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2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Event date: 2 Sep 2012

Name: 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · races/870

Original reference ↗

Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Recorded qualifying format: KNOCKOUT

Grand Prix context

2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 12

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:29:08.530 · 44 laps · mercedes	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:29:22.154 · 44 laps · renault	18
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:29:33.864 · 44 laps · renault	15
4	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:29:36.373 · 44 laps · mercedes	12
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:29:38.375 · 44 laps · ferrari	10
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:29:39.774 · 44 laps · renault	8
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:30:01.904 · 44 laps · mercedes	6
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:30:07.395 · 44 laps · ferrari	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:30:11.512 · 44 laps · ferrari	2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:30:12.313 · 44 laps · mercedes	1
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:30:13.641 · 44 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:30:20.059 · 44 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:31:04.649 · 44 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Time not recorded · 43 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Timo Glock	Marussia	Time not recorded · 43 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
16	Charles Pic	Marussia	Time not recorded · 43 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Time not recorded · 43 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
18	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Time not recorded · 43 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Accident · Time not recorded · 29 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 4 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:49.250 · 14 laps · mercedes
2	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:49.686 · 18 laps · ferrari
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:48.993 · 20 laps · renault
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Q1 1:49.546 · 14 laps · renault
5	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:49.642 · 16 laps · ferrari
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:49.401 · 15 laps · ferrari
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:49.859 · 13 laps · renault
8	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:49.605 · 16 laps · mercedes
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Q1 1:50.126 · 18 laps · renault
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:50.033 · 19 laps · mercedes
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:49.722 · 12 laps · renault
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Q1 1:49.362 · 13 laps · mercedes
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:49.742 · 14 laps · mercedes
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:49.588 · 13 laps · ferrari
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:49.763 · 13 laps · ferrari
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:49.572 · 13 laps · ferrari
17	Bruno Senna	Williams	Q1 1:49.958 · 15 laps · renault
18	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:50.181 · 10 laps · mercedes
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Q1 1:51.739 · 7 laps · renault
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Q1 1:51.967 · 6 laps · renault
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	Q1 1:52.336 · 8 laps · cosworth
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Q1 1:53.030 · 6 laps · cosworth
23	Charles Pic	Marussia	Q1 1:53.493 · 6 laps · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Q1 1:54.989 · 8 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:47.573 · mercedes
2	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:47.871 · ferrari
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:48.205 · renault
4	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:48.219 · ferrari
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:48.313 · ferrari
6	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:47.893 · renault
7	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:48.394 · mercedes
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:48.538 · renault
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:48.890 · mercedes
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:48.792 · renault
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:48.855 · mercedes
12	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:48.392 · renault
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:49.081 · mercedes
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:49.147 · ferrari
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:49.354 · ferrari
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:49.543 · ferrari
17	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:50.088 · renault
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:51.739 · renault
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:51.967 · renault
20	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:52.336 · cosworth
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:53.030 · cosworth
22	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:53.493 · cosworth
23	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:50.181 · mercedes
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:54.989 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	164
2	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	140
3	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	132
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	131
5	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	117
6	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	101
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	77
8	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	76
9	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	47
10	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	35
11	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	35
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	33
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
14	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	29
15	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	28
16	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	24
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
19	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Charles Pic	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Narain Karthikeyan	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	1	2:11.389
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	2	2:11.941
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	3	2:12.004
freePractice1Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	4	2:12.824
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	5	2:13.191
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	6	2:13.861
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	7	2:14.210
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	8	2:14.660
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	9	2:14.860
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	10	2:15.402
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	11	2:15.812
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	12	2:16.409
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	13	2:16.786
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	14	2:16.788
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	15	2:16.827
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	16	2:16.861
freePractice1Results	Charles Pic	17	2:17.519
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	18	2:18.199
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	19	2:19.546
freePractice1Results	Dani Clos	20	2:19.689
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	21	2:38.701
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	22	2:40.749
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	23	2:46.580
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	24	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Charles Pic	1	2:49.354
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	2	2:49.750
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	3	2:50.497
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	4	2:51.333
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	5	2:51.660
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	6	2:52.076
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	7	2:53.232
freePractice2Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	8	2:58.232
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	9	2:59.125
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	10	3:12.901
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	11	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	12	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	13	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	14	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	15	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	16	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	17	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	18	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	1	1:48.542
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	2	1:48.683
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	3	1:48.850
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	4	1:48.863
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	5	1:49.091
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:49.092
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	7	1:49.164
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	8	1:49.266
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	9	1:49.292
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	10	1:49.382
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	11	1:49.561
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	12	1:49.615
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	13	1:49.621
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	14	1:49.674
freePractice3Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	15	1:49.710
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	16	1:49.776
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	17	1:50.027
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	18	1:52.339
freePractice3Results	Charles Pic	19	1:52.566
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	20	1:52.630
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	21	1:52.809
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	22	1:53.383
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:53.562
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	24	1:58.113

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Pedro de la Rosa	1	1	29.107
Kamui Kobayashi	1	1	27.248
Pastor Maldonado	1	1	21.842
Kamui Kobayashi	2	7	21.669
Paul di Resta	1	10	21.402
Kimi Räikkönen	1	11	20.383
Mark Webber	1	11	20.908
Timo Glock	1	11	22.463
Daniel Ricciardo	1	12	20.287
Felipe Massa	1	12	20.306
Vitaly Petrov	1	12	25.972
Nico Hülkenberg	1	13	22.152
Heikki Kovalainen	1	14	52.206
Narain Karthikeyan	1	14	23.953
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	15	20.660
Pedro de la Rosa	2	15	25.027
Bruno Senna	1	16	21.690
Charles Pic	1	18	21.611
Michael Schumacher	1	19	21.664
Jenson Button	1	20	19.668
Nico Rosberg	1	20	21.062
Sebastian Vettel	1	21	20.811
Kamui Kobayashi	3	24	22.106
Timo Glock	2	25	20.660
Paul di Resta	2	26	21.115
Vitaly Petrov	2	26	21.180
Nico Hülkenberg	2	27	20.696
Mark Webber	2	27	20.385
Felipe Massa	2	27	21.049
Pedro de la Rosa	3	27	22.064
Heikki Kovalainen	2	27	21.931
Kimi Räikkönen	2	28	20.289
Daniel Ricciardo	2	28	21.060
Narain Karthikeyan	2	28	22.523
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	29	21.077
Michael Schumacher	2	35	20.835
Nico Rosberg	2	36	20.534
Bruno Senna	2	39	22.030

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