Gridpedia2012 Canadian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton won the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 10 Jun 2012 for McLaren, from 2nd on the grid; Romain Grosjean was second and Sergio Pérez third. Pole position: Sebastian Vettel.
Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 64 of 70, from Fernando Alonso; the lead changed hands 6 times in all. Hamilton stopped 2 times, on laps 17 and 50; 10 of 21 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 19. The fastest lap was Sebastian Vettel's, 1:15.752 on lap 70. 21 of 24 starters were classified; 3 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 88 points, 2 ahead of Fernando Alonso, with 13 rounds left.
- Date
- 10 Jun 2012
- Circuit
- Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada
- Round
- 7 of 20
- Winner
- Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
- Pole position
- Sebastian Vettel (1:13.784)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | HAMLewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 70 | 1:32:29.586 | 25 | |
| 2 | 10 | GRORomain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 7 | 70 | +2.513 | 18 | |
| 3 | 15 | PERSergio Pérez | Sauber | 15 | 70 | +5.260 | 15 | |
| 4 | 1 | VETSebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 70 | +7.295 | 1:15.752 | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | ALOFernando Alonso | Ferrari | 3 | 70 | +13.411 | 10 | |
| 6 | 8 | ROSNico Rosberg | Mercedes | 5 | 70 | +13.842 | 8 | |
| 7 | 2 | WEBMark Webber | Red Bull | 4 | 70 | +15.085 | 6 | |
| 8 | 9 | RAIKimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 12 | 70 | +15.567 | 4 | |
| 9 | 14 | KOBKamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 11 | 70 | +24.432 | 2 | |
| 10 | 6 | MASFelipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 | 70 | +25.272 | 1 | |
| 11 | 11 | DIRPaul di Resta | Force India | 8 | 70 | +37.693 | 0 | |
| 12 | 12 | HULNico Hülkenberg | Force India | 13 | 70 | +46.236 | 0 | |
| 13 | 18 | MALPastor Maldonado | Williams | 22q17 | 70 | +47.052 | 0 | |
| 14 | 16 | RICDaniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 14 | 70 | +64.475 | 0 | |
| 15 | 17 | VERJean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 19q20 | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 16 | 3 | BUTJenson Button | McLaren | 10 | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 17 | 19 | SENBruno Senna | Williams | 16 | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 18 | 20 | KOVHeikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 17q18 | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 19 | 21 | PETVitaly Petrov | Caterham | 18q19 | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 20 | 25 | PICCharles Pic | Marussia | 23 | 69 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| 21 | 24 | GLOTimo Glock | Marussia | 21q22 | 56 | Suspension | 0 | |
| R | 7 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Mercedes | 9 | 43 | Rear wing | 0 | |
| R | 22 | DLRPedro de la Rosa | HRT | 20q21 | 24 | Brakes | 0 | |
| R | 23 | KARNarain Karthikeyan | HRT | 24 | 22 | Suspension | 0 |
Grid differs from qualifying for 6 drivers: Pastor Maldonado qualified 17th, started 22nd; Heikki Kovalainen qualified 18th, started 17th; Vitaly Petrov qualified 19th, started 18th; Jean-Éric Vergne qualified 20th, started 19th; Pedro de la Rosa qualified 21st, started 20th; Timo Glock 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: 2 stops (laps 17, 50), stints of 17, 33, 20 laps
- 2nd
- Romain Grosjean: 1 stop (lap 21), stints of 21, 49 laps
- 3rd
- Sergio Pérez: 1 stop (lap 41), stints of 41, 29 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 9 · 2 stops: 10 · 3 or more: 2
- First stops
- median lap 19 of 70
Pit stops
Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMLewis Hamilton | 2 | 17 (21.4 s), 50 (22.5 s) | 173320 |
| GRORomain Grosjean | 1 | 21 (21.8 s) | 2149 |
| PERSergio Pérez | 1 | 41 (21.4 s) | 4129 |
| VETSebastian Vettel | 2 | 16 (21.6 s), 63 (22.4 s) | 16477 |
| ALOFernando Alonso | 1 | 19 (21.1 s) | 1951 |
| ROSNico Rosberg | 2 | 19 (21.2 s), 38 (21.2 s) | 191932 |
| WEBMark Webber | 2 | 17 (21.2 s), 52 (21.3 s) | 173518 |
| RAIKimi Räikkönen | 1 | 40 (21.5 s) | 4030 |
| KOBKamui Kobayashi | 1 | 24 (21.5 s) | 2446 |
| MASFelipe Massa | 2 | 12 (21.1 s), 58 (21.1 s) | 124612 |
| DIRPaul di Resta | 2 | 13 (21.5 s), 44 (21.7 s) | 133126 |
| HULNico Hülkenberg | 2 | 21 (24.6 s), 42 (23.7 s) | 212128 |
| MALPastor Maldonado | 1 | 29 (22.7 s) | 2941 |
| RICDaniel Ricciardo | 2 | 17 (21.7 s), 58 (21.6 s) | 174112 |
| VERJean-Éric Vergne | 3 | 16 (22.3 s), 43 (23.2 s), 47 (14.6 s) | 1627422 |
| BUTJenson Button | 3 | 15 (21.7 s), 33 (21.8 s), 52 (21.4 s) | 15181917 |
| SENBruno Senna | 1 | 23 (22.8 s) | 2346 |
| KOVHeikki Kovalainen | 2 | 17 (21.7 s), 42 (21.7 s) | 172527 |
| PETVitaly Petrov | 2 | 18 (21.9 s), 43 (21.4 s) | 182526 |
| PICCharles Pic | 1 | 28 (23.3 s) | 2841 |
| GLOTimo Glock | 1 | 24 (25.5 s) | 2432 |
| MSCMichael Schumacher | 2 | 13 (21.8 s), 43 (22.5 s) | 1330 |
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.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:14.661 | 1:14.187 | 1:13.784 | fastest Q3 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:14.891 | 1:14.371 | 1:14.087 | +0.303 Q3 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:14.916 | 1:14.314 | 1:14.151 | +0.367 Q3 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:14.956 | 1:14.479 | 1:14.346 | +0.562 Q3 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15.098 | 1:14.568 | 1:14.411 | +0.627 Q3 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.194 | 1:14.641 | 1:14.465 | +0.681 Q3 |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:15.163 | 1:14.627 | 1:14.645 | +0.843 Q2 |
| 8 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:15.019 | 1:14.639 | 1:14.705 | +0.855 Q2 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:14.892 | 1:14.480 | 1:14.812 | +0.696 Q2 |
| 10 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:14.799 | 1:14.680 | 1:15.182 | +0.896 Q2 |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:15.101 | 1:14.688 | +0.904 Q2 | |
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:14.995 | 1:14.734 | +0.950 Q2 | |
| 13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:15.106 | 1:14.748 | +0.964 Q2 | |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:15.552 | 1:15.078 | +1.294 Q2 | |
| 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:15.326 | 1:15.156 | +1.372 Q2 | |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:14.995 | 1:15.170 | +1.211 Q1 | |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:14.979 | 1:15.231 | +1.195 Q1 | |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:16.263 | +2.479 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:16.482 | +2.698 Q1 | ||
| 20 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:16.602 | +2.818 Q1 | ||
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:17.492 | +3.708 Q1 | ||
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:17.901 | +4.117 Q1 | ||
| 23 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:18.255 | +4.471 Q1 | ||
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:18.330 | +4.546 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
Explained: how points and the two championships work.
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1 | 88 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1 | 86 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 85 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1 | 79 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1 | 67 |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 0 | 55 |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 0 | 53 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 45 |
| 9 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 0 | 37 |
| 10 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1 | 29 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull | 2 | 164 |
| 2 | McLaren | 2 | 133 |
| 3 | Lotus F1 | 0 | 108 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 1 | 97 |
| 5 | Mercedes | 1 | 69 |
| 6 | Sauber | 0 | 58 |
| 7 | Williams | 1 | 44 |
| 8 | Force India | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Toro Rosso | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Caterham | 0 | 0 |