Germany 2012 - Race results - Fernando Alonso is on top for the third time, winning in Hockenheim

Published 22 July 2012 by Christine

Ferrari have their third victory of the 2012 season, with Jenson Button finishing second and Kimi Räikkönen picking up third place. Sebastian Vettel was actually on the podium in second place before a stewards investigation ruled his overtake on Button was illegal, and demoted him to fifth place. Elsewhere, Lewis Hamilton was the only retirement, whilst Nico Rosberg improved dramatically from the rear of the grid to pick up a point.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Stops
Best	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:18.725	Lap 57
1	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:31.05.862	2
2	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	+6.9	2
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	+16.4	2
4	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	+21.9	2
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	+23.7	2
6	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	+27.8	2
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	+28.9	3
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	+46.9	2
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	+48.1	3
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	+48.8	3
11	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	+59.2	2
12	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	+71.4	3
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+76.8	2
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+76.9	3
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	+1 lap	3
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	+1 lap	3
17	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	+1 lap	3
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	+1 lap	3
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	+2 laps	4
20	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	+2 lap	2
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	+3 laps	2
22	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	+3 laps	2
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	+3 laps	2
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	Lap 58	4

3 places. Sebastian Vettel - 20 seconds added to race time - illegal overtaking.