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

2012 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 9 September 2012
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitMonza, 53 laps
Round13 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 Italian Grand Prix was the

  • 871st World Championship race
  • 63rd World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 62nd World Championship race at Monza
More 2012 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes531hr 19m 41.221s25
2+10Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari53+4.356s18
3+7Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari53+20.594s15
4-1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari53+29.667s12
5+2Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault53+30.881s10
6-2Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes53+31.259s8
7-1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes53+33.550s6
8+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes53+41.057s4
9-1Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari53+43.898s2
10+3Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault53+48.144s1
11+11Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault53+48.682s 
12+2Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari53+50.316s 
13+2Belgium flag lazyload Jerome d’AmbrosioLotus-Renault53+1m 15.861s 
14+3Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault52+1 lap 
15+3Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault52+1 lap 
16+4France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth52+1 lap 
17+2Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth52+1 lap 
18+5Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth52+1 lap 
19+2India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth52+1 lap 
20-9Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault51DNF 
21+3Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes50DNF 
22-17Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault47DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes32DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari8DNF 

Notes

  • Mark Webber ended lap 51 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nico Hulkenberg ended lap 50 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Sebastian Vettel ended lap 47 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Paul di Resta received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
  • Pastor Maldonado received two five-place grid penalties for a jump start and causing a collision with Timo Glock during the previous race.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:24.010 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:24.1330.123
3Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:24.2470.237
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:24.3040.294
5Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:24.5400.530
6Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:24.8020.792
7Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:24.8330.823
8Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:24.8550.845
9Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:25.1091.099
10Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:25.6781.668
Q2
11Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:24.809 
12Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:24.820 
13Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:24.901 
14Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:25.042 
15Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:25.312 
16Belgium flag lazyload Jerome d’AmbrosioLotus-Renault1:25.408 
17France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:25.441 
Q1
18Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:26.382 
19Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:26.887 
20Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:27.039 
21France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:27.073 
22India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:27.441 
23Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:27.629 
24Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
France flag lazyload Jules BianchiIndia flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes
Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
China flag lazyload Ma Qing HuaSpain flag lazyload HRT-Cosworth

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso179
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton142
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen141
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel140
5Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber132
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button101
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg83
8France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean76
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez65
10Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa47
11Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher43
12Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi35
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta32
14Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg31
15Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado29
16Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna25
17France flag lazyload Jean-Eric Vergne8
18Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo4

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault272
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes243
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari226
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault217
5Germany flag lazyload Mercedes126
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari100
7India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes63
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault54
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari12

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Jerome d’Ambrosio (last Belgian driver to start a race until 2016)
Milestone race start
50th for Vitaly Petrov (121st driver to start 50 races, 1st Russian driver)
Wins
20th for Lewis Hamilton (14th driver to win 20 races, 5th British driver)
180th for McLaren
Podiums
80th for Fernando Alonso (4th driver to score 80 podiums, 1st Spanish driver), 48th for Lewis Hamilton, 3rd for Sergio Perez (last podium until 2014; last for Sauber)
660th for Ferrari, 480th for McLaren, 26th for Sauber
Poles
23rd for Lewis Hamilton
152nd for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
62nd for McLaren
Fastest laps
4th for Nico Rosberg (last until 2014)
12th for Mercedes (first since 1955)
Front row starts
44th for Lewis Hamilton, 23rd for Jenson Button
Pole & win
11th for Lewis Hamilton (last for McLaren)

See also

  • Italian Grand Prix
  • Monza circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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