Europe 2012 - Race results - No eighth winner in Valencia, as Fernando Alonso makes it two for Ferrari

Published 24 June 2012 by Christine

Sebastian Vettel looked set for an easy victory until his car failed beneath him, and he was just one of a number of high profile incidents. Four retired cars, one safety car period, another McLaren pit stop failure, several collisions and a number of steward interventions made this the most interesting race around the Valencia streets that we have seen to date. Alonso took his second victory of the year, joined on the podium by Kimi Räikkönen and Michael Schumacher - the German's first podium since his comeback in 2010.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Stops
Best	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:42.163	Lap 54
1	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:44:16.649	2
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	+6.4	2
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	+12.6	2
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	+13.6	2
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	+19.9	2
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	+21.1	2
7	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	+22.8	1
8	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	+24.6	2
9	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	+27.7	2
10	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	+35.9	2
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+37.0	2
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	+54.6	2
13	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	+75.8	4
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	+94.6	2
15	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	+96.5	2
16	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	+1 lap	4
17	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	+1 lap	2
18	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	+1 lap	3
19	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	+2 laps	2
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	Lap 41	2
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	Lap 35	2
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	Lap 36	3
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Lap 29	2
DNS	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team		0

2 places. Pastor Maldonado - 20 seconds added to race time - causing an avoidable collision with Lewis Hamilton.