Malaysian Grand Prix 2012

Sepang
25 March 2012
56 laps
310.4 km
5.543 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMcLaren · 1:36.219
Fastest lapKimi Räikkönen1:40.722 · lap 53
Winner started fromP8on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	8	56	2:44:51.812	25
2	Sergio Pérez	15	Sauber · Ferrari	9	56	+2.263	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	4	McLaren · Mercedes	1	56	+14.591	15
4	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull · Renault	4	56	+17.688	12
5	Kimi Räikkönenfastest lap	9	Lotus · Renault	10	56	+29.456	10
6	Bruno Senna	19	Williams · Renault	13	56	+37.667	8
7	Paul di Resta	11	Force India · Mercedes	14	56	+44.412	6
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	18	56	+46.985	4
9	Nico Hülkenberg	12	Force India · Mercedes	16	56	+47.892	2
10	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	3	56	+49.996	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	1	Red Bull · Renault	5	56	+1:15.527
12	Daniel Ricciardo	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	15	56	+1:16.828
13	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes	7	56	+1:18.593
14	Jenson Button	3	McLaren · Mercedes	2	56	+1:19.719
15	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	12	56	+1:37.319
16	Vitaly Petrov	21	Caterham · Renault	19	55	+1 lap
17	Timo Glock	24	Marussia · Cosworth	20	55	+1 lap
18	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Caterham · Renault	24	55	+1 lap
19	Pastor Maldonado	18	Williams · Renault	11	54	Engine
20	Charles Pic	25	Marussia · Cosworth	21	54	+2 laps
21	Pedro de la Rosa	22	HRT · Cosworth	22	54	+2 laps
22	Narain Karthikeyan	23	HRT · Cosworth	23	54	+2 laps+20.000 penalty
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	14	Sauber · Ferrari	17	46	Brakes
DNF	Romain Grosjean	10	Lotus · Renault	6	3	Spun off

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Fernando Alonso 39, Lewis Hamilton 13, Sergio Pérez 4. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Fernando Alonso	8	3	1	1	1	39
Sergio Pérez	9	1	2	2	2	4
Lewis Hamilton	1	2	3	3	3	13
Mark Webber	4	5	6	5	4
Kimi Räikkönen	10	18	5	6	5
Bruno Senna	13	21	9	8	6
Paul di Resta	14	9	7	7	7
Jean-Éric Vergne	18	6	8	9	8
Nico Hülkenberg	16	7	10	10	9
Michael Schumacher	3	11	11	12	10
Sebastian Vettel	5	4	4	4	11
Daniel Ricciardo	15	12	17	14	12
Nico Rosberg	7	17	15	15	13
Jenson Button	2	16	19	16	14
Felipe Massa	12	8	16	18	15
Vitaly Petrov	19	23	14	17	16
Timo Glock	20	22	18	19	17
Heikki Kovalainen	24	13	21	20	18
Pastor Maldonado	11	10	13	11	19
Charles Pic	21	14	20	21	20
Pedro de la Rosa	22	19	23	23	21
Narain Karthikeyan	23	15	22	22	22
Kamui Kobayashi	17	20	12	13	out
Romain Grosjean	6	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 75 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Fernando Alonso	+5.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sergio Pérez	0.0	+7.8	+7.2	+2.3
Lewis Hamilton	+1.7	+14.8	+19.0	+14.6
Mark Webber	+7.4	+30.8	+27.4	+17.7
Kimi Räikkönen	+29.1	+28.9	+37.0	+29.5
Bruno Senna	+35.7	+41.7	+38.6	+37.7
Paul di Resta	+13.1	+36.9	+38.0	+44.4
Jean-Éric Vergne	+8.4	+40.5	+44.2	+47.0
Nico Hülkenberg	+10.4	+43.8	+45.0	+47.9
Michael Schumacher	+14.9	+45.8	+50.7	+50.0
Sebastian Vettel	+5.2	+23.2	+23.0	+75.5
Daniel Ricciardo	+16.3	+65.1	+70.4	+76.8
Nico Rosberg	+27.9	+58.7	+71.5	+78.6
Jenson Button	+24.3	+68.7	+72.0	+79.7
Felipe Massa	+10.6	+64.1	+90.6	+97.3
Vitaly Petrov	+40.2	+55.1	+90.4	+115.5
Timo Glock	+38.4	+67.9	+111.7	+158.1
Heikki Kovalainen	+17.5	+97.3	+125.5	+162.1
Pastor Maldonado	+13.9	+55.1	+48.2	+58.9
Charles Pic	+18.5	+96.4	+160.0	+209.4
Pedro de la Rosa	+32.3	+145.2	+229.5	+295.3
Narain Karthikeyan	+20.1	+134.8	+209.2	+282.1
Kamui Kobayashi	+34.0	+46.6	+62.8	out
Romain Grosjean	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:37.813	1:37.106	1:36.219
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:37.575	1:36.928	1:36.368
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:37.517	1:37.017	1:36.391
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:37.172	1:37.375	1:36.461
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:37.961	1:36.715	1:36.461
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:38.102	1:37.419	1:36.634
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:38.058	1:37.338	1:36.658
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:37.696	1:36.996	1:36.664
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:38.151	1:37.379	1:37.566
10	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:37.933	1:37.477	1:37.698
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:37.789	1:37.589
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38.381	1:37.731
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:38.437	1:37.841
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:38.325	1:37.877
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:38.419	1:37.883
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:38.303	1:37.890
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.372	1:38.069
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:39.077
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:39.306
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:39.567
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:40.903
22	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:41.250
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:42.914
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:43.655

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Kimi Räikkönen	P5	P10	5 places – 5
Heikki Kovalainen	P19	P24	5 places – 5

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	15, 40	23.343 s
Narain Karthikeyan	2	15, 37	27.700 s
Pedro de la Rosa	3	13, 16, 39	15.684 s
Michael Schumacher	3	5, 14, 39	22.163 s
Paul di Resta	3	2, 14, 39	22.175 s
Fernando Alonso	3	4, 14, 40	22.534 s
Mark Webber	3	5, 14, 39	23.195 s
Nico Hülkenberg	3	4, 15, 40	23.358 s
Kamui Kobayashi	3	5, 13, 40	23.662 s
Lewis Hamilton	3	5, 14, 41	24.271 s
Sergio Pérez	3	1, 15, 41	24.520 s
Vitaly Petrov	3	4, 13, 39	24.718 s
Kimi Räikkönen	3	5, 13, 40	24.927 s
Timo Glock	3	3, 13, 39	25.096 s
Charles Pic	3	3, 15, 39	29.317 s
Pastor Maldonado	4	5, 14, 15, 39	21.621 s
Daniel Ricciardo	4	4, 14, 25, 37	22.610 s
Sebastian Vettel	4	5, 15, 40, 47	22.998 s
Nico Rosberg	4	5, 13, 26, 39	23.050 s
Felipe Massa	4	3, 14, 27, 38	23.130 s
Heikki Kovalainen	4	4, 14, 23, 38	23.782 s
Bruno Senna	4	1, 7, 13, 39	23.824 s
Jenson Button	5	4, 13, 15, 24, 39	23.477 s

Every stop, lap by lap (76)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Sergio Pérez	1	25.671 s
1	Bruno Senna	1	31.006 s
2	Paul di Resta	1	23.988 s
3	Felipe Massa	1	24.034 s
3	Timo Glock	1	25.096 s
3	Charles Pic	1	29.317 s
4	Nico Hülkenberg	1	23.856 s
4	Jenson Button	1	24.305 s
4	Fernando Alonso	1	24.653 s
4	Vitaly Petrov	1	24.718 s
4	Daniel Ricciardo	1	25.470 s
4	Heikki Kovalainen	1	32.670 s
5	Lewis Hamilton	1	24.271 s
5	Mark Webber	1	24.569 s
5	Michael Schumacher	1	24.831 s
5	Pastor Maldonado	1	25.535 s
5	Nico Rosberg	1	25.600 s
5	Sebastian Vettel	1	25.658 s
5	Kimi Räikkönen	1	27.602 s
5	Kamui Kobayashi	1	28.122 s
7	Bruno Senna	2	26.269 s
13	Pedro de la Rosa	1	15.684 s
13	Kimi Räikkönen	2	24.927 s
13	Bruno Senna	3	24.980 s
13	Nico Rosberg	2	25.199 s
13	Timo Glock	2	25.660 s
13	Jenson Button	2	25.922 s
13	Kamui Kobayashi	2	26.255 s
13	Vitaly Petrov	2	29.359 s
14	Pastor Maldonado	2	21.621 s
14	Paul di Resta	2	22.856 s
14	Fernando Alonso	2	22.864 s
14	Michael Schumacher	2	24.094 s
14	Felipe Massa	2	24.420 s
14	Daniel Ricciardo	2	24.539 s
14	Heikki Kovalainen	2	25.130 s
14	Mark Webber	2	26.337 s
14	Lewis Hamilton	2	27.961 s
15	Nico Hülkenberg	2	23.549 s
15	Pastor Maldonado	3	23.974 s
15	Sebastian Vettel	2	24.057 s
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	1	24.216 s
15	Sergio Pérez	2	24.520 s
15	Jenson Button	3	36.517 s
15	Charles Pic	2	36.542 s
15	Narain Karthikeyan	1	36.876 s
16	Pedro de la Rosa	2	38.887 s
23	Heikki Kovalainen	3	34.109 s
24	Jenson Button	4	23.509 s
25	Daniel Ricciardo	3	22.610 s
26	Nico Rosberg	3	23.050 s
27	Felipe Massa	3	23.130 s
37	Daniel Ricciardo	4	23.648 s
37	Narain Karthikeyan	2	27.700 s
38	Heikki Kovalainen	4	23.782 s
38	Felipe Massa	4	26.934 s
39	Michael Schumacher	3	22.163 s
39	Paul di Resta	3	22.175 s
39	Mark Webber	3	23.195 s
39	Nico Rosberg	4	23.231 s
39	Pastor Maldonado	4	23.409 s
39	Jenson Button	5	23.477 s
39	Bruno Senna	4	23.824 s
39	Timo Glock	3	25.390 s
39	Pedro de la Rosa	3	28.483 s
39	Vitaly Petrov	3	30.335 s
39	Charles Pic	3	32.224 s
40	Fernando Alonso	3	22.534 s
40	Sebastian Vettel	3	22.998 s
40	Jean-Éric Vergne	2	23.343 s
40	Nico Hülkenberg	3	23.358 s
40	Kamui Kobayashi	3	23.662 s
40	Kimi Räikkönen	3	25.041 s
41	Sergio Pérez	3	24.543 s
41	Lewis Hamilton	3	26.338 s
47	Sebastian Vettel	4	25.884 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Kimi Räikkönen	53	1:40.722
2	Mark Webber	52	1:41.017	+0.295
3	Sergio Pérez	54	1:41.021	+0.299
4	Sebastian Vettel	50	1:41.342	+0.620
5	Bruno Senna	55	1:41.404	+0.682
6	Lewis Hamilton	50	1:41.539	+0.817
7	Fernando Alonso	53	1:41.680	+0.958
8	Daniel Ricciardo	54	1:41.756	+1.034
9	Michael Schumacher	53	1:41.760	+1.038
10	Paul di Resta	55	1:41.819	+1.097

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 2. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 2
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Fernando Alonso	35	▲4
2	Lewis Hamilton	30	▲1
3	Jenson Button	25	▼2
4	Mark Webber	24
5	Sergio Pérez	22	▲3
6	Sebastian Vettel	18	▼4
7	Kimi Räikkönen	16
8	Bruno Senna	8	▲8
9	Kamui Kobayashi	8	▼3
10	Paul di Resta	7

Constructors' championship after round 2
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	McLaren	55
2	Red Bull	42
3	Ferrari	35	▲1
4	Sauber	30	▼1
5	Lotus	16
6	Force India	9	▲1
7	Williams	8	▲2
8	Toro Rosso	6	▼2
9	Mercedes	1	▼1
10	Marussia	0