This was again an awesome race where Button lead from start to finish.
It all started when Grosjean started a accident which took out Alonso, Perez, Hamilton and himself, and damaged Kobayashi's car.
Further in the race Kimi had an incredible pass on Schumacher in au Rouge.
Really close racing with a lot of great passes.
Pitty Mercedes could not make the 1 stop strategy stick on both their cars.
And as MS lost 6th gear in the end there was no way he could finish higher then 7th on fresh tires.

Results:

2012 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

Provisional Results
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 44 Winner 1 25
2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 44 +13.6 secs 10 18
3 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 44 +25.3 secs 3 15
4 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 44 +27.8 secs 11 12
5 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 44 +29.8 secs 14 10
6 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 44 +31.2 secs 12 8
7 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 44 +53.3 secs 13 6
8 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 44 +58.8 secs 15 4
9 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 44 +62.9 secs 16 2
10 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 44 +63.7 secs 9 1
11 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 44 +65.1 secs 23
12 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 44 +71.5 secs 17
13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 43 +1 Lap 2
14 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 43 +1 Lap 19
15 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth +1 Lap 20
16 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth +1 Lap 22
17 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault +1 Lap 18
18 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth +1 Lap 21
Ret 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth +15 Lap 24
Ret 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault +40 Laps 6
Ret 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari + secs 4
Ret 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari + secs 5
Ret 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + secs 7
Ret 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault + secs 8




Driver standing
Pos Driver Nationality Team Points
1 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 164
2 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 140
3 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 132
4 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 131
5 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 117
6 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 101
7 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 77
8 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 76
9 Sergio Perez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 47
10 Michael Schumacher German Mercedes 35
11 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 35
12 Kamui Kobayashi Japanese Sauber-Ferrari 33
13 Nico Hulkenberg German Force India-Mercedes 31
14 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 29
15 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 28
16 Bruno Senna Brazilian Williams-Renault 24
17 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 8
18 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 4
19 Vitaly Petrov Russian Caterham-Renault 0
20 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish Caterham-Renault 0
21 Timo Glock German Marussia-Cosworth 0
22 Charles Pic French Marussia-Cosworth 0
23 Narain Karthikeyan Indian HRT-Cosworth 0
24 Pedro de la Rosa Spanish HRT-Cosworth 0

Team standings

Pos Team Points
1 Red Bull Racing-Renault 272
2 McLaren-Mercedes 218
3 Lotus-Renault 207
4 Ferrari 199
5 Mercedes 112
6 Sauber-Ferrari 80
7 Force India-Mercedes 59
8 Williams-Renault 53
9 STR-Ferrari 12
10 Caterham-Renault 0
11 Marussia-Cosworth 0
12 HRT-Cosworth 0