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Event Overview • SessionsEntry ListPenalties
Qualifying Session 1Session 2Session 3Overall
Race Starting GridClassificationLap by LapFastest LapsLaps LedPit Stops

Details
DateSunday 24 June 2012
Start time14:00
Event European GP
Circuit Valencia
Event FormatRace of 57 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#8 of 20 in 2012
#866 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps57
Circuit Perimeter5419 m
Race Distance5419 × 57 = 308.883 km
Grid Format2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole PositionRight
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Participants
Entries24
Qualifiers24
Finishers19
Pit stops49
DebutantsNone
MilestonesMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team – 1st Fastest Lap (Entrant)
Records Broken 1. Most 8th Place Finishes Jenson Button (14)
Records Extended 1. Most Retirements Lotus (610),
2. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (895),
3. Most Podium Finishes Ferrari (669),
4. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (1027),
5. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Michael Schumacher (214),
6. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Michael Schumacher (215),
7. Most Podium Finishes Michael Schumacher (155),
8. Most Race Wins Ferrari (219),
9. Most 12th Place Finishes Williams (31),
10. Most Races Led Ferrari (508),
11. Most Laps Led Ferrari (13470),
12. Most Race Entries Ferrari (1898)

World Championship standings
1  Fernando Alonso 111 up
2  Mark Webber 91 up
3  Lewis Hamilton 88 up
4  Sebastian Vettel 85 up
5  Nico Rosberg 75 
6  Kimi Räikkönen 73 
7  Romain Grosjean 53 
8  Jenson Button 49 
9  Sergio Pérez 39 
10  Pastor Maldonado 29 
11  Paul di Resta 27 up
12  Kamui Kobayashi 21 up
13  Michael Schumacher 17 up
14  Nico Hülkenberg 17 up
15  Bruno Senna 16 up
16  Felipe Massa 11 up
17  Jean-Éric Vergne 4 up
18  Daniel Ricciardo 2 up
1  Red Bull / Renault 176 
2  McLaren / Mercedes 137 
3  Lotus / Renault 126 
4  Ferrari / Ferrari 122 
5  Mercedes / Mercedes 92 
6  Sauber / Ferrari 60 
7  Williams / Renault 45 
8  Force India / Mercedes 44 
9  Toro Rosso / Ferrari 6 

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 5Car 1Car 8
EntrantScuderia FerrariRed Bull RacingMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
Driver Fernando Alonso Sebastian Vettel Nico Rosberg
Car Ferrari F2012 Red Bull RB8 Mercedes F1 W03
EngineFerrari 056Renault RS27-2012Mercedes FO108Z
Time1:44'16.6491'38.0861'42.163
Speed177.728 km/h198.891 km/h190.954 km/h

Podium
 RecipientTrophy Presented By
Winner Fernando AlonsoAlberto FabraPresident Communitat Valenciana Government
2nd Place Kimi RäikkönenRita Barberá NollaMayoress of Valencia
3rd Place Michael SchumacherCarlos Gracia FuertesPresident RFEDA, Vice President FIA
Winning ConstructorFerrari (represented by Andrea Stella)Alberto FabraPresident Communitat Valenciana Government