2012 Belgian Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 2 September 2012
Winner:	Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position:	Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap:	Bruno Senna Williams-Renault
Circuit:	Spa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round:	12 of 20

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	44	1hr 29m 08.530s	25
2	+8	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	44	+13.624s	18
3		Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	44	+25.334s	15
4	+7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	44	+27.843s	12
5	+9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	44	+29.845s	10
6	+6	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	44	+31.244s	8
7	+6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	44	+53.374s	6
8	+7	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	44	+58.865s	4
9	+7	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	44	+1m 02.982s	2
10	-1	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	44	+1m 03.783s	1
11	+12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	44	+1m 05.111s
12	+5	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	44	+1m 11.529s
13	-11	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	44	+1m 56.119s
14	+5	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	43	+1 lap
15	+5	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	43	+1 lap
16	+6	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	43	+1 lap
17	+1	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	43	+1 lap
18	+3	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	43	+1 lap
R		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	29	DNF
R		Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	4	DNF
R		Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	0	DNF
R		Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	0	DNF
R		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	0	DNF
R		Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	0	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:47.573
2		Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:47.871
3		Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1:48.205
4		Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:48.219
5		Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:48.313
6	-3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:47.893
7		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:48.394
8		Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:48.538
9		Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:48.890
10		Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:48.792
11		Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:48.855
12	-5	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:48.392
13		Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:49.081
14		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:49.147
15		Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:49.354
16		Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:49.543
17		Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:50.088
18		Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:51.739
19		Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:51.967
20		Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:52.336
21		Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:53.030
22		Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:53.493
23	-5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:50.181
24		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:54.989

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:47.573
2	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:47.871	0.298
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:47.893	0.320
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1:48.205	0.632
5	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:48.219	0.646
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:48.313	0.740
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:48.392	0.819
8	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:48.394	0.821
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:48.538	0.965
10	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:48.890	1.317
Q2
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:48.792
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:48.855
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:49.081
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:49.147
15	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:49.354
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:49.543
17	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:50.088
Q1
18	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:50.181
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:51.739
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:51.967
21	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:52.336
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:53.030
23	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:53.493
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:54.989

Free Practice Appearances

Driver	Constructor
Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault
Dani Clos	HRT-Cosworth

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	164
2	Sebastian Vettel	140
3	Mark Webber	132
4	Kimi Raikkonen	131
5	Lewis Hamilton	117
6	Jenson Button	101
7	Nico Rosberg	77
8	Romain Grosjean	76
9	Sergio Perez	47
10	Michael Schumacher	35
11	Felipe Massa	35
12	Kamui Kobayashi	33
13	Nico Hulkenberg	31
14	Pastor Maldonado	29
15	Paul di Resta	28
16	Bruno Senna	24
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	8
18	Daniel Ricciardo	4

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
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

Driver: 14th for Jenson Button

Constructor: 179th for McLaren

Podiums

Driver: 68th for Kimi Raikkonen, 47th for Jenson Button, 40th for Sebastian Vettel

Constructor: 479th for McLaren, 72nd for Red Bull, 9th for Lotus (2012-15)

Poles

Driver: 8th and last for Jenson Button

Constructor: 151st for McLaren

Fastest laps

Driver: 1st and only for Bruno Senna (123rd different fastest lap setter, 9th Brazilian driver)

Constructor: 131st for Williams

Front row starts

Driver: 22nd for Jenson Button, 1st and only for Kamui Kobayashi (146th different front row starter, 2nd Japanese driver)

Pole & win

Driver: 5th and last for Jenson Button

See also

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