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On lap 50, Hamilton pitted, and emerged in third place, ahead of fourth-placed [[Mark Webber]], just of Hamilton was coming up to lap his team-mate, [[Jenson Button]]. Hamilton then started to set a string of fastest laps. [[Timo Glock]] retired on lap 60, with brake issues, like the HRTs. Eventually, on lap 62, Hamilton catches Vettel and takes second place with the aid of DRS. Vettel pits on lap 63, and falls to fifth. Hamilton overtook Alonso with DRS on lap 64. On lap 66, Grosjean, on the same strategy as Alonso, speeds past with ease. [[Sergio Pérez]] passed Alonso, who was finishing the race about four seconds slower than his rivals. Alonso was passed by Vettel at the hairpin on lap 69, not even needing the DRS.
 
On lap 50, Hamilton pitted, and emerged in third place, ahead of fourth-placed [[Mark Webber]], just of Hamilton was coming up to lap his team-mate, [[Jenson Button]]. Hamilton then started to set a string of fastest laps. [[Timo Glock]] retired on lap 60, with brake issues, like the HRTs. Eventually, on lap 62, Hamilton catches Vettel and takes second place with the aid of DRS. Vettel pits on lap 63, and falls to fifth. Hamilton overtook Alonso with DRS on lap 64. On lap 66, Grosjean, on the same strategy as Alonso, speeds past with ease. [[Sergio Pérez]] passed Alonso, who was finishing the race about four seconds slower than his rivals. Alonso was passed by Vettel at the hairpin on lap 69, not even needing the DRS.
   
Hamilton won the race to become the seventh winner in seven races. Second was Grosjean, and Pérez completed the podium. Vettel came fourth. Alonso came in fifth, only 0.4 seconds ahead of Rosberg. Webber was seventh, Räikkönen eighth, Kobayashi ninth and Massa tenth. Button came in 16th.
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Hamilton won the race to become the seventh winner in seven races. Second was Grosjean, and Pérez completed the podium. Vettel came fourth. Alonso came in fifth, only 0.4 seconds ahead of Rosberg. Webber was seventh, Räikkönen eighth, Kobayashi ninth and Massa tenth. Button came in 16th, a lap down on his team-mate.
   
 
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==Milestones==

Revision as of 11:32, 12 June 2012

Template:Current The 2012 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2012) was a Formula One race took place on June 10th, 2012 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada.

Sebastian Vettel took pole position, but came fourth. Lewis Hamilton won the race, ahead of Romain Grosjean and Sergio Pérez.


Background

After complaints from McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari and Lotus during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend that the design of the floor of the Red Bull car is illegal[1], Red Bull were forced to alter the design of the floor of the car after FIA technical head Charlie Whiting informed all the teams that "fully enclosed holes may not be located" in that area of the car.[2]

The DRS zones were changed from 2011. In 2011, the DRS zone was 650 metres along the main straight, followed by a secondary zone on the start/finish straight. In 2012, however, the DRS zone down the main straight has been shortened to 600 metres, with no secondary zone. This was done because overtaking was considered to be too easy in 2011.

In the championship race, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso leads Red Bull's second-placed Sebastian Vettel and third-placed Mark Webber by three points. Vettel is ahead of Webber on second places.

In the constructors' championship, Red Bull-Renault lead McLaren-Mercedes by 38 points.

Practice Overview

Free Practice 1 (Friday)

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in FP1, over a tenth of a second quicker than second-fastest Sebastian Vettel, who only set his fastest with a few minutes remaining. He and Bruno Senna were investigated by the stewards, as Vettel held up Senna before the last chicane, but no action was taken. Heikki Kovalainen crashed 50 minutes into the session at turn 9, which stopped the session for ten minutes. Jenson Button's car had an oil leak in the morning, and McLaren have had to change the seal on his car's gearbox, although he was able to do some running in the practice session.

Free Practice 2 (Friday)

As in FP1, Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets, this time ahead of Fernando Alonso. Also similar to FP1, there was an accident about fifty minutes into the session, as Bruno Senna crashed his Williams into the Wall of Champions (the right-hand wall of the start/finish line), bringing out a red flag. Fifteen minutes later, the session was restarted. Jenson Button managed to get his some distance in his McLaren MP4-27 after his car underwent more repairs, although his lap times were not ideal, and he was ninth-fastest in the session.

Free Practice 3 (Saturday)

In a relatively uneventful session, Sebastian Vettel came top, but the top seven cars were within just four tenths of a second. Fernando Alonso set the second best time, and Lewis Hamilton came in third-fastest. The only incidents involved Nico Rosberg after about five minutes, with a fuel connector issue; and Jean-Éric Vergne after roughly fifteen minutes, when he crashed at turn two. Both incidents brought out yellow flags, and neither driver set a time during the session.

Practice Results

No. Driver Team FP1 FP2 FP3
Pos Time Pos Time Pos Time
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 2 1:15.682 4 1:15.531 1 1:14.442
2 Australia Mark Webber 5 1:15.897 12 1:15.907 4 1:14.724
3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 10 1:16.347 9 1:15.812 15 1:15.327
4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 1 1:15.564 1 1:15.239 3 1:14.712
5 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 4 1:15.842 2 1:15.313 2 1:14.448
6 Brazil Felipe Massa 12 1:16.619 3 1:15.410 6 1:14.767
7 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes 9 1:16.264 7 1:15.697 7 1:14.796
8 Germany Nico Rosberg 3 1:15.782 10 1:15.878 24 no time
9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 15 1:17.014 15 1:16.562 9 1:14.977
10 France Romain Grosjean 14 1:16.890 14 1:16.360 8 1:14.873
11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India-Mercedes 11 1:16.460 5 1:15.544 11 1:15.067
12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 6 1:15.986 8 1:15.799 10 1:14.992
14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 7 1:16.000 6 1:15.651 13 1:15.126
15 Mexico Sergio Pérez 8 1:16.249 11 1:15.898 12 1:15.112
16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 17 1:17.580 20 1:17.716 16 1:15.498
17 France Jean-Éric Vergne 16 1:17.352 19 1:17.124 23 no time
18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams-Renault 13 1:16.859 13 1:15.987 5 1:14.755
19 Brazil Bruno Senna 21 1:18.762 17 1:17.022 14 1:15.327
20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Caterham-Renault 19 1:18.177 16 1:16.981 18 1:16.545
21 Russia Vitaly Petrov 18 1:17.935 18 1:17.075 17 1:16.268
22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 20 1:18.182 21 1:18.908 19 1:17.705
23 India Narain Karthikeyan 22 1:19.354 23 1:19.378 21 1:18.189
24 Germany Timo Glock Russia Marussia-Cosworth 23 1:20.004 22 1:19.084 20 1:17.974
25 France Charles Pic 24 1:20.067 24 1:19.902 22 1:18.684

Qualifying

Q1

Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the first qualifying session. The Caterhams of Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov came 18th and 19th, Jean-Éric Vergne was the unlucky non-new team driver out of Q1, in 20th, HRT's Pedro de la Rosa (21st) beat the Marussias of Timo Glock (22nd) and Charles Pic (23rd). Narain Karthikeyan in the other HRT came 24th and last.

Q2

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in the second qualifying session. 11th-placed Kamui Kobayashi was beaten into Q2 by Jenson Button by a margin of 0.008 seconds. Kimi Räikkönen came 12th, Nico Hülkenberg was 13th, followed by 14th place Sergio Pérez. Williams team-mates Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado came 16th and 17th. Maldonado crashed at the end of the session.

Q3

Sebastian Vettel set pole position over Lewis Hamilton, beating him by three-tenths of a second. Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso qualified third. Vettel's Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber came in fourth. Fifth was Nico Rosberg, just ahead of Felipe Massa. Romain Grosjean, the sole Lotus in the top 10, qualified seventh, ahead of the only Force India in the Q3, Paul di Resta. Ninth was Michael Schumacher, and a long way back in tenth was McLaren driver Jenson Button.

Post-Qualifying

Pastor Maldonado had his gearbox changed, which resulted in a five-place grid penalty.

Qualifying Results

Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
Pos Time Pos Time Pos Time
1 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 1 1:14.661 1 1:14.187 1 1:13.784 1
2 4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 3 1:14.891 3 1:14.371 2 1:14.087 2
3 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 5 1:14.916 2 1:14.314 3 1:14.151 3
4 2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 6 1:14.956 4 1:14.479 4 1:14.346 4
5 8 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 11 1:15.098 6 1:14.568 5 1:14.411 5
6 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 15 1:15.194 9 1:14.641 6 1:14.465 6
7 10 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 14 1:15.163 7 1:14.627 7 1:14.645 7
8 11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India-Mercedes 10 1:15.019 8 1:14.639 8 1:14.705 8
9 7 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes 4 1:14.892 5 1:14.480 9 1:14.812 9
10 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 2 1:14.799 10 1:14.680 10 1:15.182 10
11 14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 12 1:15.101 11 1:14.688 11
12 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 9 1:14.995 12 1:14.734 12
13 12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 13 1:15.106 13 1:14.748 13
14 16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 17 1:15.552 14 1:15.078 14
15 15 Mexico Sergio Pérez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 16 1:15.326 15 1:15.156 15
16 19 Brazil Bruno Senna United Kingdom Williams-Renault 8 1:14.995 16 1:15.170 16
17 18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams-Renault 7 1:14.979 17 1:15.231 22*
18 20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Caterham-Renault 18 1:16.263 17
19 21 Russia Vitaly Petrov Malaysia Caterham-Renault 19 1:16.482 18
20 17 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 20 1:16.602 19
21 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 21 1:17.492 20
22 24 Germany Timo Glock Russia Marussia-Cosworth 22 1:17.901 21
23 25 France Charles Pic Russia Marussia-Cosworth 23 1:18.255 23
24 23 India Narain Karthikeyan Spain HRT-Cosworth 24 1:18.330 24

{{Grid/{{{frontrowsize}}}-{{{secondrowsize}}}/34{{{poleside}}}|Sebastian Vettel|Lewis Hamilton|Fernando Alonso|Mark Webber|Nico Rosberg|Felipe Massa|Romain Grosjean|Paul di Resta|Michael Schumacher|Jenson Button|Kamui Kobayashi|Kimi Räikkönen|Nico Hülkenberg|Daniel Ricciardo|Sergio Pérez|Bruno Senna|Heikki Kovalainen|Vitaly Petrov|Jean-Éric Vergne|Pedro de la Rosa|Timo Glock|Pastor Maldonado*|Charles Pic|Narain Karthikeyan||||||||||}}

* Pastor Maldonado was demoted five places on the grid for a gearbox change.

Race

Report

The race started without incident, with Sebastian Vettel holding his lead from pole. The first round of pit stops started on lap 13 with Felipe Massa coming in. When the three leaders, Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso pit in that order, the come out with Alonso in front, Hamilton behind and Vettel in third of the leaders. Hamilton overtakes Alonso, and inherits the lead when Romain Grosjean pitted. Hamilton then set a string of fastest laps to stretch his lead to four seconds in fifteen laps. Narain Karthikeyan was the first retirement, who retired his car with braking issues a few corners after spinning in turn 1. Karthikeyan's HRT team-mate, Pedro de la Rosa retired a laps later, also with brake issues. On lap 45, Michael Schumacher's DRS jammed open, forcing him to retire. About the same time, Toro Rosso's Jean-Éric Vergne was handed a drive-thorugh penalty for speeding in the pit lane.

On lap 50, Hamilton pitted, and emerged in third place, ahead of fourth-placed Mark Webber, just of Hamilton was coming up to lap his team-mate, Jenson Button. Hamilton then started to set a string of fastest laps. Timo Glock retired on lap 60, with brake issues, like the HRTs. Eventually, on lap 62, Hamilton catches Vettel and takes second place with the aid of DRS. Vettel pits on lap 63, and falls to fifth. Hamilton overtook Alonso with DRS on lap 64. On lap 66, Grosjean, on the same strategy as Alonso, speeds past with ease. Sergio Pérez passed Alonso, who was finishing the race about four seconds slower than his rivals. Alonso was passed by Vettel at the hairpin on lap 69, not even needing the DRS.

Hamilton won the race to become the seventh winner in seven races. Second was Grosjean, and Pérez completed the podium. Vettel came fourth. Alonso came in fifth, only 0.4 seconds ahead of Rosberg. Webber was seventh, Räikkönen eighth, Kobayashi ninth and Massa tenth. Button came in 16th, a lap down on his team-mate.

Post-Race

The win propelled Lewis Hamilton into the lead of the world championship, on 88 points, but by just two points over Fernando Alonso on 86 and three ahead of Sebastian Vettel on 85.

Red Bull-Renault still lead the constructorss' championship, but with their lead reduced to 31 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes, and Lotus-Renault took third place back off Ferrari as passed the 100 point mark.

Results

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Avg Speed Grid Pts
1 4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 70 1:32:29.586 198.028 2 25
2 10 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 70 + 2.513 s 197.938 7 18
3 15 Mexico Sergio Pérez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 70 + 5.260 s 197.840 15 15
4 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 70 + 7.295 s 197.768 1 12
5 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 70 + 13.411 s 197.550 3 10
6 8 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 70 + 13.842 s 197.535 5 8
7 2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 70 + 15.085 s 197.491 4 6
8 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 70 + 15.567 s 197.474 12 4
9 14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 70 + 24.432 s 197.160 11 2
10 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 70 + 25.272 s 197.130 6 1
11 11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India-Mercedes 70 + 37.693 s 196.692 8
12 12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 70 + 46.236 s 196.392 13
13 18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams-Renault 70 + 47.052 196.363 22
14 16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 70 + 1 m 4.475 s 195.753 14
15 17 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 69 + 1 lap 194.671 19
16 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 69 + 1 lap 194.490 10
17 19 Brazil Bruno Senna United Kingdom Williams-Renault 69 + 1 lap 194.440 16
18 20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Caterham-Renault 69 + 1 lap 193.984 17
19 21 Russia Vitaly Petrov Malaysia Caterham-Renault 69 + 1 lap 193.825 18
20 25 France Charles Pic Russia Marussia-Cosworth 67 + 3 laps 189.426 23
Ret 24 Germany Timo Glock Russia Marussia-Cosworth 56 Brakes 188.421 21
Ret 7 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes 43 Hydraulics / DRS 193.646 9
Ret 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 24 Brakes 189.402 20
Ret 23 India Narain Karthikeyan Spain HRT-Cosworth 22 Brakes 187.421 24

Fastest Laps

Lead laps

Lap-by-lap

Stint Driver Laps Lap Count Distance (km)
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel 1 – 15 15 65.415
2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 16 1 4.361
3 Spain Fernando Alonso 17 – 19 3 13.083
4 France Romain Grosjean 20 1 4.361
5 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 21 – 49 29 126.469
6 Spain Fernando Alonso 50 – 63 14 61.054
7 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 64 – 70 7 30.527

Totals

Pos. Driver Total Distance (km)
1 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 37 161.357
2 Spain Fernando Alonso 17 74.137
3 Germany Sebastian Vettel 15 65.415
4 France Romain Grosjean 1 4.361

Milestones

  • Sergio Pérez's 25th Grand Prix (24 starts).
  • First time in F1 history that the first 7 races have been won by 7 different drivers (Button, Alonso, Rosberg, Vettel, Maldonado, Webber & Hamilton)

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship
Pos. Driver Pts
1 Lewis Hamilton 88
2 Fernando Alonso 86
3 Sebastian Vettel 85
4 Mark Webber 79
5 Nico Rosberg 67
Only top five are shown
Constructors' World Championship
Pos. Team Pts
1 Red Bull-Renault 164
2 McLaren-Mercedes 133
3 Lotus-Renault 108
4 Ferrari 97
5 Mercedes 69
Only top five are shown

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
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