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Home / Seasons / 2012 F1 World Championship Season / 2012 Belgian Grand Prix

2012 Belgian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 September 2012
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round12 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 Belgian Grand Prix was the

  • 870th World Championship race
  • 57th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 45th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes441hr 29m 08.530s25
2+8Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault44+13.624s18
3 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault44+25.334s15
4+7Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes44+27.843s12
5+9Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari44+29.845s10
6+6Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault44+31.244s8
7+6Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes44+53.374s6
8+7France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari44+58.865s4
9+7Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari44+1m 02.982s2
10-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes44+1m 03.783s1
11+12Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes44+1m 05.111s 
12+5Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault44+1m 11.529s 
13-11Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari44+1m 56.119s 
14+5Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault43+1 lap 
15+5Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth43+1 lap 
16+6France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth43+1 lap 
17+1Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault43+1 lap 
18+3Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth43+1 lap 
R India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth29DNF 
R Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault4DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari0DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari0DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 
R France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault0DNF 

Notes

  • Romain Grosjean was given a one-race ban for his role in the opening lap crash.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
2 Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
3 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
4 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
5 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari
6-3Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
7 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
8 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
9 United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
10 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
11 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
12-5Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
13 Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes
14 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
15 France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
16 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
17 Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
18 Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
19 Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
20 Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
21 Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth
22 France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth
23-5Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
24 India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-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.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:47.573 
2Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:47.8710.298
3Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:47.8930.320
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:48.2050.632
5Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:48.2190.646
6Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:48.3130.740
7Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:48.3920.819
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:48.3940.821
9France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:48.5380.965
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:48.8901.317
Q2
11Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:48.792 
12Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:48.855 
13Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:49.081 
14Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:49.147 
15France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:49.354 
16Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:49.543 
17Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:50.088 
Q1
18Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:50.181 
19Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:51.739 
20Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:51.967 
21Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:52.336 
22Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:53.030 
23France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:53.493 
24India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:54.989 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Spain flag lazyload Dani ClosSpain flag lazyload HRT-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2012 Belgian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso164
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel140
3Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber132
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen131
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton117
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button101
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg77
8France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean76
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez47
10Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher35
11Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa35
12Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi33
13Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg31
14Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado29
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta28
16Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna24
17France flag lazyload Jean-Eric Vergne8
18Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo4

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault272
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes218
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault207
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari199
5Germany flag lazyload Mercedes112
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari80
7India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes59
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault53
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari12

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)

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Spa-Francorchamps circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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