Alonso converts pole into German GP victory

Sunday 22nd July 2012, 14:46 by TF1T Staff

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Fernando Alonso converted his second pole position of the 2012 season to secure his third win of the year, further extending his championship lead.

The Ferrari driver came under increasing pressure from both Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button in the closing stages of the race, but he held off brilliantly to take 25 points.

Vettel managed to overcome Button in the closing laps to take second, but his overtake, which happened off-circuit, is under investigation.

Button made his way through the field from sixth to finish third ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, the Sauber duo led by Kamui Kobayashi came in fifth and sixth with Sergio Perez just holding off Michael Schumacher.

Update: Vettel has been handed a 20-second time penalty and drops to fifth.

For a full race report, check out our live commentary here.

2012 German GP Results:

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Pts
01.	F. Alonso	Ferrari		25
02.	S. Vettel	Red Bull	+3.7	18
03.	J. Button	McLaren	+6.9	15
04.	K. Raikkonen	Lotus	+16.4	12
05.	K. Kobayashi	Sauber	+21.9	10
06.	S. Perez	Sauber	+27.8	8
07.	M. Schumacher	Mercedes	+28.9	6
08.	M. Webber	Red Bull	+46.9	4
09.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	+48.1	2
10.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	+48.8	1
11.	P. di Resta	Force India	+59.2
12.	F. Massa	Ferrari	+1:11.4
13.	D. Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	+1:16.8
14.	J. Vergne	Toro Rosso	+1:16.9
15.	P. Maldonado	Williams	+1 lap
16.	V. Petrov	Caterham	+1 lap
17.	B. Senna	Williams	+1 lap
18.	R. Grosjean	Lotus	+1 lap
19.	H. Kovalainen	Caterham	+2 laps
20.	C. Pic	Marussia	+2 laps
21.	P. de la Rosa	HRT	+3 laps
22.	T. Glock	Marussia	+3 laps
23.	N. Karthikeyan	HRT	+3 laps
24.	L. Hamilton	McLaren	+20 laps

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