Belgian Grand Prix
2012 · Round 12 · Spa, Belgium · Sep 1-2, 2012Race summary
Victory went to Button (from 1st on the grid), with a 13.6s margin. Rosberg made the biggest gain, from 23rd on the grid to 11th (up 12 places). Kobayashi had a difficult race, dropping from 2nd to 13th. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Senna (1:52.822).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 44 | 1:29:08.530 | 25 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 10 | 44 | +13.624 | 18 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 3 | 44 | +25.334 | 15 |
| 4 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 11 | 44 | +27.843 | 12 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 14 | 44 | +29.845 | 10 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 12 | 44 | +31.244 | 8 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 13 | 44 | +53.374 | 6 |
| 8 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 15 | 44 | +58.865 | 4 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 16 | 44 | +1:02.982 | 2 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 9 | 44 | +1:03.783 | 1 |
| 11 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 23 | 44 | +1:05.111 | 0 |
| 12 | Bruno Senna 1:52.822 | Williams | 17 | 44 | +1:11.529 | 0 |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 2 | 44 | +1:56.119 | 0 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 22 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 21 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| – | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 24 | 29 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 6 | 4 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 4 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 7 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 8 | 0 | Collision | 0 |