Vettel19.380R17
10Webber19.386R55

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1822292 stops
Räikkönen2025242 stops
Grosjean1920302 stops
Vettel172120113 stops
Alonso1726262 stops
Button151911243 stops
Senna1626272 stops
Webber201916143 stops
Massa1825262 stops
Rosberg1624292 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

KobayashiHydraulics, classified P18Sauber
KarthikeyanSteeringHRT
SchumacherTechnical defectMercedes

This race in history

26 races here since 1986Won from pole: 11 of 26

Win from furthest back (P14): Jenson Button 2006

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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