F1: The 2012 European Grand Prix.

[Ferry_vO]

Qualifying results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
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
		Q1 107% Time		1:45.742

Note - Glock did not take part in qualifying due to a stomach bug.

[Panther_99FS]

Interesting podium top-3....

[Ferry_vO]

Shame about Vettel and Grosjean, but a great podium! The 'oldest' podium in a long time.
Hamilton throwing away his chances, he should have settled for any possible points and just let Maldonado pass...

Full results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	57	Winner	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	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	57	+34.6 secs	3	1
11	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	57	+35.9 secs	14
12	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	57	+37.0 secs	17
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	+2 Laps	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	+24 Laps	7
Ret	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	26	+31 Laps	18
DNS	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth		DNS

Note - Glock did not take part due to a stomach bug.

[huub vink]

Interesting podium top-3....

Indeed! All former world champions and at least 2 were regarded "over the hill".

[Wing_Z]

Surely the best race of the year!
Just when you thought "Oh well there goes Vettel again" ...BOOM!
Grosjean ...BOOM!
Hamilton ...OOPS!
Maldonado...your fault - DEMOTED!

I thought the Tifosi were going to explode when Alonso parked that red beast in front of the stand and did his war dance for them.
What a day for Spain!

[Ferry_vO]

Hamilton ...OOPS!
Maldonado...your fault - DEMOTED!

Not sure if I agree; Hamilton was fighting a lost battle, all he could do was get to the finish and see if he would end up with a few points. The McLaren looked like it was driving on ice!
So why try to defend so desperately..? Now he got no points at all.

[demorier]

I agree it was probably the most interesting race so far this season....it was looking like a big yawn then bang, crash...lots of things changed.