German Grand Prix 2012, Hockenheim - Race 10/20

Duke · 16 Jul 2012 at 08:47

Hockenheim

The Hockenheim circuit was built in 1939 as a high-speed test track for Mercedes-Benz who needed a venue to test for the Tripoli Grand Prix. The original track was almost 8 kilometres long and was formed of two long curved straights with a long corner at either end.

When war broke out the construction was halted and in the post-war Germany the Nurburgring became the venue for Formula One, with Hockenheim hosting a few smaller events. When a plan to build an Autobahn through the circuit was approved, the government supplied Hockenheim with a large sum by way of compensation. This money was used to build a new circuit, the now famous Hockenheim circuit which cut through the forest before looping into the wonderful stadium section around which large grandstands were erected.

In 1968 Hockenheim hit the headlines when Jim Clark was killed there in an F2 race. Nevertheless, Formula One came to the track in 1970 as the Nurburgring was quickly becoming outdated. Once the Nurburgring had been updated however the sport returned there, leaving Hockenheim with national and F2 events.

In 1976, Niki Lauda suffered horrific burns at the Nurburgring and from that point on Hockenheim became the home of the German Grand Prix. In 1980 Patrick Depailler was killed in testing at the track, and a chicane was put in to break up the fast Ostkurve. Didier Pironi suffered terrible injuries to his legs in an accident in 1982, though Patrick Tambay brought the Ferrari team some consolation with a win that weekend.

Ever since the debut of Michael Schumacher, the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim has been one of the most atmospheric races of the season, the noise in the stadium section being quite deafening at times. In 2002 the long runs through the forest were done away with and the layout of the track was heavily modified. Despite arguments that it had lost some of its character, the first race at the new track, in 2002, was deemed a great success and has remained a regular feature on the Formula One calendar ever since.

Session Times

Fri 20 Jul 2012
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30

Sat 21 Jul 2012
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00

Sun 22 Jul 2012
Race 13:00

All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18378942

Track:

Track Diagram

Track DRS

Detection point exit T4 and Activation point is 260m after T4.

Circuit information

Circuit Name: Hockenheimring
Number of Laps: 67
Circuit Length: 4.574 km
Race Distance: 306.458 km
Lap Record: 1:13.780 - K Raikkonen (2004)

2011 Race Edit - http://www.formula1.com/video/race_edits/

Current Standings

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                    Time              Laps[/b]
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m16.595            27
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m17.093s  + 0.498  22
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m17.370s  + 0.775  21
 4.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m17.382s  + 0.787  20
 5.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m17.413s  + 0.818  28
 6.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes    1m17.599s  + 1.004  17
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m17.915s  + 1.320  27
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m17.995s  + 1.400  22
 9.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault        1m18.020s  + 1.425  20
10.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault           1m18.130s  + 1.535  21
11.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m18.226s  + 1.631  22
12.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m18.339s  + 1.744  21
13.  Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault        1m18.422s  + 1.827  28
14.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m18.709s  + 2.114  30
15.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault           1m18.831s  + 2.236  14
16.  Jules Bianchi         Force India-Mercedes    1m18.972s  + 2.377  21
17.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m19.039s  + 2.444  34
18.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault        1m19.674s  + 3.079  24
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault        1m19.963s  + 3.368  24
20.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m20.122s  + 3.527  27
21.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth       1m20.169s  + 3.574  20
22.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth       1m20.539s  + 3.944  18
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth            1m21.138s  + 4.543  24
24.  Dani Clos             HRT-Cosworth            1m21.740s  + 5.145  27

Practice 2

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                  Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m27.476             14
 2.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m27.564s  + 0.088   24
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m27.902s  + 0.426   24
 4.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m28.402s  + 0.926   26
 5.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m28.420s  + 0.944   20
 6.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m28.495s  + 1.019   22
 7.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m28.513s  + 1.037   23
 8.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m28.516s  + 1.040   16
 9.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m28.877s  + 1.401   21
10.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m29.327s  + 1.851   22
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m29.364s  + 1.888   26
12.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m29.719s  + 2.243   15
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m29.785s  + 2.309   24
14.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m30.090s  + 2.614   19
15.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m30.220s  + 2.744   16
16.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m30.291s  + 2.815   22
17.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m30.331s  + 2.855   26
18.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m30.437s  + 2.961   14
19.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m30.617s  + 3.141   16
20.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m31.207s  + 3.731   20
21.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m32.241s  + 4.765   22
22.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m32.349s  + 4.873   17
23.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m32.777s  + 5.301   18
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m42.566s  + 15.090   8

Practice 3

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                  Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m16.014s            14
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m16.091s  + 0.077   21
 3.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m16.202s  + 0.188   21
 4.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m16.238s  + 0.224   27
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m16.447s  + 0.433   19
 6.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m16.475s  + 0.461   18
 7.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m16.664s  + 0.650   18
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m16.771s  + 0.757   15
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m16.801s  + 0.793   25
10.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m16.930s  + 0.916   23
11.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m16.962s  + 0.948   26
12.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m17.033s  + 1.019   26
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m17.148s  + 1.134   24
14.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m17.238s  + 1.224   25
15.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m17.266s  + 1.252   22
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m17.419s  + 1.405   23
17.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m17.491s  + 1.477   26
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m18.366s  + 2.352   21
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m18.818s  + 2.804   23
20.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m19.778s  + 3.764   22
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m20.235s  + 4.221   22
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m20.318s  + 4.304    9
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m20.741s  + 4.727   22
24.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m20.914s  + 4.900   25

Qualifying

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   [/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m40.621s
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m41.026s  + 0.405
 3.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m42.459s  + 2.880
 4.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes 1m43.501s  + 3.329
 5.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m43.950s  + 3.492
 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m44.113s  + 3.565
 7.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m44.186s  + 0.875
 8.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m41.496s  + 1.838
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m44.889s  + 4.268
10.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m45.811s  + 5.190
11.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m39.789s  + 2.424
12.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m39.985s  + 2.620
13.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m40.212s  + 2.847
14.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault     1m40.752s  + 3.387
15.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m16.741s  + 1.048
16.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault     1m17.620s  + 1.927
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m39.933s  + 2.568
18.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault     1m18.531s  + 2.838
19.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m40.574s  + 3.209
20.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth    1m19.220s  + 3.527
21.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m41.551s  + 4.186
22.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth    1m19.291s  + 3.598
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth         1m19.912s  + 4.219
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m20.230s  + 4.537

107% time: 1m20.991s

Race

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Alonso        Ferrari                    1h31:05.862
 2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     3.732
 3.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     6.949
 4.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    16.409
 5.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    21.925
 6.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +    27.896
 7.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    28.960
 8.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    46.900
 9.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    48.162
10.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    48.889
11.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    59.227
12.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:11.428
13.  Massa         Ferrari                    +  1:16.829
14.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:16.965
15.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +     1 lap
16.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
17.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +     1 lap
18.  Grosjean      Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
19.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +    2 laps
20.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +    2 laps
21.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps
22.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +    3 laps
23.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Schumacher, 1:18.275  [/b]

World Championship standings, round 9:

Code:

[b]Pos	Driver			Points[/b]
1	Fernando Alonso		154
2	Mark Webber		120
3	Sebastian Vettel	110
4	Kimi Räikkönen		98
5	Lewis Hamilton		92
6	Nico Rosberg		76
7	Jenson Button		68
8	Romain Grosjean		61
9	Sergio Pérez		47
10	Kamui Kobayashi		33
11	Pastor Maldonado	29
12	Michael Schumacher	29
13	Paul Di Resta		27
14	Felipe Massa		23
15	Nico Hülkenberg		19
16	Bruno Senna		18
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	4
18	Daniel Ricciardo	2
19	Heikki Kovalainen	0
20	Vitaly Petrov		0
21	Timo Glock		0
22	Charles Pic		0
23	Narain Karthikeyan	0
24	Pedro de la Rosa	0
		
[b]Pos	Constructor		Points[/b]
1	Red Bull/Renault	230
2	Ferrari			177
3	McLaren/Mercedes	160
4	Lotus/Renault		159
5	Mercedes		105
6	Sauber/Ferrari		80
7	Williams/Renault	47
8	Force India/Mercedes	46
9	Toro Rosso/Ferrari	6
10	Caterham/Renault	0
11	Marussia/Cosworth	0
12	HRT/Cosworth		0

~Mike~ · 16 Jul 2012 at 09:03

Cheers Duke. In need of some F1, Silverstone feels like a long time ago for some reason.

Tenzo · 16 Jul 2012 at 09:04

Guerrilla · 16 Jul 2012 at 09:40

Thanks Duke

Skeeter · 16 Jul 2012 at 10:28

Wooo!

We haven't ever been here with DRS have we?

I'd rather they put it between corners 1 and 2. Makes corner 2 more of an opportunity, and then indirectly increases the chances of overtakes at the turn 6 hairpin.

Kimi · 16 Jul 2012 at 11:18

Im really looking forward to this one, i was speaking to someone who works for Lotus at the weekend. He was saying they didn't think they would be as fast as everyone expects here

Still going to have some money on Kimi tho

smr · 16 Jul 2012 at 11:48

w00t Formula 1 weekend

Thanks Duke !

smr · 16 Jul 2012 at 12:02

Just read that Spa should be getting a contract for the next 3 years too

Guerrilla · 16 Jul 2012 at 13:21

smr said:
Just read that Spa should be getting a contract for the next 3 years too

On it's own or as part of a share deal?

Edit: Just read about it, that's great news a race calendar without Spa would be poorer for it.

Duke · 16 Jul 2012 at 13:46

Hoping to go to Spa next year

Kevin Clark · 16 Jul 2012 at 22:01

DRS Zone: Detection point exit T4 and Activation point is 260m after T4.

Skeeter · 17 Jul 2012 at 08:34

Kevin Clark said:
DRS Zone: Detection point exit T4 and Activation point is 260m after T4.

Fial.

Bill101 · 17 Jul 2012 at 08:37

smr said:
w00t Formula 1 weekend Thanks Duke !

It is also free to watch on Sky Sports this weekend, so the BBC and Sky can be compared.

CaptainRAVE · 17 Jul 2012 at 08:44

Cheers Duke

Mr Men · 17 Jul 2012 at 17:54

Should be a good weekend

hopefully the Ferrari keeps showing improvement's, big weekend for Jenson, surely another poor weekend will finally get the media asking when he is going to be replaced?

Duke · 17 Jul 2012 at 18:06

Mr Men said:
surely another poor weekend will finally get the media asking when he is going to be replaced?

Think your on your own there.

Mr Men · 17 Jul 2012 at 18:14

Probably as we know the British media tends to brush things under the carpet when its a Brit, but if the BBC team can slate MS and Massa etc then surely it's time for Jenson to be under the same spotlight.

Seems they have gone quiet on Massa all of a sudden though LOL

smr · 17 Jul 2012 at 18:25

Mr Men said:
Probably as we know the British media tends to brush things under the carpet when its a Brit, but if the BBC team can slate MS and Massa etc then surely it's time for Jenson to be under the same spotlight.

Seems they have gone quiet on Massa all of a sudden though LOL

Compare Jenson to Massa and MS ? What career are you in, because you're clearly wasted in it.

arknor · 17 Jul 2012 at 18:28

smr said:
Compare Jenson to Massa and MS ? What career are you in, because you're clearly wasted in it.

clearly... as jenson doesnt compare to ms this year unless you only count points and not actual performances

even autosport seems to be of the opinion button is fail this season
Name Aus Mal Chi Bah Spn Mon Can Eur GB Total Rank Avge
Alonso 9 10 7 8 9 8 9 9 10 79 1 8.777777778
Hamilton 7 8 9 8 10 7 10 8 5 72 2 8
Vettel 8 7 7 10 7 8 8 10 7 72 2 8
Webber 7 7 9 7 4 10 6 8 10 68 4 7.555555556
di Resta 6 9 7 10 6 8 8 8 5 67 5 7.444444444
Hulkenberg7 8 6 5 9 9 7 8 7 66 6 7.333333333
Grosjean 7 5 7 9 8 4 10 9 7 66 6 7.333333333
Perez 7 10 6 7 7 6 9 6 7 65 8 7.222222222
Raikkonen 7 8 8 9 9 5 6 5 7 64 9 7.111111111
Glock 7 6 7 5 6 9 6 N/A 9 55 10 6.875
Kovalainen 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 61 11 6.777777778
de la Rosa 6 6 7 7 6 8 9 5 7 61 11 6.777777778
Schumacher8 6 6 8 4 9 6 7 7 61 11 6.777777778
Pic 7 6 9 6 6 6 7 6 7 60 14 6.666666667
Rosberg 5 5 10 7 7 9 7 6 2 58 15 6.444444444
Petrov 5 8 7 6 6 4 7 7 7 57 16 6.333333333
Ricciardo 8 6 6 5 6 7 5 6 7 56 17 6.222222222
Kobayashi 7 5 7 5 8 6 7 7 3 55 18 6.111111111
Maldonado 7 7 8 5 10 2 3 8 3 53 19 5.888888889
Karthikeyan6 7 6 7 6 6 5 4 6 53 19 5.888888889
Massa 4 3 6 8 3 8 5 6 8 51 21 5.666666667
Button 10 6 9 7 4 3 1 6 4 50 22 5.555555556
Vergne 8 8 6 5 7 6 3 0 7 50 22 5.555555556
Senna 4 9 8 6 3 6 2 4 7 49 24 5.444444444

Mr Men · 17 Jul 2012 at 18:30

smr said:
Compare Jenson to Massa and MS ? What career are you in, because you're clearly wasted in it.

Not sure why you think I am comparing them? I am saying when MS and Massa are not performing to their team mate then the British media is quick to stick the knife in, now they have a problem with Jenson being destroyed by Lewis yet they don't like to mention it.

I would not belittle MS by comparing Jenson to him