Round 2 · 2012

Malaysian Grand Prix

CircuitSepang International CircuitLocationKuala lumpur, MalaysiaDates23 Mar – 25 Mar 2012Final

WinnerALOFerrari · from P8

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:40.722Raikkonen · L53

Most laps led41Alonso

Biggest gain+10Vergne P18→P8

Retirements2of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	8	+7	56	2:44:51.812	3	25
2	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	9	+7	56	+2.260	3	18
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1	-2	56	+14.590	3	15
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	4	0	56	+17.690	3	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	10	+5	56	+29.460 FL	3	10
6	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	13	+7	56	+37.670	4	8
7	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	14	+7	56	+44.410	3	6
8	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	18	+10	56	+46.990	2	4
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	16	+7	56	+47.890	3	2
10	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	3	-7	56	+50.000	3	1
11	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	5	-6	56	+1:15.530	4
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	15	+3	56	+1:16.830	4
13	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	7	-6	56	+1:18.590	4
14	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	2	-12	56	+1:19.720	5
15	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	12	-3	56	+1:37.320	4
16	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	19	+3	55	+1 lap	3
17	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	+3	55	+1 lap	3
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	24	+6	55	+1 lap	4
19	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	11	-8	54	+2 laps	5
20	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+1	54	+2 laps	3
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	22	+1	54	+2 laps	3
22	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	23	+1	54	+2 laps	2
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	6		3	DNF · L3	0
—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	17		46	DNF · L46	4

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:36.877	16
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:37.320	15
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:37.338	12
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:37.356	13
5	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:37.382	13
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:37.404	12
7	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:37.455	13
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:37.663	15
9	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:37.776	8
10	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:37.977	17
11	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:38.091	20
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:38.178	15
13	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:38.246	17
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:38.285	16
15	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:38.423	13
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:38.640	11
17	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:38.794	18
18	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:39.209	16
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:39.704	15
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:40.189	14
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.901	14
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.007	14
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:42.464	14
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:43.378	17

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:38.172	28
2	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:38.533	34
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:38.535	30
4	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:38.696	34
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:38.853	33
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:38.891	27
7	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:39.133	29
8	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:39.297	33
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:39.311	22
10	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:39.402	25
11	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:39.444	35
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:39.464	26
13	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:39.625	20
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:39.687	16
15	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:39.696	29
16	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:40.271	28
17	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:40.678	34
18	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:40.947	33
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:41.464	25
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.681	20
21	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:42.594	18
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.874	24
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:43.658	18
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:43.823	22

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:38.021	19
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:38.535	21
3	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:38.813	21
4	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:38.826	19
5	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:38.919	17
6	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:39.092	20
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:39.128	22
8	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:39.298	23
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:39.323	15
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:39.440	19
11	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:39.724	23
12	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:39.783	23
13	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:39.896	16
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:39.910	21
15	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:39.980	23
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:40.099	23
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:40.247	19
18	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:40.469	23
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:40.857	25
20	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:41.085	23
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.170	18
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:44.580	14
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:45.360	8
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:45.528	18

Session schedule

Practice 1Final23 Mar 2012 02:00 UTC

Practice 2Final23 Mar 2012 06:00 UTC

Practice 3Final24 Mar 2012 05:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal24 Mar 2012 08:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal25 Mar 2012 08:00 UTC

Championship after round 2

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	35	▲4
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	30	▲1
3	Jenson Button BUT	25	▼2
4	Mark Webber WEB	24
5	Sergio Pérez PER	22	▲3
6	Sebastian Vettel VET	18	▼4
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	16
8	Bruno Senna SEN	8	▲11

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Mercedes	Michael Schumacher SCH	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
Red Bull Racing	Mark Webber WEB	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Lotus F1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Sauber	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB
Williams	Pastor Maldonado MAL	—	Bruno Senna SEN
Force India	Paul di Resta DIR	—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL
Toro Rosso	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Jean-Eric Vergne VER
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	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2010	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	3
2009	Malaysian Grand Prix	—		—
2008	Malaysian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	2
2007	Malaysian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	2
2006	Malaysian Grand Prix	Giancarlo Fisichella FIS	Renault (2002–10)	1
2005	Malaysian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	1
2004	Malaysian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1