2012 German Grand Prix lap charts

Delays due to damage was the story of the day for many drivers, particularly those trying to make progress from starting near the back.

German Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2012drivercolours.csv

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67
Fernando Alonso	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sebastian Vettel	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Michael Schumacher	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Nico Hulkenberg	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	9	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	6	7	8	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Pastor Maldonado	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Jenson Button	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Lewis Hamilton	7	8	8	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Mark Webber	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Paul di Resta	9	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	11	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Kimi Raikkonen	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	13	10	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Daniel Ricciardo	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	8	7	6	6	6	5	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Kamui Kobayashi	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Felipe Massa	13	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Bruno Senna	14	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Jean-Eric Vergne	15	13	13	13	13	14	15	20	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Heikki Kovalainen	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sergio Perez	17	14	14	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	5	5	4	4	5	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Vitaly Petrov	18	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	13	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Romain Grosjean	19	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	20	19	19	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Charles Pic	20	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Nico Rosberg	21	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Timo Glock	22	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	24	24	24	24	24	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22
Pedro de la Rosa	23	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21
Narain Karthikeyan	24	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

It was a race of mixed fortunes for those who started near the rear of the field. Sergio Perez was particularly impressive on his way from 17th to sixth, passing a string of cars in the opening laps as the lap chart above shows.

Gaining 11 places was good but he might have finished even higher. His first stint was shortened after he picked up damage: “My strategy was a little bit compromised because I had to do my first pit stop a bit earlier than planned,” he explained.

“I felt something strange on the left hand side of the car – perhaps it was a puncture – but I don’t’ really know yet what it was. This obviously meant we had to extend the later stint and I ended up with quite old tyres.”

Another driver who lost time with damage was Romain Grosjean: “Romain was compromised by his first lap incident which severely damaged his floor, losing him a lot of downforce,” said Lotus’s director of trackside operations Alan Permane.

Nico Rosberg salvaged a point after starting 21st. Both Mercedes drivers used three-stop strategies but weren’t able to make as much progress in the final stint as they hoped.

German Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2012drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67
Fernando Alonso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.152	12.528	9.332	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastian Vettel	1.32	0.988	0.629	0.726	0.8	0.881	0.932	1.07	1.137	1.311	1.374	1.466	1.761	1.943	2.129	2.232	2.191	0	0	0	3.389	2.686	2.13	1.847	1.658	1.346	1.026	0.929	0.758	0.682	1.144	1.011	0.949	1.017	1.769	2.287	2.317	2.054	2.168	2.188	2.118	2.403	2.575	2.246	2.544	2.568	3.093	3.003	3.095	3.034	2.945	2.892	3.684	3.648	3.506	3.116	2.814	2.75	2.636	2.754	2.582	2.761	2.83	3.291	3.951	5.095	3.732
Michael Schumacher	2.429	2.848	3.075	3.704	4.331	4.682	4.92	5.535	5.905	6.654	8.535	9.432	10.328	13.124	27.968	27.847	27.795	25.482	24.641	21.961	13.914	14.461	14.812	15.189	16.058	17.054	17.273	17.724	17.797	18.175	19.053	19.581	20.025	20.699	21.592	25.365	38.38	37.525	37.29	37.72	35.091	21.629	21.664	21.572	21.597	21.627	21.993	22.929	23.232	23.556	23.458	25.91	39.421	38.971	37.917	36.6	35.283	34.279	33.379	32.688	31.741	31.153	30.677	30.327	29.643	30.144	28.97
Nico Hulkenberg	2.951	3.878	4.286	5.079	5.566	5.962	6.367	8.043	8.625	9.531	10.486	13.429	27.091	26.816	29.135	29.866	30.084	27.705	27.391	24.595	15.926	16.518	17.134	17.591	18.713	19.653	20.492	21.429	22.824	25.133	30.499	44.617	45.559	45.855	45.975	46.197	45.937	45.003	44.997	44.658	42.294	29.066	29.227	29.859	30.888	33.37	47.581	48.117	48.5	48.599	49.035	49.022	48.723	48.337	47.883	47.144	46.709	46.786	46.948	47.07	47.067	47.223	47.523	47.618	47.885	48.887	48.162
Pastor Maldonado	3.743	4.916	5.45	6.249	6.777	7.453	7.604	8.441	9.225	10.201	11.04	12.399	15.515	31.078	31.229	31.565	31.938	29.875	30.249	29.521	21.844	22.776	26.24	28.606	30.108	31.671	33.339	34.938	36.29	37.5	39.303	41.189	42.73	44.141	45.581	48.341	51.619	55.368	72.05	72.374	71.059	58.593	59.752	60.552	61.846	63.511	64.775	65.841	67.066	68.529	69.326	70.035	70.85	72.593	73.732	76.679	80.055	95.231	95.063	95.199	95.452	95.773	95.97	96.303	96.259	97.633
Jenson Button	3.258	4.205	4.572	5.58	6.054	6.602	6.856	6.831	6.889	7.13	7.249	7.355	7.445	7.703	7.675	7.686	7.813	5.434	7.329	16.624	6.737	6.382	5.647	5.444	5.678	5.497	4.973	4.781	4.348	4.02	4.267	3.823	3.668	3.527	3.368	4.483	4.265	3.96	4.141	6.442	15.269	1.615	1.2	0.813	0.757	0.767	0.726	0.724	0.919	0.99	1.09	1.033	1.106	0.976	0.819	0.678	0.686	0.941	1.208	1.38	1.397	1.523	1.937	2.483	3.396	6.044	6.949
Lewis Hamilton	4.823	6.357	47.303	64.814	65.441	65.581	65.364	65.039	65.004	65.343	65.427	65.793	65.94	65.99	66.351	67.052	67.729	67.04	67.491	65.007	56.578	57.258	57.703	58.206	59.432	60.334	60.985	61.697	63.376	64.71	68.715	82.502	82.35	81.527	81.102	81.336	81.704	81.243	81.354	80.876	79.004	66.861	67.402	68.032	68.801	70.164	73.583	90.16	90.781	91.194	91.286	91.375	91.682	92.196	93.195	105.692
Mark Webber	4.442	5.445	6.235	7.084	7.533	8.153	8.588	9.267	10.018	10.941	11.743	15.318	30.509	32.452	32.537	32.631	32.797	31.097	30.841	28.221	19.011	19.21	19.503	20.191	20.887	21.617	22.502	23.911	24.773	25.878	27.277	29.744	30.698	31.273	32.025	33.292	33.874	34.252	36.192	39.586	50.627	37.426	37.862	38.224	38.656	39.443	40.155	40.904	41.965	42.864	43.312	43.836	44.692	44.893	45.19	45.22	45.221	45.356	45.375	45.446	45.416	45.749	46.209	46.59	46.625	47.444	46.941
Paul di Resta	6.08	7.327	8.349	9.426	11.343	12.325	12.952	13.76	15.546	18.766	32.218	32.173	32.619	33.382	34.011	34.378	34.747	32.766	32.702	30.523	22.648	23.728	24.535	25.469	27.404	28.497	29.702	30.52	32.367	33.696	35.359	37.061	37.963	38.801	39.682	41.062	42.169	42.825	46.744	60.358	58.167	45.214	45.658	46.131	46.052	46.522	46.963	47.465	47.972	49.701	50.381	51.074	51.393	52.019	53.165	55.156	55.905	56.546	56.858	57.381	57.451	57.881	58.297	58.859	59.329	60.342	59.227
Kimi Raikkonen	5.604	6.581	8.796	9.792	10.167	10.93	10.714	10.803	10.969	11.56	14.778	28	27.948	27.828	28.412	28.594	28.4	26.066	25.578	22.531	12.917	12.391	11.875	11.953	12.367	12.833	13.335	13.873	13.967	14.095	14.824	15.269	15.388	15.789	16.123	17.453	18.264	21.147	34.385	33.335	30.194	16.53	16.56	16.089	15.768	15.971	15.437	16.221	16.214	16.305	16.745	16.759	16.344	15.969	15.634	15.008	14.478	14.416	14.544	14.613	14.513	15.132	15.255	15.681	15.61	16.675	16.409
Daniel Ricciardo	6.544	8.015	9.663	10.993	14.155	17.204	18.004	19.133	20.018	20.981	21.824	22.493	23.292	23.849	24.178	24.861	25.991	24.614	29.179	41.234	32.614	34.316	34.4	35.287	36.151	37.054	38.059	39.363	40.166	40.737	41.958	43.283	45.313	47.412	48.549	50.805	52.444	56.317	71.306	70.887	68.177	54.746	54.77	54.641	54.675	55.084	55.525	56.387	57.086	57.715	57.905	58.145	58.484	59.61	60.143	60.206	60.467	61.317	62.76	64.459	66.049	67.712	69.184	70.731	72.215	75.139	76.829
Kamui Kobayashi	6.799	8.362	9.95	11.268	12.472	13.27	14.632	15.193	15.938	17.165	17.619	18.263	18.458	18.524	18.538	18.653	18.768	16.321	15.645	12.728	5.138	8.577	24.928	25.889	26.301	26.104	25.989	26.013	26.291	26.711	27.627	28.085	27.812	27.389	27.021	27.176	27.56	26.835	26.885	26.708	24.065	10.96	14.656	30.191	29.416	29.094	28.739	28.623	27.987	27.783	27.251	26.489	25.818	25.062	24.165	23.398	22.928	22.651	22.201	21.718	20.99	20.813	20.661	21.22	21.309	21.91	21.925
Felipe Massa	20.001	38.454	38.581	38.748	38.647	38.441	38.225	38.537	39.549	40.576	42.313	43.041	44.488	45.16	45.57	45.964	46.296	44.347	44.38	42.455	34.389	36.165	38.573	43.136	57.912	57.795	57.481	57.332	56.913	57.312	58.608	58.903	58.787	58.981	59.277	59.912	60.365	60.405	60.732	61.158	59.576	47.529	48.557	49.481	50.6	51.877	55.724	71.191	70.986	71.106	70.897	70.928	71.319	71.45	71.762	71.557	70.933	70.627	70.895	70.778	71.026	72.738	72.516	72.154	72.447	73.035	71.428
Bruno Senna	34.824	78.282	78.072	78.501	78.693	78.912	78.924	78.895	78.726	78.658	78.676	78.555	78.631	78.76	78.951	79.237	79.423	77.494	77.25	77.427	69.438	71.146	72.282	73.936	78.414	93.635	93.383	96.048	96.235	96.605	97.503	97.963	98.44	99.212	99.696	101.851	102.329	102.301	102.966	103.471	103.129	90.798	92.049	93.369	94.452	97.398	102.074	117.205	118.057	118.752	118.773	120.218	121.452	121.746	121.801	121.737	121.853	122.26	122.945	123.527	123.75	124.051	124.456	124.794	125.03	125.994
Jean-Eric Vergne	7.822	9.364	11.614	13.177	15.839	20.468	35.69	36.053	36.692	36.66	36.678	36.905	38.577	39.171	39.617	40.143	40.549	38.83	38.909	36.636	28.396	29.31	30.124	31.461	33.037	34.663	39.065	54.904	55.144	58.697	59.568	61.385	61.773	61.78	62.187	62.833	63.086	63.345	64.023	64.395	62.546	50.012	51.473	52.437	55.94	72.131	72.269	72.562	72.356	72.949	73.041	73.266	73.598	73.83	74.465	75.273	75.303	75.282	75.152	75.293	75.602	75.923	76.334	76.739	76.622	77.307	76.965
Heikki Kovalainen	9.954	11.952	14.797	17.589	19.242	20.529	21.747	23.213	24.255	25.622	27.013	29.236	33.825	49.28	50.223	51.275	52.66	50.98	50.948	48.876	40.562	41.444	42.197	43.121	44.545	45.973	47.426	48.971	50.118	52.018	56.815	72.308	72.938	73.878	75.51	77.221	78.356	78.95	84.029	85.994	85.707	74.293	76.995	81.914	98.447	100.297	101.795	104.955	107.055	109.937	111.911	114.447	123.906	150.227	158.018	163.828	164.74	165.794	166.984	168.203	168.91	171.207	172.164	177.698	179.422
Sergio Perez	8.205	9.693	10.673	11.775	13.234	13.898	13.704	14.224	14.125	14.107	14.373	14.485	14.605	14.495	14.434	14.573	18.866	30.28	28.482	25.179	16.427	17.027	17.598	18.091	19.154	20.291	20.982	21.938	23.292	23.629	24.386	24.69	25.126	25.33	25.633	26.351	26.993	28.419	29.194	32.248	43.751	30.009	30.131	31.248	31.617	32.275	32.287	32.283	32.144	32.629	32.727	32.846	32.441	31.866	31.568	30.857	30.571	30.422	29.923	29.912	29.841	29.518	29.185	28.864	28.306	28.919	27.896
Vitaly Petrov	9.072	11.486	14.447	16.16	17.635	19.38	20.547	21.737	23.184	24.575	25.986	27.741	30.092	34.685	51.43	53.696	54.821	53.305	53.64	51.413	43.076	44.245	45.128	46.23	47.709	48.936	50.228	51.897	54.5	55.974	58.232	63.252	78.79	79.52	83.929	86.665	87.641	88.225	89.26	90.234	89.33	77.119	78.791	83.825	86.122	88.052	89.513	91.982	94.139	98.685	114.213	115.128	117.9	119.665	120.061	120.285	120.408	120.965	121.803	122.575	122.738	123.142	123.609	124.106	124.327	125.448
Romain Grosjean	37.452	66.753	67.61	69.34	70.368	70.808	71.321	72.156	72.471	72.792	72.866	73.986	74.505	74.971	75.462	76.036	76.871	75.232	75.777	74.423	66.506	68.107	69.546	73.351	90.929	90.888	90.873	90.905	90.877	91.293	91.452	91.838	92.524	93.54	94.232	95.797	96.165	96.674	97.39	100.445	99.747	90.232	112.486	116.641	116.421	117.164	118.753	123.255	125.159	126.597	126.876	127.422	130.082	130.992	131.788	132.047	134.576	137.644	138.707	138.885	140.827	141.683	142.196	143.062	143.362	145.238
Charles Pic	10.805	13.792	16.533	19.748	22.521	25.197	27.557	30.188	32.644	35.283	38.714	41.39	44.288	47.399	50.061	53.445	56.512	56.684	58.601	58.313	54.875	70.46	71.593	72.92	74.37	75.808	77.157	78.788	80.512	84.032	87.008	89.48	91.617	95.18	98.904	101.613	104.338	106.114	109.6	112.057	112.815	103.635	109.751	128.324	129.752	132.791	136.014	139.512	142.094	144.482	146.598	148.76	151.328	156.215	159.029	164.642	167.083	169.373	171.626	173.972	177.743	181.971	184.71	187.295	192.071
Nico Rosberg	9.679	10.686	12.245	13.865	14.875	16.516	17.26	17.973	18.742	19.508	20.018	22.767	37.47	36.802	37.082	37.422	37.518	35.322	34.68	32.047	23.607	24.258	26.624	27.355	28.302	29.25	30.324	31.057	31.159	31.886	32.671	35.467	48.61	48.908	49.036	49.498	49.624	49.188	49.247	49.032	46.648	33.341	33.36	34.005	34.166	34.848	35.12	35.76	36.684	39.595	53.496	53.061	52.938	52.654	53.638	54.013	53.917	53.501	52.831	52.453	51.755	51.327	50.953	50.459	49.759	50.283	48.889
Timo Glock	11.176	14.278	18.872	22.036	24.596	27.355	29.858	32.535	35.619	39.052	42.051	45.329	48.647	51.91	55.642	59.068	62.458	64.27	69.853	86.353	79.377	83.068	86.432	89.567	92.811	96.536	100.804	107.421	110.86	115.869	119.805	124.695	129.741	133.137	135.817	139.068	143.917	147.2	150.584	156.29	172.62	164.794	167.749	170.541	173.469	178.195	180.839	186.089	191.089	196.2	199.365	203.875	207.184	209.927	215.227	218.556	221.786	225.843	229.286	234.296	238.062	244.674	248.838	253.283
Pedro de la Rosa	12.025	15.409	19.691	23.697	26.804	29.915	32.686	35.735	39.225	42.874	45.947	49.297	52.785	56.026	59.335	62.352	65.75	66.716	70.023	73.071	83.669	86.773	90.225	93.185	96.954	100.834	106.071	110.183	114.313	117.913	121.295	125.635	130.892	134.391	137.711	142.36	146.461	149.491	155.42	158.943	160.36	151.416	155.138	158.953	167.07	187.086	190.992	194.802	197.527	201.275	203.492	206.809	210.445	213.634	217.644	220.013	223.6	226.491	229.842	233.202	236.718	240.418	243.542	248.131
Narain Karthikeyan	14.283	17.627	20.892	24.844	28.096	31.243	34.873	38.472	42.445	45.676	48.716	52.196	55.971	59.215	62.608	66.219	70.678	72.059	75.312	77.052	72.709	80.534	104.135	106.86	112.223	116.53	120.003	123.886	126.553	129.685	132.725	135.686	138.596	142.256	145.525	149.986	153.167	156.453	159.225	163.524	165.444	156.004	163.008	168.561	172.462	180.217	200.593	204.638	208.844	212.977	217.074	219.035	222.21	224.289	226.016	227.782	229.76	232.582	236.449	240.534	245.269	248.216	250.659	253.614

Quite a few drivers blamed debris for their problems during the race. Another was Pastor Maldonado as chief operations engineer Mark Gillan explained: “We had a difficult day today with both cars races being compromised by damage.

“Pastor had good pace at the start of the race but on lap 12 he ran over debris that was lying in the middle of the track. The debris substantially damaged the left hand side of his car which lost him a significant amount of down force and ruined his race.”

Maldonado’s struggles from lap 12 on can be seen in the graphs above.

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7 comments on “2012 German Grand Prix lap charts”

Tom (@newdecade)
22nd July 2012, 21:51

Really illustrates how Massa Senna Grosjean and Hamilton never had a chance. On a track like this where cars can easily run at their fundamental pace, and with such a tight field and little chance of a safety car, the recovery drives were never going to happen.
ivz (@ivz)
22nd July 2012, 21:59

I havent seen the race yet, but did the Saubers have very good pace?
1. electrolite (@electrolite)
  23rd July 2012, 13:48
  
  @ivz yes :)
2. AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
  23rd July 2012, 20:40
  
  @ivz They certainly did. They were giving Force India quite a hard time.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
23rd July 2012, 20:42

The top three guys really were running their own race by this years standards.

Seems to me that Lotus took their time bringing Raikkonen in for his second stop.
1. Kimi4WDC
  24th July 2012, 5:45
  
  They messed up with Soft/Soft strategy. So Kimi was forced to stay longer on slower Softs, to ensure he would have enough till the end of the race on Hards.
  
  They did great with pit stop timings, but missed out on main strategy.
Dave (@davea86)
25th July 2012, 6:16

The chart really shows how much pressure Alonso had to withstand throughout the whole race. There were only 5 laps where his gap to second place was over 2.5 seconds, two when Vettel had just come out of the pits and had to get his tyres up to temp and the last 3 laps where Vettel and Button were slowing each other up.