Race 12 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Race details[1]
Date
2 September 2012
Official name
2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix[2]
Location
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium[3]
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[4]
Air Temp 23 °C (73 °F)[4]
Track Temp 33 °C (91 °F)[4]
Pole position
Driver
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
Time
1:47.573
Fastest lap
Driver
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
Time
1:52.822 on lap 43
Podium
First
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
Third
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
Lap leaders
Motor car race
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.
^ ab"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.
^ abc"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.
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