2012 Italian Grand Prix
The 2012 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2012) was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy on 9 September 2012. It was the thirteenth race of the 2012 season, and the final race in Europe before the teams returned to Asia for the Singapore Grand Prix.
| 2012 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 13 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 9 September 2012 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2012 | ||||
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.793 km (3.6 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.58 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Dry and sizzlingly sunny
Track temp 40 °C (104 °F) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver |
| McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:24.010 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:27.239 on lap 53 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First |
| McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Second |
| Sauber-Ferrari | |||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
Lewis Hamilton qualified on pole, ahead of teammate Jenson Button. The result gave McLaren their sixty-second front-row lock-out, breaking the previous record set by Williams. Hamilton won the race by four seconds from Sergio Pérez, with Fernando Alonso completing the podium.
This was McLaren's last win at Monza until 2021.
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