Europe 2012 - Driver standings - Fernando Alonso moves back into the lead of the 2012 F1 championship
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Fernando Alonso's incredible win in Valencia puts him back into the lead of the championships, whilst Mark Webber made a great recovery from qualifying to pick up a handful of points pushing him to second. Lewis Hamilton drops back to third. Kimi Räikkönen extends his lead over his teammate, now 20 points over Romain Grosjean. Michael Schumacher jumps from sitting 18th with 2 points, all the way to 13th with 17 - now joint with Nico Hülkenberg.
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 111 |
| 2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 91 |
| 3 | -2 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 88 |
| 4 | -1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 85 |
| 5 | 0 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 75 |
| 6 | 0 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 Team | 73 |
| 7 | 0 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 53 |
| 8 | 0 | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 49 |
| 9 | 0 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber F1 Team | 39 |
| 10 | 0 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams F1 Team | 29 |
| 11 | 1 | Paul di Resta | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 27 |
| 12 | -1 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber F1 Team | 21 |
| 13 | 5 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 17 |
| 14 | 1 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 17 |
| 15 | -2 | Bruno Senna | Williams F1 Team | 16 |
| 16 | -2 | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 11 |
| 17 | -1 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 4 |
| 18 | -1 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 2 |
| 19 | 0 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham F1 Team | 0 |
| 20 | 3 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham F1 Team | 0 |
| 21 | -1 | Timo Glock | Marussia F1 Team | 0 |
| 22 | -1 | Charles Pic | Marussia F1 Team | 0 |
| 23 | -1 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT Formula 1 Team | 0 |
| 24 | 0 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT Formula 1 Team | 0 |
