2012 Belgian Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 2 September 2012 |
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Fastest lap |
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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 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 44 | 1hr 29m 08.530s | 25 | |
2 | +8 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 44 | +13.624s | 18 |
3 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 44 | +25.334s | 15 | |
4 | +7 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 44 | +27.843s | 12 |
5 | +9 | ![]() | Ferrari | 44 | +29.845s | 10 |
6 | +6 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 44 | +31.244s | 8 |
7 | +6 | ![]() | Mercedes | 44 | +53.374s | 6 |
8 | +7 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 44 | +58.865s | 4 |
9 | +7 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 44 | +1m 02.982s | 2 |
10 | -1 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 44 | +1m 03.783s | 1 |
11 | +12 | ![]() | Mercedes | 44 | +1m 05.111s | |
12 | +5 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 44 | +1m 11.529s | |
13 | -11 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 44 | +1m 56.119s | |
14 | +5 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 43 | +1 lap | |
15 | +5 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 43 | +1 lap | |
16 | +6 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 43 | +1 lap | |
17 | +1 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 43 | +1 lap | |
18 | +3 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 43 | +1 lap | |
R | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 29 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 4 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 0 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 0 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 0 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | |
2 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
3 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | |
4 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
5 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
6 | -3 | ![]() | Williams-Renault |
7 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | |
8 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | |
9 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
10 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | |
11 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
12 | -5 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault |
13 | ![]() | Mercedes | |
14 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
15 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
16 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
17 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | |
18 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | |
19 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | |
20 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | |
21 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | |
22 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | |
23 | -5 | ![]() | Mercedes |
24 | ![]() | 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.
Qualifying result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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Q3 | ||||
1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:47.573 | |
2 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:47.871 | 0.298 |
3 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:47.893 | 0.320 |
4 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:48.205 | 0.632 |
5 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:48.219 | 0.646 |
6 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:48.313 | 0.740 |
7 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:48.392 | 0.819 |
8 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:48.394 | 0.821 |
9 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:48.538 | 0.965 |
10 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:48.890 | 1.317 |
Q2 | ||||
11 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:48.792 | |
12 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:48.855 | |
13 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:49.081 | |
14 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:49.147 | |
15 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:49.354 | |
16 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:49.543 | |
17 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:50.088 | |
Q1 | ||||
18 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:50.181 | |
19 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:51.739 | |
20 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:51.967 | |
21 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:52.336 | |
22 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:53.030 | |
23 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:53.493 | |
24 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:54.989 |
Free practice appearances
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Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2012 Belgian Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 164 |
2 | ![]() | 140 |
3 | ![]() | 132 |
4 | ![]() | 131 |
5 | ![]() | 117 |
6 | ![]() | 101 |
7 | ![]() | 77 |
8 | ![]() | 76 |
9 | ![]() | 47 |
10 | ![]() | 35 |
11 | ![]() | 35 |
12 | ![]() | 33 |
13 | ![]() | 31 |
14 | ![]() | 29 |
15 | ![]() | 28 |
16 | ![]() | 24 |
17 | ![]() | 8 |
18 | ![]() | 4 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 272 |
2 | ![]() | 218 |
3 | ![]() | 207 |
4 | ![]() | 199 |
5 | ![]() | 112 |
6 | ![]() | 80 |
7 | ![]() | 59 |
8 | ![]() | 53 |
9 | ![]() | 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)