Race · Round 6 of 20 · 27 May 2012

2012 Monaco Grand Prix

Mark Webber won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Circuit de Monaco. 8 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 20 °C, 3.1 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco
Winner: Mark WebberRed Bull Racing
Pole: Mark Webber
Fastest qualifier: Michael Schumacherstarted 6
Fastest lap: Sergio Perez
Entries: 2416 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB8	1	78	Finished	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	2	78	Finished	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	5	78	Finished	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB8	9	78	Finished	12
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-27	3	78	Finished	10
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	7	78	Finished	8
7	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM05	14	78	Finished	6
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM05	10	78	Finished	4
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E20	8	78	Finished	2
10	Bruno Senna	Williams	FW34	13	78	Finished	1
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C31	23	77	Finished	0	fastest lap
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	16	77	Finished	0
13	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	17	77	Finished	0
14	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	19	77	Finished	0
15	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F112	22	76	Finished	0
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-27	12	70	Collision	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	15	65	Steering	0
DNF	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	21	64	Electrical	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	6	63	Fuel pressure	0
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	18	15	Electrical	0
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C31	11	5	Collision damage	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E20	4	0	Collision	0
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	F112	20	0	Collision	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW34	24	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout monaco-6 · 3.337 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
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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
Mark Webber	1	1	78
Nico Rosberg	2	2	78
Fernando Alonso	5	3	78
Sebastian Vettel	9	4	78
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	5	78
Felipe Massa	7	6	78
Paul di Resta	14	7	78
Nico Hulkenberg	10	8	78
Kimi Raikkonen	8	9	78
Bruno Senna	13	10	78
Sergio Perez	23	11	77
Jean-Éric Vergne	16	12	77
Heikki Kovalainen	17	13	77
Timo Glock	19	14	77
Narain Karthikeyan	22	15	76
Jenson Button	12	16	70
Daniel Ricciardo	15	DNF	65
Charles Pic	21	DNF	64
Michael Schumacher	6	DNF	63
Vitaly Petrov	18	DNF	15
Kamui Kobayashi	11	DNF	5
Romain Grosjean	4	DNF	0
Pedro de la Rosa	20	DNF	0
Pastor Maldonado	24	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:15.873	1:15.062	1:14.301	—	0 m	—
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:16.013	1:15.035	1:14.381	+0.080	4 m	+0.080
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:15.900	1:15.022	1:14.448	+0.147	7 m	+0.067
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:16.063	1:15.166	1:14.583	+0.282	13 m	+0.135
5	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:15.718	1:15.219	1:14.639	+0.338	15 m	+0.056
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:16.153	1:15.128	1:14.948	+0.647	29 m	+0.309
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:15.983	1:14.911	1:15.049	+0.748	34 m	+0.101
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:15.889	1:15.322	1:15.199	+0.898	40 m	+0.150
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:16.017	1:15.026	1:15.245	+0.944	42 m	+0.046
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:15.757	1:15.234	—	—	14 m	—
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:15.418	1:15.421	—	—	23 m	—
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:15.648	1:15.508	—	—	27 m	—
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:16.399	1:15.536	—	—	28 m	—
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:15.923	1:15.709	—	—	36 m	—
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:16.062	1:15.718	—	—	36 m	—
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:16.360	1:15.878	—	—	43 m	—
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:16.491	1:16.885	—	—	88 m	—
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:16.538	—	—	—	50 m	—
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:17.404	—	—	—	88 m	—
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:17.947	—	—	—	112 m	—
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:18.096	—	—	—	118 m	—
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:18.476	—	—	—	135 m	—
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:19.310	—	—	—	172 m	—
NC	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	—	—	—	—	—	—

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)
Mark Webber	1	78	1	29	25.6
Nico Rosberg	2	78	1	27	24.9
Fernando Alonso	3	78	1	30	25.2
Sebastian Vettel	4	78	1	46	25.1
Sir Lewis Hamilton	5	78	1	29	25.7
Felipe Massa	6	78	1	31	25.0
Paul di Resta	7	78	1	35	25.6
Nico Hulkenberg	8	78	1	29	26.4
Kimi Raikkonen	9	78	1	29	26.4
Bruno Senna	10	78	1	29	26.4
Sergio Perez	11	77	2	34, 39	25.7, 19.7
Jean-Éric Vergne	12	77	2	17, 70	26.1, 26.2
Heikki Kovalainen	13	77	2	30, 73	26.1, 31.3
Timo Glock	14	77	2	30, 54	25.6, 36.5
Narain Karthikeyan	15	76	2	29, 74	27.3, 27.0
Jenson Button	16	70	1	38	25.2
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	65	1	40	25.3
Charles Pic	DNF	64	1	33	27.2
Michael Schumacher	DNF	63	1	34	25.1
Vitaly Petrov	DNF	15	1	3	39.4
Kamui Kobayashi	DNF	5	1	1	28.4
Romain Grosjean	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Pedro de la Rosa	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	0	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
Mark Webber · Nico Rosberg	1 · 2	1 · 2	29 · 27	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Fernando Alonso	2 · 5	2 · 3	27 · 30	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton	2 · 3	2 · 5	27 · 29	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Sebastian Vettel	5 · 9	3 · 4	30 · 46	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 9	5 · 4	29 · 46	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Sebastian Vettel	8 · 9	9 · 4	29 · 46	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Nico Hulkenberg	9 · 10	4 · 8	46 · 29	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Felipe Massa	3 · 7	5 · 6	29 · 31	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Paul di Resta	7 · 14	6 · 7	31 · 35	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Kimi Raikkonen	7 · 8	6 · 9	31 · 29	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Paul di Resta	10 · 14	8 · 7	29 · 35	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Paul di Resta	13 · 14	10 · 7	29 · 35	Bruno Senna	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Hulkenberg	8 · 10	9 · 8	29 · 29	Same lap	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Bruno Senna	8 · 13	9 · 10	29 · 29	Same lap	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Bruno Senna	12 · 13	16 · 10	38 · 29	Bruno Senna	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Sergio Perez	13 · 23	10 · 11	29 · 34	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Jean-Éric Vergne · Sergio Perez	16 · 23	12 · 11	17 · 34	Jean-Éric Vergne	Swapped places
Narain Karthikeyan · Sergio Perez	22 · 23	15 · 11	29 · 34	Narain Karthikeyan	Swapped places
Jean-Éric Vergne · Heikki Kovalainen	16 · 17	12 · 13	17 · 30	Jean-Éric Vergne	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Timo Glock	17 · 19	13 · 14	30 · 30	Same lap	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Narain Karthikeyan	19 · 22	14 · 15	30 · 29	Narain Karthikeyan	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Narain Karthikeyan	12 · 22	16 · 15	38 · 29	Narain Karthikeyan	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	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:16.265	—	0 m	—	22
2	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:16.630	+0.365	16 m	+0.365	17
3	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:16.711	+0.446	20 m	+0.081	19
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:16.747	+0.482	21 m	+0.036	12
5	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:16.760	+0.495	22 m	+0.013	20
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:16.843	+0.578	25 m	+0.083	19
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:17.038	+0.773	34 m	+0.195	21
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:17.190	+0.925	40 m	+0.152	13
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:17.222	+0.957	42 m	+0.032	14
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:17.261	+0.996	44 m	+0.039	18
11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:17.413	+1.148	50 m	+0.152	14
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:17.631	+1.366	60 m	+0.218	18
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:18.106	+1.841	81 m	+0.475	14
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:18.209	+1.944	85 m	+0.103	25
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:18.252	+1.987	87 m	+0.043	28
16	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:18.302	+2.037	89 m	+0.050	16
17	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:18.617	+2.352	103 m	+0.315	20
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:19.039	+2.774	121 m	+0.422	20
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:19.341	+3.076	135 m	+0.302	16
20	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:20.838	+4.573	200 m	+1.497	26
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:20.895	+4.630	203 m	+0.057	18
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:21.638	+5.373	235 m	+0.743	9
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:22.423	+6.158	269 m	+0.785	15
24	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	—	—	—	—	1

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 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:15.746	—	0 m	—	17
2	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:16.138	+0.392	17 m	+0.392	19
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:16.602	+0.856	38 m	+0.464	21
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:16.661	+0.915	40 m	+0.059	23
5	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:16.820	+1.074	47 m	+0.159	20
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:17.021	+1.275	56 m	+0.201	15
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:17.148	+1.402	62 m	+0.127	23
8	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:17.153	+1.407	62 m	+0.005	22
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:17.293	+1.547	68 m	+0.140	11
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:17.303	+1.557	69 m	+0.010	21
11	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:17.375	+1.629	72 m	+0.072	19
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:17.395	+1.649	73 m	+0.020	21
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:17.655	+1.909	84 m	+0.260	18
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:17.800	+2.054	90 m	+0.145	25
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:18.251	+2.505	110 m	+0.451	24
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:18.440	+2.694	119 m	+0.189	25
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:18.522	+2.776	122 m	+0.082	22
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:18.808	+3.062	135 m	+0.286	26
19	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:19.267	+3.521	155 m	+0.459	25
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:19.309	+3.563	157 m	+0.042	29
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:20.029	+4.283	189 m	+0.720	13
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:20.240	+4.494	198 m	+0.211	21
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:20.631	+4.885	215 m	+0.391	12
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:20.886	+5.140	226 m	+0.255	10

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	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:15.159	—	0 m	—	25
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:15.197	+0.038	2 m	+0.038	21
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:15.209	+0.050	2 m	+0.012	20
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:15.210	+0.051	2 m	+0.001	20
5	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:15.445	+0.286	13 m	+0.235	18
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:15.471	+0.312	14 m	+0.026	19
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:15.734	+0.575	26 m	+0.263	19
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:15.893	+0.734	33 m	+0.159	23
9	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:16.110	+0.951	42 m	+0.217	14
10	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:16.219	+1.060	47 m	+0.109	19
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:16.226	+1.067	47 m	+0.007	20
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:16.301	+1.142	51 m	+0.075	21
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:16.311	+1.152	51 m	+0.010	19
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:16.479	+1.320	59 m	+0.168	20
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:17.027	+1.868	83 m	+0.548	20
16	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:17.055	+1.896	84 m	+0.028	26
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:17.276	+2.117	94 m	+0.221	25
18	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:17.390	+2.231	99 m	+0.114	19
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:17.404	+2.245	100 m	+0.014	22
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:18.259	+3.100	138 m	+0.855	18
21	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:18.488	+3.329	148 m	+0.229	22
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:19.099	+3.940	175 m	+0.611	17
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:19.147	+3.988	177 m	+0.048	19
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:19.151	+3.992	177 m	+0.004	19

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: 6 of 2012
Grand Prix: Monaco Grand Prix
Dates: 27 May 2012
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
Confidence: reference

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