Race results - 2012 British Formula 1 Grand Prix 08 July 2012

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1.	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:25:11.288
2.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+3.060
3.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	+4.836
4.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+9.519
5.	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	+10.314
6.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	+17.101
7.	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+29.153
8.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	+36.463
9.	Bruno Senna	Williams	+43.347
10.	Jenson Button	McLaren	+44.444
11.	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	+45.370
12.	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	+47.856
13.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	+51.241
14.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	+53.313
15.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+57.394
16.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+1 Lap
17.	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	+1 Lap
18.	Timo Glock	Marussia	+1 Lap
19.	Charles Pic	Marussia	+1 Lap
20.	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	+2 Laps
21.	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	+2 Laps
Did not finish
22.	Sergio Perez	Sauber	+41 Laps
23.	Paul di Resta	Force India	+50 Laps
24.	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	+52 Laps

Circuit Profile: Australia Melbourne - Albert Park

Lap Distance: 3.295miles/5.2720km

Lap Record: Michael Schumacher 1m24.125s

Race Distance: 191.110miles/305.7760km

Number of Laps: 58

 

Melbourne has become a firm favourite of the Formula 1 fraternity since it took over from Adelaide as the home of the Australian Grand Prix in 1996.

The switch caused consternation, for Adelaide had been hugely popular both as a venue and a racetrack.
In its end-of-season position, it played host to two unforgettable championship climaxes: Nigel Mansell’s spectacular tyre blow-out in 1986 and Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill’s controversial clash in ’94.
For ’96 the race not only moved to Melbourne and a picturesque new lakeside track in Albert Park, but to the other end of the calendar, becoming the season-opener – although it is date number two on this year's calendar.
Melbourne soon proved that it could match Adelaide for thrills and spills, as the inaugural race saw Jacques Villeneuve take pole position for his first GP, and Martin Brundle escape a massive first-lap crash in which his Jordan was launched into a terrifying sequence of barrel rolls.
The high-speed layout punctuated by chicanes and dusty surface often leads to unpredictable and dramatic races, and punishes the slightest mistake with a trip into one of the ever-present concrete walls.
The safety car traditionally gets a lot of mileage at Albert Park...

Source: ITV F1