Pit Lane F1
2012 Season - Round 12 - 2012-09-02
Jenson Button won the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position, leading Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) and Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) home for McLaren.
Bruno Senna (Williams) set the fastest lap of the race in 1:52.822. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P23 on the grid to P11 at the flag — a 12-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 6 drivers failing to finish.
24 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix, completing round 12 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | Finished | 1:54.293 | 25 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 10 | Finished | 1:54.198 | 18 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 3 | Finished | 1:53.640 | 15 |
| 4 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 11 | Finished | 1:53.760 | 12 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 14 | Finished | 1:53.464 | 10 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 12 | Finished | 1:53.768 | 8 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 13 | Finished | 1:53.507 | 6 |
| 8 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 15 | Finished | 1:53.995 | 4 |
| 9 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 16 | Finished | 1:54.605 | 2 |
| 10 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 9 | Finished | 1:54.562 | 1 |
| 11 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 23 | Finished | 1:53.073 | 0 |
| 12 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 17 | Finished | 1:52.822 | 0 |
| 13 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 2 | Finished | 1:55.598 | 0 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | +1 Lap | 1:56.741 | 0 |
| 15 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | +1 Lap | 1:56.956 | 0 |
| 16 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 22 | +1 Lap | 1:57.939 | 0 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | +1 Lap | 1:56.475 | 0 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 21 | +1 Lap | 1:57.315 | 0 |
| 19 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 24 | Spun off | 1:59.113 | 0 |
| 20 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 6 | Collision | 2:56.181 | 0 |
| 21 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 4 | Collision | 0 |
| 22 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | Collision | 0 |
| 23 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 7 | Collision | 0 |
| 24 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 8 | Collision | 0 |
