jameshans92: 2012 German Grand Prix fastest laps

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McLaren expected Fernando Alonso’s lap times to suffer at the end of the race – but it was Jenson Button’s that did.

German Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/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	86.842	83.25	83.187	82.6	82.697	82.645	82.812	82.631	82.546	82.396	82.419	82.214	81.994	82.108	82.101	82.065	82.125	84.523	94.951	81.681	81.659	81.768	81.727	81.609	81.26	81.251	81.251	81.089	81.429	81.402	80.904	80.784	80.926	80.914	80.851	80.373	80.826	81.146	80.65	80.776	82.863	93.711	80.169	80.195	80.325	79.884	80.173	79.91	79.888	79.902	80.19	80.086	79.977	80.035	80.061	80.111	80.042	79.837	79.775	79.835	79.889	79.593	79.641	79.62	79.892	79.044	80.832
Sebastian Vettel	88.162	82.918	82.828	82.697	82.771	82.726	82.863	82.769	82.613	82.57	82.482	82.306	82.289	82.29	82.287	82.168	82.084	82.18	82.575	84.877	94.38	81.065	81.171	81.326	81.071	80.939	80.931	80.992	81.258	81.326	81.366	80.651	80.864	80.982	81.603	80.891	80.856	80.883	80.764	80.796	82.793	93.996	80.341	79.866	80.623	79.908	80.698	79.82	79.98	79.841	80.101	80.033	80.769	79.999	79.919	79.721	79.74	79.773	79.661	79.953	79.717	79.772	79.71	80.081	80.552	80.188	79.469
Michael Schumacher	89.271	83.669	83.414	83.229	83.324	82.996	83.05	83.246	82.916	83.145	84.3	83.111	82.89	84.904	96.945	81.944	82.073	82.058	81.734	82.197	82.944	82.315	82.078	81.986	82.129	82.247	81.47	81.54	81.502	81.78	81.782	81.312	81.37	81.588	81.744	84.146	93.841	80.291	80.415	81.206	80.234	80.249	80.204	80.103	80.35	79.914	80.539	80.846	80.191	80.226	80.092	82.538	93.488	79.585	79.007	78.794	78.725	78.833	78.875	79.144	78.942	79.005	79.165	79.27	79.208	79.545	79.658
Nico Hulkenberg	89.793	84.177	83.595	83.393	83.184	83.041	83.217	84.307	83.128	83.302	83.374	85.157	95.656	81.833	84.42	82.796	82.343	81.992	82.261	82.081	82.322	82.36	82.343	82.066	82.382	82.191	82.09	82.026	82.824	83.711	86.27	94.902	81.868	81.21	80.971	80.595	80.566	80.212	80.644	80.437	80.499	80.483	80.33	80.827	81.354	82.366	94.384	80.446	80.271	80.001	80.626	80.073	79.678	79.649	79.607	79.372	79.607	79.914	79.937	79.957	79.886	79.749	79.941	79.715	80.159	80.046	80.107
Pastor Maldonado	90.585	84.423	83.721	83.399	83.225	83.321	82.963	83.468	83.33	83.372	83.258	83.573	85.11	97.671	82.252	82.401	82.498	82.308	82.949	84.149	83.314	82.7	85.191	83.975	82.762	82.814	82.919	82.688	82.781	82.612	82.707	82.67	82.467	82.325	82.291	83.133	84.104	84.895	97.332	81.1	81.548	81.245	81.328	80.995	81.619	81.549	81.437	80.976	81.113	81.365	80.987	80.795	80.792	81.778	81.2	83.058	83.418	95.013	79.607	79.971	80.142	79.914	79.838	79.953	79.848	80.418
Jenson Button	90.1	84.197	83.554	83.608	83.171	83.193	83.066	82.606	82.604	82.637	82.538	82.32	82.084	82.366	82.073	82.076	82.252	81.992	84.47	94.172	81.104	81.413	80.992	81.406	81.494	81.07	80.727	80.897	80.996	81.074	81.151	80.34	80.771	80.773	80.692	81.488	80.608	80.841	80.831	83.077	91.69	80.057	79.754	79.808	80.269	79.894	80.132	79.908	80.083	79.973	80.29	80.029	80.05	79.905	79.904	79.97	80.05	80.092	80.042	80.007	79.906	79.719	80.055	80.166	80.805	81.692	81.737
Lewis Hamilton	91.665	84.784	124.133	100.111	83.324	82.785	82.595	82.306	82.511	82.735	82.503	82.58	82.141	82.158	82.462	82.766	82.802	83.682	83.026	82.393	82.562	82.448	82.172	82.112	82.486	82.153	81.902	81.801	83.108	82.736	84.909	94.571	80.774	80.091	80.426	80.607	81.194	80.685	80.761	80.298	80.991	81.568	80.71	80.825	81.094	81.247	83.592	96.487	80.509	80.315	80.282	80.175	80.284	80.549	81.06	92.608
Mark Webber	91.284	84.253	83.977	83.449	83.146	83.265	83.247	83.31	83.297	83.319	83.221	85.789	97.185	84.051	82.186	82.159	82.291	82.671	82.319	82.257	81.781	81.967	82.02	82.297	81.956	81.981	82.136	82.498	82.291	82.507	82.303	83.251	81.88	81.489	81.603	81.64	81.408	81.524	82.59	84.17	93.904	80.51	80.605	80.557	80.757	80.671	80.885	80.659	80.949	80.801	80.638	80.61	80.833	80.236	80.358	80.141	80.043	79.972	79.794	79.906	79.859	79.926	80.101	80.001	79.927	79.863	80.329
Paul di Resta	92.922	84.497	84.209	83.677	84.614	83.627	83.439	83.439	84.332	85.616	95.871	82.169	82.44	82.871	82.73	82.432	82.494	82.39	82.511	82.698	83.116	82.848	82.534	82.543	83.195	82.344	82.456	81.907	83.276	82.731	82.567	82.486	81.828	81.752	81.732	81.753	81.933	81.802	84.569	94.39	80.672	80.758	80.613	80.668	80.246	80.354	80.614	80.412	80.395	81.631	80.87	80.779	80.296	80.661	81.207	82.102	80.791	80.478	80.087	80.358	79.959	80.023	80.057	80.182	80.362	80.057	79.717
Kimi Raikkonen	92.446	84.227	85.402	83.596	83.072	83.408	82.596	82.72	82.712	82.987	85.637	95.436	81.942	81.988	82.685	82.247	81.931	82.037	82.087	81.83	81.377	81.242	81.211	81.687	81.674	81.717	81.753	81.627	81.523	81.53	81.633	81.229	81.045	81.315	81.185	81.703	81.637	84.029	93.888	79.726	79.722	80.047	80.199	79.724	80.004	80.087	79.639	80.694	79.881	79.993	80.63	80.1	79.562	79.66	79.726	79.485	79.512	79.775	79.903	79.904	79.789	80.212	79.764	80.046	79.821	80.109	80.566
Daniel Ricciardo	93.386	84.721	84.835	83.93	85.859	85.694	83.612	83.76	83.431	83.359	83.262	82.883	82.793	82.665	82.43	82.748	83.255	82.994	87.14	96.932	82.371	83.47	81.811	82.496	82.124	82.154	82.256	82.393	82.232	81.973	82.125	82.109	82.956	83.013	81.988	82.629	82.465	85.019	95.639	80.357	80.153	80.28	80.193	80.066	80.359	80.293	80.614	80.772	80.587	80.531	80.38	80.326	80.316	81.161	80.594	80.174	80.303	80.687	81.218	81.534	81.479	81.256	81.113	81.167	81.376	81.968	82.522
Kamui Kobayashi	93.641	84.813	84.775	83.918	83.901	83.443	84.174	83.192	83.291	83.623	82.873	82.858	82.189	82.174	82.115	82.18	82.24	81.924	81.899	81.96	83.401	85.207	98.078	82.57	81.672	81.054	81.136	81.113	81.707	81.822	81.82	81.242	80.653	80.491	80.483	80.528	81.21	80.421	80.7	80.599	80.22	80.606	83.865	95.73	79.55	79.562	79.818	79.794	79.252	79.698	79.658	79.324	79.306	79.279	79.164	79.344	79.572	79.56	79.325	79.352	79.161	79.416	79.489	80.179	79.981	79.645	80.847
Felipe Massa	106.843	101.703	83.314	82.767	82.596	82.439	82.596	82.943	83.558	83.423	84.156	82.942	83.441	82.78	82.511	82.459	82.457	82.422	82.608	82.952	82.925	83.544	84.135	86.172	96.036	81.134	80.937	80.94	81.01	81.801	82.2	81.079	80.81	81.108	81.147	81.008	81.279	81.186	80.977	81.202	81.281	81.664	81.197	81.119	81.444	81.161	84.02	95.377	79.683	80.022	79.981	80.117	80.368	80.166	80.373	79.906	79.418	79.531	80.043	79.718	80.137	81.305	79.419	79.258	80.185	79.632	79.225
Bruno Senna	121.666	126.708	82.977	83.029	82.889	82.864	82.824	82.602	82.377	82.328	82.437	82.093	82.07	82.237	82.292	82.351	82.311	82.442	82.331	85.054	83.002	83.476	82.863	83.263	85.738	96.472	80.999	83.754	81.616	81.772	81.802	81.244	81.403	81.686	81.335	82.528	81.304	81.118	81.315	81.281	82.521	81.38	81.42	81.515	81.408	82.83	84.849	95.041	80.74	80.597	80.211	81.531	81.211	80.329	80.116	80.047	80.158	80.244	80.46	80.417	80.112	79.894	80.046	79.958	80.128	80.008
Jean-Eric Vergne	94.664	84.792	85.437	84.163	85.359	87.274	98.034	82.994	83.185	82.364	82.437	82.441	83.666	82.702	82.547	82.591	82.531	82.652	82.654	82.604	82.751	82.682	82.541	82.946	82.836	82.877	85.653	96.928	81.669	84.955	81.775	82.601	81.314	80.921	81.258	81.019	81.079	81.405	81.328	81.148	81.014	81.177	81.63	81.159	83.828	96.075	80.311	80.203	79.682	80.495	80.282	80.311	80.309	80.267	80.696	80.919	80.072	79.816	79.645	79.976	80.198	79.914	80.052	80.025	79.775	79.729	80.49
Heikki Kovalainen	96.796	85.248	86.032	85.392	84.35	83.932	84.03	84.097	83.588	83.763	83.81	84.437	86.583	97.563	83.044	83.117	83.51	82.691	82.543	82.805	82.677	82.65	82.48	82.533	82.684	82.679	82.704	82.634	82.576	83.302	85.701	96.277	81.556	81.854	82.483	82.084	81.961	81.74	85.729	82.741	82.576	82.297	82.871	85.114	96.858	81.734	81.671	83.07	81.988	82.784	82.164	82.622	89.436	106.356	87.852	85.921	80.954	80.891	80.965	81.054	80.596	81.89	80.598	85.154	81.616
Sergio Perez	95.047	84.738	84.167	83.702	84.156	83.309	82.618	83.151	82.447	82.378	82.685	82.326	82.114	81.998	82.04	82.204	86.418	95.785	80.777	81.574	82.239	82.368	82.298	82.102	82.323	82.388	81.942	82.045	82.783	81.739	81.661	81.088	81.362	81.118	81.154	81.091	81.468	82.572	81.425	83.83	94.366	79.969	80.291	81.312	80.694	80.542	80.185	79.906	79.749	80.387	80.288	80.205	79.572	79.46	79.763	79.4	79.756	79.688	79.276	79.824	79.818	79.27	79.308	79.299	79.334	79.657	79.809
Vitaly Petrov	95.914	85.664	86.148	84.313	84.172	84.39	83.979	83.821	83.993	83.787	83.83	83.969	84.345	86.701	98.846	84.331	83.25	82.855	82.91	82.65	82.654	82.937	82.61	82.711	82.739	82.478	82.543	82.758	84.032	82.876	83.162	85.804	96.464	81.644	85.26	83.109	81.802	81.73	81.685	81.75	81.959	81.5	81.841	85.229	82.622	81.814	81.634	82.379	82.045	84.448	95.718	81.001	82.749	81.8	80.457	80.335	80.165	80.394	80.613	80.607	80.052	79.997	80.108	80.117	80.113	80.165
Romain Grosjean	124.294	112.551	84.044	84.33	83.725	83.085	83.325	83.466	82.861	82.717	82.493	83.334	82.513	82.574	82.592	82.639	82.96	82.732	83.12	83.523	83.074	83.369	83.166	85.414	98.838	81.21	81.236	81.121	81.401	81.818	81.063	81.17	81.612	81.93	81.543	81.938	81.194	81.655	81.366	83.831	82.165	84.196	102.423	84.35	80.105	80.627	81.762	84.412	81.792	81.34	80.469	80.632	82.637	80.945	80.857	80.37	82.571	82.905	80.838	80.013	81.831	80.449	80.154	80.486	80.192	80.92
Charles Pic	97.647	86.237	85.928	85.815	85.47	85.321	85.172	85.262	85.002	85.035	85.85	84.89	84.892	85.219	84.763	85.449	85.192	84.543	84.492	84.589	87.553	97.353	82.86	82.936	82.71	82.689	82.6	82.72	83.153	84.922	83.88	83.256	83.063	84.477	84.575	83.082	83.551	82.922	84.136	83.233	83.621	84.531	86.285	98.768	81.753	82.923	83.396	83.408	82.47	82.29	82.306	82.248	82.545	84.922	82.875	85.724	82.483	82.127	82.028	82.181	83.66	83.821	82.38	82.205	84.668
Nico Rosberg	96.521	84.257	84.746	84.22	83.707	84.286	83.556	83.344	83.315	83.162	82.929	84.963	96.697	81.44	82.381	82.405	82.221	82.175	81.933	82.244	82.551	82.419	84.093	82.34	82.207	82.199	82.325	81.822	81.531	82.129	81.689	83.58	94.069	81.212	80.979	80.835	80.952	80.71	80.709	80.561	80.479	80.404	80.188	80.84	80.486	80.566	80.445	80.55	80.812	82.813	94.091	79.651	79.854	79.751	81.045	80.486	79.946	79.421	79.105	79.457	79.191	79.165	79.267	79.126	79.192	79.568	79.438
Timo Glock	98.018	86.352	87.781	85.764	85.257	85.404	85.315	85.308	85.63	85.829	85.418	85.492	85.312	85.371	85.833	85.491	85.515	86.183	88.158	101.377	84.015	85.459	85.091	84.744	84.504	84.976	85.519	87.706	84.868	86.411	84.84	85.674	85.972	84.31	83.531	83.624	85.675	84.429	84.034	86.482	99.193	85.885	83.124	82.987	83.253	84.61	82.817	85.16	84.888	85.013	83.355	84.596	83.286	82.778	85.361	83.44	83.272	83.894	83.218	84.845	83.655	86.205	83.805	84.065
Pedro de la Rosa	98.867	86.634	87.469	86.606	85.804	85.756	85.583	85.68	86.036	86.045	85.492	85.564	85.482	85.349	85.41	85.082	85.523	85.337	85.882	87.925	101.589	84.872	85.179	84.569	85.029	85.131	86.488	85.201	85.559	85.002	84.286	85.124	86.183	84.413	84.171	85.022	84.927	84.176	86.579	84.299	84.28	84.767	83.891	84.01	88.442	99.9	84.079	83.72	82.613	83.65	82.407	83.403	83.613	83.224	84.071	82.48	83.629	82.728	83.126	83.195	83.405	83.293	82.765	84.209
Narain Karthikeyan	101.125	86.594	86.452	86.552	85.949	85.792	86.442	86.23	86.519	85.627	85.459	85.694	85.769	85.352	85.494	85.676	86.584	85.752	85.828	86.617	86.648	89.593	105.328	84.334	86.623	85.558	84.724	84.972	84.096	84.534	83.944	83.745	83.836	84.574	84.12	84.834	84.007	84.432	83.422	85.075	84.783	84.271	87.173	85.748	84.226	87.639	100.549	83.955	84.094	84.035	84.287	82.047	83.152	82.114	81.788	81.877	82.02	82.659	83.642	83.92	84.624	82.54	82.084	82.575

McLaren thought Jenson Button would be able to attack Fernando Alonso at the end of the race as the Ferrari drivers’ tyres had begun to go off before the end of the stint on previous runs.

The lap times chart above shows how Alonso’s times began to rise towards the end of his middle stint. At this point he was increasingly preoccupied with Lewis Hamilton, who was trying to unlap himself, but Alonso didn’t do much in terms of defending at this point.

But when it came to the final stint it wasn’t Alonso’s lap times that went off – it was Button’s.

Nico Hulkenberg started fourth and slipped to ninth at the finish. His tyres went off quite sharply at the end of each stint which, he said, made a two-stopped impossible:

“We always knew it was going to be tough to hang on to fourth place because we did not look especially strong in the dry conditions on Saturday morning. But when you’re in that position you hope for the best and actually the first part of the race was strong for me and I had some good battles.

“In terms of strategy, doing three stops was the way forward because a two-stop race was not possible with the way the tyres were degrading.”

German Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1’18.725		57
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’19.044	0.319	66
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’19.105	0.380	59
4	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1’19.161	0.436	61
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1’19.225	0.500	67
6	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1’19.270	0.545	62
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1’19.372	0.647	56
8	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’19.469	0.744	67
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1’19.485	0.760	56
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1’19.607	0.882	59
11	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’19.645	0.920	59
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1’19.717	0.992	67
13	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1’19.719	0.994	62
14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1’19.794	1.069	59
15	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1’19.894	1.169	62
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1’19.997	1.272	62
17	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1’20.013	1.288	60
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’20.066	1.341	44
19	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1’20.091	1.366	34
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1’20.596	1.871	61
21	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1’21.753	3.028	45
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1’21.788	3.063	55
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1’22.407	3.682	51
24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1’22.778	4.053	54

Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap of the race shortly after his third and final pit stop. Tellingly he did so with ten laps to go and didn’t continue to improve his lap time, which goes some way towards explaining why he was unable to catch and pass the Saubers.

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