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Race details
Date
8 July 2012
Official name
2012 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix[1]
Location
Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.891 km (3.660 mi)
Distance
52 laps, 306.198 km (190.263 miles)
Weather
Dry Air Temp 20 °C (68 °F)[2] Track Temp 31 °C (88 °F)[2]
Attendance
127,000 (Race Day)[3]
Pole position
Driver
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
Time
1:51.746
Fastest lap
Driver
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
Time
1:34.661 on lap 50
Podium
First
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
Second
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
Third
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2012 British Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England on 8 July 2012.[4] It was the ninth round of the 2012 Formula One season, the 63rd time the event had been a round of the Formula One World Championship, and the 67th time it had been contested overall. The 52-lap race was won by Red Bull driver Mark Webber, who took his second victory of the season. The Ferrari of Fernando Alonso, who started the race in pole position, finished 3.0 seconds behind Webber, in second. Webber's teammate, Sebastian Vettel, completed the podium by finishing in third position.
As a consequence of the race, Webber narrowed Alonso's lead in the drivers' standings to 13 points. Webber himself was 16 points ahead of Vettel, who had moved ahead of Lewis Hamilton into third in the standings on 100 points. Red Bull extended their lead in the constructors' standings to 64 points. Ferrari moved up from fourth place to second whilst McLaren did the reverse and Lotus stayed in third position. All three teams stayed within 10 points of each other.
This would prove to be Webber's 9th and final career F1 victory and the last Red Bull Racing victory at Silverstone until Max Verstappen won the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix there in 2020.[5] It was also the last British Grand Prix win for Red Bull until 2023 also with Verstappen.
^ ab"2012 Formula One Santander British Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula One Management. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
^ ab"2012 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Race)". F1Standings. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^"Silverstone says 2013 British GP tickets still on sale and fans can turn up at gate".
^Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^"Britain 2012 • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
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