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2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

02 Sep 2012Spa-Francorchamps308.052 km (7004 m x 44 Laps - 124 m)

Pole Position: Jenson Button, McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes, 1:47.573 (234.393 km/h) Fastest Lap: Bruno Senna, Williams FW34-Renault, 1:52.822 (223.488 km/h lap 43) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:29:08.530 207.344 km/h 2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:29:22.154 206.817 km/h 3 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:29:33.864 206.367 km/h 4 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:29:36.373 206.271 km/h 5 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:29:38.375 206.194 km/h 6 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:29:39.774 206.140 km/h 7 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:30:01.904 205.296 km/h 8 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:30:07.395 205.087 km/h 9 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:30:11.512 204.931 km/h 10 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:30:12.313 204.901 km/h 11 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:30:13.641 204.851 km/h 12 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:30:20.059 204.608 km/h 13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:31:04.649 198.324 km/h 14 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault -1 Lap 15 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth -1 Lap 16 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth -1 Lap 17 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault -1 Lap 18 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth -1 Lap Did Not Finish: 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 29 Spun off 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 4 Front wing 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 0 Collision with Grosjean 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 0 Collision with Grosjean 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 0 Collision with Grosjean 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 0 Collision with Hamilton Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total Safety Car 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1-44 44 1-4 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:52.822 223.488 43 2 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:53.073 222.992 39 3 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:53.464 222.224 30 4 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:53.507 222.140 37 5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:53.640 221.880 34 6 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:53.760 221.646 40 7 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:53.768 221.630 42 8 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:53.995 221.189 31 9 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:54.198 220.795 39 10 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:54.293 220.612 40 11 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:54.562 220.094 28 12 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:54.605 220.011 42 13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:55.598 218.121 26 14 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:56.475 216.479 33 15 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:56.741 215.986 28 16 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:56.956 215.589 30 17 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:57.315 214.929 30 18 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:57.939 213.792 27 19 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:59.113 211.685 16 20 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 2:56.181 143.116 4 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:47.573 234.393 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:47.871 233.746 Sauber F1 Team 3 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:47.893 233.698 Williams F1 Team 4 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:48.205 233.024 Lotus F1 Team 5 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:48.219 232.994 Sauber F1 Team 6 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:48.313 232.792 Scuderia Ferrari 7 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:48.392 232.622 Red Bull Racing 8 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:48.394 232.618 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 9 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:48.538 232.309 Lotus F1 Team 10 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:48.890 231.558 Sahara Force India F1 Team 11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:48.792 231.767 Red Bull Racing 12 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:48.855 231.633 Sahara Force India F1 Team 13 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:49.081 231.153 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 14 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:49.147 231.013 Scuderia Ferrari 15 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:49.354 230.576 Scuderia Toro Rosso 16 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:49.543 230.178 Scuderia Toro Rosso 17 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:50.088 229.039 Williams F1 Team 18 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:50.181 228.845 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:51.739 225.654 Caterham F1 Team 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:51.967 225.195 Caterham F1 Team 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:52.336 224.455 Marussia F1 Racing 22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:53.030 223.077 HRT F1 Team 23 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:53.493 222.167 Marussia F1 Racing 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:54.989 219.277 HRT F1 Team Starting Order: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:47.573 234.393 2 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:47.871 233.746 3 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:48.205 233.024 4 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:48.219 232.994 5 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:48.313 232.792 6 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:47.893 233.698 Penalty 7 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:48.394 232.618 8 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:48.538 232.309 9 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:48.890 231.558 10 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:48.392 232.622 Penalty 11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:48.792 231.767 12 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:48.855 231.633 13 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:49.081 231.153 14 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:49.147 231.013 15 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:49.354 230.576 16 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:49.543 230.178 17 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:50.088 229.039 18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:51.739 225.654 19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:51.967 225.195 20 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:52.336 224.455 21 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:53.030 223.077 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:53.493 222.167 23 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:50.181 228.845 Penalty 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:54.989 219.277 1st Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:48.993 231.340 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:49.250 230.795 3 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:49.362 230.559 4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:49.401 230.477 5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:49.546 230.172 6 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:49.572 230.117 7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:49.588 230.084 8 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:49.605 230.048 9 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:49.642 229.970 10 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:49.686 229.878 11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:49.722 229.803 12 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:49.742 229.761 13 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:49.763 229.717 14 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:49.859 229.516 15 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:49.958 229.309 16 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:50.033 229.153 17 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:50.126 228.960 18 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:50.181 228.845 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:51.739 225.654 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:51.967 225.195 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:52.336 224.455 22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:53.030 223.077 23 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:53.493 222.167 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:54.989 219.277 2nd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:47.654 234.217 2 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:47.980 233.510 3 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:48.414 232.575 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:48.546 232.292 5 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:48.563 232.256 6 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:48.569 232.243 7 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:48.598 232.181 8 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:48.714 231.933 9 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:48.729 231.901 10 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:48.780 231.793 11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:48.792 231.767 12 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:48.855 231.633 13 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:49.081 231.153 14 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:49.147 231.013 15 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:49.354 230.576 16 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:49.543 230.178 17 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:50.088 229.039 3rd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:47.573 234.393 2 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:47.871 233.746 3 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:47.893 233.698 4 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:48.205 233.024 5 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:48.219 232.994 6 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:48.313 232.792 7 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:48.392 232.622 8 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:48.394 232.618 9 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:48.538 232.309 10 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:48.890 231.558 1st Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 2:11.389 191.906 20 2 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 2:11.941 191.103 14 3 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 2:12.004 191.012 12 4 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 2:12.824 189.833 15 5 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 2:13.191 189.310 13 6 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 2:13.861 188.362 16 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 2:14.210 187.872 14 8 19 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW34-Renault 2:14.660 187.244 16 9 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 2:14.860 186.967 12 10 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 2:15.402 186.218 13 11 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 2:15.812 185.656 11 12 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 2:16.409 184.844 16 13 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 2:16.786 184.334 10 14 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 2:16.788 184.331 16 15 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 2:16.827 184.279 5 16 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 2:16.861 184.233 8 17 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 2:17.519 183.352 14 18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 2:18.199 182.449 10 19 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 2:19.546 180.688 12 20 23 Dani Clos HRT F112-Cosworth 2:19.689 180.503 12 21 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 2:38.701 158.879 9 22 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 2:40.749 156.855 4 23 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 2:46.580 151.365 9 24 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 - - 2 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 2:49.354 148.885 4 2 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 2:49.750 148.538 3 3 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 2:50.497 147.887 3 4 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 2:51.333 147.166 3 5 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 2:51.660 146.885 4 6 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 2:52.076 146.530 4 7 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 2:53.232 145.552 4 8 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 2:58.232 141.469 3 9 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 2:59.125 140.764 5 10 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 3:12.901 130.711 4 11 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 - - 3 12 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 - - 4 13 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault - - 1 14 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes - - 2 15 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault - - 3 16 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes - - 2 17 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 - - 2 18 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault - - 3 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:48.542 232.300 18 2 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:48.683 231.999 21 3 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:48.850 231.643 23 4 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:48.863 231.615 20 5 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:49.091 231.131 18 6 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:49.092 231.129 16 7 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:49.164 230.977 21 8 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:49.266 230.761 23 9 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:49.292 230.706 23 10 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:49.382 230.516 22 11 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:49.561 230.140 23 12 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:49.615 230.026 19 13 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:49.621 230.014 26 14 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:49.674 229.903 23 15 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:49.710 229.827 21 16 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:49.776 229.689 22 17 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:50.027 229.165 20 18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:52.339 224.449 21 19 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:52.566 223.996 20 20 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:52.630 223.869 18 21 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:52.809 223.514 22 22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:53.383 222.382 22 23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:53.562 222.032 23 24 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:58.113 213.476 5 Notes:
  • Maldonado was demoted 3 places on starting grid (impeding Hülkenberg in qualifying).
  • Rosberg and Webber were demoted 5 places on starting grid (gearbox change).
  • Grosjean will be suspended from the next race (causing a collision at start).
  • Maldonado will be demoted 5 places on starting grid of the next race (false start).
  • Maldonado will be demoted 5 places on starting grid of the next race (causing a collision with Glock).
  • Weather: Sunny, Mild, Dry.