2012 Italian Grand Prix fastest laps

2012 Italian Grand Prix

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The flying Sergio Perez set the fastest lap on the final lap – but it was beaten by Nico Rosberg.

Italian 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
Lewis Hamilton 93.417 91.131 90.429 90.568 90.5 90.249 90.468 90.371 90.335 90.63 90.425 90.336 90.289 90.194 90.48 90.479 90.389 90.391 90.554 90.445 90.409 90.412 93.581 106.587 90.025 89.441 89.511 89.404 89.344 88.908 88.993 88.962 88.998 89.622 89.587 89.44 89.36 89.5 89.379 89.381 89.351 89.281 89.666 89.412 89.186 89.427 88.669 89.157 89.325 88.729 88.628 88.427 89.039
Jenson Button 95.455 91.554 91.312 90.822 90.917 90.783 90.796 90.72 90.625 90.656 90.471 90.557 90.353 90.573 90.417 90.54 90.684 90.421 90.906 90.279 90.145 93.698 109.176 89.58 89.306 89.434 89.419 89.262 89.197 88.935 88.926 89.096
Felipe Massa 94.673 91.279 91.182 90.663 90.501 90.611 90.686 90.734 90.616 90.643 90.681 90.661 90.522 90.619 90.616 90.576 90.849 91.035 95.683 109.092 91.395 90.858 89.819 89.539 89.539 89.514 89.58 89.719 90.003 89.211 89.742 89.263 88.914 89.26 89.624 89.712 89.734 89.917 89.563 90.598 89.491 89.577 90.311 89.895 89.67 89.952 90.008 90.307 90.854 90.684 90.702 90.585 91.426
Michael Schumacher 96.064 91.938 91.602 91.835 91.142 91.116 91.814 91.146 91.105 91.752 91.132 90.97 90.915 91.202 94.37 108.544 90.262 90.544 90.049 90.141 90.099 90.978 90.872 91.528 89.685 89.921 89.764 89.477 89.708 89.895 89.599 89.883 89.397 89.718 89.253 89.494 92.876 107.338 88.963 88.733 88.356 88.295 88.702 88.334 88.094 88.146 88.191 88.987 88.484 87.896 87.718 87.884 88.569
Sebastian Vettel 96.787 91.564 91.487 90.632 90.924 90.632 90.605 90.626 90.653 90.763 90.537 90.728 90.538 90.557 90.828 90.476 90.57 90.684 90.938 94.087 108.995 91.258 90.701 89.678 89.672 90.651 89.514 89.524 91.059 89.634 89.175 89.678 89.125 92.863 100.809 89.28 89.882 89.894 89.385 89.206 89.271 89.081 89.159 88.883 88.741 88.713 88.88
Nico Rosberg 99.711 93.361 91.639 91.89 93.773 91.508 91.528 91.504 91.225 91.667 91.474 91.177 91.211 94.635 109.768 90.713 90.011 90.312 90.474 89.779 89.56 91.215 90.121 89.401 90.07 89.492 89.472 89.08 89.27 89.594 89.221 89.739 89.581 89.095 89.002 89.303 90.112 93.563 107.037 88.279 88.549 88.114 88.434 87.878 87.595 88.761 88.522 88.133 88.501 88.425 87.46 87.593 87.239
Kimi Raikkonen 97.23 92.685 91.64 91.384 91.449 91.053 91.318 91.279 91.17 91.326 90.955 91.062 90.601 91.148 90.973 90.253 95.681 108.508 90.63 90.118 90.061 90.139 90.235 90.85 89.804 89.995 89.547 89.656 89.475 90.222 89.796 89.974 89.304 89.836 89.529 90.133 91.264 91.854 89.338 89.333 89.248 89.511 89.156 89.425 89.279 89.175 89.157 89.716 89.242 89.419 89.31 89.109 89.547
Kamui Kobayashi 97.831 92.646 91.757 91.481 91.484 91.487 91.736 91.887 91.519 91.626 91.375 91.311 91.03 91.319 91.508 91.592 92.058 91.36 91.902 94.998 109.434 90.444 90.73 90.403 91.388 90.229 89.971 89.835 89.845 89.79 89.677 89.856 90.091 89.866 89.845 89.862 90.356 90.082 89.032 89.261 89.408 89.219 89.119 89.712 89.804 89.195 90.685 89.349 89.335 89.405 89.237 89.26 89.487
Paul di Resta 98.59 92.688 91.845 91.381 91.512 91.997 91.675 91.811 91.503 91.829 92.423 91.557 91.301 91.11 91.266 90.885 91.175 91.008 91.911 91.793 93.846 108.224 90.645 90.246 89.953 90.181 90.024 89.715 89.831 89.576 89.625 89.797 89.723 89.832 89.659 89.587 89.721 89.711 89.641 89.498 89.41 89.484 89.232 89.48 89.196 89.229 90.088 89.656 89.583 89.967 89.068 89.373 90.217
Fernando Alonso 97.426 91.602 91.278 91.396 91.136 90.898 90.938 90.7 90.581 90.885 90.589 90.474 90.448 90.481 90.438 90.532 90.269 90.571 90.868 94.045 108.388 91.369 90.932 89.378 89.571 91.034 89.558 89.346 89.788 89.318 89.01 89.182 89.138 89.371 89.323 89.458 89.323 89.193 89.115 89.073 89.126 89.332 88.913 88.835 88.915 89.829 89.307 89.724 90.258 90.241 90.385 90.137 90.39
Mark Webber 100.781 93.2 91.933 91.645 91.888 91.034 90.924 90.924 91.257 91.643 91.42 91.078 91.321 90.888 91.05 90.974 90.765 90.889 90.919 90.845 93.987 109.417 90.635 89.908 89.888 89.986 89.637 89.499 89.521 89.488 89.72 89.654 89.514 89.943 89.886 89.696 90.084 90.759 89.577 89.643 89.575 89.429 89.202 89.428 89.454 89.25 89.621 89.574 90.568 96.841 121.497
Sergio Perez 99.818 92.195 91.601 91.174 91.59 91.151 90.489 91.281 91.328 90.885 90.533 91.362 90.5 90.825 91.057 90.254 90.658 90.46 90.548 90.321 90.213 90.49 90.579 90.714 90.207 90.406 90.129 90.179 94.834 107.897 89.039 89.046 89.358 88.72 89.415 90.027 88.663 88.128 87.846 87.753 87.794 87.888 88.797 87.705 88.35 88.273 88.008 88.062 88.264 87.631 87.982 87.588 87.562
Bruno Senna 99.018 92.593 92.26 92.974 91.018 90.958 91.131 93.2 91.33 91.73 91.554 91.872 91.293 91.111 91.214 91.251 91.266 91.191 92.095 91.601 91.454 91.671 93.875 96.58 109.752 90.272 89.908 89.622 89.795 89.679 89.707 89.812 89.608 89.856 89.719 89.662 89.689 89.616 89.528 89.918 89.732 88.938 88.883 89.056 89.298 88.845 88.939 89.037 89.687 89.071 88.852 88.742 89.902
Daniel Ricciardo 100.284 93.348 91.84 92.69 92.526 91.68 91.609 91.772 91.63 91.668 91.514 91.173 91.264 91.229 91.515 90.84 91.37 91.152 91.243 91.059 91.698 93.216 91.838 94.578 109.385 90.526 90.249 89.646 89.663 89.597 89.549 89.451 89.294 89.774 89.361 89.344 89.329 90.19 89.448 89.853 89.329 89.118 89.888 88.995 88.771 88.621 89.177 89.476 89.195 89.194 89.255 89.043 94.08
Jerome dAmbrosio 101.438 93.733 92.603 92.106 91.684 91.786 92.2 92.667 91.835 92.083 91.735 91.533 91.478 93.222 91.743 91.592 92.364 92.218 93.31 92.701 91.552 91.807 93.038 91.548 91.988 96.474 95.663 108.703 90.138 89.862 89.708 90.107 90.704 90.397 91.042 90.593 89.898 90.066 89.425 89.448 90.318 89.087 88.986 88.964 89.318 89.282 89.356 89.354 89.012 88.956 90.707 88.677 88.873
Jean-Eric Vergne 102.212 93.591 92.873 92.1 92.406 91.962 92.217 92.516
Heikki Kovalainen 101.93 94.414 93.584 92.578 92.438 92.595 92.58 92.042 92.366 92.424 92.065 92.171 91.79 92.318 91.905 92.317 95.6 110.345 91.722 92.015 91.359 91.307 91.447 91.211 91.142 91.075 91.072 90.874 90.854 90.759 90.797 90.702 91.029 90.694 90.806 90.875 91.05 91.655 94.191 108.134 90.204 89.924 90.032 89.9 92.158 89.399 89.628 90.026 90.035 90.737 90.032 90.013
Vitaly Petrov 103.423 94.56 92.929 92.973 92.447 92.491 92.165 92.784 92.439 92.443 92.176 92.331 92.022 92.445 92.019 92.116 92.105 92.368 96.505 109.993 91.277 91.253 91.323 91.092 91.076 90.903 90.864 90.774 90.728 90.601 90.756 90.574 90.732 90.497 91.023 90.87 91.217 91.154 90.81 93.861 108.347 89.605 89.199 92.161 89.906 89.066 89.768 89.982 89.743 90.721 90.07 89.832
Timo Glock 103.878 94.755 93.165 92.922 92.896 92.995 95.828 118.134 92.948 92.413 93.037 92.456 92.496 92.502 92.279 92.107 92.057 92.339 92.218 91.901 92.029 91.879 91.798 91.918 91.948 92.16 92.07 91.982 91.662 91.924 92.057 95.931 113.182 90.728 93.113 90.79 91.743 90.535 90.262 91.513 91.048 90.213 92.26 91.697 91.269 91.106 90.718 90.116 89.944 89.888 89.98 90.044
Charles Pic 104.495 94.695 93.611 93.218 92.794 92.791 92.672 92.558 92.734 92.707 92.622 92.449 92.429 92.358 92.359 92.84 92.809 96.184 111.841 91.522 91.421 91.393 91.617 91.541 91.491 91.492 91.439 91.361 91.386 91.108 90.946 90.952 91.085 90.912 94.419 108.845 90.059 89.872 90.015 90.835 90.016 89.909 89.858 89.753 89.878 89.847 90.145 90.143 89.783 89.832 89.961 92.438
Narain Karthikeyan 104.978 94.995 94.134 93.479 93.176 93.375 93.16 93.195 92.975 93.328 93.391 93.524 93.053 93.283 93.346 93.294 93.347 93.288 93.133 93.738 93.014 94.343 96.434 121.534 91.793 91.457 92.471 92.919 94.157 92.809 93.02 91.83 92.023 91.91 92.067 92.144 91.81 92.182 91.941 93.069 91.283 92.171 91.488 91.086 91.305 91.475 91.83 91.603 92.02 92.796 94.998 92.559
Pastor Maldonado 102.927 94.167 94.319 92.031 91.885 92.458 91.277 92.085 91.489 91.749 91.257 91.614 94.481 109.733 90.388 90.193 90.594 90.273 89.653 90.263 89.902 90.619 90.526 90.401 90.777 90.823 90.304 90.121 90.011 89.843 89.85 90.062 89.825 89.949 93.068 105.942 88.552 88.589 88.266 88.08 88.495 88.59 89.101 88.993 88.312 88.322 88.443 88.331 88.537 88.383 88.053 88.937 89.06
Pedro de la Rosa 105.383 95.413 94.078 93.457 93.314 93.714 93.399 93.339 93.287 93.315 93.317 94.289 93.794 93.973 93.712 94.237 93.657 93.704 93.408 93.728 93.538 97.099 112.731 92.931 92.517 91.866 92.39 91.961 93.656 92.258 92.395 93.98 91.611 93.253 92.176 91.259 91.203 92.288 92.435 91.665 92.023 91.563 91.889 91.139 91.066 91.024 91.046 91.005 90.809 90.671 90.398 90.502
Nico Hulkenberg 102.633 94.068 92.669 91.986 92.245 91.947 91.922 93.183 91.19 91.508 91.387 91.532 91.117 91.727 91.386 90.997 91.088 90.832 91.003 90.963 91.038 91.646 91.68 91.861 91.6 91.209 94.368 108.921 90.068 89.62 89.437 89.784 89.747 89.749 89.608 89.498 89.549 89.293 89.557 89.23 89.782 89.406 89.055 89.298 88.912 88.578 88.694 89.168 88.845 101.795

After their second stop for tyres the Mercedes drivers were flying through the field. But the one-stopping Perez was just as quick, trading lap times with them.

Pastor Maldonado was also very quick at this stage, using a two-stop strategy as well. He came within half a second of scoring a point but was held back by team mate Bruno Senna.

Italian Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Gap On lap
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1’27.239 53
2 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1’27.562 0.323 53
3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1’27.718 0.479 51
4 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1’28.053 0.814 51
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1’28.427 1.188 52
6 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1’28.578 1.339 46
7 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1’28.621 1.382 46
8 Jerome D’Ambrosio Lotus-Renault 1’28.677 1.438 52
9 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1’28.713 1.474 46
10 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1’28.742 1.503 52
11 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1’28.835 1.596 44
12 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1’28.914 1.675 33
13 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1’28.926 1.687 31
14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1’29.032 1.793 39
15 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1’29.066 1.827 46
16 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1’29.068 1.829 51
17 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1’29.109 1.870 52
18 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1’29.202 1.963 43
19 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1’29.399 2.160 46
20 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1’29.753 2.514 44
21 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1’29.888 2.649 50
22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1’30.398 3.159 51
23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1’31.086 3.847 44
24 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1’31.962 4.723 6

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8 comments on “2012 Italian Grand Prix fastest laps”

  1. It may seem that Michael could have salvaged one more position if Mercedes didn’t opt for a second stop. The Mercedes was clearly faster than the Lotus.

    1. @icemangrins He’d likely have trouble with the tyres, similar to Spa. I guess after 10 or so laps they realised they wouldn’t be able to make a one-stopper work.

    2. A one-stop was never possible for Mercedes and Spa showed why. But in Monza they showed that they have become much better at managing the tires and avoiding the cliff (at least on hard and medium tires). Well almost…(saying after the fact of course).
      Both Schumacher and Rosberg were very quick on their last stint, even too quick I think. It seems to me that they should have made their first stop one lap earlier and the second also one or even two, thereby making both the first and second stints one lap shorter. I think they were trying to stay out as long as possible in the first stint (maybe even thinking about one-stopping, which for Mercedes would have been suicide), and as a result lost too much time to their rivals. Then in the second stint they were more or less on par and in the third were very quick, but because the last stint was so short they couldn’t fully take advantage of that speed.
      Imagine if Rosberg could carry on with similar pace which he showed in the last 5 laps! The last lap was probably a last minute glory run, trying to show what the car and himself could have been capable of and had he carried on at that pace his tires would have obviously started to lose performance but that happened to the one-stoppers as well. Same situation with MSC, but his last stint was a lap longer (but it should’ve been at least 2 more laps). I should mention that I only looked at lap times and stint lengths, and didn’t take traffic into account, but it seemed like the Mercedes cars didn’t have problems overtaking.

      1. @enigma @andrewsf1 agree with you guys totally. In Spa for sure, I always thought that he should have dived into the pits as soon the iceman did for the first stint. I took a look at the timing here (head to head) and made a conclusion that MSC might have finished in P5 had he stayed out. He was faster than Kimi around the lap 30’ish

        http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=876&graf=3#.UE01TY1lR9Y

  2. I think Ricciardo drove a very strong race, looking at his lap times. The last few laps prior to his stop were a little difficult as he was amongst the leaders, but his second stint was pretty impressive. Just compare his laptimes to those of Alonso, for instance. He even recorded the 7th fastest lap (4th of the one-stoppers). A real shame that a fuel pickup problem cost him a well-deserved point, three hundred metres from the finish.

    Looking at Hamilton’s laptimes, it’s probable he could have eked out his first stint a bit longer, as his final two laps prior to his stop were a respectable 1m30.41s. Even though the gap he had was big enough to stay out another lap or two, the safest course of action was to bring him in after Button, which they did. The lack of any challenge from the Ferraris behind meant he could take it easy and still had enough life left in his tyres to record the fifth fastest lap.

  3. Massa lost position to Alonso on tires it seems !

  4. Laps 37 to 42 were very, very impressive from Perez. Ok, he had the medium tyres on and was going to be exhausting all his fuel (excuse the pun) but he was evidently switched on enough to take advantage of the situation.

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