2012 Italian Grand Prix
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The 2012 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2012)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy on 9 September 2012.[3] 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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Race details | |||||
Date | 9 September 2012 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2012[1] | ||||
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[2]
Track temp 40 °C (104 °F)[2] | ||||
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 | ||||
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.[4] Hamilton won the race by four seconds from Sergio Pérez, with Fernando Alonso completing the podium.[5]
This was McLaren's last win at Monza until 2021.