Race · Round 13 of 20 · 9 September 2012

2012 Italian Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for McLaren from pole at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. 2 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 27 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale MonzaMonza, Italy
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMcLaren
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg
Entries: 2422 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-27	1	53	Finished	25
2	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C31	12	53	Finished	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	10	53	Finished	15
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	3	53	Finished	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E20	7	53	Finished	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	4	53	Finished	8
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	6	53	Finished	6	fastest lap
8	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM05	9	53	Finished	4
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C31	8	53	Finished	2
10	Bruno Senna	Williams	FW34	13	53	Finished	1
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW34	22	53	Finished	0
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	14	53	Finished	0
13	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Lotus F1 Team	E20	15	53	Finished	0
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	17	52	Finished	0
15	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	18	52	Finished	0
16	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	20	52	Finished	0
17	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	19	52	Finished	0
18	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	F112	23	52	Finished	0
19	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F112	21	52	Finished	0
20	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB8	11	51	Spun off	0
21	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM05	24	50	Brakes	0
22	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB8	5	47	Alternator	0
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-27	2	32	Fuel pressure	0
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	16	8	Suspension	0

F1DB layout monza-7 · 5.793 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	1	53
Sergio Perez	12	2	53
Fernando Alonso	10	3	53
Felipe Massa	3	4	53
Kimi Raikkonen	7	5	53
Michael Schumacher	4	6	53
Nico Rosberg	6	7	53
Paul di Resta	9	8	53
Kamui Kobayashi	8	9	53
Bruno Senna	13	10	53
Pastor Maldonado	22	11	53
Daniel Ricciardo	14	12	53
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	15	13	53
Heikki Kovalainen	17	14	52
Vitaly Petrov	18	15	52
Charles Pic	20	16	52
Timo Glock	19	17	52
Pedro de la Rosa	23	18	52
Narain Karthikeyan	21	19	52
Mark Webber	11	20	51
Nico Hulkenberg	24	21	50
Sebastian Vettel	5	22	47
Jenson Button	2	DNF	32
Jean-Éric Vergne	16	DNF	8

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:24.211	1:24.394	1:24.010	—	0 m	—
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:24.672	1:24.255	1:24.133	+0.123	8 m	+0.123
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:24.882	1:24.505	1:24.247	+0.237	16 m	+0.114
4	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:24.875	1:24.345	1:24.304	+0.294	20 m	+0.057
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:25.302	1:24.675	1:24.540	+0.530	37 m	+0.236
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:25.011	1:24.687	1:24.802	+0.792	55 m	+0.262
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:24.689	1:24.515	1:24.833	+0.823	57 m	+0.031
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:25.151	1:24.742	1:24.855	+0.845	58 m	+0.022
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:25.317	1:24.683	1:25.109	+1.099	76 m	+0.254
10	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:24.175	1:24.242	1:25.678	+1.668	115 m	+0.569
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:25.556	1:24.809	—	—	39 m	—
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:25.103	1:24.820	—	—	40 m	—
13	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:25.300	1:24.901	—	—	45 m	—
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:25.135	1:25.042	—	—	55 m	—
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:25.728	1:25.312	—	—	74 m	—
16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:25.834	1:25.408	—	—	80 m	—
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:25.649	1:25.441	—	—	82 m	—
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:26.382	—	—	—	152 m	—
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:26.887	—	—	—	187 m	—
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:27.039	—	—	—	197 m	—
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:27.073	—	—	—	199 m	—
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:27.441	—	—	—	225 m	—
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:27.629	—	—	—	238 m	—
NC	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	—	—	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	53	1	23	20.7
Sergio Perez	2	53	1	29	22.5
Fernando Alonso	3	53	1	20	21.5
Felipe Massa	4	53	1	19	22.2
Kimi Raikkonen	5	53	1	17	21.7
Michael Schumacher	6	53	2	15, 37	22.2, 22.3
Nico Rosberg	7	53	2	14, 38	22.3, 21.9
Paul di Resta	8	53	1	21	22.2
Kamui Kobayashi	9	53	1	20	22.9
Bruno Senna	10	53	1	24	23.0
Pastor Maldonado	11	53	2	13, 35	23.0, 21.8
Daniel Ricciardo	12	53	1	24	21.7
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	13	53	1	27	22.0
Heikki Kovalainen	14	52	2	17, 39	22.7, 21.9
Vitaly Petrov	15	52	2	19, 40	22.2, 22.8
Charles Pic	16	52	2	18, 35	24.0, 22.0
Timo Glock	17	52	2	7, 32	28.7, 22.6
Pedro de la Rosa	18	52	1	22	23.5
Narain Karthikeyan	19	52	1	23	31.7
Mark Webber	20	51	1	21	21.6
Nico Hulkenberg	21	50	1	27	22.7
Sebastian Vettel	22	47	2	20, 34	22.3, 15.0
Jenson Button	DNF	32	1	22	23.4
Jean-Éric Vergne	DNF	8	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sergio Perez	1 · 12	1 · 2	23 · 29	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Sergio Perez	10 · 12	3 · 2	20 · 29	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Sergio Perez	11 · 12	20 · 2	21 · 29	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Bruno Senna	12 · 13	2 · 10	29 · 24	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso	3 · 10	4 · 3	19 · 20	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Fernando Alonso	9 · 10	8 · 3	21 · 20	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Mark Webber	10 · 11	3 · 20	20 · 21	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 7	4 · 5	19 · 17	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Michael Schumacher	3 · 4	4 · 6	19 · 15	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 7	6 · 5	15 · 17	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Kimi Raikkonen	6 · 7	7 · 5	14 · 17	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Kamui Kobayashi	7 · 8	5 · 9	17 · 20	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Nico Rosberg	4 · 6	6 · 7	15 · 14	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Sebastian Vettel	4 · 5	6 · 22	15 · 20	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Nico Rosberg	5 · 6	22 · 7	20 · 14	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Paul di Resta	6 · 9	7 · 8	14 · 21	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Paul di Resta	8 · 9	9 · 8	20 · 21	Kamui Kobayashi	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Bruno Senna	8 · 13	9 · 10	20 · 24	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Pastor Maldonado	13 · 22	10 · 11	24 · 13	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Daniel Ricciardo	13 · 14	10 · 12	24 · 24	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Pastor Maldonado	14 · 22	12 · 11	24 · 13	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Narain Karthikeyan · Pastor Maldonado	21 · 22	19 · 11	23 · 13	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Pastor Maldonado · Pedro de la Rosa	22 · 23	11 · 18	13 · 22	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Jérôme d'Ambrosio	14 · 15	12 · 13	24 · 27	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Jérôme d'Ambrosio · Heikki Kovalainen	15 · 17	13 · 14	27 · 17	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Vitaly Petrov	17 · 18	14 · 15	17 · 19	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Charles Pic	18 · 20	15 · 16	19 · 18	Charles Pic	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Timo Glock	18 · 19	15 · 17	19 · 7	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Charles Pic	19 · 20	17 · 16	7 · 18	Timo Glock	Swapped places
Charles Pic · Narain Karthikeyan	20 · 21	16 · 19	18 · 23	Charles Pic	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Pedro de la Rosa	19 · 23	17 · 18	7 · 22	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Narain Karthikeyan · Pedro de la Rosa	21 · 23	19 · 18	23 · 22	Pedro de la Rosa	Swapped places
Pedro de la Rosa · Nico Hulkenberg	23 · 24	18 · 21	22 · 27	Pedro de la Rosa	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Narain Karthikeyan	11 · 21	20 · 19	21 · 23	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Nico Hulkenberg	11 · 24	20 · 21	21 · 27	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Nico Hulkenberg	5 · 24	22 · 21	20 · 27	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:25.422	—	0 m	—	26
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:25.723	+0.301	20 m	+0.301	29
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:25.762	+0.340	23 m	+0.039	26
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:25.800	+0.378	26 m	+0.038	22
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:25.861	+0.439	30 m	+0.061	27
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:25.944	+0.522	35 m	+0.083	30
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:26.046	+0.624	42 m	+0.102	25
8	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:26.323	+0.901	61 m	+0.277	26
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:26.390	+0.968	66 m	+0.067	24
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:26.504	+1.082	73 m	+0.114	19
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:26.508	+1.086	74 m	+0.004	18
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:26.518	+1.096	74 m	+0.010	21
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	19	1:26.641	+1.219	83 m	+0.123	26
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:26.746	+1.324	90 m	+0.105	23
15	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:27.180	+1.758	119 m	+0.434	29
16	Jules Bianchi	Force India	11	1:27.192	+1.770	120 m	+0.012	22
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:27.373	+1.951	132 m	+0.181	25
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:27.789	+2.367	161 m	+0.416	24
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:27.855	+2.433	165 m	+0.066	27
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:28.578	+3.156	214 m	+0.723	20
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:28.751	+3.329	226 m	+0.173	26
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:29.207	+3.785	257 m	+0.456	21
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:29.331	+3.909	265 m	+0.124	21
24	Qing Hua Ma (never started a Grand Prix)	HRT	23	1:31.239	+5.817	394 m	+1.908	26

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:25.290	—	0 m	—	32
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:25.328	+0.038	3 m	+0.038	35
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:25.348	+0.058	4 m	+0.020	17
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:25.430	+0.140	10 m	+0.082	43
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:25.446	+0.156	11 m	+0.016	41
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:25.504	+0.214	15 m	+0.058	42
7	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:25.546	+0.256	17 m	+0.042	40
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:25.547	+0.257	17 m	+0.001	36
9	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:26.068	+0.778	53 m	+0.521	32
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:26.094	+0.804	55 m	+0.026	38
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:26.104	+0.814	55 m	+0.010	35
12	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:26.157	+0.867	59 m	+0.053	36
13	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:26.394	+1.104	75 m	+0.237	31
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:26.404	+1.114	76 m	+0.010	42
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:26.724	+1.434	97 m	+0.320	33
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:26.730	+1.440	98 m	+0.006	17
17	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:26.783	+1.493	101 m	+0.053	39
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:26.841	+1.551	105 m	+0.058	39
19	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:26.864	+1.574	107 m	+0.023	36
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:27.222	+1.932	131 m	+0.358	36
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:27.944	+2.654	180 m	+0.722	36
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:27.968	+2.678	182 m	+0.024	36
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:28.575	+3.285	223 m	+0.607	34
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:28.779	+3.489	237 m	+0.204	21

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:24.578	—	0 m	—	18
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:24.579	+0.001	0 m	+0.001	15
3	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:24.849	+0.271	19 m	+0.270	20
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:24.909	+0.331	23 m	+0.060	16
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:24.994	+0.416	28 m	+0.085	17
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:25.036	+0.458	31 m	+0.042	22
7	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:25.160	+0.582	40 m	+0.124	23
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:25.255	+0.677	46 m	+0.095	19
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:25.289	+0.711	49 m	+0.034	20
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:25.383	+0.805	55 m	+0.094	18
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:25.389	+0.811	56 m	+0.006	21
12	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:25.406	+0.828	57 m	+0.017	17
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:25.461	+0.883	60 m	+0.055	21
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:25.563	+0.985	67 m	+0.102	23
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:25.689	+1.111	76 m	+0.126	22
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:25.706	+1.128	77 m	+0.017	16
17	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:25.973	+1.395	96 m	+0.267	20
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:26.003	+1.425	98 m	+0.030	19
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:26.657	+2.079	142 m	+0.654	18
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:27.267	+2.689	184 m	+0.610	16
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:27.454	+2.876	197 m	+0.187	20
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:27.728	+3.150	216 m	+0.274	19
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:28.035	+3.457	237 m	+0.307	23
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:28.384	+3.806	261 m	+0.349	17

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 13 of 2012
Grand Prix: Italian Grand Prix
Dates: 9 Sep 2012
Layout raced: Current layout · 5.793 km · 11 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.