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2012 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2012 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/860-race

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.

Grand Prix context

2012 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix · Sepang International Circuit

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

2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 2

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	2:44:51.812 · 56 laps · ferrari	25
2	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	2:44:54.075 · 56 laps · ferrari	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2:45:06.403 · 56 laps · mercedes	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	2:45:09.500 · 56 laps · renault	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	2:45:21.268 · 56 laps · renault	10
6	Bruno Senna	Williams	2:45:29.479 · 56 laps · renault	8
7	Paul di Resta	Force India	2:45:36.224 · 56 laps · mercedes	6
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	2:45:38.797 · 56 laps · ferrari	4
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	2:45:39.704 · 56 laps · mercedes	2
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	2:45:41.808 · 56 laps · mercedes	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	2:46:07.339 · 56 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	2:46:08.640 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2:46:10.405 · 56 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	2:46:11.531 · 56 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
15	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2:46:29.131 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
17	Timo Glock	Marussia	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
19	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Engine · Time not recorded · 54 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Brakes · Time not recorded · 46 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Spun off · Time not recorded · 3 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	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:37.813 · 14 laps · mercedes
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:37.575 · 14 laps · mercedes
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:37.517 · 14 laps · mercedes
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:37.172 · 19 laps · renault
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Q1 1:37.961 · 13 laps · renault
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:38.102 · 14 laps · renault
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Q1 1:38.058 · 14 laps · renault
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:37.696 · 14 laps · mercedes
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:38.151 · 16 laps · ferrari
10	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:37.933 · 17 laps · ferrari
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:37.789 · 14 laps · renault
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:38.381 · 15 laps · ferrari
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	Q1 1:38.437 · 13 laps · renault
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:38.325 · 15 laps · mercedes
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:38.419 · 14 laps · ferrari
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Q1 1:38.303 · 13 laps · mercedes
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:38.372 · 12 laps · ferrari
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:39.077 · 7 laps · ferrari
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Q1 1:39.306 · 9 laps · renault
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Q1 1:39.567 · 6 laps · renault
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	Q1 1:40.903 · 8 laps · cosworth
22	Charles Pic	Marussia	Q1 1:41.250 · 8 laps · cosworth
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Q1 1:42.914 · 4 laps · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Q1 1:43.655 · 6 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:36.219 · mercedes
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:36.368 · mercedes
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.391 · mercedes
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:36.461 · renault
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.634 · renault
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:36.658 · renault
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:36.664 · mercedes
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:37.566 · ferrari
9	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:37.698 · ferrari
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:36.461 · renault
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:37.589 · renault
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:37.731 · ferrari
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:37.841 · renault
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:37.877 · mercedes
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:37.883 · ferrari
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:37.890 · mercedes
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.069 · ferrari
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:39.077 · ferrari
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:39.567 · renault
20	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:40.903 · cosworth
21	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:41.250 · cosworth
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:42.914 · cosworth
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:43.655 · cosworth
24	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:39.306 · renault

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	35
2	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	30
3	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	25
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	24
5	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
6	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
8	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
10	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
14	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
15	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
16	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
17	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Charles Pic	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Narain Karthikeyan	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	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:38.021
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	1:38.535
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	3	1:38.813
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	4	1:38.826
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	5	1:38.919
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	6	1:39.092
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	7	1:39.128
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	8	1:39.298
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	9	1:39.323
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	10	1:39.440
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	11	1:39.724
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	12	1:39.783
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	13	1:39.896
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:39.910
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	15	1:39.980
freePractice1Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	16	1:40.099
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	17	1:40.247
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	18	1:40.469
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	19	1:40.857
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	20	1:41.085
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	21	1:43.170
freePractice1Results	Charles Pic	22	1:44.580
freePractice1Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:45.360
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	24	1:45.528
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:38.172
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	2	1:38.533
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	3	1:38.535
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	4	1:38.696
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	5	1:38.853
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:38.891
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	7	1:39.133
freePractice2Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	8	1:39.297
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	9	1:39.311
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	10	1:39.402
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	11	1:39.444
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	12	1:39.464
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	13	1:39.625
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:39.687
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	15	1:39.696
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	16	1:40.271
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	17	1:40.678
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	18	1:40.947
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	19	1:41.464
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	20	1:41.681
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	21	1:42.594
freePractice2Results	Charles Pic	22	1:42.874
freePractice2Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:43.658
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	24	1:43.823
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	1	1:36.877
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	1:37.320
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	3	1:37.338
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	4	1:37.356
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	5	1:37.382
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	6	1:37.404
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	7	1:37.455
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	8	1:37.663
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	9	1:37.776
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	10	1:37.977
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	11	1:38.091
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	12	1:38.178
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	13	1:38.246
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	14	1:38.285
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	15	1:38.423
freePractice3Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	16	1:38.640
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	17	1:38.794
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	18	1:39.209
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	19	1:39.704
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	1:40.189
freePractice3Results	Charles Pic	21	1:41.901
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	22	1:42.007
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	23	1:42.464
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	24	1:43.378

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Sergio Pérez	1	1	25.671
Bruno Senna	1	1	31.006
Paul di Resta	1	2	23.988
Felipe Massa	1	3	24.034
Timo Glock	1	3	25.096
Charles Pic	1	3	29.317
Jenson Button	1	4	24.305
Fernando Alonso	1	4	24.653
Nico Hülkenberg	1	4	23.856
Daniel Ricciardo	1	4	25.470
Vitaly Petrov	1	4	24.718
Heikki Kovalainen	1	4	32.670
Lewis Hamilton	1	5	24.271
Mark Webber	1	5	24.569
Sebastian Vettel	1	5	25.658
Nico Rosberg	1	5	25.600
Pastor Maldonado	1	5	25.535
Kimi Räikkönen	1	5	27.602
Kamui Kobayashi	1	5	28.122
Michael Schumacher	1	5	24.831
Bruno Senna	2	7	26.269
Jenson Button	2	13	25.922
Nico Rosberg	2	13	25.199
Kimi Räikkönen	2	13	24.927
Kamui Kobayashi	2	13	26.255
Pedro de la Rosa	1	13	15.684
Vitaly Petrov	2	13	29.359
Timo Glock	2	13	25.660
Bruno Senna	3	13	24.980
Lewis Hamilton	2	14	27.961
Fernando Alonso	2	14	22.864
Mark Webber	2	14	26.337
Felipe Massa	2	14	24.420
Paul di Resta	2	14	22.856
Pastor Maldonado	2	14	21.621
Michael Schumacher	2	14	24.094
Daniel Ricciardo	2	14	24.539
Heikki Kovalainen	2	14	25.130
Sergio Pérez	2	15	24.520
Sebastian Vettel	2	15	24.057
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	15	24.216
Nico Hülkenberg	2	15	23.549
Charles Pic	2	15	36.542
Narain Karthikeyan	1	15	36.876
Jenson Button	3	15	36.517
Pastor Maldonado	3	15	23.974
Pedro de la Rosa	2	16	38.887
Heikki Kovalainen	3	23	34.109
Jenson Button	4	24	23.509
Daniel Ricciardo	3	25	22.610
Nico Rosberg	3	26	23.050
Felipe Massa	3	27	23.130
Daniel Ricciardo	4	37	23.648
Narain Karthikeyan	2	37	27.700
Felipe Massa	4	38	26.934
Heikki Kovalainen	4	38	23.782
Mark Webber	3	39	23.195
Paul di Resta	3	39	22.175
Bruno Senna	4	39	23.824
Michael Schumacher	3	39	22.163
Pastor Maldonado	4	39	23.409
Nico Rosberg	4	39	23.231
Jenson Button	5	39	23.477
Vitaly Petrov	3	39	30.335
Timo Glock	3	39	25.390
Fernando Alonso	3	40	22.534
Charles Pic	3	39	32.224
Sebastian Vettel	3	40	22.998
Kimi Räikkönen	3	40	25.041
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	40	23.343
Nico Hülkenberg	3	40	23.358
Kamui Kobayashi	3	40	23.662
Pedro de la Rosa	3	39	28.483
Sergio Pérez	3	41	24.543
Lewis Hamilton	3	41	26.338
Sebastian Vettel	4	47	25.884