2012 Monaco Grand Prix
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| Race 6 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One season | |||
Circuit de Monaco
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| Date | 27 May 2012 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2012 | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.34 km (2.08 mi) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.52 km (162.24 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Fine and Dry, showers threatening at end Air Temp 21 °C (70 °F) Track Temp 38 °C (100 °F) dropping to 31 °C (88 °F) |
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:14.381 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Sergio Pérez
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Sauber-Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:17.296 on lap 49 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | Mercedes | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
Fine and Dry, showers threatening at end Air Temp 21 °C (70 °F)
The 2012 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2012) was a Formula One motor race that took take place in the principality of Monaco on 27 May 2012. It was the sixth round of the 2012 season, and the seventy-first running of the Monaco Grand Prix. The race was supported by the GP2, GP3 and Formula Renault 3.5 series. Mark Webber's victory created a new record for Formula One in that there had never been six different winners of the opening six Grands Prix of the season before. Mercedes' Nico Rosberg came in second place, his second podium in the 2012 season, and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso third and taking the Formula One championship lead by three points over Vettel and Webber.
Like the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded super-soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre. It was the first time for the season that the super-soft compound made an appearance at a race weekend.
The circuit underwent some extensive changes in the aftermath of Sergio Pérez's accident during qualifying for the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix. Pérez crashed heavily at the Nouvelle Chicane, suffering a concussion and a sprained thigh. He was unable to take part in the race. In response to this, the event organisers had the approach to the chicane smoothened by lowering the tarmac 20 centimetres (7.9 in), and the barrier that Pérez hit was moved back a further 15 metres (49 ft). Other changes included the widening of the pit exit and the removal of nearby trees to allow a driver re-joining the race greater visibility. TecPro barriers were also added at Sainte Dévote and Piscine.
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