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2012 Malaysian Grand Prix

Date
25 Mar 2012
Circuit
Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Round
2 of 20
Winner
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
Pole position
Lewis Hamilton (1:36.219)

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Race classification

PosNoDriverTeamGridLapsTime / statusFLPts
1 5 ALOFernando Alonso Ferrari 8q9 56 2:44:51.812 25
2 15 PERSergio Pérez Sauber 9q10 56 +2.263 18
3 4 HAMLewis Hamilton McLaren 1 56 +14.591 15
4 2 WEBMark Webber Red Bull 4 56 +17.688 12
5 9 RAIKimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 10q5 56 +29.456 1:40.722 10
6 19 SENBruno Senna Williams 13 56 +37.667 8
7 11 DIRPaul di Resta Force India 14 56 +44.412 6
8 17 VERJean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso 18 56 +46.985 4
9 12 HULNico Hülkenberg Force India 16 56 +47.892 2
10 7 MSCMichael Schumacher Mercedes 3 56 +49.996 1
11 1 VETSebastian Vettel Red Bull 5q6 56 +75.527 0
12 16 RICDaniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 15 56 +76.828 0
13 8 ROSNico Rosberg Mercedes 7q8 56 +78.593 0
14 3 BUTJenson Button McLaren 2 56 +79.719 0
15 6 MASFelipe Massa Ferrari 12 56 +97.319 0
16 21 PETVitaly Petrov Caterham 19q20 55 +1 Lap 0
17 24 GLOTimo Glock Marussia 20q21 55 +1 Lap 0
18 20 KOVHeikki Kovalainen Caterham 24q19 55 +1 Lap 0
19 18 MALPastor Maldonado Williams 11 54 Engine 0
20 25 PICCharles Pic Marussia 21q22 54 +2 Laps 0
21 23 KARNarain Karthikeyan HRT 23q24 54 +2 Laps 0
22 22 DLRPedro de la Rosa HRT 22q23 54 +2 Laps 0
R 14 KOBKamui Kobayashi Sauber 17 46 Retired 0
R 10 GRORomain Grosjean Lotus F1 6q7 3 Collision 0

Grid differs from qualifying for 12 drivers: Kimi Räikkönen qualified 5th, started 10th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 6th, started 5th; Romain Grosjean qualified 7th, started 6th; Nico Rosberg qualified 8th, started 7th; Fernando Alonso qualified 9th, started 8th; Sergio Pérez qualified 10th, started 9th; Heikki Kovalainen qualified 19th, started 24th; Vitaly Petrov qualified 20th, started 19th; Timo Glock qualified 21st, started 20th; Charles Pic qualified 22nd, started 21st; Pedro de la Rosa qualified 23rd, started 22nd; Narain Karthikeyan qualified 24th, started 23rd. 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

Safety car, laps 6 to 10Safety car, laps 10 to 15 123456789101112131415161718192021222324 Lap 1Lap 14Lap 28Lap 42Lap 56 Bruno Senna: pit stop on lap 1Sergio Pérez: pit stop on lap 1Paul di Resta: pit stop on lap 2Timo Glock: pit stop on lap 3Felipe Massa: pit stop on lap 3Charles Pic: pit stop on lap 3Fernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 4Heikki Kovalainen: pit stop on lap 4Jenson Button: pit stop on lap 4Nico Hülkenberg: pit stop on lap 4Vitaly Petrov: pit stop on lap 4Daniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 4Lewis Hamilton: pit stop on lap 5Nico Rosberg: pit stop on lap 5Kimi Räikkönen: pit stop on lap 5Mark Webber: pit stop on lap 5Sebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 5Michael Schumacher: pit stop on lap 5Kamui Kobayashi: pit stop on lap 5Pastor Maldonado: pit stop on lap 5Bruno Senna: pit stop on lap 7Nico Rosberg: pit stop on lap 13Kimi Räikkönen: pit stop on lap 13Timo Glock: pit stop on lap 13Jenson Button: pit stop on lap 13Pedro de la Rosa: pit stop on lap 13Kamui Kobayashi: pit stop on lap 13Vitaly Petrov: pit stop on lap 13Bruno Senna: pit stop on lap 13Lewis Hamilton: pit stop on lap 14Fernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 14Heikki Kovalainen: pit stop on lap 14Felipe Massa: pit stop on lap 14Mark Webber: pit stop on lap 14Michael Schumacher: pit stop on lap 14Pastor Maldonado: pit stop on lap 14Paul di Resta: pit stop on lap 14Daniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 14Jenson Button: pit stop on lap 15Sebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 15Narain Karthikeyan: pit stop on lap 15Nico Hülkenberg: pit stop on lap 15Pastor Maldonado: pit stop on lap 15Sergio Pérez: pit stop on lap 15Jean-Éric Vergne: pit stop on lap 15Charles Pic: pit stop on lap 15Pedro de la Rosa: pit stop on lap 16Heikki Kovalainen: pit stop on lap 23Jenson Button: pit stop on lap 24Daniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 25Nico Rosberg: pit stop on lap 26Felipe Massa: pit stop on lap 27Narain Karthikeyan: pit stop on lap 37Daniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 37Heikki Kovalainen: pit stop on lap 38Felipe Massa: pit stop on lap 38Nico Rosberg: pit stop on lap 39Timo Glock: pit stop on lap 39Mark Webber: pit stop on lap 39Jenson Button: pit stop on lap 39Michael Schumacher: pit stop on lap 39Pedro de la Rosa: pit stop on lap 39Vitaly Petrov: pit stop on lap 39Bruno Senna: pit stop on lap 39Pastor Maldonado: pit stop on lap 39Paul di Resta: pit stop on lap 39Charles Pic: pit stop on lap 39Fernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 40Kimi Räikkönen: pit stop on lap 40Sebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 40Kamui Kobayashi: pit stop on lap 40Nico Hülkenberg: pit stop on lap 40Jean-Éric Vergne: pit stop on lap 40Lewis Hamilton: pit stop on lap 41Sergio Pérez: pit stop on lap 41Sebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 47 HAMBUTWEBVETALOROSMALRAIKOBMASPERDIRHULVERKOVMSCRICPETGLOPICGROKARDLRSEN
Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Shaded bands are safety-car periods. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Safety car, laps 6 to 10Safety car, laps 10 to 15 +0.0 s+20.0 s+40.0 s Lap 1Lap 9Lap 17Lap 25Lap 32Lap 40Lap 48Lap 56 Bruno Senna: pit stop on lap 1, 31.0 s in the pit laneSergio Pérez: pit stop on lap 1, 25.7 s in the pit lanePaul di Resta: pit stop on lap 2, 24.0 s in the pit laneTimo Glock: pit stop on lap 3, 25.1 s in the pit laneFelipe Massa: pit stop on lap 3, 24.0 s in the pit laneCharles Pic: pit stop on lap 3, 29.3 s in the pit laneFernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 4, 24.7 s in the pit laneHeikki Kovalainen: pit stop on lap 4, 32.7 s in the pit laneJenson Button: pit stop on lap 4, 24.3 s in the pit laneNico Hülkenberg: pit stop on lap 4, 23.9 s in the pit laneVitaly Petrov: pit stop on lap 4, 24.7 s in the pit laneDaniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 4, 25.5 s in the pit laneLewis Hamilton: pit stop on lap 5, 24.3 s in the pit laneNico Rosberg: pit stop on lap 5, 25.6 s in the pit laneKimi Räikkönen: pit stop on lap 5, 27.6 s in the pit laneMark Webber: pit stop on lap 5, 24.6 s in the pit laneSebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 5, 25.7 s in the pit laneMichael Schumacher: pit stop on lap 5, 24.8 s in the pit laneKamui Kobayashi: pit stop on lap 5, 28.1 s in the pit lanePastor Maldonado: pit stop on lap 5, 25.5 s in the pit laneBruno Senna: pit stop on lap 7, 26.3 s in the pit laneNico Rosberg: pit stop on lap 13, 25.2 s in the pit laneKimi Räikkönen: pit stop on lap 13, 24.9 s in the pit laneTimo Glock: pit stop on lap 13, 25.7 s in the pit laneJenson Button: pit stop on lap 13, 25.9 s in the pit lanePedro de la Rosa: pit stop on lap 13, 15.7 s in the pit laneKamui Kobayashi: pit stop on lap 13, 26.3 s in the pit laneVitaly Petrov: pit stop on lap 13, 29.4 s in the pit laneBruno Senna: pit stop on lap 13, 25.0 s in the pit laneLewis Hamilton: pit stop on lap 14, 28.0 s in the pit laneFernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 14, 22.9 s in the pit laneHeikki Kovalainen: pit stop on lap 14, 25.1 s in the pit laneFelipe Massa: pit stop on lap 14, 24.4 s in the pit laneMark Webber: pit stop on lap 14, 26.3 s in the pit laneMichael Schumacher: pit stop on lap 14, 24.1 s in the pit lanePastor Maldonado: pit stop on lap 14, 21.6 s in the pit lanePaul di Resta: pit stop on lap 14, 22.9 s in the pit laneDaniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 14, 24.5 s in the pit laneJenson Button: pit stop on lap 15, 36.5 s in the pit laneSebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 15, 24.1 s in the pit laneNarain Karthikeyan: pit stop on lap 15, 36.9 s in the pit laneNico Hülkenberg: pit stop on lap 15, 23.5 s in the pit lanePastor Maldonado: pit stop on lap 15, 24.0 s in the pit laneSergio Pérez: pit stop on lap 15, 24.5 s in the pit laneJean-Éric Vergne: pit stop on lap 15, 24.2 s in the pit laneCharles Pic: pit stop on lap 15, 36.5 s in the pit lanePedro de la Rosa: pit stop on lap 16, 38.9 s in the pit laneHeikki Kovalainen: pit stop on lap 23, 34.1 s in the pit laneJenson Button: pit stop on lap 24, 23.5 s in the pit laneDaniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 25, 22.6 s in the pit laneNico Rosberg: pit stop on lap 26, 23.1 s in the pit laneFelipe Massa: pit stop on lap 27, 23.1 s in the pit laneNarain Karthikeyan: pit stop on lap 37, 27.7 s in the pit laneDaniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 37, 23.6 s in the pit laneHeikki Kovalainen: pit stop on lap 38, 23.8 s in the pit laneFelipe Massa: pit stop on lap 38, 26.9 s in the pit laneNico Rosberg: pit stop on lap 39, 23.2 s in the pit laneTimo Glock: pit stop on lap 39, 25.4 s in the pit laneMark Webber: pit stop on lap 39, 23.2 s in the pit laneJenson Button: pit stop on lap 39, 23.5 s in the pit laneMichael Schumacher: pit stop on lap 39, 22.2 s in the pit lanePedro de la Rosa: pit stop on lap 39, 28.5 s in the pit laneVitaly Petrov: pit stop on lap 39, 30.3 s in the pit laneBruno Senna: pit stop on lap 39, 23.8 s in the pit lanePastor Maldonado: pit stop on lap 39, 23.4 s in the pit lanePaul di Resta: pit stop on lap 39, 22.2 s in the pit laneCharles Pic: pit stop on lap 39, 32.2 s in the pit laneFernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 40, 22.5 s in the pit laneKimi Räikkönen: pit stop on lap 40, 25.0 s in the pit laneSebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 40, 23.0 s in the pit laneKamui Kobayashi: pit stop on lap 40, 23.7 s in the pit laneNico Hülkenberg: pit stop on lap 40, 23.4 s in the pit laneJean-Éric Vergne: pit stop on lap 40, 23.3 s in the pit laneLewis Hamilton: pit stop on lap 41, 26.3 s in the pit laneSergio Pérez: pit stop on lap 41, 24.5 s in the pit laneSebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 47, 25.9 s in the pit lane HAMBUTWEBVETALOROSMALRAIKOBMASPERDIRHULVERKOVMSCRICPETGLOPICGROKARDLRSEN
Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods; red flag on lap 9. Drivers more than 56 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner
Fernando Alonso: 3 stops (laps 4, 14, 40), stints of 4, 10, 26, 16 laps
2nd
Sergio Pérez: 3 stops (laps 1, 15, 41), stints of 1, 14, 26, 15 laps
3rd
Lewis Hamilton: 3 stops (laps 5, 14, 41), stints of 5, 9, 27, 15 laps
Finishers
2 stops: 2 · 3 or more: 20
First stops
median lap 4 of 56

Pit stops

DriverStopsLaps (pit-lane time)Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
ALOFernando Alonso34 (24.7 s), 14 (22.9 s), 40 (22.5 s)
4102616
PERSergio Pérez31 (25.7 s), 15 (24.5 s), 41 (24.5 s)
142615
HAMLewis Hamilton35 (24.3 s), 14 (28.0 s), 41 (26.3 s)
592715
WEBMark Webber35 (24.6 s), 14 (26.3 s), 39 (23.2 s)
592517
RAIKimi Räikkönen35 (27.6 s), 13 (24.9 s), 40 (25.0 s)
582716
SENBruno Senna41 (31.0 s), 7 (26.3 s), 13 (25.0 s), 39 (23.8 s)
662617
DIRPaul di Resta32 (24.0 s), 14 (22.9 s), 39 (22.2 s)
122517
VERJean-Éric Vergne215 (24.2 s), 40 (23.3 s)
152516
HULNico Hülkenberg34 (23.9 s), 15 (23.5 s), 40 (23.4 s)
4112516
MSCMichael Schumacher35 (24.8 s), 14 (24.1 s), 39 (22.2 s)
592517
VETSebastian Vettel45 (25.7 s), 15 (24.1 s), 40 (23.0 s), 47 (25.9 s)
5102579
RICDaniel Ricciardo44 (25.5 s), 14 (24.5 s), 25 (22.6 s), 37 (23.6 s)
410111219
ROSNico Rosberg45 (25.6 s), 13 (25.2 s), 26 (23.1 s), 39 (23.2 s)
58131317
BUTJenson Button54 (24.3 s), 13 (25.9 s), 15 (36.5 s), 24 (23.5 s), 39 (23.5 s)
4991517
MASFelipe Massa43 (24.0 s), 14 (24.4 s), 27 (23.1 s), 38 (26.9 s)
311131118
PETVitaly Petrov34 (24.7 s), 13 (29.4 s), 39 (30.3 s)
492616
GLOTimo Glock33 (25.1 s), 13 (25.7 s), 39 (25.4 s)
3102616
KOVHeikki Kovalainen44 (32.7 s), 14 (25.1 s), 23 (34.1 s), 38 (23.8 s)
41091517
MALPastor Maldonado45 (25.5 s), 14 (21.6 s), 15 (24.0 s), 39 (23.4 s)
592415
PICCharles Pic33 (29.3 s), 15 (36.5 s), 39 (32.2 s)
3122415
KARNarain Karthikeyan215 (36.9 s), 37 (27.7 s)
152217
DLRPedro de la Rosa313 (15.7 s), 16 (38.9 s), 39 (28.5 s)
1332315
KOBKamui Kobayashi35 (28.1 s), 13 (26.3 s), 40 (23.7 s)
58276

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

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Gap
1Lewis HamiltonMcLaren1:37.8131:37.1061:36.219fastest Q3
2Jenson ButtonMcLaren1:37.5751:36.9281:36.368+0.149 Q3
3Michael SchumacherMercedes1:37.5171:37.0171:36.391+0.172 Q3
4Mark WebberRed Bull1:37.1721:37.3751:36.461+0.242 Q3
5Kimi RäikkönenLotus F11:37.9611:36.7151:36.461+0.242 Q3
6Sebastian VettelRed Bull1:38.1021:37.4191:36.634+0.415 Q3
7Romain GrosjeanLotus F11:38.0581:37.3381:36.658+0.439 Q3
8Nico RosbergMercedes1:37.6961:36.9961:36.664+0.445 Q3
9Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:38.1511:37.3791:37.566+1.160 Q2
10Sergio PérezSauber1:37.9331:37.4771:37.698+1.258 Q2
11Pastor MaldonadoWilliams1:37.7891:37.589+1.370 Q2
12Felipe MassaFerrari1:38.3811:37.731+1.512 Q2
13Bruno SennaWilliams1:38.4371:37.841+1.622 Q2
14Paul di RestaForce India1:38.3251:37.877+1.658 Q2
15Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso1:38.4191:37.883+1.664 Q2
16Nico HülkenbergForce India1:38.3031:37.890+1.671 Q2
17Kamui KobayashiSauber1:38.3721:38.069+1.850 Q2
18Jean-Éric VergneToro Rosso1:39.077+2.858 Q1
19Heikki KovalainenCaterham1:39.306+3.087 Q1
20Vitaly PetrovCaterham1:39.567+3.348 Q1
21Timo GlockMarussia1:40.903+4.684 Q1
22Charles PicMarussia1:41.250+5.031 Q1
23Pedro de la RosaHRT1:42.914+6.695 Q1
24Narain KarthikeyanHRT1:43.655+7.436 Q1

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

Drivers

PosDriverTeamWinsPoints
1 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1 35
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 0 30
3 Jenson Button McLaren 1 25
4 Mark Webber Red Bull 0 24
5 Sergio Pérez Sauber 0 22
6 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 0 18
7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 0 16
8 Bruno Senna Williams 0 8
9 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 0 8
10 Paul di Resta Force India 0 7

Constructors

PosConstructorWinsPoints
1 McLaren 1 55
2 Red Bull 0 42
3 Ferrari 1 35
4 Sauber 0 30
5 Lotus F1 0 16
6 Force India 0 9
7 Williams 0 8
8 Toro Rosso 0 6
9 Mercedes 0 1
10 Marussia 0 0

Full 2012 standings