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The German Grand Prix 2012 was the 10th round of the 2012 F1 season, and took place at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany, on July 22nd.
Fernando Alonso won the race from the pole, followed by Jenson Button, and Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
There were a total of 60 pit stops during the race.
The most popular pit stop windows were:
- Laps 10-14: 9 stops
- Laps 17-22: 10 stops
- Laps 31-32: 5 stops
- Laps 38-47: 21 stops
The fastest pit stop was Jenson Button's, stopping the clock at 16.831 seconds during his pit stop on lap 40, while the slowest one was was Bruno Senna's, who stopped the clock at 47.942 seconds, 31.111 seconds slower than Button, during his pit stop on lap 1.
These times include the time the driver spent going through the pit lane, as well as the actual time he stopped for the mechanics to work on his car.
Strategy
The race was not obvious in terms of pit stop strategy, with different teams and different drivers choosing to make anywhere from 2 to 4 stops.
The race winner, Fernando Alonso, was on a 2 stops strategy.
2 stops
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2Paul di Resta
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7Kimi Räikkönen
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-Mark Webber
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11Sergio Pérez
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-Fernando Alonso
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4Jenson Button
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2Daniel Ricciardo
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-Timo Glock
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3Sebastian Vettel
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2Pedro de la Rosa
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-Charles Pic
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8Kamui Kobayashi
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1Narain Karthikeyan
3 stops
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1Felipe Massa
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3Bruno Senna
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1Romain Grosjean
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17Lewis Hamilton
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1Jean-Éric Vergne
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5Nico Hülkenberg
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11Nico Rosberg
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10Pastor Maldonado
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4Michael Schumacher
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2Vitaly Petrov
4 stops
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3Heikki Kovalainen
Excluding those drivers who could not finish the race, those on a 2 stops strategy gained 2 positions on average, the ones on a 3 stops strategy lost an average of 0.67 positions, while those on a 4 stops strategy lost an average of 3 positions.
This difference in possitions gained, together with a deeper nalaysis of each strategy, reinforces the conclusion that a 2 stops strategy was the best option.
It is important to note that this might not always be the case for other races held at the Hockenheimring, as the conditions might change from year to year, in terms of wheel degradation, accidents, safety cars, etc.
Incidents
There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 1 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.
These included, .
Puncture
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Lewis HamiltonLap 56
Qualifying
Fernando Alonso managed to get the pole position by 0.405 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:40.621. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Sebastian Vettel.
Track evolution
The conditions of the track worsened from Q1 to Q2, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q1 times.
The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.