The 2012 British Grand Prix, with lots of wetness.

[Ferry_vO]

Longest qualifying session ever due to some very bad weather!

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:46.515	1:56.921	1:51.746	25
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:47.276	1:55.898	1:51.793	23
3	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:46.571	1:55.799	1:52.020	22
4	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:46.279	1:56.931	1:52.199	23
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:47.401	1:56.388	1:53.065	24
6	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:47.309	1:56.469	1:53.290	24
7	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:46.449	1:56.802	1:53.539	25
8	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:47.433	1:54.897	1:53.543	25
9	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:46.334	1:55.556	1:54.382	22
10	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:47.043	1:56.388	No time	20
11	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:47.582	1:57.009		19
12	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:46.649	1:57.071		18
13	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:47.724	1:57.108		17
14	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:47.266	1:57.132		18
15	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:47.105	1:57.426		19
16	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:47.705	1:57.719		18
17	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:46.494	1:57.895		19
18	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:48.044			12
19	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:49.027			10
20	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:49.477			10
21	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:51.618			10
22	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:52.742			11
23	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:53.040			10
DNQ	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:54.143			10
		Q1 107% Time		1:53.718

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Note - Kobayashi & Vergne drop 5 & 10 grid spots respectively for causing collisions at previous round. Hulkenberg drops 5 for gearbox change. Pic failed to make 107% mark - races at stewards' discretion.

 

[Panther_99FS]

Schumacher & Vettel side-by-side.....:mixedsmi:

 

[Wing_Z]

Yes one of the more interesting qualifying sessions: no-one could afford to sit around in the pits and just put in a quick one, minutes before the chequered flag!
Track conditions changed so quickly, you had to be consistent, and hope your fastest was in a faster weather window than the other guy.
Ferrari seemed to be suited to Silverstone this year - Massa in 5th on the grid is a bit of an eye-opener!
As is somnambulent Button, out in Q1, down in 18th...
Schumacher was really trying, great to see.

Brilliant track, I think the epitome of what a Formula One circuit should look like.
Shaping up to be a great race too, I think Hamilton will throw caution to the wind and just go for it - nothing to lose from 8th place, really.
Oops he has to pass Massa.

 

[wombat666]

Race day, sunny, light breeze, not a bad Effwun race with a well crafted victory.
Shame about the MotoGP round in Germany.

 

[demorier]

Yah...go Webber. Did watch the MotoGP as well...desperately unlucky, a 2nd place would have been better than a DNF for Stoner.

 

[Wing_Z]

... a well crafted victory.

Absolutely.
I thought Alonso had it in the bag, but if you play the race through, you can see Red Bull had their measure, right from the start.
A truly pathetic display from McLaren...

Maldonado a very well-deserved fine and reprimand for poor driving, and Kobayashi fined for running over 3 mechanics.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	52	1:25:11.288	2	25
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	52	+3.0 secs	1	18
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	52	+4.8 secs	4	15
4	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	52	+9.5 secs	5	12
5	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	52	+10.3 secs	6	10
6	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	52	+17.1 secs	9	8
7	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	52	+29.1 secs	3	6
8	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	52	+36.4 secs	8	4
9	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	52	+43.3 secs	13	2
10	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	52	+44.4 secs	16	1
11	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+45.3 secs	17
12	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	52	+47.8 secs	14
13	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	52	+51.2 secs	12
14	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	52	+53.3 secs	23
15	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	52	+57.3 secs	11
16	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	51	+1 Lap	7
17	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	51	+1 Lap	19
18	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	51	+1 Lap	20
19	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	51	+1 Lap	24
20	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	50	+2 Laps	21
21	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	50	+2 Laps	22
Ret	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	11	Accident	15
Ret	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	2	Retired	10
DNS	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	0	Engine	18

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