N4 FORMULA 1 · 2012 · ROUND 12

Belgium Grand Prix

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Francorchamps · Belgium · 02 Sept 2012

POLEButton

FASTEST LAPSenna 1:52.822

LAPS44

DISTANCE308.1 Kms

BEST PIT STOP19.668

RACE WINNERJenson ButtonMcLaren Racing · 1:29:08.530

Every session

Practice, qualifying, sprint and race classifications for the weekend.

Pos	Driver	Grid	+/-	Time / gap	Laps	Pits	Pts	Status
0	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	5	▲5	Accident	0	–	–	–
0	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	7	▲7	Accident	0	–	–	–
0	Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula One Team	24	▲24	Accident	29	2	–	–
0	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	6	▲6	Accident	4	1	–	–
0	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	8	▲8	Accident	0	–	–	–
0	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	4	▲4	Accident	0	–	–	–
1	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1	=	1:29:08.530	44	1	–	–
2	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	10	▲8	+13.600	44	1	–	–
3	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	3	=	+25.300	44	2	–	–
4	Nico HulkenbergForce India	11	▲7	+27.800	44	2	–	–
5	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	14	▲9	+29.800	44	2	–	–
6	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	12	▲6	+31.200	44	2	–	–
7	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	13	▲6	+53.300	44	2	–	–
8	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	15	▲7	+58.800	44	2	–	–
9	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	16	▲7	+62.900	44	2	–	–
10	Paul di RestaForce India	9	▼1	+63.700	44	2	–	–
11	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	23	▲12	+65.100	44	2	–	–
12	Bruno SennaFLWilliams F1 Team	17	▲5	+71.500	44	2	–	–
13	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	2	▼11	+1 Lap	43	3	–	–
14	Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team	19	▲5	+1 Lap	43	2	–	–
15	Timo GlockManor Marussia F1 Team	20	▲5	+1 Lap	43	2	–	–
16	Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team	22	▲6	+1 Lap	43	1	–	–
17	Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team	18	▲1	+1 Lap	43	2	–	–
18	Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula One Team	21	▲3	+1 Lap	43	3	–	–

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
1	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1:47.573	14
2	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	1:47.871	18
3	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	1:47.893	20
4	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	1:48.205	14
5	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	1:48.219	16
6	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	1:48.313	15
7	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	1:48.392	13
8	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	1:48.394	16
9	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	1:48.538	18
10	Paul di RestaForce India	1:48.890	19

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
1	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1:47.654	8
2	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	1:47.980	13
3	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	1:48.414	8
4	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	1:48.546	10
5	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	1:48.563	11
6	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	1:48.569	15
7	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	1:48.598	12
8	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	1:48.714	13
9	Paul di RestaForce India	1:48.729	15
10	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	1:48.780	15
11	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	1:48.792	12
12	Nico HulkenbergForce India	1:48.855	13
13	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:49.081	14
14	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	1:49.147	13
15	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	1:49.354	13
16	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	1:49.543	13
17	Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team	1:50.088	15

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
1	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	1:48.993	8
2	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1:49.250	5
3	Nico HulkenbergForce India	1:49.362	7
4	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	1:49.401	6
5	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	1:49.546	5
6	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	1:49.572	7
7	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	1:49.588	7
8	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	1:49.605	6
9	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	1:49.642	7
10	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	1:49.722	5
11	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:49.742	8
12	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	1:49.763	7
13	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	1:49.859	4
14	Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team	1:49.958	9
15	Paul di RestaForce India	1:50.033	9
16	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	1:50.063	7
17	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	1:50.126	8
18	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:50.181	9
19	Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team	1:52.509	5
20	Timo GlockManor Marussia F1 Team	1:53.172	7
21	Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team	1:53.493	6
22	Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team	1:53.550	6
23	Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula One Team	1:53.899	5
24	Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula One Team	1:54.989	7

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
1	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	1:48.542	18
2	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	1:48.683	21
3	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	1:48.850	23
4	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	1:48.863	20
5	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1:49.091	18
6	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	1:49.092	16
7	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	1:49.164	21
8	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	1:49.266	23
9	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	1:49.292	23
10	Paul di RestaForce India	1:49.382	22
11	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	1:49.561	23
12	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	1:49.615	19
13	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:49.621	26
14	Nico HulkenbergForce India	1:49.674	23
15	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	1:49.710	21
16	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	1:49.776	22
17	Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team	1:50.027	20
18	Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team	1:52.339	21
19	Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team	1:52.566	20
20	Timo GlockManor Marussia F1 Team	1:52.630	18
21	Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team	1:52.809	22
22	Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula One Team	1:53.383	22
23	Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula One Team	1:53.562	23
24	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:58.113	5

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
0	Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team	–	3
0	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	–	2
0	Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team	–	1
0	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	–	2
0	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	–	0
0	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	–	2
0	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	–	0
0	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	–	4
0	Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula One Team	–	0
0	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	–	3
0	Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula One Team	–	0
0	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	–	0
0	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	–	3
0	Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team	–	0
1	Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team	2:49.354	4
2	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	2:49.750	3
3	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	2:50.497	3
4	Paul di RestaForce India	2:51.333	3
5	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	2:51.660	4
6	Timo GlockManor Marussia F1 Team	2:52.076	4
7	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	2:53.232	4
8	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	2:58.232	3
9	Nico HulkenbergForce India	2:59.125	5
10	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	3:12.901	4

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
0	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	–	2
1	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	2:11.389	20
2	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	2:11.941	14
3	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	2:12.004	12
4	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	2:12.824	15
5	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	2:13.191	13
6	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	2:13.861	16
7	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	2:14.210	14
8	Valtteri BottasWilliams F1 Team	2:14.660	16
9	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	2:14.860	12
10	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	2:15.402	13
11	Paul di RestaForce India	2:15.812	11
12	Timo GlockManor Marussia F1 Team	2:16.409	16
13	Nico HulkenbergForce India	2:16.786	10
14	Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team	2:16.788	16
15	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	2:16.827	5
16	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	2:16.861	8
17	Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team	2:17.519	14
18	Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team	2:18.199	10
19	Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula One Team	2:19.546	12
20	Dani ClosHRT Formula One Team	2:19.689	12
21	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	2:38.701	9
22	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	2:40.749	4
23	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	2:46.580	9

Race data

Positions, pace and pit lane. All from the official timing feed.

Positions gained

Grid to flag

1Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula One Team · P24 to P0▲24
2Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas · P23 to P11▲12
3Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari · P14 to P5▲9
4Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team · P8 to P0▲8
5Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing · P10 to P2▲8
6Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing · P7 to P0▲7

Fastest laps

Best lap by driver

1Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team · lap 43 · 223.488 km/h1:52.822
2Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas · lap 39 · 222.992 km/h1:53.073+0.251
3Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari · lap 30 · 222.223 km/h1:53.464+0.642
4Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas · lap 37 · 222.139 km/h1:53.507+0.685
5Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team · lap 34 · 221.879 km/h1:53.640+0.818
6Nico HulkenbergForce India · lap 40 · 221.645 km/h1:53.760+0.938
7Mark WebberRed Bull Racing · lap 42 · 221.629 km/h1:53.768+0.946
8Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls · lap 31 · 221.188 km/h1:53.995+1.173
9Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing · lap 39 · 220.795 km/h1:54.198+1.376
10Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing · lap 40 · 220.611 km/h1:54.293+1.471

Fastest pit stops

Best stop per driver

1Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing · 1 stop (lap 20)19.668best stop
2Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls · 2 stops (lap 12, 28)20.287best stop
3Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari · 2 stops (lap 12, 27)20.306best stop
4Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team · 2 stops (lap 11, 28)20.383best stop
5Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls · 2 stops (lap 15, 29)20.660best stop
6Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing · 1 stop (lap 21)20.811best stop
7Mark WebberRed Bull Racing · 2 stops (lap 11, 27)20.908best stop
8Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas · 2 stops (lap 20, 36)21.062best stop

Pit crew ranking

Average stop time by team

1McLaren Racing1 stops · best 19.66819.668average
2Red Bull Racing3 stops · best 20.81127.671average
3Manor Marussia F1 Team3 stops · best 21.61129.066average
4Williams F1 Team3 stops · best 21.69029.084average
5Lotus F1 Team2 stops · best 20.38330.527average
6Scuderia Ferrari2 stops · best 20.30630.831average
7Racing Bulls4 stops · best 20.28731.008average
8Mercedes-AMG Petronas4 stops · best 21.06231.705average
9Force India4 stops · best 21.40232.230average
10HRT Formula One Team5 stops · best 23.95345.974average
11Sauber F1 Team3 stops · best 27.24849.063average
12Caterham F1 Team4 stops · best 25.97249.867average

The circuit

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LENGTH7.004 km

LAPS44

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