2012 Belgian Grand Prix
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Circuit | Spa-Francorchamps, 44 laps |
Round | 12 of 20 |
Race numbers | The 2012 Belgian Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (GBR) Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 44 | 1hr 29m 08.530s | 25 | |
2 | +8 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 44 | +13.624s | 18 |
3 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 44 | +25.334s | 15 | |
4 | +7 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 44 | +27.843s | 12 |
5 | +9 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 44 | +29.845s | 10 |
6 | +6 | (AUS) Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 44 | +31.244s | 8 |
7 | +6 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 44 | +53.374s | 6 |
8 | +7 | (FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 44 | +58.865s | 4 |
9 | +7 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 44 | +1m 02.982s | 2 |
10 | -1 | (GBR) Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 44 | +1m 03.783s | 1 |
11 | +12 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 44 | +1m 05.111s | |
12 | +5 | (BRA) Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 44 | +1m 11.529s | |
13 | -11 | (JPN) Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 44 | +1m 56.119s | |
14 | +5 | (RUS) Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 43 | +1 lap | |
15 | +5 | (DEU) Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 43 | +1 lap | |
16 | +6 | (FRA) Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 43 | +1 lap | |
17 | +1 | (FIN) Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 43 | +1 lap | |
18 | +3 | (ESP) Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 43 | +1 lap | |
R | (IND) Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 29 | DNF | ||
R | (VEN) Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 4 | DNF | ||
R | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 0 | DNF | ||
R | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 0 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 0 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 0 | DNF |
Notes
- Romain Grosjean was given a one-race ban for his role in the opening lap crash.
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | (GBR) Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | |
2 | (JPN) Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | |
3 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | |
4 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | |
5 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | |
6 | -3 | (VEN) Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault |
7 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | |
8 | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | |
9 | (GBR) Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | |
10 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | |
11 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | |
12 | -5 | (AUS) Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault |
13 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | |
14 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | Ferrari | |
15 | (FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
16 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
17 | (BRA) Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | |
18 | (FIN) Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | |
19 | (RUS) Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | |
20 | (DEU) Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | |
21 | (ESP) Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | |
22 | (FRA) Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | |
23 | -5 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
24 | (IND) Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth |
Notes
- Pastor Maldonado received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Nico Hulkenberg during qualifying.
- Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
Free practice appearances
Driver | Constructor |
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(FIN) Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault |
(ESP) Dani Clos | HRT-Cosworth |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | 164 |
2 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | 140 |
3 | (AUS) Mark Webber | 132 |
4 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | 131 |
5 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | 117 |
6 | (GBR) Jenson Button | 101 |
7 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | 77 |
8 | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | 76 |
9 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | 47 |
10 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | 35 |
11 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | 35 |
12 | (JPN) Kamui Kobayashi | 33 |
13 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | 31 |
14 | (VEN) Pastor Maldonado | 29 |
15 | (GBR) Paul di Resta | 28 |
16 | (BRA) Bruno Senna | 24 |
17 | (FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne | 8 |
18 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | 4 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | Red Bull-Renault | 272 |
2 | McLaren-Mercedes | 218 |
3 | Lotus-Renault | 207 |
4 | Ferrari | 199 |
5 | Mercedes | 112 |
6 | Sauber-Ferrari | 80 |
7 | Force India-Mercedes | 59 |
8 | Williams-Renault | 53 |
9 | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 12 |
Statistics & milestones
- Wins
- 14th for Jenson Button
- 179th for McLaren
- Podiums
- 68th for Kimi Raikkonen
- 47th for Jenson Button
- 40th for Sebastian Vettel (18th driver to score 40 podiums, 2nd German driver)
- 479th for McLaren
- 72nd for Red Bull
- 9th for Lotus (2012-15)
- Poles
- 8th and last for Jenson Button (first since 2009; only pole for McLaren)
- 151st for McLaren
- Fastest laps
- 1st and only for Bruno Senna (123rd different fastest lap setter, 9th Brazilian driver)
- 131st for Williams (first since 2009)
- Front row starts
- 22nd for Jenson Button
- 1st and only for Kamui Kobayashi (146th different front row starter, 2nd Japanese driver; first Japanese front row starter since 2004)
- Pole & win
- 5th and last for Jenson Button (first since 2009; only win from pole for McLaren)