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2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
25 March 2012
Official name
2012 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix[1]
Location
Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.543 km (3.444 miles)
Distance
56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 miles)
Weather
Heavy rain clearing to cloudy and dry[2]
Air Temp 26 °C (79 °F)[2]
Track Temp 29 °C (84 °F) dropping to 24 °C (75 °F) [2]
Attendance
119,960 (Weekend) [3]
Pole position
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Time
1:36.219
Fastest lap
Driver
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
Time
1:40.722 on lap 53
Podium
First
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
Second
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
Third
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
External videos
Highlights of the grand prix from BBC Sport[4] BBC Sport, 25 March 2012
The 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix (officially the 2012 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 March 2012 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia. It was the fourteenth running of the Malaysian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship, and the thirty-second time the event has been held. The 56-lap race was the second round of the 2012 Formula One season and was won by Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso.[5]
Sergio Pérez of the Sauber team finished the race in second position, and McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton completed the podium with third place after starting in pole position.[6]
By winning the race, Fernando Alonso took the lead in the Drivers' Championship, having been fifth in the standings before the race. Lewis Hamilton moved up to second in the standings on 30 points, 5 behind Alonso. Button dropped from the lead in standings to third, now 5 points behind Hamilton. Red Bull driver Mark Webber remained fourth, 1-point behind Button, whilst Pérez moved himself up to fifth place. As far as the Constructors' Championship was concerned, McLaren still led, and had increased the gap to Red Bull to 13 points. Ferrari overtook Sauber to take third in the standings.
Sergio Pérez achieved his first podium finish. The Sauber team recorded their best ever result (excluding their time as BMW Sauber) and also the first podium for a Ferrari customer engine since Sebastian Vettel's victory at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix in a Ferrari-engined Toro Rosso. Jean-Éric Vergne scored his first ever points in Formula One in his second race by finishing in eighth position.
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^ abc"2012 Malaysian Grand Prix (Race)". Formula1.com. Formula One Group. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.[dead link]
^"Are tickets too dear? Where F1 race attendance fell in 2016 - F1 Fanatic". 8 February 2017.
^"Fernando Alonso wins thrilling Malaysian Grand Prix". BBC. 25 March 2012.
^"Joy for Ferrari as Fernando Alonso wins chaotic Malaysian Grand Prix". Guardian (London). 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^"Fernando Alonso wins thrilling Malaysian Grand Prix". BBC Sport. 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
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Highlights of the grand prix from BBC Sport[4] BBC Sport, 25 March 2012