2012 Belgian Grand Prix grid
2012 Belgian Grand Prix
| Row 1 | 1. Jenson Button 1’47.573 McLaren |
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| 2. Kamui Kobayashi 1’47.871 Sauber |
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| Row 2 | 3. Kimi Raikkonen 1’48.205 Lotus |
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| 4. Sergio Perez 1’48.219 Sauber |
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| Row 3 | 5. Fernando Alonso 1’48.313 Ferrari |
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| 6. Pastor Maldonado* 1’47.893 Williams |
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| Row 4 | 7. Lewis Hamilton 1’48.394 McLaren |
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| 8. Romain Grosjean 1’48.538 Lotus |
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| Row 5 | 9. Paul di Resta 1’48.89 Force India |
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| 10. Sebastian Vettel 1’48.792 Red Bull |
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| Row 6 | 11. Nico Hulkenberg 1’48.855 Force India |
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| 12. Mark Webber** 1’48.392 Red Bull |
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| Row 7 | 13. Michael Schumacher 1’49.081 Mercedes |
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| 14. Felipe Massa 1’49.147 Ferrari |
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| Row 8 | 15. Jean-Eric Vergne 1’49.354 Toro Rosso |
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| 16. Daniel Ricciardo 1’49.543 Toro Rosso |
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| Row 9 | 17. Bruno Senna 1’50.088 Williams |
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| 18. Heikki Kovalainen 1’51.739 Caterham |
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| Row 10 | 19. Vitaly Petrov 1’51.967 Caterham |
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| 20. Timo Glock 1’52.336 Marussia |
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| Row 11 | 21. Pedro de la Rosa 1’53.03 HRT |
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| 22. Charles Pic 1’53.493 Marussia |
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| Row 12 | 23. Nico Rosberg** 1’50.181 Mercedes |
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| 24. Narain Karthikeyan 1’54.989 HRT |
*Three-place penalty for impeding Nico Hulkenberg
**Five-place penalty for gearbox change
2012 Belgian Grand Prix
- Grosjean ban ‘not just for affecting the championship’
- Button wins Belgian GP Driver of the Weekend vote
- Rate the Race Result: 2012 Belgian Grand Prix
- Fan’s video shows Maldonado’s crash with Glock
- Monza call-up “a massive challenge” – D’Ambrosio
Daniell said on 1st September 2012, 14:09
Can’t help but to feel real good after MR. Kobayashi get that high in F1. As fellow Asian Good luck.
Z said on 1st September 2012, 14:55
I had a dream last night that KOB would qualify 2nd, funny how it turned out today.
LJ said on 1st September 2012, 19:08
Now have a dream he wins the race pls :)
Todd (@braketurnaccelerate) said on 1st September 2012, 14:09
I had Kamui pegged for Pole @ 1:47.8xx (I forget exactly)… I’m feeling pretty good right now, even though he only got 2nd.. :)
Aditya Banerjee (@chicanef1) said on 1st September 2012, 14:10
I wonder why the gap between BUT and HAM was so huge…atleast McL could have used team orders had HAM been near him….and what an incredible performance by the Sauber team!!!! Given their tyre conservation abilities,they might just win tomorrow!!!
andrewf1 (@andrewf1) said on 1st September 2012, 14:20
Hamilton has just said in an interview that he felt his lap was as good as it should be, but also that this morning his side of the garage reverted to the old-spec, higher downforce rear wing they’ve had at other races, because the new updated rear-wing they brought for Spa wasnt working alright. Jenson on the other hand stuck with the update. Anyways, i too find it to be a huge difference in performance and it’s a shame because if Lewis had had the same rear wing settings, Mclaren would have had a front row lock-up.
Mike (@mike) said on 1st September 2012, 14:58
Would they? If Hamilton says they were having problems making it work, what makes you think that he would have found it more too his liking today?
andrewf1 (@andrewf1) said on 1st September 2012, 15:16
I am assuming that because its clearly obvious that the update worked [b]eventually[/b] on Button’s car, even if he was complaining of problems even in Q1.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1) said on 1st September 2012, 14:21
Hamilton was running a different downforce setting; that explains some of the deficit. His first turn lock-up probably lost him a couple of tenths, but other than that Button was just fundamentally faster.
BBQ2 said on 1st September 2012, 14:56
For once I like the McLaren tactic! Let JB do the testing and in Monza next week the team will know what to do ….. I hope JB will be nice to his tyres and I dont want to hear any complains tomorrow!
BTW, beating the red car in their backyard is always nice :)
Todfod (@todfod) said on 1st September 2012, 15:23
The backyard is actually Firoano.. but you could say Monza if you wanted to pick an f1 circuit.
tmekt (@tmekt) said on 1st September 2012, 18:21
Maybe this guy is from the future?
Eggry (@eggry) said on 1st September 2012, 17:42
I never knew Spa is Ferrari’s backyard…
LJ said on 1st September 2012, 19:11
The thing is even though Hamilton has supposedly more downforce he wasn’t able to make use of it in the second sector. He’s going to struggle tomorrow unless there is rain or something. I don’t think he has the right setup to make the overtakes. He’s going to have to work a miracle imho.
Eggry (@eggry) said on 1st September 2012, 14:11
Congrats for Button’s pole!! Top 5 runner is just out of expectation. Especially Sauber duo and Maldonado. Alonso looked good until Q2 but then things changed. still it’s good position for Alonso since except Kimi, there’s no title contender in the front of him(unless Button doing this again and again!)
S.J.M (@sjm) said on 1st September 2012, 14:27
its a great line up. On one hand, the suprise drivers could conceivably finish in the top 5 (a win isnt out of the question). On the other, it means that the race could be epic in scale with the drivers behind them needing to pass themselves, upping their game to do so. Its all adding to more excitment then we normally would expect, and Spa is 9 times out of 10 very exciting anyway!
Mike (@mike) said on 1st September 2012, 15:00
I think we’ll see something special tomorrow…
I say we…. I’ll be at work! Nooooooooo!!!!
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1) said on 1st September 2012, 14:12
I couldn’t be happier with Jenson getting pole. It’s the happiest I’ve felt from getting my predictions wrong xD
Valentino (@valentino) said on 1st September 2012, 14:12
I think they are running a higher down-force setting than Ferrari which can hurt them in the race if they don’t make a margin in front.
Eggry (@eggry) said on 1st September 2012, 14:17
Button was as fast as Alonso in sector 1 and 3 which seems insane to me. No one was fast in every sector except Button. Clearly, Button and Mclaren got switch on whether it’s intended or not.
S.J.M (@sjm) said on 1st September 2012, 14:20
If Alonso was nearly/as fast as Buttons inital pole laps Sector1 time, wouldnt that suggest the Ferrari isnt quite as high on Downforce as drivers like Hamilton? Just throwing it out there.
Jeanrien (@jeanrien) said on 1st September 2012, 14:37
Could see in sectors time than Hamilton was amongst the quickest in sector 2 and losing time in 1 and 3 … could be a problem for him to overtake during the race, but they expect this setup to be more gentle with the tyres
sato113 (@sato113) said on 1st September 2012, 15:54
ham’s non drs top speed could be better than others drs enabled top speed. so he could be ok for race
Mayank jain (@mjf1fan) said on 1st September 2012, 14:13
Who would have thought about JB, KK & PM would b the top 3 drivers at the end of Q3. Totaly unpredictable quali. Banker lap by JB.
Antonio Nartea (@tony031r) said on 1st September 2012, 14:15
All eyes on those Saubers tomorrow! And fingers crossed Maldonado doesn’t wipe the whole front of the grid out in La Source.
S.J.M (@sjm) said on 1st September 2012, 14:22
If theres anything we can be certain about at Spa, this is the most likely.
Lin1876 (@lin1876) said on 1st September 2012, 19:58
It’s second most likely. The most is rain at some point!
Max Jacobson (@vettel1) said on 1st September 2012, 14:16
Stability? Yea right! I’m hoping for the championship’s sake that the ‘Bulls can fight Alonso or higher in the race. Vettel can go on an alternative strategy by starting on the hards and hopefully jump some of he pack.
Slr (@slr) said on 1st September 2012, 14:19
Raikkonen was a bit disappointing, but his wins in Spa have usually come from around rows 2 and 3. Really happy for Kobayashi, I hope he can get on the podium tomorrow.
Juij (@juij) said on 1st September 2012, 14:19
Every time there’s a climatological mess Buttom knows how to deal with it, in this case is ovbious how he has managed to get the best settup for the car without suittable practice session on friday.
An every there’s a mess there’s also some kind of proffit for FA , jeje.
Juij (@juij) said on 1st September 2012, 14:20
An every “time” there’s a mess there’s also some kind of proffit for FA , jeje.
Sammo said on 1st September 2012, 14:31
“And” every time there is a mess, there is also some kind of profit for FA, jeje. Sorry, I just had to :)
Timothy Katz (@timothykatz) said on 1st September 2012, 14:19
That was a really exciting Qualy session – more exciting than some of the races!
Is there speed trap information avaialble anywhere?
Mayank jain (@mjf1fan) said on 1st September 2012, 14:20
@tony031r
lol…hopefuly he doesnt live by his new name ‘Crashter maldonado’ :) and in case he does that then kimi is goin to have his first win of ths season….
James (@whichoneiwonder) said on 1st September 2012, 14:23
Watching an on-board replay of Jenson’s pole lap, It’s incredible the amount of time they spend sitting on the rev limiter in 7th along the second half of the kemmel straight and through blanchimont into the bus stop.
I had thought they might have run a longer 7th gear to minimise that in qually, but obviously not. It must not be worth the slower high-gear acceleration in the race…
MJ4 said on 1st September 2012, 14:29
It seemed to me that 7th was perfectly tuned for the last straight; it was mostly in the straight following Eau Rouge where the rev limiter kept kicking in.
Alex Bkk (@alex-bkk) said on 1st September 2012, 14:26
Maldonado… “Looking forward to recovering what we lost in the first part of the season” We?