2012 Italian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2012 Italian Grand Prix at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on 9 Sept 2012 for McLaren, from pole position; Sergio Pérez was second and Fernando Alonso third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 29 of 53, from Sergio Pérez; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. Hamilton stopped once, on lap 23; 14 of 22 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 20. The fastest lap was Nico Rosberg's, 1:27.239 on lap 53. 22 of 24 starters were classified; 2 retired or were not classified. After the race Fernando Alonso led the championship with 179 points, 37 ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with 7 rounds left.

Date

9 Sept 2012

Circuit

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy

Round

13 of 20

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:24.010)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 17 drivers: Paul di Resta qualified 4th, started 9th; Michael Schumacher qualified 5th, started 4th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 6th, started 5th; Nico Rosberg qualified 7th, started 6th; Kimi Räikkönen qualified 8th, started 7th; Kamui Kobayashi qualified 9th, started 8th; Pastor Maldonado qualified 12th, started 22nd; Sergio Pérez qualified 13th, started 12th; Bruno Senna qualified 14th, started 13th; Daniel Ricciardo qualified 15th, started 14th; Jérôme d'Ambrosio qualified 16th, started 15th; Jean-Éric Vergne qualified 17th, started 16th; Heikki Kovalainen qualified 18th, started 17th; Vitaly Petrov qualified 19th, started 18th; Timo Glock qualified 20th, started 19th; Charles Pic qualified 21st, started 20th; Narain Karthikeyan qualified 22nd, started 21st. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Lewis Hamilton: 1 stop (lap 23), stints of 23, 30 laps

2nd

Sergio Pérez: 1 stop (lap 29), stints of 29, 24 laps

3rd

Fernando Alonso: 1 stop (lap 20), stints of 20, 33 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 14 · 2 stops: 8

First stops

median lap 20 of 53

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2012 standings