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|caption = Valencia Street Circuit
 
|date = June 24
 
|officialname = 2012 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE
 
|circuit = Valencia Street Circuit
 
|location = Valencia, Spain
 
|circuittype = Temporary Street Circuit
 
|lapdistance = 5.419
 
|laps = 57
 
|distance = 308.883
 
|pole = Sebastian Vettel
 
|polenation = GER
 
|poleteam = {{Red Bull-Renault}}
 
|poletime = 1:38.086
 
|fastestlap = 1:42.163
 
|fastestlapdriver = Nico Rosberg
 
|fastestlapnation = GER
 
|fastestlapteam = {{Mercedes-CON}}
 
|fastestlapnumber = 54
 
|winner = Fernando Alonso
 
|winnernation = ESP
 
|winnerteam = {{Ferrari-CON}}
 
|second = Kimi Räikkönen
 
|secondteam = {{Lotus F1-Renault}}
 
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The '''2012 European Grand Prix''' was the eighth race of the [[2012 Formula One Season]]. It was held for the fifth time at the [[Valencia Street Circuit]], Spain and was the 22nd running of the [[European Grand Prix]] as a standalone Formula One event. The race took place on 24 June 2012. It will be the last European Grand Prix to be held at Valencia, as the race will alternate with the [[Circuit de Catalunya]] as the [[Spanish Grand Prix]] from {{F1|2013}} onwards.
 
 
On Saturday, [[Sebastian Vettel]] took [[pole positon]] ahead of [[Lewis Hamilton]] after a storming lap in a tight qualifying session. Vettel's time was over three tenths ahead of Hamilton.
 
 
The race was [[victory|won]] by {{Ferrari-CON}} driver [[Fernando Alonso]] from 11th on the grid, a deserved victory after a string of overtakes earlier in the race. Second was [[Kimi Räikkönen]] for {{Lotus F1-CON}}, with {{Mercedes-CON}} veteran [[Michael Schumacher]] completing the podium. This was Schumacher's first [[podium]] since his return to [[Formula One]] in {{F1|2010}}. [[Sebastian Vettel]] led up until lap 33, when an alternator failure on his {{Renault-ENG}} [[engine]] forced him to stop. [[Lewis Hamilton]] was third with two laps to go, but crashed with [[Pastor Maldonado]]. Maldonado received a 20-second penalty for his part in the crash, and lost a point as a result.
 
 
==Background==
 
{{Red Bull-CON}} arrived at Valencia with a major set of upgrades expected to greatly improve their performance after a disappointing result in Canada. Amongst other teams making minor bodywork changes were {{Ferrari-CON}} with new aerodynamic parts and {{Lotus F1-CON}} with a new front wing design.
 
 
The Valencia Street Circuit remained unchanged from the 2011 event, however the double-[[DRS]] zone which was used the previous year was reduced to a single DRS zone on the long back-straight between the swing-bridge exit (turn 10) and the braking zone for the tight right-left chicane (Turn 12). This posed potential difficulties taking the left-kink (Turn 11) with the DRS activated.
 
 
Following an unsuccessful practice, {{Marussia-CON}} driver [[Timo Glock]] was forced to withdraw from the event on doctors' advice, as he was feeling unwell. The team chose to leave the number 25 car-slot vacant for the race, rather than allowing reserve driver [[María de Villota]] to compete in the race, as de Villota lacked the Super Licence required by the FIA to race.
 
 
==Practice Overview==
 
 
===FP1===
 
 
For Free Practice 1, [[Jules Bianchi]] replaced [[Nico Hülkenberg]] and [[Valtteri Bottas]] replaced [[Bruno Senna]].
 
 
The session started relatively quietly, without much driving taking place in the first half hour, and with no incidents. Like in [[2012 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]], [[Jenson Button]]'s {{McLaren-CON}} was having issues, first with his [[Kinetic Energy Recovery System|KERS]], then front locking and brake balance issues. Despite this, Button set the fourth fastest time of the session. But the quickest driver was [[Pastor Maldonado]], who set a time only eight hundredths ahead of second-placed [[Sebastian Vettel]], who in turn was only about one hundredth ahead of his {{Red Bull-CON}} teammate, [[Mark Webber]]. The top thirteen drivers were all within one second.
 
 
===FP2===
 
 
Unlike FP1, Free Practice 2 had some incidents. First, 25 minutes in, [[Michael Schumacher]] suffered an [[engine]] problem, he was soon back out on track. Then, just after 40 minutes into the session, [[Pedro de la Rosa]] had a accident, crashing into the barriers, and this brought out [[Flag system|Yellow Flags]] for five minutes. Also unlike FP1, the drivers completed a lot of laps, with [[Heikki Kovalainen]] doing the most laps (38). [[Sebastian Vettel]] topped the timesheets after being second quickest in FP1; but surprisingly was backed up by [[Nico Hülkenberg]] and [[Kamui Kobayashi]]. The top 15 were covered by one second, tighter than in FP1; and also of note is that [[Vitaly Petrov]]'s FP2 time would place 2nd in comparison to the FP1 times.
 
 
===FP3===
 
 
In an uneventful session, out-of-form [[Jenson Button]] surprising set the fastest lap time, ahead of the two {{Lotus F1-CON}}'s, with [[Romain Grosjean]] ahead of [[Kimi Räikkönen]]. The {{Force India-CON}}s came fourth and fifth, [[Nico Hülkenberg]] beating [[Paul di Resta]]. [[Mark Webber]] only completed four laps in the hour session; all at the start, as his suffered brake problems. The only near-crashes were [[Pedro de la Rosa]], who spun at the final corner, but kept his car out the barriers; and [[Sebastian Vettel]], who went off at turn two with minutes to go.
 
 
===Practice Results===
 
 
{|class="wikitable" width=100% style="font-size:90%"
 
!rowspan=2 width=4%|No.
 
!rowspan=2 width=25%|Driver
 
!rowspan=2 width=28%|Team
 
|rowspan=28 width=1px|
 
!colspan=2 width=13%|FP1
 
|rowspan=28 width=1px|
 
!colspan=2 width=13%|FP2
 
|rowspan=28 width=1px|
 
!colspan=2 width=13%|FP3
 
|-
 
!width=4%|Pos
 
!width=9%|Time
 
!width=4%|Pos
 
!width=9%|Time
 
!width=4%|Pos
 
!width=9%|Time
 
|-
 
|1
 
|{{GER}} [[Sebastian Vettel]]
 
|rowspan=2|{{AUT}} {{Red Bull-Renault}}
 
|2
 
|1:40.973
 
|'''1'''
 
|'''1:39.334'''
 
|13
 
|1:39.434
 
|-
 
|2
 
|{{AUS}} [[Mark Webber]]
 
|3
 
|1:40.984
 
|9
 
|1:39.901
 
|19
 
|1:41.282
 
|-
 
|3
 
|{{GBR}} [[Jenson Button]]
 
|rowspan=2|{{GBR}} {{McLaren-Mercedes}}
 
|4
 
|1:40.994
 
|12
 
|1:39.990
 
|'''1'''
 
|'''1:38.562'''
 
|-
 
|4
 
|{{GBR}} [[Lewis Hamilton]]
 
|8
 
|1:41.158
 
|14
 
|1:40.147
 
|8
 
|1:39.178
 
|-
 
|5
 
|{{ESP}} [[Fernando Alonso]]
 
|rowspan=2|{{ITA}} {{Ferrari-CON}}
 
|5
 
|1:41.065
 
|7
 
|1:39.733
 
|12
 
|1:39.395
 
|-
 
|6
 
|{{BRA}} [[Felipe Massa]]
 
|14
 
|1:42.109
 
|15
 
|1:40.244
 
|9
 
|1:39.318
 
|-
 
|7
 
|{{GER}} [[Michael Schumacher]]
 
|rowspan=2|{{GER}} {{Mercedes-CON}}
 
|7
 
|1:41.117
 
|4
 
|1:39.601
 
|7
 
|1:39.141
 
|-
 
|8
 
|{{GER}} [[Nico Rosberg]]
 
|9
 
|1:42.182
 
|10
 
|1:39.926
 
|15
 
|1:39.946
 
|-
 
|9
 
|{{FIN}} [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
 
|rowspan=2|{{GBR}} {{Lotus F1-Renault}}
 
|10
 
|1:41.620
 
|11
 
|1:39.945
 
|3
 
|1:38.759
 
|-
 
|10
 
|{{FRA}} [[Romain Grosjean]]
 
|11
 
|1:41.784
 
|8
 
|1:39.868
 
|2
 
|1:38.655
 
|-
 
|11
 
|{{GBR}} [[Paul di Resta]]
 
|rowspan=3|{{IND}} {{Force India-Mercedes}}
 
|6
 
|1:41.105
 
|6
 
|1:39.700
 
|5
 
|1:38.892
 
|-
 
|rowspan=2|12
 
|{{GER}} [[Nico Hülkenberg]]
 
|colspan=2 align=center|DNP
 
|2
 
|1:39.465
 
|4
 
|1:38.819
 
|-
 
|{{ITA}} [[Jules Bianchi]]
 
|15
 
|1:42.175
 
|colspan=2 align=center|DNP
 
|colspan=2 align=center|DNP
 
|-
 
|14
 
|{{JPN}} [[Kamui Kobayashi]]
 
|rowspan=2|{{SUI}} {{Sauber-Ferrari}}
 
|12
 
|1:41.838
 
|3
 
|1:39.595
 
|11
 
|1:39.358
 
|-
 
|15
 
|{{MEX}} [[Sergio Pérez]]
 
|13
 
|1:41.861
 
|16
 
|1:40.511
 
|6
 
|1:39.084
 
|-
 
|16
 
|{{AUS}} [[Daniel Ricciardo]]
 
|rowspan=2|{{ITA}} {{Toro Rosso-Ferrari}}
 
|19
 
|1:42.777
 
|18
 
|1:41.121
 
|17
 
|1:40.134
 
|-
 
|17
 
|{{FRA}} [[Jean-Éric Vergne]]
 
|18
 
|1:42.758
 
|20
 
|1:41.263
 
|16
 
|1:40.037
 
|-
 
|18
 
|{{VEN}} [[Pastor Maldonado]]
 
|rowspan=3|{{GBR}} {{Williams-Renault}}
 
|'''1'''
 
|'''1:40.890'''
 
|13
 
|1:40.075
 
|10
 
|1:39.357
 
|-
 
|rowspan=2|19
 
|{{BRA}} [[Bruno Senna]]
 
|colspan=2 align=center|DNP
 
|5
 
|1:39.644
 
|14
 
|1:39.543
 
|-
 
|{{FIN}} [[Valtteri Bottas]]
 
|16
 
|1:42.299
 
|colspan=2 align=center|DNP
 
|colspan=2 align=center|DNP
 
|-
 
|20
 
|{{FIN}} [[Heikki Kovalainen]]
 
|rowspan=2|{{MAS}} {{Caterham-Renault}}
 
|17
 
|1:42.442
 
|19
 
|1:41.197
 
|18
 
|1:40.681
 
|-
 
|21
 
|{{RUS}} [[Vitaly Petrov]]
 
|20
 
|1:43.209
 
|17
 
|1:40.963
 
|20
 
|1:41.931
 
|-
 
|22
 
|{{ESP}} [[Pedro de la Rosa]]
 
|rowspan=2|{{ESP}} {{HRT-Cosworth}}
 
|22
 
|1:44.996
 
|24
 
|1:44.260
 
|21
 
|1:42.758
 
|-
 
|23
 
|{{IND}} [[Narain Karthikeyan]]
 
|23
 
|1:45.120
 
|23
 
|1:44.201
 
|23
 
|1:42.943
 
|-
 
|24
 
|{{GER}} [[Timo Glock]]
 
|rowspan=2|{{RUS}} {{Marussia-Cosworth}}
 
|24
 
|1:45.338
 
|21
 
|1:42.424
 
|24
 
|1:43.815
 
|-
 
|25
 
|{{FRA}} [[Charles Pic]]
 
|21
 
|1:44.173
 
|22
 
|1:42.958
 
|22
 
|1:42.815
 
|}
 
 
==Qualifying==
 
===Q1===
 
 
[[Pastor Maldonado]] topped the first session, which saw [[Mark Webber]] return to the track after problems with his brakes. However, his [[Drag Reduction System|DRS]] was not working, and as a result he was unable to progress to Q2, despite using the softer tyres. His place in Q2 was taken by [[Heikki Kovalainen]], who beat the time of [[Jean-Éric Vergne]] on his final lap to advance out of Q1 for the first time this season. Behind Webber, [[Vitaly Petrov]] was 20th, the two {{HRT-CON}}s of [[Pedro de la Rosa]] and [[Narain Karthikeyan]] were 21st and 22nd. [[Charles Pic]] qualified 23rd, and [[Timo Glock]] did not take part in the session.
 
 
===Q2===
 
 
The second session of qualifying was very tight. [[Romain Grosjean]] was fastest, setting a time of 1:38.489 at the end. [[Felipe Massa]], who was 13th, posted a time of 1:38.780, under three tenths of a second slower than Grosjean. [[Fernando Alonso]] qualified 11th and [[Michael Schumacher]] qualified 12th, the two biggest scalps of Q2. [[Bruno Senna]] was 14th, with [[Sergio Pérez]] 15th. Another surprise was that {{Caterham-CON}}'s [[Heikki Kovalainen]] beat the time of [[Daniel Ricciardo]], to qualify 16th.
 
 
===Q3===
 
 
The third and final session was dominated by one lap from [[Sebastian Vettel]]. He beat [[Lewis Hamilton]] by 0.324 seconds, with one the best qualifying laps of his career. Behind Hamilton was [[Pastor Maldonado]], showing some of the form he had [[2012 Spanish Grand Prix|last time he was in Spain]]. Fourth and fifth were {{Lotus F1-CON}} teammates, [[Romain Grosjean]] and [[Kimi Räikkönen]]. Sixth was [[Nico Rosberg]], and {{Sauber-CON}}'s [[Kamui Kobayashi]] was seventh, another good qualifying performance from the Japanese driver. Eighth was [[Nico Hülkenberg]], who beat {{McLaren-CON}}'s [[Jenson Button]]. After a mistake on his fastest lap, [[Paul di Resta]] was tenth, completing a disappointing return for {{Force India-CON}}, considering their strong performance in the practice sessions.
 
 
===Post-qualifying===
 
 
[[Sebastian Vettel]]'s [[pole position|pole]] was the 33rd of his career, putting him equal third in the all-time table with [[Jim Clark]] and [[Alain Prost]]. He is, however, still 32 poles behind [[Ayrton Senna]], who has the second-most amount of poles (65).
 
 
The stewards gave [[Timo Glock]] special dispenation to take part in the race, but after taking medical advice, he chose not to race.
 
 
===Qualifying Results===
 
 
{{Grid|[[Sebastian Vettel]]|[[Lewis Hamilton]]|[[Pastor Maldonado]]|[[Romain Grosjean]]|[[Kimi Räikkönen]]|[[Nico Rosberg]]|[[Kamui Kobayashi]]|[[Nico Hülkenberg]]|[[Jenson Button]]|[[Paul di Resta]]|[[Fernando Alonso]]|[[Michael Schumacher]]|[[Felipe Massa]]|[[Bruno Senna]]|[[Sergio Pérez]]|[[Heikki Kovalainen]]|[[Daniel Ricciardo]]|[[Jean-Éric Vergne]]|[[Mark Webber]]|[[Vitaly Petrov]]|[[Pedro de la Rosa]]|[[Narain Karthikeyan]]|[[Charles Pic]]|*}}
 
 
<nowiki />* [[Timo Glock]] was unable to participate in qualifying, due to a stomach bug, and though he was allowed to race, he decided against doing so.
 
 
==Race==
 
 
===Results===
 
 
{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%"
 
! <span style="cursor:help;" title=" Position">Pos.</span> !! <span style="cursor:help;" title=" Car number">No.</span> !! Driver !! Constructor !! <span style="cursor:help;" title=" Laps completed">Laps</span> !! <span style="cursor:help;" title=" Time for winner, time or number laps behind leader or reason for retirement">Time/Retired</span> !! <span style="cursor:help;" title=" Average speed, in kilometres per hour">Avg Speed</span> !! <span style="cursor:help;" title=" Grid position">Grid</span> !! <span style="cursor:help;" title=" Points gained from race">Pts</span>
 
|-
 
| 1 || 5 || [[Fernando Alonso]] || {{Ferrari-CON}} || 57 || 1:44:16.649 || 177.728 || 11 || 25
 
|-
 
| 2 || 9 || [[Kimi Räikkönen]] || {{Lotus F1-Renault}} || 57 || + 6.421 s || 177.545 || 5 || 18
 
|-
 
| 3 || 7 || [[Michael Schumacher]] || {{Mercedes-CON}} || 57 || + 12.639 s || 177.369 || 12 || 15
 
|-
 
| 4 || 2 || [[Mark Webber]] || {{Red Bull-Renault}} || 57 || + 13.628 s || 177.341 || 19 || 12
 
|-
 
| 5 || 12 || [[Nico Hülkenberg]] || {{Force India-Mercedes}} || 57 || + 19.993 s || 177.161 || 8 || 10
 
|-
 
| 6 || 8 || [[Nico Rosberg]] || {{Mercedes-CON}} || 57 || + 21.176 s || 177.128 || 6 || 8
 
|-
 
| 7 || 11 || [[Paul di Resta]] || {{Force India-Mercedes}} || 57 || + 22.866 s || 177.080 || 10 || 6
 
|-
 
| 8 || 3 || [[Jenson Button]] || {{McLaren-Mercedes}} || 57 || + 24.653 s || 177.030 || 9 || 4
 
|-
 
| 9 || 15 || [[Sergio Pérez]] || {{Sauber-Ferrari}} || 57 || + 27.777 s || 176.942 || 15 || 2
 
|-
 
| 10 || 19 || [[Bruno Senna]] || {{Williams-Renault}} || 57 || + 35.961 s || 176.712 || 14 || 1
 
|-
 
| 11 || 16 || [[Daniel Ricciardo]] || {{Toro Rosso-Ferrari}} || 57 || + 37.041 s || 176.682 || 17 ||
 
|-
 
| 12 || 18 || [[Pastor Maldonado]]* || {{Williams-Renault}} || 57 || + 54.630 s || 176.749 || 3 ||
 
|-
 
| 13 || 21 || [[Vitaly Petrov]] || {{Caterham-Renault}} || 57 || + 1 m 15.871 s || 175.598 || 20 ||
 
|-
 
| 14 || 20 || [[Heikki Kovalainen]] || {{Caterham-Renault}} || 57 || + 1 m 34.654 s || 175.079 || 16 ||
 
|-
 
| 15 || 25 || [[Charles Pic]] || {{Marussia-Cosworth}} || 57 || + 1 m 36.551 s || 175.027 || 23 ||
 
|-
 
| 16 || 6 || [[Felipe Massa]] || {{Ferrari-CON}} || 56 || + 1 lap || 174.533 || 13 ||
 
|-
 
| 17 || 22 || [[Pedro de la Rosa]] || {{HRT-Cosworth}} || 56 || + 1 lap || 174.281 || 21 ||
 
|-
 
| 18 || 23 || [[Narain Karthikeyan]] || {{HRT-Cosworth}} || 56 || + 1 lap || 174.024 || 22 ||
 
|-
 
| 19 || 4 || [[Lewis Hamilton]] || {{McLaren-Mercedes}} || 55 || Collision || 177.341 || 2 ||
 
|-
 
| Ret || 10 || [[Romain Grosjean]] || {{Lotus F1-Renault}} || 40 || Alternator || 174.462 || 4 ||
 
|-
 
| Ret || 1 || [[Sebastian Vettel]] || {{Red Bull-Renault}} || 33 || Alternator || 172.181 || 1 ||
 
|-
 
| Ret || 14 || [[Kamui Kobayashi]] || {{Sauber-Ferrari}} || 33 || Collision damage || 171.981 || 7 ||
 
|-
 
| Ret || 17 || [[Jean-Éric Vergne]] || {{Toro Rosso-Ferrari}} || 26 || Collision damage || 178.776 || 18 ||
 
|-
 
| DNS || 24 || [[Timo Glock]] || {{Marussia-Cosworth}} || || Illness || || ||
 
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<nowiki />* [[Pastor Maldonado]] finished '''10th''' but received a 20-second penalty for "rejoining the track in an unsafe manner" in his collision with [[Lewis Hamilton]]. This moved him down to '''12th'''.
 
 
===Fastest Laps===
 
 
===Laps in the Lead===
 
 
====By Lap====
 
 
{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%"
 
! Stint
 
! Driver
 
! Laps
 
! Total
 
! Distance
 
|-
 
| 1
 
| [[Sebastian Vettel]]
 
| align=center| 1 &ndash; 33
 
| align=center| 33
 
| 178.827 km
 
|-
 
| 2
 
| [[Fernando Alonso]]
 
| align=center| 34 &ndash; 57
 
| align=center| 24
 
| 130.056 km
 
|}
 
 
====Totals====
 
 
{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%"
 
! Pos.
 
! Driver
 
! Laps
 
! Distance
 
|-
 
| 1
 
| [[Sebastian Vettel]]
 
| align=center| 33
 
| 178.827 km
 
|-
 
| 2
 
| [[Fernando Alonso]]
 
| align=center| 24
 
| 130.056 km
 
|}
 
 
==Milestones==
 
 
* {{Ferrari-CON}}'s 850th Grand Prix.
 
* [[Sergio Pérez]]'s 25th start (26 entries).
 
 
==Standings after race==
 
{{Col-begin}}
 
{{Col-2}}
 
{|class=wikitable
 
!colspan=3|Drivers' World Championship
 
|-
 
!Pos.
 
!Driver
 
!Pts
 
|-
 
|'''1'''
 
|'''[[Fernando Alonso]]'''
 
|'''111'''
 
|-
 
|2
 
|[[Mark Webber]]
 
|91
 
|-
 
|3
 
|[[Lewis Hamilton]]
 
|88
 
|-
 
|4
 
|[[Sebastian Vettel]]
 
|85
 
|-
 
|5
 
|[[Nico Rosberg]]
 
|75
 
|-
 
|colspan=3|Only top five are shown
 
|}
 
 
{{Col-2}}
 
{|class=wikitable
 
!colspan=3|Constructors' World Championship
 
|-
 
!Pos.
 
!Team
 
!Pts
 
|-
 
|'''1'''
 
|'''{{Red Bull-Renault}}'''
 
|'''176'''
 
|-
 
|2
 
|{{McLaren-Mercedes}}
 
|137
 
|-
 
|3
 
|{{Lotus F1-Renault}}
 
|126
 
|-
 
|4
 
|{{Ferrari-CON}}
 
|122
 
|-
 
|5
 
|{{Mercedes-CON}}
 
|92
 
|-
 
|colspan=3|Only top five are shown
 
|}
 
{{Col-end}}
 
 
 
{{2012}}
 
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