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2012 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 5 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
Circuit de Catalunya
Circuit de Catalunya
Race details
Date 13 May 2012
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2012[1]
Location Circuit de Catalunya
Montmeló, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.655 km (2.892 miles)
Distance 66 laps, 307.104 km (190.826 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Williams-Renault
Time 1:22.285

The 2012 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2012)[1] is a Formula One motor race that will be held on 13 May 2012 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.[2] It will be the fifth round of the 2012 season, and the twenty-second time the Spanish Grand Prix has been held at the circuit. The race will be supported by the GP2 and GP3 Series.[3][4]

Report

Background

The race was predeced by a four-day test at the Mugello Circuit in Italy, starting on 1 May.[5] The test saw teams introduce major aerodynamic upgrades ahead of the race.[6][7]

Following criticism over the extreme sensitivity of their tyre compounds,[8] tyre supplier Pirelli announced that they would be providing teams with the hard and soft compounds for the Spanish Grand Prix, as opposed to the soft and medium tyres they had supplied for previous races in the season.[9]

Alexander Rossi replaced Heikki Kovalainen at Caterham for the first Friday practice session.[10] Dani Clos replaced HRT's Narain Karthikeyan in the same session.[11]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Grid
1 18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:23.380 1:22.105 1:22.285 1
2 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:23.276 1:22.862 1:22.302 2
3 10 France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:23.248 1:22.667 1:22.424 3
4 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:23.406 1:22.856 1:22.487 4
5 15 Mexico Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 1:24.261 1:22.773 1:22.533 5
6 8 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:23.370 1:22.882 1:23.005 6
7 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:23.850 1:22.884 no time 7
8 7 Germany Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:23.757 1:22.904 no time 8
9 14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:23.386 1:22.897 no time 9
10 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.510 1:22.944 10
11 2 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:23.592 1:22.977 11
12 11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:23.852 1:23.125 12
13 12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:23.720 1:23.177 13
14 17 France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:24.362 1:23.265 14
15 16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:23.906 1:23.442 15
16 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:23.886 1:23.444 16
17 19 Brazil Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:24.981 17
18 21 Russia Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:25.277 18
19 20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:25.507 19
20 25 France Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:26.582 20
21 24 Germany Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:27.032 21
22 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:27.555 22
107% time: 1:28.363
23 23 India Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:31.122 231
24 4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.583 1:22.465 1:21.707 242
Source:[12]
1.^ Narain Karthikeyan failed to post a time within 107% of the fastest in the first part of qualification, but the stewards later allowed him to take part in the race.[13]
2.^ Lewis Hamilton was excluded from the qualifying results for not having enough fuel to return to the pits. However, the stewards allowed him to start at the back of the grid for the race.[14]


Reference

  1. ^ a b "Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2012". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. ^ Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. ^ Collantine, Keith (16 December 2011). "GP2 to support F1 in Singapore, Bahrain and Malaysia". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  4. ^ "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  5. ^ Noble, Jonathan (28 August 2011). "Formula 1 teams pick Mugello for 2012's new mid-season test". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  6. ^ Collantine, Keith (18 April 2012). "Hamilton and Button to miss Mugello test". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  7. ^ Collantine, Keith (23 April 2012). "Domenicali: Mugello test "very important" for Ferrari". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  8. ^ Davies, Amanda (7 May 2012). "Schu on tire troubles: 'It's like driving on raw eggs'". CNN.com. CNN. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  9. ^ Noble, Jonathan (7 May 2012). "Pirelli hopes double gap between tyre compounds pays off in Spain". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publication. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  10. ^ Collantine, Keith (4 May 2012). "Alexander Rossi to make F1 debut in practice in Spain". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  11. ^ Collantine, Keith (8 May 2012). "Dani Clos to drive for HRT in first practice in Spain". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  12. ^ "Spanish Grand Prix qualifying times". BBC. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  13. ^ "Formula 1 Gran Premio de España 2012: Qualifying". Formula1.com. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  14. ^ http://richlandf1.com/?p=1575


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