Here is the provisional grid for the British Grand Prix:
Row 1 | 1. Fernando Alonso 1’51.746 Ferrari | |
2. Mark Webber 1’51.793 Red Bull | ||
Row 2 | 3. Michael Schumacher 1’52.02 Mercedes | |
4. Sebastian Vettel 1’52.199 Red Bull | ||
Row 3 | 5. Felipe Massa 1’53.065 Ferrari | |
6. Kimi Raikkonen 1’53.29 Lotus | ||
Row 4 | 7. Pastor Maldonado 1’53.539 Williams | |
8. Lewis Hamilton 1’53.543 McLaren | ||
Row 5 | 9. Romain Grosjean No time Lotus | |
10. Paul di Resta 1’57.009 Force India | ||
Row 6 | 11. Nico Rosberg 1’57.108 Mercedes | |
12. Daniel Ricciardo 1’57.132 Toro Rosso | ||
Row 7 | 13. Bruno Senna 1’57.426 Williams | |
14. Nico Hulkenberg* 1’54.382 Force India | ||
Row 8 | 15. Sergio Perez 1’57.895 Sauber | |
16. Jenson Button 1’48.044 McLaren | ||
Row 9 | 17. Kamui Kobayashi** 1’57.071 Sauber | |
18. Vitaly Petrov 1’49.027 Caterham | ||
Row 10 | 19. Heikki Kovalainen 1’49.477 Caterham | |
20. Timo Glock 1’51.618 Marussia | ||
Row 11 | 21. Pedro de la Rosa 1’52.742 HRT | |
22. Narain Karthikeyan 1’53.04 HRT | ||
Row 12 | 23. Jean-Eric Vergne*** 1’57.719 Toro Rosso | |
24. Charles Pic**** 1’54.143 Marussia |
*Five-place penalty for gearbox change
**Five-place grid penalty for collision with Felipe Massa in last race
***Ten-place grid penalty for collision with Heikki Kovalainen in last race
****Five-place penalty for gearbox change. Failed to beat 107% time, granted dispensation from the stewards to start
2012 British Grand Prix
- Second Driver of the Weekend win for Mark Webber
- Rate the race result: 2012 British Grand Prix
- Hamilton’s doughnut and more fans’ videos from Silverstone
- Silverstone fans’ mixed views on the rain-hit weekend
- Top three tie in British predictions round
Mallesh Magdum (@malleshmagdum)
7th July 2012, 16:17
a bad day for Force India. An awesome day for Ferrari.
vickyy (@vickyy)
7th July 2012, 16:22
IMO, they had a decent outing.This season they are very slow than Sauber and Williams in high speed corners.
Eggry (@eggry)
7th July 2012, 16:32
Yes, you can’t call it bad day considering how Sauber was destroyed.
Mallesh Magdum (@malleshmagdum)
8th July 2012, 3:17
@eggry @vickyy considering that Di Resta was on a dry set-up, which baffles me, they could have been much higher
Damon (@damon)
7th July 2012, 16:34
Schumacher delivers. The top-5 is his place to be. I hope he’ll have a run of consistent good race results.
Overwatch (@overwatch)
7th July 2012, 16:42
I think he was one of the strongest, if not the strongest today. His lap time is amazing considering he had 2-3 laps less on inters… He’s looking very good for tomorrow if this weather stays.
Mike (@mike)
7th July 2012, 17:06
I’m hoping it stays at least somewhat wet.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
7th July 2012, 20:45
@Damon I remember him running well in Canada last year but he got unlucky in the DRS zones a few times.
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
7th July 2012, 16:43
Hamilton is between Maldonado & Grosjean & the race at the start will be wet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
may God help him !!!!
Eggry (@eggry)
7th July 2012, 17:33
Grosjean will make him spin and Maldonado will snatch his front wing :P
caci99 (@)
7th July 2012, 17:44
Ouch for that position. That’s what caught my eye too on the grid. Really hope he can make a clear start
and pass Maldonado right away, so that he can make a gap. He really needs that gap with Maldonado.
Nick.UK (@)
7th July 2012, 18:28
EVERYONE needs a gap to Maldonado!
Force Maikel (@force-maikel)
7th July 2012, 19:04
Come on Grosjean is not that bad when it comes to starts, Maldonado on the other hand…
bag0 (@bag0)
7th July 2012, 21:13
No, but Grosjean is very bad with the first few laps.
Nick.UK (@)
7th July 2012, 23:48
Maldonado has a far worse incident record, leave Roman alone!
BradFerrari (@brad-ferrari)
8th July 2012, 4:45
I’ll be keeping an eye on those two. I’m sure the British crowd haven’t forgotten what happened last race and will be praying they don’t come together again.
caci99 (@)
7th July 2012, 17:46
Will Charles Pic start tomorrow? It was reported that he was outside of the 107% rule.
Eggry (@eggry)
7th July 2012, 17:52
He was. but I think stewards would allow him since it was changeable condition.
Rocky (@rocky)
7th July 2012, 17:54
How does Maldonado escape with a 20 sec penalty in previous race when his action had greater effect? He should also have received a 10 place grid penalty.
Force Maikel (@force-maikel)
7th July 2012, 19:08
If they had given him a 10 place grid penalty he would have still finished 10th and recieve a point wich wouldn’t be fair towards Hamilton who could gain none.
infy (@infy)
7th July 2012, 19:01
Massa is finally in a position to take points off of Lewis.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
7th July 2012, 20:42
Massaaaaaaa! He’s having a good run at the moment and long may it continue. I expect in dry conditions he will lose some places but a top 10 finish would be good. Really good effort from Kimi too, considering his KERS issues, I wonder if Grosjean could have put the E20 even higher if not for his trip to the beach?
James_mc (@james_mc)
7th July 2012, 20:42
Surely despite attempting to ensure that FP3 was red-flagged at every opportunity when his car stopped, I would presume that Pic will receive the required dispensation?
Slr (@slr)
7th July 2012, 20:45
Damn, I predicted both Saubers to be in the top five in the race. Part of me still thinks that can still happen, though it will be tough.
Palle (@palle)
7th July 2012, 23:34
And I predicted Button to win, which also looks a lot more difficult now. But I’m happy for Schumacher, starting 3rd. And surely the start will be very interesting, especially regarding row 3 to 5.
Kelly (@kelly)
8th July 2012, 2:02
I am honestly surprised where the Lotus cars are on the grid considering how they looked during qualifying, very decent effort by Kimi considering no KERS. I wonder if Hamilton is hoping for a safety car start. Congratulations to Schumi, Mark and Fernando, the old boys showing how it’s done in terrible conditions.
Midnight
8th July 2012, 10:49
Don’t think Pic should be allowed to start if I am honest. Marussia and HRT are repeatedly having their cars out with the 107% time and yet always get allowed to start therefore they have no reason to really work on getting their cars faster during qualifying. They are not competing and only detract from the other teams who are getting faster and better. Not allowing Pic to start this race would show them that they need to be more competitive if they wish to remain in F1. If you compare the teams to Caterham who started at the same time and who have managed on a couple of occasions to get into Q2 and have a decent go at the midfield during the race you can see just how little HRT and Marussia have actually improved.