2012 Belgian Grand Prix

12th round of the 2012 Formula One season 2012 Belgian GP https://chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2012&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1 ChicaneF1 30 May 2022 6 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240406191745/https://chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2012&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1 dead F1 Belgium Belgian 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix 2012 Italian Grand Prix File:Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 September 2012 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/belgium_875/circuit_diagram.html 20 July 2012 formula1.com Formula One Administration dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120718015854/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/belgium_875/circuit_diagram.html July 18, 2012 12 20 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium2012 Belgian GP https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2012-belgian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 30 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 4.352 7.004 44 191.415 308.052 Fine and Dry2012 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Race) https://f1standings.net/races/2012-belgian-grand-prix-6038e886eedfc8465599a506 f1standings.net F1standings 2 September 2012 5 April 2021 23 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211023084336/https://f1standings.net/races/2012-belgian-grand-prix-6038e886eedfc8465599a506 dead Air Temp 23 C Track Temp 33 C Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.573 GBR Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:52.822 43 BRA Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes GBR Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault GER Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault FIN BEL The 2012 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium on 2 September 2012, the first event after a five-week summer break.http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/12/07/united-states-grand-prix-remains-unchanged-2012-f1-calendar/ United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 7 December 2011 30 July 2012 It was the twelfth race of the 2012 Formula One World Championship, and the seventy-seventh running of the Belgian Grand Prix. Jenson Button started from pole position, his first pole position since the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix,Button and Kobayashi share front row at Spa http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/01/2012-belgian-grand-prix-qualifying-report/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 1 September 2012 2 September 2012 and won the race. Sebastian Vettel finished second and Kimi Räikkönen third.Button storms to Spa win after first-lap shunt http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/02/2012-belgian-grand-prix-report/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 2 September 2012 2 September 2012 The race featured a five-car collision at La Source with championship leader Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton amongst the involved drivers, for which Romain Grosjean received a race ban. This was also the 300th race for Michael Schumacher. Report Background Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso led the championship by forty points from Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, with fourth-placed Lewis Hamilton a further seven points behind.Fernando Alonso amazed to leave Hungary with extended Formula 1 championship lead http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101643 Pablo Elizalde Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 29 July 2012 30 July 2012 Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its silver-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.Pirelli reveal tyre choices for final three rounds http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/10/13931.html Formula One 16 October 2012 19 February 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130111030532/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/10/13931.html January 11, 2013 Dani Clos replaced Narain Karthikeyan at HRT in the first practice session, while Valtteri Bottas drove Bruno Senna's Williams once again. Free practice The first free practice session began in wet conditions. Kamui Kobayashi ended the session fastest, having chosen to stay out early while other drivers pitted to begin work on their car setup. Ferrari's Felipe Massa failed to set a lap time when his car ground to a halt as he was about to enter the pits at the end of the installation lap. The second practice session saw even more rain fall, and large puddles of standing water on the circuit made running impractical. Only a handful of drivers set lap times, with Marussia's Charles Pic finishing the session fastest. The third and final session on Saturday morning was dry, allowing teams just one hour to complete as much of their testing programmes as possible ahead of qualifying and the race. Fernando Alonso went on to finish the session fastest. Race Accident Pastor Maldonado let his clutch slip a fraction of a second too soon and started his race before the lights had gone out, passing the Saubers. Grosjean made a good start and moved up to the inside of La Source, but in doing so, squeezed Hamilton between himself and the pitwall. The two touched wheels, both drivers losing control. Grosjean then speared into the back of Pérez and became airborne, crashing heavily into Alonso, missing Alonso's head by a few inches. Grosjean came to rest at the outside wall. Hamilton crashed into Kobayashi as well as Alonso after Grosjean's heavy impact. Pérez lost his rear wing from Grosjean's hit and touched Maldonado when the accident happened, making Maldonado spin. Only Kobayashi and Maldonado emerged from the crash, Kobayashi with a substantial hole in the side of his car. Kobayashi, who had started on the front row for Sauber, pitted after the accident and resumed in last place. After the accident Once Maldonado recovered from his spin he hit Timo Glock after the safety car restart. Narain Karthikeyan's HRT spun off backwards and hit the tyre wall late in the race after a wheel came loose. After starting the race in 14th, Felipe Massa fought hard to get the fifth place, ahead of Red Bull’s Mark Webber. Bruno Senna had eighth position secured but due to a slow puncture he had to make a pitstop with only four laps left in the race, dropping him to 12th. Button, who started on pole, was never under threat as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel fought from 10th to 2nd, ahead of Lotus's Kimi Räikkönen. Post-race Romain Grosjean was fined €50,000 and was given a one-race ban at the Italian Grand Prix for his role in the crash at the start. Pastor Maldonado was given two five-place grid penalties at the Italian Grand Prix, the first of which was for his jump start and the second for causing an avoidable collision with Glock. Caterham was fined €10,000 for the unsafe release of Kovalainen, running into Karthikeyan.https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/belgian-gp-caterham-fined-webber-and-schumacher-escape-penalties-for-pit-incidents-4457654/4457654/ Belgian GP: Caterham fined, Webber and Schumacher escape penalties, for pit incidents Autosport.com 8 June 2023 Vettel benefited from Alonso's early retirement by reducing his deficit to the championship leader to 24 points; he simultaneously advanced to second in the standings ahead of Webber who dropped down to third after missing out on the podium. Webber moved to 132 points, eight behind Vettel. Räikkönen reclaimed fourth spot from Hamilton with 131 points, only one point behind Webber and fourteen clear from Hamilton. Meanwhile, the top five in the Constructors' Championship remained unchanged, with Red Bull maintaining their lead with 272 points, slightly increasing their lead towards second-placed McLaren by a single point. Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position 1 3 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:49.250 1:47.654 1:47.573 1 2 14 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:49.686 1:48.569 1:47.871 2 3 18 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:48.993 1:48.780 1:47.893 61 1 4 9 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:49.546 1:48.414 1:48.205 3 5 15 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 1:49.642 1:47.980 1:48.219 4 6 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:49.401 1:48.598 1:48.313 5 7 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:49.859 1:48.546 1:48.392 122 2 8 4 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:49.605 1:48.563 1:48.394 7 9 10 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:50.126 1:48.714 1:48.538 8 10 11 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:50.033 1:48.729 1:48.890 9 11 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:49.722 1:48.792 10 12 12 DEU Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:49.362 1:48.855 11 13 7 DEU Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:49.742 1:49.081 13 14 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:49.588 1:49.147 14 15 17 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:49.763 1:49.354 15 16 16 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:49.572 1:49.543 16 17 19 BRA Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:49.958 1:50.088 17 18 8 DEU Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:50.181 232 2 19 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:51.739 18 20 21 RUS Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:51.967 19 21 24 DEU Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:52.336 20 22 22 ESP Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:53.030 21 23 25 FRA Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:53.493 22 24 23 IND Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:54.989 24107% time: 1:56.622Source: Notes: 1 1 — Pastor Maldonado received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Nico Hülkenberg in Q1.Maldonado drops to sixth as Raikkonen avoids penalty http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/01/maldonado-relegated-sixth-grid-penalty/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 1 September 2012 2 September 2012 2 2 — Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg both received a five-place grid penalty for changing their gearboxes before the race.Webber gets grid penalty amid Spa practice washout https://speedcafe.com/webber-gets-grid-penalty-amid-spa-practice-washout/ SpeedCafe 31 August 2012 1 September 2012 29 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130729185911/http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/09/01/webber-gets-grid-penalty-amid-spa-practice-washout/ live Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 44 1:29:08.530 1 25 2 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 44 +13.624 10 18 3 9 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 44 +25.334 3 15 4 12 DEU Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 44 +27.843 11 12 5 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 44 +29.845 14 10 6 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 44 +31.244 12 8 7 7 DEU Michael Schumacher Mercedes 44 +53.374 13 6 8 17 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 44 +58.865 15 4 9 16 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 44 +1:02.982 16 2 10 11 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 44 +1:03.783 9 1 11 8 DEU Nico Rosberg Mercedes 44 +1:05.111 23 12 19 BRA Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 44 +1:11.529 17 13 14 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 44 +1:56.119 2 14 21 RUS Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 43 +1 Lap 19 15 24 DEU Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 43 +1 Lap 20 16 25 FRA Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 43 +1 Lap 22 17 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 43 +1 Lap 18 18 22 ESP Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 43 +1 Lap 21 Ret Retired 23 IND Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 30 Wheel/accident 24 Ret Retired 18 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 5 Collision damage 6 Ret Retired 15 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 0 Collision damage 4 Ret Retired 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 0 Collision 5 Ret Retired 4 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0 Collision 7 Ret Retired 10 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 0 Collision 8Source: Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 ESP Fernando Alonso 164 10px 1 2 GER Sebastian Vettel 140 10px 1 3 AUS Mark Webber 132 10px 1 4 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 131 10px 1 5 GBR Lewis Hamilton 117Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2012/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 2012 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 AUT Red Bull-Renault 272 10px 2 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 218 10px 3 GBR Lotus-Renault 207 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 199 10px 5 GER Mercedes 112Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round References 30em Belgian Grand Prix 2012 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix 2012 Italian Grand Prix 2011 Belgian Grand Prix 2013 Belgian Grand Prix Category:2012 Formula One races 2012 Grand Prix Category:September 2012 sports events in Europe