2012 Canadian Grand Prix
The 2012 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2012) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 10 June 2012 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The 70-lap race was the seventh round of the 2012 Formula One season, and the first of two North American rounds. It was the 49th Canadian Grand Prix, and the 33rd to be held at the circuit since its début on the calendar in 1978.
| 2012 Canadian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 7 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 10 June 2012 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2012 | ||||
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 4.361 km (2.710 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Fine, dry and warm; with air temperature approaching 29 °C (84 °F) Track Temp 45 °C (113 °F) dropping to 39 °C (102 °F) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:13.784 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:15.752 on lap 70 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First |
| McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Second | Lotus-Renault | ||||
| Third |
| Sauber-Ferrari | |||
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Lap leaders | |||||
Sebastian Vettel started the race from pole. Lewis Hamilton went on to win his first race of the year, becoming the seventh different driver to win in as many races, a record for a single Formula One season.
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