2012 Monaco Grand Prix
| 2012 Monaco Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 6 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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Circuit de Monaco | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 27 May 2012 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2012 | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 3.34 km (2.08 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.52 km (162.24 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Fine and Dry, showers threatening at end Air Temp 21 °C (70 °F) Track Temp 38 °C (100 °F) dropping to 31 °C (88 °F) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:14.381 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:17.296 on lap 49 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2012 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2012) was a Formula One motor race that took place in the principality of Monaco on 27 May 2012. It was the sixth round of the 2012 season, and the seventieth running of the Monaco Grand Prix. The race was supported by the GP2, GP3 and Formula Renault 3.5 series. Mark Webber's victory created a new record for Formula One in that there had never been six different winners of the opening six Grands Prix of the season before. Mercedes' Nico Rosberg came in second place, his second podium in the 2012 season, and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso third and taking the Formula One championship lead by three points over Vettel and Webber.