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The 2012 Monaco Grand Prix was the 71st running of the most famous race in Formula One. The race, which was the sixth race of the 2012 Season, took place on the 27 May 2012. As in previous years, the first two free practice sessions took place on a Thursday and the support races were on the Friday.

Background[]

  • In response to Sergio Pérez's accident at the 2011 event, the track has been flattened slightly on approach to the Nouvelle Chicane. The barrier which Pérez hit has also been moved back slightly.
  • In order to improve visibility and safety, the pit-exit has been partially cleared of trees and widened.


Entry list[]

The full entry list for the 2012 Monaco 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 Williams FW34 Renault RS27-2012 P
19 Brazil Bruno Senna United Kingdom Williams F1 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

Practice Overview[]

Practice Times[]

No. Driver Constructor Thursday 1 Thursday 2 Saturday
Time Pos. Time Pos. Time Pos.
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:17.222 9 1:17.303 10 1:15.209 3
2 Mark Webber 1:18.106 12 1:17.148 7 1:16.219 10
3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:17.190 8 1:15.746 1 1:15.471 6
4 Lewis Hamilton 1:16.747 4 1:17.375 11 1:15.734 7
5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:16.265 1 1:16.661 4 1:15.210 4
6 Felipe Massa 1:16.843 6 1:16.602 3 1:15.197 2
7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:17.413 11 1:17.293 9 1:15.893 8
8 Nico Rosberg 1:17.261 10 1:17.021 6 1:15.159 1
9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault no time 24 1:19.267 19 1:16.301 13
10 Romain Grosjean 1:16.630 2 1:16.138 2 1:15.445 5
11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:18.302 16 1:17.395 12 1:17.390 18
12 Nico Hülkenberg 1:17.361 12 1:17.800 14 1:17.027 15
14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:17.038 7 1:17.153 8 1:16.311 13
15 Sergio Pérez 1:16.711 3 1:18.251 15 1:16.110 9
16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rossso-Ferrari 1:18.252 15 1:18.808 18 1:16.479 14
17 Jean-Éric Vergne 1:18.209 14 1:18.522 17 1:16.226 11
18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:16.760 5 1:16.820 5 1:18.488 21
19 Bruno Senna 1:18.617 17 1:17.655 13 1:17.055 16
20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:19.039 18 1:20.029 21 1:17.276 17
21 Vitaly Petrov 1:19.341 19 1:18.440 16 1:17.404 19
22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:22.423 23 1:20.631 23 1:19.151 24
23 Narain Karthikeyan 1:20.838 20 1:20.886 24 1:19.147 23
24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:21.638 22 1:19.309 20 1:18.259 20
25 Charles Pic 1:20.895 21 1:20.240 22 1:19.099 22

Qualifying Overview[]

Qualifying Times[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
Time Pos. Time Pos. Time Pos.
1 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:15.873 5 1:15.062 5 1:14.301 1 22
2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.013 10 1:15.035 4 1:14.381 2 19
3 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.900 7 1:15.022 2 1:14.448 3 21
4 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.063 13 1:15.166 7 1:14.583 4 20
5 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:15.718 3 1:15.219 8 1:14.639 5 27
6 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:16.153 14 1:15.128 6 1:14.948 6 22
7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.983 9 1:14.911 1 1:15.049 7 19
8 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:15.889 6 1:15.322 10 1:15.199 8 28
9 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:16.017 11 1:15.026 3 1:15.245 9 22
10 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:15.757 4 1:15.234 9 No time 10 24
11 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:15.418 1 1:15.421 11 17
12 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.648 2 1:15.508 12 19
13 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.399 16 1:15.536 13 18
14 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:15.923 8 1:15.703 14 20
15 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:16.062 12 1:15.718 15 14
16 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:16.360 15 1:15.478 16 19
17 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:16.491 17 1:16.885 17 14
18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:16.538 18 13
19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:17.404 19 13
20 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:17.947 20 11
21 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:18.096 21 11
22 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:18.476 22 12
23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:19.310 23 8
24 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari No time 24 2

Grid[]

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

* Michael Schumacher was relegated five places on the grid for causing an avoidable accident with Bruno Senna during the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix (Qualified 1st).

Sergio Pérez crashed in Q1 (first qualifying session) and did not set a time, meant he had to get Steward's permission to race, which he was granted permission to do so. Sauber changed his gearbox, and thus incurred a five-place grid penalty.

Pastor Maldonado was relegated ten places for causing an avoidable accident with Sergio Pérez during FP3 (Saturday's practice session) (Qualified 9th). Williams also changed his gearbox, which incurred a five-place grid penalty. Sauber notified the FIA of the gearbox change before Williams did, and as a result Maldonado's gearbox penalty was applied after Pérez's, and he started from last on the grid.

Race Overview[]

Race Results[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Avg Speed Grid Pts
1 2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 78 1:46:06.557 147.312 1 25
2 8 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 78 + 0.063 s 147.297 2 18
3 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 78 + 0.947 s 147.290 5 15
4 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 78 + 1.343 s 147.281 9 12
5 4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 78 + 4.101 s 147.217 3 10
6 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 78 + 6.195 s 147.169 7 8
7 11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India-Mercedes 78 + 41.537 s 146.357 14 6
8 12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 78 + 42.562 s 146.334 10 4
9 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 78 + 44.036 s 146.300 8 2
10 19 Brazil Bruno Senna United Kingdom Williams-Renault 78 + 44.516 s 146.289 13 1
11 15 Mexico Sergio Pérez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 77 + 1 lap 145.277 23
12 17 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 77 + 1 lap 144.491 16
13 20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Caterham-Renault 77 + 1 lap 144.361 17
14 24 Germany Timo Glock Russia Marussia-Cosworth 77 + 1 lap 144.265 19
15 23 India Narain Karthikeyan Spain HRT-Cosworth 76 + 2 laps 141.983 22
16* 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 70 Collision 145.284 12
Ret 16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 65 Steering 145.609 15
Ret 25 France Charles Pic Russia Marussia-Cosworth 64 Electrical 144.701 21
Ret 7 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes 63 Fuel Pressure 146.081 6
Ret 21 Russia Vitaly Petrov Malaysia Caterham-Renault 15 Electrical 134.575 18
Ret 14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 5 Collision damage 119.761 11
Ret 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 0 Collision damage 20
Ret 18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams-Renault 0 Collision 24
Ret 10 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 0 Collision 4

* Did not finish, but completed enough laps to be classified (90% ≈ 70 laps)

Fastest Laps[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Lap Time Gap Avg Speed Race
1 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 49 1:17.296 155.558 11
2 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 35 1:18.423 1.127 153.322 8
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 45 1:18.805 1.509 152.579 1
4 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 46 1:18.806 1.510 152.577 5
5 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 45 1:18.857 1.561 152.479 3
6 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 52 1:18.904 1.608 152.388 Ret
7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 46 1:18.977 1.681 152.247 2
8 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 25 1:19.013 1.717 152.177 12
9 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 43 1:19.076 1.780 152.056 4
10 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 41 1:19.101 1.805 152.008 6
11 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 51 1:19.187 1.891 151.843 10
12 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 51 1:19.246 1.950 151.730 9
13 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 76 1:19.305 2.009 151.617 13
14 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 61 1:19.604 2.308 151.048 Ret
15 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 60 1:19.637 2.341 150.985 14
16 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 44 1:19.752 2.456 150.767 Ret
17 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 51 1:19.757 2.461 150.758 7
18 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 51 1:19.923 2.627 150.445 16
19 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 44 1:20.286 2.990 149.765 15
20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 12 1:20.825 3.529 148.766 Ret
21 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 4 1:25.480 8.184 140.664 Ret

Laps in the Lead[]

Lap-by-Lap[]

Stint Driver Laps Lap Count Distance (km)
1 Mark Webber 1 – 28 28 93.520
2 Fernando Alonso 29 1 3.340
3 Felipe Massa 30 1 3.340
4 Sebastian Vettel 31 – 45 15 50.100
5 Mark Webber 46 – 78 33 110.220

Totals[]

Pos. Driver Total Distance (km)
1 Mark Webber 61 203.740
2 Sebastian Vettel 15 50.100
3 Fernando Alonso 1 3.340
4 Felipe Massa 1 3.340

Pitstops[]

Milestones[]

Standings[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos. Driver Pts
1 Fernando Alonso 76
2 Sebastian Vettel 73
3 Mark Webber 73
4 Lewis Hamilton 63
5 Nico Rosberg 59
6 Kimi Räikkönen 51
7 Jenson Button 45
8 Romain Grosjean 35
9 Pastor Maldonado 29
10 Sergio Pérez 22
11 Paul di Resta 21
12 Kamui Kobayashi 19
13 Bruno Senna 15
14 Felipe Massa 10
15 Nico Hülkenberg 7
16 Jean-Éric Vergne 4
17 Daniel Ricciardo 2
18 Michael Schumacher 2
19 Heikki Kovalainen 0
20 Timo Glock 0
21 Narain Karthikeyan 0
22 Charles Pic 0
23 Vitaly Petrov 0
24 Pedro de la Rosa 0
Constructors' World Championship
Pos. Team Pts
1 Red Bull-Renault 146
2 McLaren-Mercedes 108
3 Ferrari 86
4 Lotus-Renault 86
5 Mercedes 61
6 Williams-Renault 44
7 Sauber-Ferrari 41
8 Force India-Mercedes 28
9 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6
10 Caterham-Renault 0
11 Marussia-Cosworth 0
12 HRT-Cosworth 0


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
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