2012 European Grand Prix

2012 European Grand Prix
2012 European Grand Prix
Race 8 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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	The Valencia Street Circuit
Race details
Date	24 June 2012
Official name	2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe
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 Air Temp 27 °C (81 °F) ; Track Temp 45 °C (113 °F)
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel;
Time	1:38.086
Fastest lap
Driver	Nico Rosberg
Time	1:42.163 on lap 54
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso;
Second	Kimi Räikkönen;
Third	Michael Schumacher;
	Lap leaders ;

The 2012 European Grand Prix (formally, the 2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race that was held at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain on 24 June 2012. 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.

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