2012 Malaysian Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 25 March 2012
Winner	Fernando Alonso Ferrari
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap	Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault
Circuit	Sepang, 56 laps
Round	2 of 20
Race numbers	The 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix was the 860th World Championship race 14th World Championship Malaysian Grand Prix 14th World Championship race at Sepang
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	2hr 44m 51.812s	25
2	+7	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+2.263s	18
3	-2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+14.591s	15
4		Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	+17.688s	12
5	+5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	56	+29.456s	10
6	+7	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	56	+37.667s	8
7	+7	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+44.412s	6
8	+10	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+46.985s	4
9	+7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	56	+47.892s	2
10	-7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	+49.996s	1
11	-6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	+1m 15.527s
12	+3	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1m 16.828s
13	-6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+1m 18.593s
14	-12	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+1m 19.719s
15	-3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+1m 37.319s
16	+3	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	55	+1 lap
17	+3	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+1 lap
18	+6	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	55	+1 lap
19	-8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	54	DNF
20	+1	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	54	+2 laps
21	PL	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	54	+2 laps
22	+1	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	54	+2 laps (20.000s)
R		Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	46	DNF
R		Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	3	DNF

Notes

Narain Karthikeyan received a 20-second time penalty for causing a collision with Sebastian Vettel. He originally finished P21.
Pastor Maldonado ended lap 54 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.

Notes

Kimi Raikkonen received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Heikki Kovalainen received a five-place grid penalty for overtaking under the safety car in the previous race.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.219
2	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.368	0.149
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.391	0.172
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.461	0.242
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1:36.461	0.242
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.634	0.415
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:36.658	0.439
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:36.664	0.445
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:37.566	1.347
10	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:37.698	1.479
Q2
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:37.589
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:37.731
13	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:37.841
14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:37.877
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:37.883
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:37.890
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:38.069
Q1
18	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:39.077
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:39.306
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:39.567
21	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:40.903
22	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:41.250
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:42.914
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:43.655

Driver	Constructor
Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault

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

Wins: 28th for Fernando Alonso; 217th for Ferrari
Podiums: 74th for Fernando Alonso, 44th for Lewis Hamilton, 1st for Sergio Perez (199th different podium finisher, 2nd Mexican driver; first Mexican driver to finish on the podium since 1971); 654th for Ferrari, 473rd for McLaren, 24th for Sauber (first since 2009)
Poles: 21st for Lewis Hamilton; 149th for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2: 61st for McLaren
Fastest laps: 36th for Kimi Raikkonen (first since 2008; first Finnish driver to set a fastest lap since 2008; first for Lotus); 1st for Lotus (2012-15) (39th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts: 39th for Lewis Hamilton, 21st for Jenson Button
Points finishes: 1st for Jean-Eric Vergne (320th different point scorer, 33rd French driver)