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Race details
Race 13 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One season
Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Date 9 September 2012
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2012[1]
Location Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
5.793 km (3.6 mi)
Distance 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.58 mi)
Weather Dry and Sizzlingly Sunny[2]

Air Temp 28C (82.8F)[2]
Track Temp 40C (104F)[2]

Pole position
Driver 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:24.010
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time 1:27.239 on lap 53
Podium
First 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Second 25px Mexico Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari
Third 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari

The 2012 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2012)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy on 9 September 2012.[3] It was the thirteenth race of the 2012 season, and the final race in Europe before the teams return to Asia for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton qualified on pole, ahead of team-mate Jenson Button. The result gave McLaren their sixty-second front-row lock-out, breaking the previous record set by Williams.[4] Hamilton won the race by four seconds from Sergio Pérez, with Fernando Alonso completing the podium.[5]

Report[]

Background[]

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its silver-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.[6]

Circuit changes[]

The drag reduction system zones used in 2011 were shortened for the 2012 race.[7] The first DRS zone, located on the straight between the second Lesmo corner and the Variante Ascari, was shortened by fifty meters, while the DRS zone on the front straight was shortened by five meters.

Driver penalties[]

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean did not participate in the race due to receiving a one-race ban for his involvement in the first-lap incident at the Belgian Grand Prix that saw four cars crash heavily at the La Source hairpin.[8] Grosjean was replaced by the team's testing and reserve driver, Jérôme d'Ambrosio.[9]

Pastor Maldonado received two five-place grid penalties. the first for jumping the start of the Belgian Grand Prix and the second for causing an avoidable accident with Timo Glock after Grosjean's accident.[10]

Paul di Resta was also demoted five places for an unscheduled gearbox change on Saturday morning, his second gearbox penalty of the season.[11]

Driver changes[]

Ma Qinghua became the first Chinese driver to take part in a Grand Prix weekend when he drove Narain Karthikeyan's HRT F112 in the first free practice session on Friday morning.[12] Valtteri Bottas drove Bruno Senna's Williams FW34 in the same session, while Jules Bianchi took Paul di Resta's place at Force India.

Free practice[]

Mercedes AMG driver Michael Schumacher was fastest in the first practice session, three-tenths of a second quicker than Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg.[13] For Lotus, Jérôme d'Ambrosio finished the session fifteenth, over a second and a half slower than Schumacher and sixth-tenths down on team-mate Kimi Räikkönen. Ma Qinghua was the slowest runner after ninety minutes, nearly six seconds slower than Schumacher, and within two seconds of team-mate Pedro de la Rosa. At the end of the session, both Fernando Alonso and Pastor Maldonado were observed to stop on the circuit with technical problems.

Lewis Hamilton was the fastest driver in the second session,[14] narrowly edging out Button and Alonso, the latter of whom had another disrupted session with a series of technical problems surrounding the gearbox and brakes that limited his time on the circuit. Having set the fastest time in the morning session, Schumacher finished tenth following a series of off-track excursions. He was highly-critical of the speed bumps placed around the Variante della Roggia chicane, claiming they were a safety hazard that could result in serious injury if a driver hit them at speed.

Hamilton was once again fastest in the third session, just one thousandth of a second ahead of Alonso.[15] Paul di Resta finished the session third, while Sebastian Vettel suffered a loss of power on his final lap and pulled over at the Roggia chicane. The Red Bull RB8 was consistently one of the slowest cars through the speed trap, evidenced by the way neither Red Bull driver featured in the top ten runners in any of the free practice sessions, with the exception of Mark Webber, who set the ninth-fastest time of the first session.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Grid
1 4 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.211 1:24.394 1:24.010 1
2 3 25px Great Britain Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.672 1:24.255 1:24.133 2
3 6 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:24.882 1:24.505 1:24.247 3
4 11 25px Great Britain Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:24.875 1:24.345 1:24.304 9 1
5 7 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:25.302 1:24.675 1:24.540 4
6 1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:25.011 1:24.687 1:24.802 5
7 8 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:24.689 1:24.515 1:24.833 6
8 9 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:25.151 1:24.742 1:24.855 7
9 14 25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:25.317 1:24.683 1:25.109 8
10 5 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:24.175 1:24.242 1:25.678 10
11 2 25px Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:25.556 1:24.809 11
12 18 25px The flag of Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:25.103 1:24.820 22 2
13 15 25px Mexico Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 1:25.300 1:24.901 12
14 19 25px Brazil Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:25.135 1:25.042 13
15 16 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:25.728 1:25.312 14
16 10 25px Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Lotus-Renault 1:25.834 1:25.408 15
17 17 25px France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:25.649 1:25.441 16
18 20 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:26.382 17
19 21 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:26.887 18
20 24 25px Germany Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:27.039 19
21 25 25px France Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:27.073 20
22 23 25px Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:27.441 21
23 22 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:27.629 23
107% time: 1:30.067
24 12 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes no time 24 3
Source:[4]

Notes:

  • 1 — Paul di Resta was demoted five places for an unscheduled gearbox change.[11]
  • 2 — Pastor Maldonado was given two five-place grid penalties for jumping the start and causing an avoidable accident during the previous race in Belgium.[10]
  • 3 — Nico Hülkenberg failed to set a lap time when his car stopped on the circuit during the first qualifying period. As he was unable to get the car restarted, he was not allowed to take any further part in qualifying. His entry to the race depended on a special dispensation from race stewards, which was subsequently granted.

Race[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 53 1:19:41.221 1 25
2 15 25px Mexico Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 53 +4.356 12 18
3 5 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 53 +20.594 10 15
4 6 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 53 +29.667 3 12
5 9 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 53 +30.881 7 10
6 7 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Mercedes 53 +31.259 4 8
7 8 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 53 +33.550 6 6
8 11 25px Great Britain Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 53 +41.057 9 4
9 14 25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 53 +43.898 8 2
10 19 25px Brazil Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 53 +48.144 13 1
11 18 25px The flag of Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 53 +48.682 22
12 16 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 53 +50.316 14
13 10 25px Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Lotus-Renault 53 +1:15.861 15
14 20 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 52 +1 Lap 17
15 21 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 52 +1 Lap 18
16 25 25px France Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 52 +1 Lap 20
17 24 25px Germany Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 52 +1 Lap 19
18 22 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 52 +1 Lap 23
19 23 25px Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 52 +1 Lap 21
20 2 25px Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 51 Tyres 11
21 12 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 50 Brakes 24
22 1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 47 Alternator 5
Ret 3 25px Great Britain Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 32 Fuel pressure 2
Ret 17 25px France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8 Suspension 16
Source:[5]

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 25px Spain Fernando Alonso 179
2 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton 142
3 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 141
4 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel 140
5 25px Australia Mark Webber 132
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 25px Austria Red Bull-Renault 272
2 25px Great Britain McLaren-Mercedes 243
3 25px Italy Ferrari 226
4 25px Great Britain Lotus-Renault 217
5 25px Germany Mercedes 126
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2012 (Race)". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 September 2012. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/876/7107/live_timing_popup.html#. Retrieved 19 February 2013. 
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  11. 11.0 11.1 Collantine, Keith (8 September 2012). "Di Resta gets five-place grid penalty". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/08/di-resta-fiveplace-grid-penalty/. Retrieved 8 September 2012. 
  12. Collantine, Keith (5 September 2012). "Ma Qing Hua to drive for HRT in Monza practice". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/05/ma-qing-hua-drive-hrt-monza-practice/. Retrieved 5 September 2012. 
  13. Collantine, Keith (7 September 2012). "Schumacher leads first Monza practice for Mercedes". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/07/2012-italian-grand-prix-practice-result-fp1/. Retrieved 7 September 2012. 
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