Monaco Grand Prix 2012

 Monaco Grand Prix 2012

Racing data
6th of 20 races in the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2012
Date:	May 27, 2012
Place:	Monte Carlo
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	260.52 km in 78 laps of 3.34 km
Pole position
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 14.381 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari
Time:	1: 17.296 min (lap 49)
Podium
First:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari

The 2012 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 27 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the sixth race of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Spanish Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with equal points from Fernando Alonso and 8 points from Lewis Hamilton . In the construction standings, Red Bull-Renault led with 11 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 25 points ahead of Lotus-Renault .

At the Monaco Grand Prix, Pirelli made the tire compounds P Zero Soft (yellow) and P Zero Supersoft (red) available to the drivers , as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

With Michael Schumacher (five times), Alonso (twice), Kimi Räikkönen , Hamilton, Jenson Button , Mark Webber and Vettel (once each), seven former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were José Abed (MEX), Christian Calmes (MON), Paul Gutjahr (SUI) and Nigel Mansell (GBR).

training

The first day of training at the Monaco Grand Prix is ​​traditionally Thursday. In the first free practice, Alonso posted the fastest lap ahead of Romain Grosjean and Sergio Pérez . The training was interrupted about nine minutes before the end and not restarted. The trigger was Heikki Kovalainen's engine failure at the tunnel exit. In the second free practice session, which was characterized by changing weather conditions, Button drove the fastest lap ahead of Grosjean and Felipe Massa .

Before training began, there was an accident on a grandstand on the harbor side. According to information from the organizers, a wooden floor in the stands broke, causing two people to fall. One of them is said to have sustained severe leg injuries.

In the third free practice session on Saturday, Nico Rosberg was the fastest driver ahead of Massa and Vettel. This training session was not ended normally either, but stopped shortly before the end, as Pastor Maldonado lost control of his vehicle in the casino and hit the boundary. A lap earlier, Maldonado had touched Sergio Pérez in front of the Portier corner . Pérez had let the faster Maldonado free the ideal line, but pulled so sharply inward that there was a contact. The race stewards rated this as unsportsmanlike and gave Maldonado a starting place penalty of ten positions.

Qualifying

The first segment was interrupted after four minutes. At the exit of the Louis Chiron, Pérez lost control of his vehicle because his front suspension was no longer intact and touched the boundary with the left side of the vehicle. As a result, his left rear wheel came loose and eventually rolled over the track. He tried to drive back to the pits, but stopped in the Rascasse. After the break, Nico Hülkenberg set the fastest lap. In addition to Pérez, the HRT , Marussia and Caterham pilots were eliminated. Since Pérez had not set time, he failed because of the 107 percent rule . However, he was subsequently admitted to the race.

In the second section, Jean-Éric Vergne collided with the wall at the exit of the tunnel. He suffered a suspension damage and the front wing pushed under his car, he slowly drove back to the pits, but did not drive another lap. Massa posted the fastest lap. The Toro Rosso and Force India pilots as well as Bruno Senna , Button and Kamui Kobayashi were eliminated. In the final segment, Schumacher drove the fastest lap. However, since he had received a starting place penalty of five positions for causing a collision in the last race, pole position went to Webber, who had the second fastest time. Rosberg started the race from second place, Hamilton from third.

After qualifying, the gearbox of Pérez and Maldonado was changed, which earned both a five-position penalty.

run

Webber kept the lead ahead of Rosberg and Hamilton at the start of the Grand Prix. Grosjean, who started the race from fourth place, collided with Schumacher, who started from sixth place. While Schumacher drove on, the race for Grosjean was over before the first corner. As a result of the Grosjean accident, there was unrest in the field, with Kobayashi taking off slightly. He initially drove on, but had to park the car in the pits after five laps. After initially no safety car phase had been initiated, the race management sent the safety car out on the track after the field drove past the Grosjean accident site for the first time. In addition to the Grosjean accident, there was also a collision between Maldonado and Pedro de la Rosa on the first lap , in which both drivers were eliminated.

At the restart, Webber again defended the lead in front of Rosberg, Hamilton, Alonso, Massa, Vettel, Raikkonen and Schumacher. Vettel was the only one of these drivers who had entered the race with the harder tire compound, while the others all used the softer compound. During this phase of the race, several teams expected rain to set in soon, which is why all the drivers tried to stay outside as long as possible so as not to have to change tires too often.

While Pérez passed Vergne and Timo Glock in the back of the field , Vitaly Petrow was eliminated with technical problems. In the meantime, a gap formed behind the sixth-placed Vettel, as Räikkönen was unable to set the times of the front group and overtaking maneuvers on the narrow street circuit are difficult. Behind Raikkonen were Schumacher, Hulkenberg and Senna, a small gap.

On the 27th lap, Rosberg started the pit stop phase from the leading group. He switched to the harder tire compound. Webber and Hamilton followed him a lap later, with the positions remaining unchanged. There were changes after Alonso was in the lead, pulling out a lead on Hamilton and overtaking him at the stop. Massa initially took the lead, but after his stop he lined up behind Hamilton and Schumacher, who was not yet in the pits. Vettel was now leading the race. Since he started on the harder tire compound, he was able to set faster times than his pursuers at first.

During his only planned pit stop, Pérez turned into the pits late and hindered Raikkonen, who lost a position. The race management then imposed a drive-through penalty on Pérez. In the meantime, Button, who had started from twelfth place on the harder tire, was in the pits and switched to the softer compound. He fell behind Kovalainen after his stop. Button was able not to let his opponent drive away, but he was unable to overtake.

Finally, Vettel pitted in the 46th lap. He switched to the softer tire compound and came back on track in fourth place ahead of Hamilton. At the top, all drivers managed not to let the person in front pull too far away, so that the first six were within ten seconds - mostly even less. Behind that there was a bigger gap to the rest of the field led by Schumacher.

While light rain set in, Schumacher was no longer able to keep up with the times of the other drivers. He eventually gave up with technical problems. One lap after him, the race for Charles Pic and Daniel Ricciardo also ended with technical defects. At the front, the first six drivers moved even closer together. On the 71st lap, sixth-placed Massa was only about three seconds behind leading Webber.

Although the track was no longer completely dry and no new personal bests were possible, only Vergne, who was initially in seventh place, risked a switch to intermediates . He didn't benefit from this change though and lost some positions as the dry tires were still faster. In an attempt to overtake Buttons against Kovalainen shortly before the end of the race, Button damaged his vehicle so badly that he gave up. Kovalainen damaged the front wing and had to pits for repairs.

Webber eventually won the race ahead of Rosberg, Alonso, Vettel, Hamilton and Massa. The first six pilots crossed the finish line within 6.2 seconds. The other points went to Paul di Resta , Hülkenberg, Räikkönen and Senna.

With Webber, the sixth driver won the sixth race of the season. This has never happened in any Formula 1 season.

At 6:45 p.m. local time, the FIA ​​officially confirmed the result. Before the race, Ferrari and McLaren kept the option of protesting the result because they questioned the compliance of the Red Bull RB8's underbody . Red Bull had added a hole in the underbody of the RB8 just in front of the rear tires. In the end, however, no team protested the score. The system was first used at the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix .

In the drivers' world championship, Alonso took the lead from Vettel, who dropped to second place and was now level on points with third-placed Webber. There were also shifts in the first three positions for the designers. Red Bull continued to lead ahead of McLaren, but Ferrari took third place from Lotus.

In the back part of the world championship there were also shifts in the teams and drivers without points. Kovalainen and Narain Karthikeyan achieved their best results of the season with places 13 and 15 respectively. Kovalainen therefore improved from 22nd to 19th place, Karthikeyan from 24th to 22nd place. In terms of design engineers, Caterham passed Marussia with Kovalainen's 13th place.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Red Bull Racing	01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB8	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	02	Mark Webber
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	03	Jenson Button	McLaren MP4-27	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	04th	Lewis Hamilton
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari F2012	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	06th	Felipe Massa
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	07th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes F1 W03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	08th	Nico Rosberg
Lotus F1 Team	09	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus E20	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	10	Romain Grosjean
Sahara Force India F1 Team	11	Paul di Resta	Force India VJM05	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	12	Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber F1 Team	14th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean C31	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	15th	Sergio Perez
Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso STR7	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	17th	Jean-Éric Vergne
Williams F1 team	18th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams FW34	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	19th	Bruno Senna
Caterham F1 team	20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham CT01	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	21st	Vitaly Petrov
HRT F1 team	22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT F112	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	23	Narain Karthikeyan
Marussia F1 Team	24	Timo Glock	Marussia MR01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	25th	Charles Pic

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 15.873	1: 15.062	1: 14.301	[9]06th
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 16.013	1: 15.035	1: 14.381	01
03	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 15,900	1: 15.022	1: 14.448	02
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 16.063	1: 15.166	1: 14.583	03
05	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 15.718	1: 15.219	1: 14.639	04th
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 16.153	1: 15.128	1: 14.948	05
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 15.983	1: 14.911	1: 15.049	07th
08th	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	1: 15.889	1: 15.322	1: 15.199	08th
09	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1: 16.017	1: 15.026	1: 15.245	24
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 15.757	1: 15.234	no time	09
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 15.418	1: 15.421	-	10
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 15.648	1: 15.508	-	11
13	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 16.399	1: 15.536	-	12
14th	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1: 15.923	1: 15.709	-	13
15th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 16.062	1: 15.718	-	14th
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 16.360	1: 15.878	-	15th
17th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 16.491	1: 16.885	-	16
18th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1: 16.538	-	-	17th
19th	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1: 17.404	-	-	18th
20th	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 17.947	-	-	19th
21st	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1: 18.096	-	-	20th
22nd	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 18.476	-	-	21st
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1: 19.310	-	-	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 20.697 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 15.418 min)
DNQ	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	no time	-	-	23

Remarks

1. ↑ Michael Schumacher was moved five positions back because of causing a collision in the last race.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} racing cars with KERS
3. ↑ Pastor Maldonado was moved ten positions back because of causing a collision in free practice and another five positions because of a gear change.
4. ↑ Sergio Pérez was moved five positions back because of a gear change.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	78	1	1: 46: 06.557	01	1: 18.805 (45th)
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	78	1	+ 0.643	02	1: 18.977 (46.)
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	78	1	+ 0.947	05	1: 18.857 (45th)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	78	1	+ 1.343	09	1: 19.076 (43rd)
05	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	78	1	+ 4.101	03	1: 18.806 (46.)
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	78	1	+ 6.195	07th	1: 19.101 (41st)
07th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	78	1	+ 41,537	14th	1: 19.757 (51st)
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	78	1	+ 42,562	10	1: 18.423 (35.)
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	78	1	+ 44.036	08th	1: 19.246 (51.)
10	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	78	1	+ 44.516	13	1: 19,187 (51st)
11	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	77	2	+ 1 lap	23	1: 17,296 (49.)
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	77	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 19.013 (25.)
13	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	77	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 19.305 (76.)
14th	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	77	2	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 19.637 (60th)
15th	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	76	2	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 20.286 (44.)
16	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	70	1	DNF	12	1: 19.923 (51st)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	65	1	DNF	15th	1: 19.752 (44th)
-	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	64	1	DNF	21st	1: 19.604 (61.)
-	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	63	1	DNF	06th	1: 18,904 (52nd)
-	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	15th	1	DNF	18th	1: 20.825 (12.)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	05	1	DNF	11	1: 25.480 ( 04.)
-	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	00	0	DNF	04th	-
-	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	00	0	DNF	20th	-
-	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	00	0	DNF	24	-

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} racing cars with KERS

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 76 02  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 73 03  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 73 04th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 63 05  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 59 06th  Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Renault 51 07th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 45 08th  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 35 09  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 29 10  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 22nd 11  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 21st 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 19th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 15th 14th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 10 15th  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 7th 16  Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4th 17th  Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2 18th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 2 19th  Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 0 20th  Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 0 21st  Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 0 22nd  Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0 23  Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 0 24  Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 146 02  McLaren-Mercedes 108 03  Ferrari 86 04th  Lotus Renault 86 05  Mercedes 61 06th  Williams-Renault 44

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ferrari 41 08th  Force India-Mercedes 28 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6th 10  Caterham-Renault 0 11  Marussia-Cosworth 0 12  HRT-Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sebastian Fränzschky: "The tire compounds for the next four races". Motorsport-Total.com, May 21, 2012, accessed May 25, 2012 . 
2. ^ "GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, May 24, 2012, accessed May 25, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Fabian Hust: "Session canceled early: best time for Alonso". Motorsport-Total.com, May 24, 2012, accessed May 25, 2012 . 
4. ^ "GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, May 24, 2012, accessed May 25, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll, Dieter Rencken: "Grandstand floor broken: spectators injured". Motorsport-Total.com, May 24, 2012, accessed June 10, 2012 . 
6. ^ "GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, May 26, 2012, accessed May 26, 2012 . 
7. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Maldonado: Ten starting positions backwards". Motorsport-Total.com, May 26, 2012, accessed May 26, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Markus Lüttgens, Dieter Rencken: "Williams does not capitalize on speed". Motorsport-Total.com, May 26, 2012, accessed May 27, 2012 . 
9. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: "Perez receives a penalty for changing gear". Motorsport-Total.com, May 27, 2012, accessed May 27, 2012 . 
10. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "No protest against Webber's victory". Motorsport-Total.com, May 17, 2012, accessed June 10, 2012 . 
11. ↑ Felix Matthey: "FIA decides: Red Bull's underbody is illegal!" Motorsport-Total.com, June 2, 2012, accessed on June 10, 2012 . 
12. ↑ Qualifying - Schumacher fastest, Webber on pole , official FIA page from May 26, 2012, accessed on May 26, 2012.