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2012 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix

25 Mar 2012Sepang310.408 km (5543 m x 56 Laps)

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes, 1:36.219 (207.389 km/h) Fastest Lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Lotus E20-Renault, 1:40.722 (198.118 km/h lap 53) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 2:44:51.812 112.969 km/h 2 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 2:44:54.075 112.943 km/h 3 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 2:45:06.403 112.803 km/h 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 2:45:09.500 112.767 km/h 5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 2:45:21.268 112.634 km/h 6 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 2:45:29.479 112.541 km/h 7 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 2:45:36.224 112.464 km/h 8 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 2:45:38.797 112.435 km/h 9 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 2:45:39.704 112.425 km/h 10 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 2:45:41.808 112.401 km/h 11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 2:46:07.339 112.113 km/h 12 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 2:46:08.640 112.098 km/h 13 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 2:46:10.405 112.079 km/h 14 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 2:46:11.531 112.066 km/h 15 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 2:46:29.131 111.868 km/h 16 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault -1 Lap 17 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth -1 Lap 18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault -1 Lap 19 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 54 Engine 20 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth -2 Laps 21 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth -2 Laps 22 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth -2 Laps Did Not Finish: 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 46 Brakes 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 3 Spun off Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total Safety Car 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1-13 13 7-13 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 14-15 4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 16-39 39 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 40-41 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 42-56 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:40.722 198.118 53 2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:41.017 197.539 52 3 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:41.021 197.531 54 4 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:41.342 196.906 50 5 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:41.404 196.785 55 6 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:41.539 196.524 50 7 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:41.680 196.251 53 8 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:41.756 196.104 54 9 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:41.760 196.097 53 10 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:41.819 195.983 55 11 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:41.863 195.898 51 12 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:41.922 195.785 55 13 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:42.051 195.538 56 14 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:42.100 195.444 50 15 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:42.173 195.304 51 16 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:42.237 195.182 51 17 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:43.513 192.776 52 18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:43.803 192.237 54 19 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:44.202 191.501 44 20 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:44.757 190.487 50 21 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:44.813 190.385 50 22 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:45.909 188.415 52 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:46.244 187.820 54 24 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 2:08.464 155.334 2 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.219 207.389 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.368 207.069 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 3 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.391 207.019 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.461 206.869 Red Bull Racing 5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:36.461 206.869 Lotus F1 Team 6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.634 206.499 Red Bull Racing 7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:36.658 206.447 Lotus F1 Team 8 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.664 206.435 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:37.566 204.526 Scuderia Ferrari 10 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:37.698 204.250 Sauber F1 Team 11 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:37.589 204.478 Williams F1 Team 12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:37.731 204.181 Scuderia Ferrari 13 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:37.841 203.951 Williams F1 Team 14 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37.877 203.876 Sahara Force India F1 Team 15 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.883 203.864 Scuderia Toro Rosso 16 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37.890 203.849 Sahara Force India F1 Team 17 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:38.069 203.477 Sauber F1 Team 18 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:39.077 201.407 Scuderia Toro Rosso 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:39.306 200.943 Caterham F1 Team 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:39.567 200.416 Caterham F1 Team 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:40.903 197.762 Marussia F1 Racing 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:41.250 197.084 Marussia F1 Racing 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:42.914 193.898 HRT F1 Team 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:43.655 192.512 HRT F1 Team Starting Order: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.219 207.389 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.368 207.069 3 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.391 207.019 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.461 206.869 5 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.634 206.499 6 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:36.658 206.447 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.664 206.435 8 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:37.566 204.526 9 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:37.698 204.250 10 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:36.461 206.869 Penalty 11 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:37.589 204.478 12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:37.731 204.181 13 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:37.841 203.951 14 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37.877 203.876 15 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.883 203.864 16 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37.890 203.849 17 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:38.069 203.477 18 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:39.077 201.407 19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:39.567 200.416 20 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:40.903 197.762 21 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:41.250 197.084 22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:42.914 193.898 23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:43.655 192.512 24 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:39.306 200.943 Penalty 1st Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:37.172 205.355 2 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:37.517 204.629 3 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:37.575 204.507 4 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:37.696 204.254 5 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:37.789 204.060 6 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:37.813 204.010 7 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:37.933 203.760 8 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:37.961 203.701 9 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:38.058 203.500 10 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:38.102 203.409 11 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:38.151 203.307 12 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:38.303 202.993 13 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:38.325 202.947 14 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:38.372 202.850 15 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:38.381 202.832 16 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:38.419 202.754 17 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:38.437 202.716 18 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:39.077 201.407 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:39.306 200.943 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:39.567 200.416 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:40.903 197.762 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:41.250 197.084 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:42.914 193.898 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:43.655 192.512 2nd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:36.715 206.326 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.928 205.872 3 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.996 205.728 4 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:37.017 205.684 5 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:37.106 205.495 6 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:37.338 205.005 7 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:37.375 204.927 8 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:37.379 204.919 9 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:37.419 204.835 10 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:37.477 204.713 11 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:37.589 204.478 12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:37.731 204.181 13 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:37.841 203.951 14 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37.877 203.876 15 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.883 203.864 16 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37.890 203.849 17 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:38.069 203.477 3rd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.219 207.389 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.368 207.069 3 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.391 207.019 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.461 206.869 5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:36.461 206.869 6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.634 206.499 7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:36.658 206.447 8 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.664 206.435 9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:37.566 204.526 10 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:37.698 204.250 1st Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:38.021 203.576 19 2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:38.535 202.514 21 3 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:38.813 201.945 21 4 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:38.826 201.918 19 5 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:38.919 201.728 17 6 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:39.092 201.376 20 7 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:39.128 201.303 22 8 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:39.298 200.958 23 9 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:39.323 200.908 15 10 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:39.440 200.671 19 11 19 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW34-Renault 1:39.724 200.100 23 12 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:39.783 199.981 23 13 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:39.896 199.755 16 14 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:39.910 199.727 21 15 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:39.980 199.587 23 16 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:40.099 199.350 23 17 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:40.247 199.056 19 18 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:40.469 198.616 23 19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:40.857 197.852 25 20 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:41.085 197.406 23 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:43.170 193.416 18 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:44.580 190.808 14 23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:45.360 189.396 8 24 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:45.528 189.094 18 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:38.172 203.263 28 2 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:38.533 202.518 34 3 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:38.535 202.514 30 4 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:38.696 202.184 34 5 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:38.853 201.863 33 6 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:38.891 201.785 27 7 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:39.133 201.293 29 8 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:39.297 200.960 33 9 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:39.311 200.932 22 10 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:39.402 200.748 25 11 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:39.444 200.663 35 12 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:39.464 200.623 26 13 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:39.625 200.299 20 14 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:39.687 200.174 16 15 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:39.696 200.156 29 16 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:40.271 199.008 28 17 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:40.678 198.204 34 18 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:40.947 197.676 33 19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:41.464 196.668 25 20 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:41.681 196.249 20 21 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:42.594 194.502 18 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:42.874 193.973 24 23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:43.658 192.506 18 24 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:43.823 192.200 22 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.877 205.980 16 2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:37.320 205.043 15 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:37.338 205.005 12 4 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:37.356 204.967 13 5 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:37.382 204.912 13 6 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:37.404 204.866 12 7 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:37.455 204.759 13 8 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:37.663 204.323 15 9 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:37.776 204.086 8 10 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:37.977 203.668 17 11 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:38.091 203.431 20 12 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:38.178 203.251 15 13 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:38.246 203.110 17 14 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:38.285 203.029 16 15 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:38.423 202.745 13 16 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:38.640 202.299 11 17 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:38.794 201.983 18 18 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:39.209 201.139 16 19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:39.704 200.140 15 20 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:40.189 199.171 14 21 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:41.901 195.825 14 22 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:42.007 195.621 14 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:42.464 194.749 14 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:43.378 193.027 17 Notes:
  • Kovalainen was demoted 5 places on starting grid (overtaking during safety car period in previous race).
  • Räikkönen was demoted 5 places on starting grid (gearbox change).
  • de la Rosa stalled on grid on formation lap, then started from pit lane.
  • Race was interrupted on lap 9 (heavy rain). Restarted for remaining distance under safety car.
  • de la Rosa got "drive through" penalty (mechanics on grid after 15 second signal at restart).
  • Karthikeyan got 20 seconds added to his race result (causing a collision with Vettel).
  • Weather: Cloudy, Mild, Rain.