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Race details
Date
24 June 2012
Official name
2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe[1]
Location
Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain
Course
Temporary street circuit
Course length
5.419 km (3.367 miles)
Distance
57 laps, 308.883 km (191.931 miles)
Weather
Fine and Dry[2]
Air Temp 27 °C (81 °F)[2]
Track Temp 45 °C (113 °F)[2]
Pole position
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
Time
1:38.086
Fastest lap
Driver
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
Time
1:42.163 on lap 54
Podium
First
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
Second
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
Third
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2012 European Grand Prix (formally, the 2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe)[1] was a Formula One motor race that was held at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain on 24 June 2012.[3] It was the eighth round of the 2012 championship season, and the final time the circuit hosted the European Grand Prix or any other Formula One race. It was Fernando Alonso's second Grand Prix win in Spain after the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix held at Barcelona. Michael Schumacher finished third at the age of 43 years and 173 days, the oldest driver to climb to the podium since Jack Brabham's second-place finish at the 1970 British Grand Prix. It was Schumacher's best result since his comeback in 2010 and the final podium finish of his Formula One career.
^ abFormula One. "2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe". Formula One Management. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ abc"2012 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Race)". f1standings.net. F1Standings. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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