The 2012 Monaco Grand Prix was the 71st running of the most famous race in Formula One. The race, which was the sixth race of the 2012 Season, took place on the 27 May 2012. As in previous years, the first two free practice sessions took place on a Thursday and the support races were on the Friday.
Background[]
- In response to Sergio Pérez's accident at the 2011 event, the track has been flattened slightly on approach to the Nouvelle Chicane. The barrier which Pérez hit has also been moved back slightly.
- In order to improve visibility and safety, the pit-exit has been partially cleared of trees and widened.
Entry list[]
The full entry list for the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix is shown below:
Practice Overview[]
Practice Times[]
No. | Driver | Constructor | Thursday 1 | Thursday 2 | Saturday | |||
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Time | Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | Pos. | |||
1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:17.222 | 9 | 1:17.303 | 10 | 1:15.209 | 3 |
2 | Mark Webber | 1:18.106 | 12 | 1:17.148 | 7 | 1:16.219 | 10 | |
3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.190 | 8 | 1:15.746 | 1 | 1:15.471 | 6 |
4 | Lewis Hamilton | 1:16.747 | 4 | 1:17.375 | 11 | 1:15.734 | 7 | |
5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16.265 | 1 | 1:16.661 | 4 | 1:15.210 | 4 |
6 | Felipe Massa | 1:16.843 | 6 | 1:16.602 | 3 | 1:15.197 | 2 | |
7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:17.413 | 11 | 1:17.293 | 9 | 1:15.893 | 8 |
8 | Nico Rosberg | 1:17.261 | 10 | 1:17.021 | 6 | 1:15.159 | 1 | |
9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | no time | 24 | 1:19.267 | 19 | 1:16.301 | 13 |
10 | Romain Grosjean | 1:16.630 | 2 | 1:16.138 | 2 | 1:15.445 | 5 | |
11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:18.302 | 16 | 1:17.395 | 12 | 1:17.390 | 18 |
12 | Nico Hülkenberg | 1:17.361 | 12 | 1:17.800 | 14 | 1:17.027 | 15 | |
14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:17.038 | 7 | 1:17.153 | 8 | 1:16.311 | 13 |
15 | Sergio Pérez | 1:16.711 | 3 | 1:18.251 | 15 | 1:16.110 | 9 | |
16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rossso-Ferrari | 1:18.252 | 15 | 1:18.808 | 18 | 1:16.479 | 14 |
17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 1:18.209 | 14 | 1:18.522 | 17 | 1:16.226 | 11 | |
18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:16.760 | 5 | 1:16.820 | 5 | 1:18.488 | 21 |
19 | Bruno Senna | 1:18.617 | 17 | 1:17.655 | 13 | 1:17.055 | 16 | |
20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:19.039 | 18 | 1:20.029 | 21 | 1:17.276 | 17 |
21 | Vitaly Petrov | 1:19.341 | 19 | 1:18.440 | 16 | 1:17.404 | 19 | |
22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:22.423 | 23 | 1:20.631 | 23 | 1:19.151 | 24 |
23 | Narain Karthikeyan | 1:20.838 | 20 | 1:20.886 | 24 | 1:19.147 | 23 | |
24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:21.638 | 22 | 1:19.309 | 20 | 1:18.259 | 20 |
25 | Charles Pic | 1:20.895 | 21 | 1:20.240 | 22 | 1:19.099 | 22 |
Qualifying Overview[]
Qualifying Times[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps | |||
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Time | Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | Pos. | |||||
1 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:15.873 | 5 | 1:15.062 | 5 | 1:14.301 | 1 | 22 |
2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:16.013 | 10 | 1:15.035 | 4 | 1:14.381 | 2 | 19 |
3 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15.900 | 7 | 1:15.022 | 2 | 1:14.448 | 3 | 21 |
4 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.063 | 13 | 1:15.166 | 7 | 1:14.583 | 4 | 20 |
5 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:15.718 | 3 | 1:15.219 | 8 | 1:14.639 | 5 | 27 |
6 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16.153 | 14 | 1:15.128 | 6 | 1:14.948 | 6 | 22 |
7 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.983 | 9 | 1:14.911 | 1 | 1:15.049 | 7 | 19 |
8 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:15.889 | 6 | 1:15.322 | 10 | 1:15.199 | 8 | 28 |
9 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:16.017 | 11 | 1:15.026 | 3 | 1:15.245 | 9 | 22 |
10 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:15.757 | 4 | 1:15.234 | 9 | No time | 10 | 24 |
11 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:15.418 | 1 | 1:15.421 | 11 | 17 | ||
12 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.648 | 2 | 1:15.508 | 12 | 19 | ||
13 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.399 | 16 | 1:15.536 | 13 | 18 | ||
14 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:15.923 | 8 | 1:15.703 | 14 | 20 | ||
15 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:16.062 | 12 | 1:15.718 | 15 | 14 | ||
16 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.360 | 15 | 1:15.478 | 16 | 19 | ||
17 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.491 | 17 | 1:16.885 | 17 | 14 | ||
18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:16.538 | 18 | 13 | ||||
19 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:17.404 | 19 | 13 | ||||
20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:17.947 | 20 | 11 | ||||
21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:18.096 | 21 | 11 | ||||
22 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:18.476 | 22 | 12 | ||||
23 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19.310 | 23 | 8 | ||||
24 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | No time | 24 | 2 |
- 107% Time: 1:20.697
Grid[]
Pos. | Pos. | |
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Driver | Driver | |
______________ | ||
Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
2 | Mark Webber | |
Nico Rosberg | ______________ | |
Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
4 | Lewis Hamilton | |
Romain Grosjean | ______________ | |
Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
6 | Fernando Alonso | |
Michael Schumacher* | ______________ | |
Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
8 | Felipe Massa | |
Kimi Räikkönen | ______________ | |
Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
10 | Sebastian Vettel | |
Nico Hülkenberg | ______________ | |
Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
12 | Kamui Kobayashi | |
Jenson Button | ______________ | |
Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
14 | Bruno Senna | |
Paul di Resta | ______________ | |
Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
16 | Daniel Ricciardo | |
Jean-Éric Vergne | ______________ | |
Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
18 | Heikki Kovalainen | |
Vitaly Petrov | ______________ | |
Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
20 | Timo Glock | |
Pedro de la Rosa | ______________ | |
Row 11 | ______________ | 21 |
22 | Charles Pic | |
Narain Karthikeyan | ______________ | |
Row 12 | ______________ | 23 |
24 | Sergio Pérez† | |
Pastor Maldonado‡ | ______________ |
* Michael Schumacher was relegated five places on the grid for causing an avoidable accident with Bruno Senna during the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix (Qualified 1st).
† Sergio Pérez crashed in Q1 (first qualifying session) and did not set a time, meant he had to get Steward's permission to race, which he was granted permission to do so. Sauber changed his gearbox, and thus incurred a five-place grid penalty.
‡ Pastor Maldonado was relegated ten places for causing an avoidable accident with Sergio Pérez during FP3 (Saturday's practice session) (Qualified 9th). Williams also changed his gearbox, which incurred a five-place grid penalty. Sauber notified the FIA of the gearbox change before Williams did, and as a result Maldonado's gearbox penalty was applied after Pérez's, and he started from last on the grid.
Race Overview[]
Race Results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Avg Speed | Grid | Pts |
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1 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 78 | 1:46:06.557 | 147.312 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 78 | + 0.063 s | 147.297 | 2 | 18 |
3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 78 | + 0.947 s | 147.290 | 5 | 15 |
4 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 78 | + 1.343 s | 147.281 | 9 | 12 |
5 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 78 | + 4.101 s | 147.217 | 3 | 10 |
6 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 78 | + 6.195 s | 147.169 | 7 | 8 |
7 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 78 | + 41.537 s | 146.357 | 14 | 6 |
8 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 78 | + 42.562 s | 146.334 | 10 | 4 |
9 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 78 | + 44.036 s | 146.300 | 8 | 2 |
10 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 78 | + 44.516 s | 146.289 | 13 | 1 |
11 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 77 | + 1 lap | 145.277 | 23 | |
12 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 77 | + 1 lap | 144.491 | 16 | |
13 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 77 | + 1 lap | 144.361 | 17 | |
14 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 77 | + 1 lap | 144.265 | 19 | |
15 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 76 | + 2 laps | 141.983 | 22 | |
16* | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 70 | Collision | 145.284 | 12 | |
Ret | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 65 | Steering | 145.609 | 15 | |
Ret | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 64 | Electrical | 144.701 | 21 | |
Ret | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 63 | Fuel Pressure | 146.081 | 6 | |
Ret | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 15 | Electrical | 134.575 | 18 | |
Ret | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 5 | Collision damage | 119.761 | 11 | |
Ret | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 0 | Collision damage | 20 | ||
Ret | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 0 | Collision | 24 | ||
Ret | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 0 | Collision | 4 |
* Did not finish, but completed enough laps to be classified (90% ≈ 70 laps)
Fastest Laps[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Time | Gap | Avg Speed | Race |
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1 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 49 | 1:17.296 | 155.558 | 11 | |
2 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 35 | 1:18.423 | 1.127 | 153.322 | 8 |
3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 45 | 1:18.805 | 1.509 | 152.579 | 1 |
4 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 46 | 1:18.806 | 1.510 | 152.577 | 5 |
5 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 45 | 1:18.857 | 1.561 | 152.479 | 3 |
6 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 52 | 1:18.904 | 1.608 | 152.388 | Ret |
7 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 46 | 1:18.977 | 1.681 | 152.247 | 2 |
8 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 25 | 1:19.013 | 1.717 | 152.177 | 12 |
9 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 43 | 1:19.076 | 1.780 | 152.056 | 4 |
10 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 41 | 1:19.101 | 1.805 | 152.008 | 6 |
11 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 51 | 1:19.187 | 1.891 | 151.843 | 10 |
12 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 51 | 1:19.246 | 1.950 | 151.730 | 9 |
13 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 76 | 1:19.305 | 2.009 | 151.617 | 13 |
14 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 61 | 1:19.604 | 2.308 | 151.048 | Ret |
15 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 60 | 1:19.637 | 2.341 | 150.985 | 14 |
16 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 44 | 1:19.752 | 2.456 | 150.767 | Ret |
17 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 51 | 1:19.757 | 2.461 | 150.758 | 7 |
18 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 51 | 1:19.923 | 2.627 | 150.445 | 16 |
19 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 44 | 1:20.286 | 2.990 | 149.765 | 15 |
20 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 12 | 1:20.825 | 3.529 | 148.766 | Ret |
21 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 4 | 1:25.480 | 8.184 | 140.664 | Ret |
Laps in the Lead[]
Lap-by-Lap[]
Stint | Driver | Laps | Lap Count | Distance (km) |
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1 | Mark Webber | 1 – 28 | 28 | 93.520 |
2 | Fernando Alonso | 29 | 1 | 3.340 |
3 | Felipe Massa | 30 | 1 | 3.340 |
4 | Sebastian Vettel | 31 – 45 | 15 | 50.100 |
5 | Mark Webber | 46 – 78 | 33 | 110.220 |
Totals[]
Pos. | Driver | Total | Distance (km) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Webber | 61 | 203.740 |
2 | Sebastian Vettel | 15 | 50.100 |
3 | Fernando Alonso | 1 | 3.340 |
4 | Felipe Massa | 1 | 3.340 |
Pitstops[]
Milestones[]
- Lotus F1's 500th Grand Prix under various guises, which started in 1981 as Toleman, which became Benetton in 1986, Renault in 2002 and finally Lotus in 2012.
- In a race without a safety car finish (or a safety car within the last 25% of the race), this was the second tightest finish between first and sixth places, just 6.195 seconds. The 1997 European Grand Prix was closer, with the top six being within 4.537 seconds.
- This is the first time in Formula One history that six different drivers have won the first six races of the season (Button, Alonso, Rosberg, Vettel, Maldonado, Webber).
- Paul di Resta's, Nico Hülkenberg's and Pastor Maldonado's 25th Grand Prix and start.
- 300th race of the McLaren-Mercedes partnership.
- 400th race that a Ferrari car has led at least one lap.
Standings[]
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