Belgian Grand Prix

Round 12 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium

2012-09-02

Winner: Jenson Button (McLaren)

Jenson Button

McLaren

Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull · +13.624

Kimi Räikkönen

Lotus F1 · +25.334

Who won the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix?

The 2012 Belgian Grand Prix was won by Jenson Button driving for McLaren, starting from pole position. Sebastian Vettel finished second, +13.624 behind, with Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium. The fastest lap of the race was set by Bruno Senna with a time of 1:52.822. It was an attrition-heavy race with 6 retirements. This was Round 12 of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship, held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. Nico Rosberg was the biggest mover of the race, gaining 12 positions from P23 to finish P11.

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Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	1	—	1:29:08.530	Finished	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	10	▲8	+13.624	Finished	18
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	3	—	+25.334	Finished	15
4	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	11	▲7	+27.843	Finished	12
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	14	▲9	+29.845	Finished	10
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	12	▲6	+31.244	Finished	8
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	13	▲6	+53.374	Finished	6
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	15	▲7	+58.865	Finished	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	16	▲7	+1:02.982	Finished	2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	9	▼1	+1:03.783	Finished	1
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	23	▲12	+1:05.111	Finished	0
12	Bruno Senna	Williams	17	▲5	+1:11.529	Finished	0
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	2	▼11	+1:56.119	Finished	0
14	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	19	▲5	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Timo Glock	Marussia	20	▲5	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Charles Pic	Marussia	22	▲6	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	18	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
18	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	21	▲3	—	+1 Lap	0
R	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	24	—	—	Spun off	0
R	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	6	—	—	Collision	0
R	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	4	—	—	Collision	0
R	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	—	—	Collision	0
R	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	7	—	—	Collision	0
R	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	8	—	—	Collision	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:49.250	1:47.654	1:47.573
2	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:49.686	1:48.569	1:47.871
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:48.993	1:48.780	1:47.893
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1:49.546	1:48.414	1:48.205
5	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:49.642	1:47.980	1:48.219
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:49.401	1:48.598	1:48.313
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:49.859	1:48.546	1:48.392
8	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:49.605	1:48.563	1:48.394
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:50.126	1:48.714	1:48.538
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:50.033	1:48.729	1:48.890
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:49.722	1:48.792	—
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:49.362	1:48.855	—
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:49.742	1:49.081	—
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:49.588	1:49.147	—
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:49.763	1:49.354	—
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:49.572	1:49.543	—
17	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:49.958	1:50.088	—
18	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:50.181	—	—
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:51.739	—	—
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:51.967	—	—
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:52.336	—	—
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:53.030	—	—
23	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:53.493	—	—
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:54.989	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

P1Button

1 stop

P2Vettel

1 stop

P3Räikkönen

2 stops

P4Hülkenberg

2 stops

P5Massa

2 stops

P6Webber

2 stops

P7Schumacher

2 stops

P8Vergne

2 stops

P9Ricciardo

2 stops

P10di Resta

2 stops

Lap 1

Lap 44

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	Final
Button	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Vettel	P11	P8	P3	P2	P5	P2	P2	P2	P2
Räikkönen	P3	P3	P6	P3	P2	P4	P3	P3	P3
Hülkenberg	P2	P2	P8	P4	P3	P5	P4	P4	P4
Massa	P10	P10	P12	P7	P6	P7	P6	P5	P5

2012 Belgian Grand Prix — FAQ

Who won the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix?+

Jenson Button (McLaren) won the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix on 2012-09-02 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

Who finished P1, P2 and P3 at the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix?+

P1: Jenson Button (McLaren). P2: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), +13.624 behind. P3: Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1), +25.334 behind.

Who was on pole position for the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix?+

Jenson Button took pole position for the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix.

Who set the fastest lap at the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix?+

Bruno Senna set the fastest lap of the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix with a time of 1:52.822.

Which team won the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix?+

McLaren won the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix with Jenson Button taking victory.

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Pedro de la Rosa	1	1	14:06:31	29.107
Kamui Kobayashi	1	1	14:06:35	27.248
Pastor Maldonado	1	1	14:06:36	21.842
Kamui Kobayashi	2	7	14:21:42	21.669
Paul di Resta	1	10	14:27:27	21.402
Kimi Räikkönen	1	11	14:29:22	20.383
Mark Webber	1	11	14:29:28	20.908
Timo Glock	1	11	14:29:54	22.463
Daniel Ricciardo	1	12	14:31:21	20.287
Felipe Massa	1	12	14:31:26	20.306
Vitaly Petrov	1	12	14:31:42	25.972
Nico Hülkenberg	1	13	14:33:14	22.152
Heikki Kovalainen	1	14	14:35:49	52.206
Narain Karthikeyan	1	14	14:35:55	23.953
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	15	14:37:19	20.660
Pedro de la Rosa	2	15	14:38:00	25.027
Bruno Senna	1	16	14:39:19	21.690
Charles Pic	1	18	14:44:03	21.611
Michael Schumacher	1	19	14:45:02	21.664
Jenson Button	1	20	14:46:43	19.668
Nico Rosberg	1	20	14:47:24	21.062
Sebastian Vettel	1	21	14:48:56	20.811
Kamui Kobayashi	3	24	14:55:27	22.106
Timo Glock	2	25	14:58:05	20.660
Vitaly Petrov	2	26	14:59:52	21.180
Paul di Resta	2	26	14:59:07	21.115
Nico Hülkenberg	2	27	15:00:38	20.696
Mark Webber	2	27	15:00:39	20.385
Felipe Massa	2	27	15:00:45	21.049
Heikki Kovalainen	2	27	15:02:21	21.931
Pedro de la Rosa	3	27	15:02:18	22.064
Kimi Räikkönen	2	28	15:02:30	20.289
Daniel Ricciardo	2	28	15:02:51	21.060
Narain Karthikeyan	2	28	15:04:17	22.523
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	29	15:04:49	21.077
Michael Schumacher	2	35	15:16:18	20.835
Nico Rosberg	2	36	15:18:36	20.534
Bruno Senna	2	39	15:24:25	22.030