2012 Canadian Grand Prix fastest laps

The difference in performance between McLaren’s two drivers could hardly have been more extreme. Here’s the lap time data for all the drivers in the Canadian Grand Prix.

Canadian Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2012drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70
Sebastian Vettel	85.307	80.663	80.567	79.737	79.764	79.898	79.856	80.136	80.579	80.468	80.328	80.121	80.074	80.157	80.642	94.784	81.612	79.846	79.84	80.115	79.902	79.513	79.324	79.699	79.619	78.941	79.087	79.098	78.714	78.521	78.436	78.451	78.803	78.681	78.454	78.251	78.263	78.295	78.331	78.263	78.219	78.32	78.469	78.78	78.611	78.159	78.34	77.755	77.912	78.034	78.05	77.951	78.202	78.246	78.305	78.559	78.425	78.242	78.282	78.326	78.848	79.441	94.605	79.457	77.004	76.829	76.047	76.11	76.461	75.752
Lewis Hamilton	86.479	80.916	80.58	80.207	79.683	79.897	79.962	80.347	80.257	80.226	80.27	80.198	80.083	79.792	80.1	80.559	93.255	81.508	78.994	80.584	79.178	78.94	78.712	79.418	79.087	78.698	78.643	78.455	78.763	78.647	78.549	78.388	78.083	78.202	78.242	78.289	78.23	78.337	78.204	77.773	78.148	78.541	78.766	78.139	78.242	78.399	78.349	78.184	78.502	93.417	80.155	77.244	77.135	77.279	77.217	77.176	77.203	77.366	77.02	77.137	77.159	78.667	77.326	79.999	77.652	77.974	77.364	77.748	78.103	79.24
Fernando Alonso	86.961	81.197	80.849	79.951	80.217	80.173	80.32	80.007	80.132	80.121	80.37	80.288	80.304	79.775	79.755	79.798	79.478	79.4	93.08	82.151	79.502	79.599	79.455	79.697	79.48	78.993	78.865	78.605	78.764	78.626	78.454	78.386	78.453	78.406	78.345	78.323	78.269	78.158	78.015	78.054	78.37	77.82	78.005	78.526	78.199	78.556	78.373	78.138	77.863	78.183	77.88	77.916	78.219	78.355	78.211	78.19	78.275	78.58	78.668	78.853	78.843	79.19	79.067	81.096	79.562	79.934	79.973	80.016	80.564	80.796
Mark Webber	87.935	81.074	80.819	80.605	80.508	80.569	80.699	80.602	80.722	80.407	80.467	80.416	80.155	80.145	80.298	80.992	94.226	81.405	79.775	79.554	80.011	79.567	78.914	79.189	79.228	78.927	78.892	78.777	78.345	78.825	79.372	79.015	78.716	78.814	79.088	78.856	79.151	78.868	80.663	78.258	78.358	78.197	78.148	78.225	78.096	78.149	78.299	78.576	78.208	78.419	79.155	91.501	79.832	77.56	77.297	77.518	77.635	79.801	77.692	77.591	77.451	77.131	77.256	77.601	77.311	77.552	77.417	77.215	77.293	77.338
Nico Rosberg	89.446	82.357	82.235	81.722	80.8	81.246	80.626	80.887	80.578	80.817	80.856	81.01	80.878	79.642	79.536	79.618	79.616	79.691	93.215	81.471	78.945	79.942	79.323	79.663	79.288	79.17	79.446	78.983	79.033	78.694	78.529	78.642	78.668	78.31	77.972	78.187	77.908	91.655	79.773	77.514	79.368	79.054	77.9	77.883	77.748	77.889	77.685	77.537	77.393	77.906	77.978	78.676	77.674	77.497	77.624	78.954	80.601	79.532	77.59	77.614	77.314	77.234	77.231	77.627	77.93	77.174	77.06	77.181	77.095	77.587
Felipe Massa	89.48	81.864	80.609	79.773	80	89.975	80.9	80.733	80.747	80.615	80.805	94.172	81.298	80.489	81.006	79.471	79.191	79.886	80.126	79.499	79.559	79.262	79.26	79.228	79.405	78.89	79.059	79.008	78.916	79.552	78.587	78.397	78.386	78.574	78.5	78.441	78.136	78.464	78.084	78.41	78.172	78.088	77.993	78.298	78.163	78.205	78.251	78.98	78.483	78.649	78.841	78.845	78.654	78.995	79.152	80.081	80.195	94.347	79.992	77.472	77.374	77.039	77.237	76.828	77.167	76.996	76.531	76.422	76.182	76.469
Romain Grosjean	90.737	82.244	81.502	81.772	80.809	81.229	80.539	81.103	80.537	80.692	80.822	81.011	81.062	79.634	80.113	79.68	79.619	79.572	79.509	79.335	93.681	80.76	79.083	79.476	79.344	79.27	79.974	79.152	78.907	78.872	78.53	78.543	78.693	78.176	78.317	78.152	78.142	78.095	78.272	78.592	78.267	78.199	78.164	78.283	78.632	78.55	78.306	78.499	78.32	78.569	77.938	77.952	77.741	77.97	77.811	77.511	77.264	78.113	77.601	77.465	77.721	77.804	77.797	77.854	77.565	77.503	77.956	78.035	77.647	77.51
Paul di Resta	89.983	82.322	81.539	81.217	80.814	80.903	80.759	80.682	80.968	80.793	81.017	81.152	94.827	82.575	80.799	80.4	79.988	80.014	80.746	80.567	79.987	80.024	79.891	80.119	80.172	79.655	79.672	79.453	79.841	79.577	79.439	79.169	79.56	78.959	78.861	78.864	78.875	78.799	78.443	78.545	78.757	78.916	78.879	93.361	80.595	78.209	78.349	78.166	77.992	78.367	78.182	77.892	77.869	78.021	77.927	77.946	78.58	77.484	77.626	77.689	77.578	77.602	77.219	77.301	77.257	77.669	77.812	77.724	77.872	78.468
Michael Schumacher	91.164	82.156	81.773	81.473	81.284	81.179	80.736	80.825	80.602	80.804	80.676	81.004	95.057	82.441	81.685	79.99	79.437	80.108	79.769	80.398	80.059	80.099	79.976	80.128	80.887	79.495	79.471	79.562	79.84	79.709	79.582	79.233	79.301	79.22	79.181	78.973	78.433	78.762	78.505	79.693	78.868	78.524	96.115
Jenson Button	91.833	82.834	81.505	81.186	81.211	81.254	80.908	80.733	80.92	80.524	80.866	80.972	81.295	81.913	96.135	82.939	80.64	80	79.882	79.931	79.607	79.798	79.645	80.067	80.193	80.1	80.453	80.827	80.067	79.926	79.81	80.015	94.431	81.421	79.688	79.415	79.403	79.362	79.215	79.164	79.332	79.186	79.346	79.411	79.347	79.362	79.034	79.323	79.34	79.546	79.595	93.645	82.938	79.028	78.115	78.497	78.444	78.217	78.084	77.939	77.951	77.846	77.843	77.858	79.728	78.233	80.194	83.644	78.706
Kamui Kobayashi	92.619	82.657	81.546	81.197	81.19	81.4	80.723	81.009	80.69	80.787	80.764	80.874	80.9	81.682	81.122	79.345	79.524	79.471	79.218	79.808	80.047	79.823	80.02	95.101	81.44	79.358	79.644	79.479	79.863	79.482	79.726	79.01	79.455	79.061	79.053	78.916	78.743	78.702	78.777	80.073	78.484	78.373	78.382	78.402	78.152	77.941	77.8	78.044	77.991	77.944	78.138	78.32	77.888	78.663	77.806	77.598	77.493	78.079	78.014	77.567	77.464	77.712	78.119	77.963	78.178	78.125	78.075	78.184	78.031	78.789
Kimi Raikkonen	92.21	82.63	81.704	81.262	81.122	81.223	80.982	80.691	80.929	80.574	80.74	80.947	81.104	81.232	79.763	79.913	79.638	79.733	79.81	79.488	80.077	79.687	79.611	80.043	79.632	79.215	79.314	79.172	79.259	79.091	79.103	78.974	79.05	78.881	78.807	79.164	78.933	78.748	78.629	92.646	81.602	80.093	78.736	78.548	78.473	78.323	78.189	78.089	77.904	77.894	78.639	77.637	78.584	78.633	77.721	77.66	77.824	77.719	77.806	77.818	77.343	77.342	77.092	77.742	77.859	77.573	77.247	77.368	77.2	76.764
Nico Hulkenberg	93.86	82.389	82.103	81.284	81.013	82.005	81.059	80.898	80.724	80.527	81.195	80.482	80.253	80.954	82.02	79.96	80.112	79.818	79.894	80.243	96.682	81.262	79.085	79.976	79.888	79.687	79.714	79.301	79.255	79.251	79.587	79.058	79.454	79.145	78.939	78.927	78.515	78.518	78.719	78.88	79.266	95.301	80.57	78.311	78.175	77.868	77.893	77.808	77.564	77.836	77.999	77.794	77.376	77.368	77.88	77.668	78.061	78.736	78.743	77.655	77.47	77.202	77.841	77.585	78.236	78.635	78.752	78.406	78.424	78.763
Daniel Ricciardo	95.454	83.397	81.946	81.45	82.903	81.43	81.062	81.51	81.648	80.643	80.367	80.358	80.218	80.403	80.746	80.823	94.357	82.971	80.531	80.098	80.926	80.463	79.764	79.963	79.674	79.472	79.502	79.396	79.42	79.4	79.416	79.823	79.272	79.059	79.405	79.348	79.066	78.874	78.785	78.695	78.623	78.698	78.558	78.34	78.422	78.49	78.593	78.518	78.403	78.683	78.527	78.514	78.611	78.789	78.618	78.595	79.557	93.357	81.068	77.885	77.683	77.398	77.237	77.348	77.013	77.031	77.061	88.849	76.945	76.609
Sergio Perez	93.216	82.518	82.206	81.169	80.927	82.058	81.018	80.855	80.397	80.618	81.006	80.553	80.402	81.757	81.326	79.875	79.542	79.3	79.431	79.388	79.356	80.111	79.801	80.192	79.65	79.033	78.841	78.593	79.272	78.932	79.016	79	79.174	78.905	78.982	78.751	79.192	78.879	78.968	78.86	93.075	80.8	77.991	77.629	77.978	78.055	77.55	77.799	77.83	78.028	77.949	77.835	77.729	77.3	77.747	78.307	79.545	77.611	77.08	76.889	76.938	77.095	77.329	77.021	76.772	76.947	76.414	76.643	76.888	77.002
Bruno Senna	94.225	84.219	81.72	81.702	83.908	82.354	81.696	81.439	81.508	82.111	81.861	81.536	81.435	82.736	81.94	81.897	81.941	81.279	81.053	81.449	83.19	81.851	97.084	82.581	79.829	79.69	79.99	80.23	80.004	80.244	80.162	79.665	80.374	79.734	79.499	79.372	79.526	79.577	80.003	80.805	80.453	80.2	80.613	79.789	79.917	79.362	79.376	79.357	78.984	82.379	79.702	78.943	78.765	78.693	78.667	78.559	78.254	78.094	78.255	77.868	79.32	78.236	78.196	81.573	79.867	78.449	77.817	78.069	78.072
Heikki Kovalainen	94.715	83	81.8	81.771	81.628	81.864	81.861	82.181	82.265	83.225	81.771	81.667	81.341	81.855	83.076	82.679	97.015	82.589	81.996	81.577	80.863	80.335	80.204	81.478	80.263	80.019	79.903	80.002	79.971	79.829	79.872	79.928	79.805	79.874	79.81	79.868	79.941	79.691	79.566	79.508	80.964	95.523	83.383	80.142	79.319	78.96	78.747	78.406	78.683	81.791	78.992	79.725	82.205	78.976	78.478	78.96	78.329	78.429	78.388	78.512	78.323	78.128	78.385	78.305	79.399	78.781	78.491	78.509	78.497
Vitaly Petrov	96.792	83.659	82.293	81.797	81.734	82.548	81.611	81.831	82.22	81.615	81.796	81.758	82.183	81.876	81.894	82.465	82.236	96.422	82.813	81.92	81.182	80.54	80.177	80.527	79.979	80.45	79.909	80.3	80.083	80.064	79.869	79.643	79.629	80.168	79.422	79.613	79.545	79.769	80.02	79.63	81.552	81.562	94.714	81.391	79.097	79.311	79.747	79.706	79.978	79.476	80.163	80.204	80.156	78.675	78.421	78.343	78.87	78.093	78.562	78.119	79.228	78.372	78.728	80.155	78.583	78.137	78.401	78.709	80.498
Jean-Eric Vergne	95.162	83.697	82.787	81.325	81.903	81.504	80.627	81.25	80.641	80.481	80.534	80.655	80.527	80.381	80.435	95.358	83.218	82.092	80.071	80.21	81.548	80.14	79.704	79.921	80.216	79.778	80.007	79.494	79.491	79.401	79.609	79.402	79.343	78.997	79.327	79.735	78.778	79.101	79.035	79.238	79.425	79	94.758	82.223	79.396	78.855	86.809	82.955	78.846	78.573	78.526	78.395	78.457	78.171	77.875	78.127	80.053	78.427	78.254	78.307	78.208	79.448	78.818	78.901	78.064	78.398	80.066	80.771	81.407
Pedro de la Rosa	96.524	84.405	83.117	82.965	82.607	82.701	82.353	82.161	82.323	82.171	82.164	82.58	82.242	81.996	81.876	82.258	82.405	82.277	81.85	81.994	81.594	81.647	81.535	81.621
Timo Glock	97.431	84.377	83.328	82.705	82.855	83.021	82.679	82.495	82.6	82.416	82.276	83.083	82.55	82.298	82.561	82.561	82.744	82.766	82.432	83.401	85.373	84.757	83.533	102.436	84.953	84.514	82.158	85.008	82.399	83.036	83.534	82.409	83.159	81.689	81.338	81.834	81.532	82.298	81.053	81.59	82.088	82.66	83.04	81.63	81.087	84.438	81.032	84.522	83.133	81.265	81.477	81.339	81.226	82.2	82.601	83.101
Pastor Maldonado	95.718	83.799	82.495	81.523	81.932	81.721	81.428	81.173	81.674	82.136	80.687	80.336	80.347	80.366	80.611	80.457	80.081	80.345	80.277	80.4	80.003	80.457	80.127	80.62	80.86	80.143	80.08	80.217	94.783	80.757	79.294	79.457	79.37	79.275	79.178	79.412	79.163	78.925	79.029	78.876	78.772	78.559	79.048	78.836	78.948	78.951	78.542	78.59	78.473	78.559	78.699	79.529	78.4	78.276	78.188	78.043	78.113	78.264	78.261	77.987	78.067	77.665	77.932	77.721	77.527	77.685	77.489	77.521	77.84	78.621
Charles Pic	98.078	84.335	83.48	82.865	82.886	82.717	82.832	82.666	82.806	82.485	82.261	83.245	82.67	83.621	82.505	82.359	82.035	82.237	82.962	82.565	84.264	82.854	82.317	82.858	82.311	82.21	82.114	97.826	85.998	81.928	81.384	84.749	82.765	82.783	83.903	81.927	81.306	81.588	81.543	83.008	81.846	81.656	82.532	82.963	83.599	82.025	82.103	82.796	81.526	82.127	82.942	83.475	81.535	81.133	81.223	81.627	81.691	81.56	81.373	81.209	81.965	81.073	80.632	81.22	81.106	81.265	83.513
Narain Karthikeyan	98.437	84.598	83.625	82.814	83.261	82.659	84.673	82.537	82.572	82.432	82.49	82.044	82.767	82.868	82.299	83.11	82.525	83.292	83.619	83.63	82.908	83.703

The contrasting fortunes of the McLaren drivers is made clear by the gulf between their lap times during the race. Jenson Button was regularly around a second off Hamilton’s pace.

Button ended the race a lap down, almost 100 seconds behind his team mate, having pitted three times.

“Not a lot to say about that is there?” asked his race engineer glumly on the radio after the chequered flag. “Obviously we need to get back and have a think about what we have to do.”

After the race Button summoned up his double-whammy problem: “I couldn’t look after the tyres, I didn’t have any pace.”

Canadian Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’15.752		70
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1’16.182	0.430	69
3	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1’16.414	0.662	67
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’16.609	0.857	70
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1’16.764	1.012	70
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1’17.020	1.268	59
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’17.060	1.308	67
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1’17.131	1.379	62
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1’17.202	1.450	62
10	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1’17.219	1.467	63
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1’17.264	1.512	57
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1’17.464	1.712	61
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1’17.489	1.737	67
14	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1’17.817	2.065	67
15	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’17.820	2.068	42
16	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1’17.843	2.091	63
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’17.875	2.123	55
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1’18.093	2.341	58
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1’18.128	2.376	62
20	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1’18.433	2.681	37
21	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1’20.632	4.880	63
22	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1’21.032	5.280	47
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1’21.535	5.783	23
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1’22.044	6.292	12

Sebastian Vettel claimed the fastest lap of the race on the final tour after his late pit stop for fresh tyres.

Kimi Raikkonen also completed his fastest lap as he took the chequered flag, on tyres that were 30 laps old.

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20 comments on “2012 Canadian Grand Prix fastest laps”

Aditya Banerjee (@)
11th June 2012, 8:05

Alonso on a forced one-stop having a quicker lap than jenson in a three-stopper? How the hell???
1. Kingshark (@kingshark)
  11th June 2012, 19:26
  
  Senna had a faster quick lap that Button. Even the Caterham’s were matching Button in pace, they were only 2-3 tenths slower than Jenson. Nuff’ said.
BasCB (@bascb)
11th June 2012, 8:14

Ideed, what to say to it. Button’s grip on the car seems to have dropped off dramatically since they changed the nose for Barcelona!
1. alexf1man (@alexf1man)
  12th June 2012, 20:32
  
  +1
  Jenson needs to evaluate the old nose (or even his Australia set up), look how Massa’s improved since he used his Monaco setup (he spun during the Canadian GP so should’ve been higher up).
Nick.UK (@)
11th June 2012, 8:17

I think Button probably just couldn’t be bothered in the last few laps, especially after being blue flagged to let his team mate pass to take a win. For the sake of the constructors championship I hope he gets it together otherwise Red Bull will sail to the win with ease given Ferrari only have one main points scored, so would McLaren in this situation and Mercedes so far (although likely to change etc).
1. BasCB (@bascb)
  11th June 2012, 10:21
  
  He would have started losing loads of time with the blue flags as well, as all the others were passing him at that time as well, I guess.
  1. TraverseMarkSenior (@)
    11th June 2012, 12:51
    
    The drop in form from Button is staggering. I never thought it would get to the point where the gulf between the McLaren drivers is greater than that of the Ferrari pair.
Alfisti37 (@alfisti37)
11th June 2012, 8:18

I wonder why Alonso’s pace dropped off so quickly and dramatically whereas Grosjean could keep up a good pace, even though Alonso’s stop was only two laps earlier than Grosjean’s. They had very similar lap times before Alonso fell off the cliff.
1. Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
  11th June 2012, 8:24
  
  @alfisti37 – I direct your attention to this quote from the article:
  
  Kimi Raikkonen also completed his fastest lap as he took the chequered flag, on tyres that were 30 laps old.
  
  Evidently, the Lotus E20 was much kinder to its tyres than the Ferrari.
  1. Alfisti37 (@alfisti37)
    11th June 2012, 8:57
    
    @prisoner-monkeys Of course I noticed that quote. My comment doesn’t mean that I was not acknowledged of the evident fact that you mentioned, and I was just trying to express the amazement from the chart.
Jonathan189 (@jonathan189)
11th June 2012, 8:30

Maybe Button’s plight should give us a different perspective on Massa’s. When the car’s development proceeds in a direction that doesn’t suit your driving style, you can be made to look very bad very quickly.
1. Traverse Mark Senior (@)
  11th June 2012, 12:34
  
  And when you consider that Ferrari almost certainly spend 90% of their time developing Alonso’s car, it does put it in perspective.
2. Patrickl (@patrickl)
  12th June 2012, 1:34
  
  Last years car was deigned for buttons driving style and Hamilton did quite well with it. Apart from the on-track incidents.
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
11th June 2012, 10:18

Sergio Perez in qualifying: 1’15.156
Sergio Perez in the race: 1’16.414 with 27 laps on the tyres and no DRS, impressive stuff!
Steve1000
11th June 2012, 10:22

Is there any way to zoom on these graphs at all? Would be a lot easier to tell how different the lap times were if you could zoom in a bit…
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
11th June 2012, 10:29

It was disappointing to see Massa spin on lap 6. I was very impressed with the way he was all over the back of Rosberg, and then passed him. In two laps he then took 1.5 seconds out of Webber, so his afternoon might have gone very differently without that silly mistake. It would have been interesting if Massa had come up behind an off-the pace Alonso; would he have been allowed past, or would he have had to sit tight with a horde of attackers coming up from behind?
1. Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
  11th June 2012, 12:12
  
  His strategy was a bit off as well. Were they trying to do one stop? I wonder why they left him out so long on his second set of tyres, when he was clearly struggling (when Rosberg and Perez caught him). That second stop came 7 or 8 laps too late – he was quick at the end, but there were no laps left for him to get stuck in again and grab some more points.
  1. BasCB (@bascb)
    11th June 2012, 12:22
    
    Yes, they were originally planning a one stopper for him as well, and changed it only when they saw how far the times were going up @bullfrog (saw some quotes from Massa about it)
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
11th June 2012, 20:46

This graph pretty much tells the story of 2012. Last year we would have seen a growing disparity between the drivers as the race progressed but this just proves how close things are and continue to be so during the race.
F1sauber (@f1sauber)
12th June 2012, 0:21

Again an impressive race by Perez with a Sauber that impresses. Third on the podium, third fastest lap, made up 12 positions…..i mean he put the various Schumacher, Raikonnen and Massa in the shadow!!!