2012 Belgian Grand Prix
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| Race 12 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One season | |||
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
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| Date | 2 September 2012 | ||
| Official name | 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||
| Distance | 44 laps, 308.052 km (191.415 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Fine and Dry Air Temp 23 °C (73 °F) Track Temp 33 °C (91 °F) |
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:47.573 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Bruno Senna
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Williams-Renault | |
| Time | 1:52.822 on lap 43 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Third | Lotus-Renault | ||
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Fine and Dry Air Temp 23 °C (73 °F)
The 2012 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium on 2 September 2012, the first race after a five-week summer break. It was the twelfth race of the 2012 season, and the seventy-seventh running of the Belgian Grand Prix.
Jenson Button started from pole position and won the race. Sebastian Vettel finished second and Kimi Räikkönen third.
This was the 300th race for Michael Schumacher.
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso led the championship by forty points from Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, with fourth-placed Lewis Hamilton a further seven points behind.
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its silver-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.
Dani Clos replaced Narain Karthikeyan at HRT in the first practice session, while Valtteri Bottas drove Bruno Senna's Williams once again.
The first free practice session began in wet conditions. Kamui Kobayashi ended the session fastest, having chosen to stay out early while other drivers pitted to begin work on their car setup. Ferrari's Felipe Massa failed to set a lap time when his car ground to a halt as he was about to enter the pits at the end of the installation lap. The second practice session saw even more rain fall, and large puddles of standing water on the circuit made running impractical. Only a handful of drivers set lap times, with Marussia's Charles Pic finishing the session fastest. The third and final session on Saturday morning was dry, allowing teams just one hour to complete as much of their testing programmes as possible ahead of qualifying and the race. Fernando Alonso went on to finish the session fastest.
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