2012 Belgian Grand Prix

2012 Belgian Grand Prix
2012 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 12 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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	Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Race details
Date	2 September 2012
Official name	2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	7.004 km (4.352 miles)
Distance	44 laps, 308.052 km (191.415 miles)
Weather	Fine and Dry Air Temp 23 °C (73 °F) ; Track Temp 33 °C (91 °F)
Pole position
Driver	Jenson Button;
Time	1:47.573
Fastest lap
Driver	Bruno Senna
Time	1:52.822 on lap 43
Podium
First	Jenson Button;
Second	Sebastian Vettel;
Third	Kimi Räikkönen;
	Lap leaders ;

The 2012 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix)^[2] was a Formula One motor race that took place, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium on 2 September 2012, the first event after a five-week summer break.^[5] It was the twelfth race of the 2012 Formula One World Championship, and the seventy-seventh running of the Belgian Grand Prix.

Jenson Button started from pole position, his first pole position since the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix,^[6] and won the race. Sebastian Vettel finished second and Kimi Räikkönen third.^[7] The race featured a five-car collision at La Source, for which Romain Grosjean received a race ban.

This was the 300th race for Michael Schumacher.

^ "2012 Belgian GP". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^ "2012 Belgian GP". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2012 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Race)". f1standings.net. F1standings. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ Collantine, Keith (1 September 2012). "Button and Kobayashi share front row at Spa". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
^ Collantine, Keith (2 September 2012). "Button storms to Spa win after first-lap shunt". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

[1] "2012 Belgian GP". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[Spa-2] "2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

[3] "2012 Belgian GP". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[weather-4] "2012 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Race)". f1standings.net. F1standings. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

[7Dec_calendar-5] Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[BUT_KOB-6] Collantine, Keith (1 September 2012). "Button and Kobayashi share front row at Spa". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

[BUT_win-7] Collantine, Keith (2 September 2012). "Button storms to Spa win after first-lap shunt". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

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