2012 Belgian Grand Prix The Belgian Grand Prix

Jenson Button claims his second victory of the season after a faultless drive.

The race was shaped right at the start when an aggressive Romain Grosjean defended heavily against the advances of Lewis Hamilton, triggering an incident that will be replayed and analysed heavily by drivers, teams and fans across the world this evening.

The survivors lined up behind the safety car, but it was Button who made the most of the situation, building a nice gap and surging his way to victory ahead of the similarly one-stopping Vettel.

Kimi Raikkonen grabs another podium and Nico Hulkenberg will be delighted with his superb fourth place finish. Michael Schumacher was hoping to score points in his 300th event and he did so, with a fighting drive to seventh.

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Plenty for the stewards to look at after an incident-packed afternoon - stick with AUTOSPORT for news of the decisions from Spa.

Red Bull still has a strong advantage in the constructors' race over McLaren, with Lotus cementing third after a difficult day for Ferrari.

Webber is eight points further back in third, just one ahead of Raikkonen. Hamilton also fails to score, with Button sixth, 63 off Alonso.

Alonso's costly elimination at the first corner ends his string of finishes and dents his lead in the title race to 24 points over Vettel.

Belgian legend Jacky Ickx is on hand to interview the podium drivers in front of the crowd.

The champagne sprays on the podium and Button gives Lowe a soaking, before making sure that Vettel gets the same treatment.

Another third-place trophy for Raikkonen's collection, with the Finn making the most of his Lotus with a battling drive today.

Sebastian Vettel receives his award for second place. The German drove well, making a one-stop strategy work. He is pleased with his day's effort.

Paddy Lowe picks up the constructors' prize as McLaren claims its fourth triumph of the campaign.

Delight for Button as he collects the trophy for a commanding win in Belgium.

The top three drivers step out onto the podium and God Save the Queen rings out over Spa for today's winners - Jenson Button and McLaren.

Six drivers retired from the Belgian Grand Prix:

Karthikeyan spun approaching the Paul Frere curve deep in the race, while Maldonado got tangled up with Glock shortly after the restart.

Perez, Hamilton, Alonso and Grosjean were out at the start after a huge crash, triggered when the Frenchman moved over on Hamilton. The pair made contact and then chaos ensued.

Glock was 15th, having won his personal battle with Marussia team-mate Pic, who ended up 16th. Kovalainen was 17th, ahead of de la Rosa.

Out of the points, Rosberg was 11th and just 1.3s back from di Resta at the end, with Senna 12th, Kobayashi 13th and Petrov in 14th.

Button is delighted as he steps out of his winning McLaren in parc ferme.

Vergne crosses the line in eighth with Toro Rosso team-mate Ricciardo in ninth, while di Resta claims the final point for Force India.

Seventh for Schumacher in the end after late tyre and gearbox struggles marr a strong drive from the veteran on his 300th appearance.

Massa takes a solid fifth in his Ferrari, holding off sixth-place man Webber over the run in.

Hulkenberg is a brilliant fourth for Force India after some bold overtaking and strong pace from the young German today.

Raikkonen didn't have the pace to challenge the one stoppers today and ends up with the final podium place for Lotus.

Vettel grabs an important second with a great drive to make a one stop strategy work in his Red Bull.

A commanding performance from the 2009 champion, who has driven perfectly to his second win of the campaign.

Jenson Button wins the Belgian Grand Prix!

Lap 44: Button rounds Blanchimont for the final time and heads for a great win in Spa.

Lap 44: Senna posts the fastest lap of the race, with 1m52.822s. He is still down in 12th.

Lap 44: Kovalainen has passed de la Rosa again. He takes over 17th.

Lap 43: Positions are static down the field finally, but it has taken until almost the end for this race to sort itself out.

Lap 43: Raikkonen has been warned of Hulkenberg closing in and demands the team allow the use of full power from his Renault engine.

Lap 43: Button is two laps away from a dominant victory at Spa.

Lap 41: Kovalainen made an error at Pouhon and suffered a half-spin. De la Rosa caught up to the back and passed the Finn to take 17th place.

Lap 41: Schumacher runs seventh at the moment, well behind the ongoing scrap between Massa and Webber.

Lap 40: Senna is back out for the final few laps after that stop. Meantime, Rosberg is up to 11th and now fastest on the road after his recent stop

Lap 40: Schumacher has told his team on the radio that he has problems with the sixth gear in his Mercedes.

Lap 40: Ricciardo wastes no time in getting past the Williams and is up to ninth, as Senna, who is clearly struggling with his tyres, pits.

Lap 40: Pace still looking good for Button and Vettel, who are continuing to make the one-stop plan work out front.

Lap 40: With Vergne now past Senna, Ricciardo in 10th is looking for his opportunity to get past.

Lap 40: Vergne is next to make a move - this time on Senna up the hill to Les Combes. The Williams driver can't hold him off and Vergne is through to eighth.

Lap 39: Five laps remain in an action-packed Belgian Grand Prix.

Lap 39: Glock then sends another move up the inside of Marussia team-mate Pic up the Kemmel straight and takes over 15th.