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2012 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes441hr 29m 08.530s25
2+8(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault44+13.624s18
3 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault44+25.334s15
4+7(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes44+27.843s12
5+9(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari44+29.845s10
6+6(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault44+31.244s8
7+6(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes44+53.374s6
8+7(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari44+58.865s4
9+7(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari44+1m 02.982s2
10-1(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes44+1m 03.783s1
11+12(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes44+1m 05.111s 
12+5(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault44+1m 11.529s 
13-11(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari44+1m 56.119s 
14+5(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault43+1 lap 
15+5(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth43+1 lap 
16+6(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth43+1 lap 
17+1(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault43+1 lap 
18+3(ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth43+1 lap 
R (IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth29DNF 
R (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault4DNF 
R (MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari0DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari0DNF 
R (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 
R (FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault0DNF 

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
2 (JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
3 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
4 (MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
5 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
6-3(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
7 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
8 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
9 (GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
10 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
11 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
12-5(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
13 (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes
14 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
15 (FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
16 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
17 (BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
18 (FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
19 (RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
20 (DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
21 (ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth
22 (FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth
23-5(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
24 (IND) 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
1(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:47.573 
2(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:47.8710.298
3(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:47.8930.320
4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:48.2050.632
5(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:48.2190.646
6(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:48.3130.740
7(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:48.3920.819
8(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:48.3940.821
9(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:48.5380.965
10(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:48.8901.317
Q2
11(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:48.792 
12(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:48.855 
13(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:49.081 
14(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:49.147 
15(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:49.354 
16(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:49.543 
17(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:50.088 
Q1
18(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:50.181 
19(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:51.739 
20(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:51.967 
21(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:52.336 
22(ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:53.030 
23(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:53.493 
24(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:54.989 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault
(ESP) Dani ClosHRT-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ESP) Fernando Alonso164
2(DEU) Sebastian Vettel140
3(AUS) Mark Webber132
4(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen131
5(GBR) Lewis Hamilton117
6(GBR) Jenson Button101
7(DEU) Nico Rosberg77
8(FRA) Romain Grosjean76
9(MEX) Sergio Perez47
10(DEU) Michael Schumacher35
11(BRA) Felipe Massa35
12(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi33
13(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg31
14(VEN) Pastor Maldonado29
15(GBR) Paul di Resta28
16(BRA) Bruno Senna24
17(FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne8
18(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo4

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Renault272
2McLaren-Mercedes218
3Lotus-Renault207
4Ferrari199
5Mercedes112
6Sauber-Ferrari80
7Force India-Mercedes59
8Williams-Renault53
9Toro 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)