F1 2012: German Grand Prix.

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Q1 results:

18: Vergne
19: Kovalainen
20: Petrov
21: Pic
22: Glock
23: De La Rosa
24: Karthikeyan

The usual suspects are the first to go.. Rain expected for Q2!

[Ferry_vO]

The ones that drowned in Q2:

11: Ricciardo
12: Perez
13: Kobayashi
14: Massa
15: Grosjean
16: Senna
17: Rosberg

[Ferry_vO]

The first ten after a wet Q3:

1: Alonso
2: Vettel
3: Webber
4: Schumacher
5: Hulkenberg
6: Maldonado
7: Button
8: Hamilton
9: Di Resta
10: Raikkonen

Five positions grid penalties for changing the gearbox for Grosjean, Rosberg and Webber.

[Ferry_vO]

Full results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:16.073	1:38.521	1:40.621	23
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:16.393	1:38.309	1:41.026	23
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:16.500	1:39.382	1:41.496	24
4	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:16.686	1:38.010	1:42.459	24
5	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:16.271	1:39.467	1:43.501	24
6	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:16.181	1:38.731	1:43.950	27
7	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.507	1:38.659	1:44.113	20
8	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.221	1:37.365	1:44.186	18
9	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:16.352	1:39.703	1:44.889	26
10	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:15.693	1:39.729	1:45.811	20
11	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:16.516	1:39.789		15
12	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:15.726	1:39.933		17
13	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:16.481	1:39.985		16
14	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:16.265	1:40.212		17
15	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:16.685	1:40.574		18
16	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:16.426	1:40.752		21
17	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:15.988	1:41.551		18
18	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:16.741			9
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:17.620			8
20	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:18.531			9
21	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:19.220			12
22	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:19.291			11
23	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:19.912			8
24	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:20.230			10
		Q1 107% Time		1:20.991

Note - Grosjean, Rosberg, Webber drop five grid places for unscheduled gearbox changes. Perez drops five places for impeding.

[Panther_99FS]

Should be an interesting start!

[Wing_Z]

Should be an interesting start!

I was about to start typing that very thing...6 different cars in the first 6 grid slots: very interesting indeed!
And the "second wave" will also be something to watch: Button/Webber/Hamilton/Raikkonen
The race starts at midnight local time, and I may just stay up for it.
Final grid after all adjustments:

No	Driver	Team	Grid
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	2
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	3
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	4
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	5
3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	6
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	7
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	8
11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	9
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	10
16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	11
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	12
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	13
19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	14
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	15
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	16
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	17
21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	18
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	19
25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	20
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	21
24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	22
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	23
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	24

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Vettel complained bitterly about Button's McLaren teammate, Lewis Hamilton, saying the Briton slowed him down when he unlapped himself on lap 35. Hamilton, in his 100th Grand Prix, had an early puncture that ruined his race before he retired on lap 59.

"I don't see the point in him trying to race us. It is a bit stupid to race the leaders," Vettel said.

Vettel said Hamilton's move probably caused him to lose second place to Button temporarily.

Memorandum To Sebastian Vettel:
Dear Mr. Vettel,
Did you ever stop to think that Hamilton was perhaps trying to help his team mate (Button).....

Great win by Alonso!