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The 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix) is a Formula One that took place at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia, on the 25th of March 2012. It was the second race of the 2012 season.

The race was won by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, an unexpected result. The Ferrari F2012 has been considered a poor car, but in the wet conditions, the car-driver combination showed up well. Another unexpected result was the second place achieved by Sergio Pérez of Sauber, who gave Alonso a run for his money at the car.


Background[]

Entry list[]

The full entry list for the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix is shown below:

No. Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 Renault RS27-2012 P
2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 Renault RS27-2012 P
3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-27 Mercedes FO 108Z P
4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-27 Mercedes FO 108Z P
5 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F2012 Ferrari 056 P
6 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F2012 Ferrari 056 P
7 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W03 Mercedes FO 108Z P
8 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W03 Mercedes FO 108Z P
9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus E20 Renault RS27-2012 P
10 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus E20 Renault RS27-2012 P
11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 Mercedes FO 108Z P
12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 Mercedes FO 108Z P
14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 Ferrari 056 P
15 Mexico Sergio Pérez Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 Ferrari 056 P
16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR7 Ferrari 056 P
17 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR7 Ferrari 056 P
18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams FW34 Renault RS27-2012 P
19 Brazil Bruno Senna United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams FW34 Renault RS27-2012 P
20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 Renault RS27-2012 P
21 Russia Vitaly Petrov Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 Renault RS27-2012 P
22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT F1 Team HRT F112 Cosworth CA2012 P
23 India Narain Karthikeyan Spain HRT F1 Team HRT F112 Cosworth CA2012 P
24 Germany Timo Glock Russia Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 Cosworth CA2012 P
25 France Charles Pic Russia Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 Cosworth CA2012 P
Free Practice 1 only
19 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams FW34 Renault RS27-2012 P

Free Practice[]

FP1[]

FP2[]

FP3[]

Results[]

Qualifying Overview[]

Qualifying Times[]

Grid[]

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

* Kimi Räikkönen was relegated five places for a gearbox change (was fifth).
** Heikki Kovalainen was relegated five places for a safety car infringement at the Australian Grand Prix (was 19th).

Race Overview[]

Report[]

Results[]

The full results for the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 56 2:44:51.812 8 25
2 15 Mexico Sergio Pérez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 56 +2.263s 9 18
3 4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 56 +14.591s 1 15
4 2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 56 +17.688s 4 12
5 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 56 +29.456s 10 10
6 19 Brazil Bruno Senna United Kingdom Williams-Renault 56 +37.667s 13 8
7 11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India-Mercedes 56 +44.412s 14 6
8 17 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 +46.985s 18 4
9 12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 56 +47.892s 16 2
10 7 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes 56 +49.996s 3 1
11 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 56 +1:15.527 5
12 16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 +1:16.828 15
13 8 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 56 +1:18.593 7
14 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 56 +1:19.719 2
15 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 56 +1:37.319 12
16 21 Russia Vitaly Petrov Malaysia Caterham-Renault 55 +1 Lap 19
17 10 Germany Timo Glock Russia Marussia-Cosworth 55 +1 Lap 20
18 20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Caterham-Renault 55 +1 Lap 21
19 18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams-Renault 54 Engine 11
20 25 France Charles Pic Russia Marussia-Cosworth 54 +2 laps 21
21 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 54 +2 laps 22
22 23 India Narain Karthikeyan Spain HRT-Cosworth 54 +2 laps* 23
Ret 14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 46 Brakes 17
Ret 10 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 3 Spun off 6
Source:
  • *Karthikeyan finished 21st but was given a post-race 20-second penalty for causing a collision with Sebastian Vettel.

Fastest Laps[]

Lap Leaders[]

Lap-by-Lap[]

Totals[]

Milestones[]

Standings[]

Pos. Drivers Pts Constructors Pts
1 Fernando Alonso 35 McLaren-Mercedes 55
2 Lewis Hamilton 30 Red Bull-Renault 42
3 Jenson Button 25 Ferrari 35
4 Mark Webber 24 Sauber-Ferrari 30
5 Sergio Pérez 22 Lotus-Renault 16
6 Sebastian Vettel 18 Force India-Mercedes 9
7 Kimi Räikkönen 16 Williams-Renault 8
8 Bruno Senna 8 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6
9 Kamui Kobayashi 8 Mercedes 1
10 Paul di Resta 7 Marussia-Cosworth 0
11 Jean-Éric Vergne 4 Caterham-Renault 0
12 Daniel Ricciardo 2 HRT-Cosworth 0
13 Nico Hülkenberg 2
14 Michael Schumacher 1
15 Nico Rosberg 0
16 Pastor Maldonado 0
17 Timo Glock 0
18 Charles Pic 0
19 Felipe Massa 0
20 Heikki Kovalainen 0
21 Vitaly Petrov 0
22 Romain Grosjean 0
23 Pedro de la Rosa 0
24 Narain Karthikeyan 0

See Also[]

F2 Wiki Logo See the related event on the F2 Wiki
2012 Sepang Feature Race
F2 Wiki Logo See the related event on the F2 Wiki
2012 Sepang Sprint Race

Notes[]

V T E 2012 Formula One Season
Teams Red Bull | McLaren | Ferrari | Mercedes | Lotus | Force India | Sauber | Toro Rosso | Williams | Caterham | HRT | Marussia
Engines Renault | Mercedes | Ferrari | Cosworth
Race Drivers Vettel | 2 Webber | 3 Button | 4 Hamilton | 5 Alonso | 6 Massa | 7 Schumacher | 8 Rosberg | 9 Räikkönen | 10 Grosjean | 10 D'Ambrosio | 11 Di Resta | 12 Hülkenberg | 14 Kobayashi | 15 Pérez | 16 Ricciardo | 17 Vergne | 18 Maldonado | 19 Senna | 20 Kovalainen | 21 Petrov | 22 De la Rosa | 23 Karthikeyan | 24 Glock | 25 Pic
Other Drivers Buemi | Paffett | Turvey | Rigon | Bird | Bianchi | Daly | Gutiérrez | Bottas | Wolff | Van der Garde | Rossi | González | Clos | Luizzi | de Villota | Chilton
Cars RB8 | MP4-27 | F2012 | F1 W03 | E20 | VJM05 | C31 | STR7 | FW34 | CT01 | F112 | MR01
Tyres Pirelli
Races Australia | Malaysia | China | Bahrain | Spain | Monaco | Canada | Europe | Britain | Germany | Hungary | Belgium | Italy | Singapore | Japan | Korea | India | Abu Dhabi | United States | Brazil
Team Reports Red Bull | McLaren | Ferrari | Mercedes | Lotus | Force India | Sauber | Toro Rosso | Williams | Caterham | HRT | Marussia
Driver Reports Vettel | Webber | Button | Hamilton | Alonso | Massa | Schumacher | Rosberg | Räikkönen | Grosjean | di Resta | Hülkenberg | Kobayashi | Pérez | Ricciardo | Vergne | Maldonado | Senna | Kovalainen | Petrov | de la Rosa | Karthikeyan | Karthikeyan | Glock | Pic
Tests Jerez | Barcelona 1 | Barcelona 2 | Mugello | Young Driver
See also 2011 Formula One Season | 2013 Formula One Season | Bahrain GP protests | Category
V T E Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix
Circuits Sepang International Circuit (1999–present)
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