Round 12 · 2012

Belgian Grand Prix

CircuitSpa-FrancorchampsLocationStavelot, BelgiumDates31 Aug – 2 Sep 2012Final

WinnerBUTMcLaren · from P1

PoleBUT

Fastest lap1:52.822Senna · L43

Most laps led43Button

Biggest gain+12Rosberg P23→P11

Retirements6of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1	0	44	1:29:08.530	1	25
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	10	+8	44	+13.620	1	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	3	0	44	+25.330	2	15
4	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	11	+7	44	+27.840	2	12
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	14	+9	44	+29.850	2	10
6	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	12	+6	44	+31.220	2	8
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	13	+6	44	+53.370	2	6
8	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	15	+7	44	+58.870	2	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	16	+7	44	+1:02.980	2	2
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	9	-1	44	+1:03.780	2	1
11	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	23	+12	44	+1:05.110	2
12	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	17	+5	44	+1:11.530 FL	2
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	2	-11	43	+1 lap	3
14	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	19	+5	43	+1 lap	2
15	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	+5	43	+1 lap	2
16	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22	+6	43	+1 lap	1
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	18	+1	43	+1 lap	2
18	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	21	+3	43	+1 lap	3
—	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	5		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	24		30	DNF · L30	2
—	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	7		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	8		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	4		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	6		4	DNF · L4	1

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	14
2	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	18
3	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	20
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	14
5	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	16
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	15
7	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	13
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	16
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	18
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	19
11	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	12
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	13
13	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	14
14	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	13
15	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	13
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	13
17	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	15
18	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	10
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	7
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	6
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8
22	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	6
23	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	6
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	8

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:48.542	18
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:48.683	21
3	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:48.850	23
4	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:48.863	20
5	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:49.091	18
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:49.092	16
7	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:49.164	21
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:49.266	23
9	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:49.292	23
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:49.382	22
11	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:49.561	23
12	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:49.615	19
13	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:49.621	26
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:49.674	23
15	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:49.710	21
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:49.776	22
17	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:50.027	20
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:52.339	21
19	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:52.566	20
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:52.630	18
21	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:52.809	22
22	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:53.383	22
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:53.562	23
24	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:58.113	5

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	2:49.354	4
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	2:49.750	3
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	2:50.497	3
4	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	2:51.333	3
5	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	2:51.660	4
6	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	2:52.076	4
7	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	2:53.232	4
8	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	2:58.232	3
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	2:59.125	5
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	3:12.901	4
11	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	3
12	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	4
13	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	1
14	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	2
15	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	3
16	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	2
17	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	2
18	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	3
19	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	0
20	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	0
21	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	0
22	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	0
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	2:11.389	20
2	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	2:11.941	14
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	2:12.004	12
4	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	2:12.824	15
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2:13.191	13
6	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	2:13.861	16
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	2:14.210	14
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	2:14.660	16
9	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2:14.860	12
10	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	2:15.402	13
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	2:15.812	11
12	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	2:16.409	16
13	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	2:16.786	10
14	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	2:16.788	16
15	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2:16.827	5
16	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	2:16.861	8
17	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	2:17.519	14
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	2:18.199	10
19	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	2:19.546	12
20	Dani Clos CLO	HRT	2:19.689	12
21	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	2:38.701	9
22	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	2:40.749	4
23	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	2:46.580	9
24	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	2

Session schedule

Practice 1Final31 Aug 2012 08:00 UTC

Practice 2Final31 Aug 2012 12:00 UTC

Practice 3Final1 Sep 2012 09:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal1 Sep 2012 12:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal2 Sep 2012 12:00 UTC

Championship after round 12

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	164
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	140	▲1
3	Mark Webber WEB	132	▼1
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	131	▲1
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	117	▼1
6	Jenson Button BUT	101	▲1
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	77	▼1
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	76

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
McLaren	Jenson Button BUT	—	Lewis Hamilton HAM
Sauber	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Williams	Pastor Maldonado MAL	—	Bruno Senna SEN
Lotus F1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Red Bull Racing	Mark Webber WEB	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Force India	Paul di Resta DIR	—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL
Mercedes	Michael Schumacher SCH	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
Toro Rosso	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC
Caterham	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	—	Vitaly Petrov PET
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Timo Glock GLO	—	Charles Pic PIC
HRT	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2011	Belgian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2010	Belgian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2
2009	Belgian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	6
2008	Belgian Grand Prix	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	2
2007	Belgian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1
2005	Belgian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	McLaren	2
2004	Belgian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	McLaren	10
2002	Belgian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1