| 2012 Canadian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 7 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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.svg) Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 10 June 2012 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2012[1] | ||||
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 4.361 km (2.710 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Fine, dry and warm;[2] with air temperature approaching 29 °C (84 °F)[2] Track Temp 45 °C (113 °F) dropping to 39 °C (102 °F)[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:13.784 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:15.752 on lap 70 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Lotus-Renault | ||||
| Third | Sauber-Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2012 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2012)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 10 June 2012 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The 70-lap race was the seventh round of the 2012 Formula One season, and the first of two North American rounds.[3] It was the 49th Canadian Grand Prix, and the 33rd to be held at the circuit since its début on the calendar in 1978.
Sebastian Vettel started the race from pole.[4] Lewis Hamilton went on to win his first race of the year, becoming the seventh different driver to win in as many races, a record for a single Formula One season.[5][6][7]
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- ^ "Seven winners in seven races after Canadian Grand Prix weekend". GrandPrixRankings.com. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2012.