2012 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	63rd World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Sebastian Vettel (3rd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Red Bull-Renault (3rd title for Red Bull)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Sebastian Vettel
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Red Bull
Races:	20
Winning drivers:	Sebastian Vettel (5) Lewis Hamilton (4) Fernando Alonso (3) Jenson Button (3) Mark Webber (2) Nico Rosberg (1) Pastor Maldonado (1) Kimi Raikkonen (1)
Winning constructors:	Red Bull (7) McLaren (7) Ferrari (3) Mercedes (1) Williams (1) Lotus (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Nico Rosberg Pastor Maldonado
First-time winners (constructor):	none
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Australia	Melbourne	18 March	2012 Australian Grand Prix
2	Malaysia	Sepang	25 March	2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
3	China	Shanghai	15 April	2012 Chinese Grand Prix
4	Bahrain	Sakhir	22 April	2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
5	Spain	Catalunya	13 May	2012 Spanish Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	27 May	2012 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Canada	Montreal	10 June	2012 Canadian Grand Prix
8	Europe	Valencia	24 June	2012 European Grand Prix
9	Britain	Silverstone	08 July	2012 British Grand Prix
10	Germany	Hockenheim	22 July	2012 German Grand Prix
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	29 July	2012 Hungarian Grand Prix
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	02 September	2012 Belgian Grand Prix
13	Italy	Monza	09 September	2012 Italian Grand Prix
14	Singapore	Marina Bay	23 September	2012 Singapore Grand Prix
15	Japan	Suzuka	07 October	2012 Japanese Grand Prix
16	South Korea	Yeongam	14 October	2012 Korean Grand Prix
17	India	Buddh	28 October	2012 Indian Grand Prix
18	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	04 November	2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
19	USA CT	Austin	18 November	2012 United States Grand Prix
20	Brazil DT	Interlagos	25 November	2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Race drivers

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Caterham	Heikki Kovalainen	All
Caterham	Vitaly Petrov	All
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso	All
Ferrari	Felipe Massa	All
Force India	Paul di Resta	All
Force India	Nico Hulkenberg	All
HRT	Pedro de la Rosa	All
HRT	Narain Karthikeyan	All
Lotus	Jerome d’Ambrosio	13
	Romain Grosjean	1-12, 14-20
	Kimi Raikkonen	All
Marussia	Timo Glock	All
Marussia	Charles Pic	All
McLaren	Jenson Button	All
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton	All
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg	All
Mercedes	Michael Schumacher	All
Red Bull	Sebastian Vettel	All
Red Bull	Mark Webber	All
Sauber	Kamui Kobayashi	All
Sauber	Sergio Perez	All
Toro Rosso	Daniel Ricciardo	All
Toro Rosso	Jean-Eric Vergne	All
Williams	Pastor Maldonado	All
Williams	Bruno Senna	All

Free practice drivers

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Caterham	Alexander Rossi	5
Caterham	Giedo van der Garde	3, 15-18, 20
Force India	Jules Bianchi	3, 5, 8-11, 13, 16, 18
HRT	Dani Clos	5, 9-12, 16
HRT	Ma Qing Hua	13-14, 18-19
Marussia	Max Chilton	18
Sauber	Esteban Gutierrez	17
Williams	Valtteri Bottas	2-5, 8-13, 15-18, 20

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Australia	Melbourne	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	2	2.139s
2	Malaysia	Sepang	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	8	2.264s
3	China	Shanghai	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	20.626s
4	Bahrain	Sakhir	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	3.333s
5	Spain	Catalunya	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1	3.195s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.643s
7	Canada	Montreal	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	2	2.513s
8	Europe	Valencia	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	11	6.421s
9	Britain	Silverstone	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	2	3.060s
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1	6.949s
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1	1.032s
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1	13.624s
13	Italy	Monza	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1	4.356s
14	Singapore	Marina Bay	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	3	8.959s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	20.639s
16	South Korea	Yeongam	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	2	8.231s
17	India	Buddh	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	9.437s
18	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	4	0.843s
19	USA	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	2	0.675s
20	Brazil	Interlagos	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	2	2.754s

Polesitters

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Australia	Melbourne	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	3	0.152s
2	Malaysia	Sepang	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	3	0.149s
3	China	Shanghai	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.505s
4	Bahrain	Sakhir	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.098s
5	Spain	Catalunya	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1	0.017s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.067s
7	Canada	Montreal	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	4	0.303s
8	Europe	Valencia	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	DNF	0.324s
9	Britain	Silverstone	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	2	0.047s
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1	0.405s
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1	0.413s
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1	0.298s
13	Italy	Monza	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1	0.123s
14	Singapore	Marina Bay	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	DNF	0.442s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.251s
16	South Korea	Yeongam	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	2	0.074s
17	India	Buddh	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.044s
18	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	DNF	0.348s
19	USA	Austin	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	2	0.109s
20	Brazil	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	DNF	0.055s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Australia	Melbourne	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
2	Malaysia	Sepang	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault
3	China	Shanghai	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari
4	Bahrain	Sakhir	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
5	Spain	Catalunya	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari
7	Canada	Montreal	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
8	Europe	Valencia	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
9	Britain	Silverstone	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault
13	Italy	Monza	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
14	Singapore	Marina Bay	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes
15	Japan	Suzuka	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
16	South Korea	Yeongam	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
17	India	Buddh	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
18	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
19	USA	Austin	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
20	Brazil	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes

Qualifying results

See: 2012 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top ten classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (25), 2nd (18), 3rd (15), 4th (12), 5th (10), 6th (8), 7th (6), 8th (4), 9th (2), 10th (1)

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	AUS	MYS	CHN	BHR	ESP	MCO	CAN	EUR	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	USA	BRA	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	2	11	5	1	6	4	4	R	3	5	4	2	22^R	1	1	1	1	3	2	6	281
2	Fernando Alonso	5	1	9	7	2	3	5	1	2	1	5	R	3	3	R	3	2	2	3	2	278
3	Kimi Raikkonen	7	5	14	2	3	9	8	2	5	3	2	3	5	6	6	5	7	1	6	10	207
4	Lewis Hamilton	3	3	3	8	8	5	1	19^R	8	R	1	R	1	R	5	10	4	R	1	R	190
5	Jenson Button	1	14	2	18^R	9	16^R	16	8	10	2	6	1	R	2	4	R	5	4	5	1	188
6	Mark Webber	4	4	4	4	11	1	7	4	1	8	8	6	20^R	11	9	2	3	R	R	4	179
7	Felipe Massa	R	15	13	9	15	6	10	16	4	12	9	5	4	8	2	4	6	7	4	3	122
8	Romain Grosjean	R	R	6	3	4	R	2	R	6	18	3	R		7	19^R	7	9	R	7	R	96
9	Nico Rosberg	12	13	1	5	7	2	6	6	15	10	10	11	7	5	R	R	11	R	13	15	93
10	Sergio Perez	8	2	11	11	R	11	3	9	R	6	14	R	2	10	R	11	R	15	11	R	66
11	Nico Hulkenberg	R	9	15	12	10	8	12	5	12	9	11	4	21^R	14	7	6	8	R	8	5	63
12	Kamui Kobayashi	6	R	10	13	5	R	9	R	11	4	18^R	13	9	13	3	R	14	6	14	9	60
13	Michael Schumacher	R	10	R	10	R	R	R	3	7	7	R	7	6	R	11	13	22^R	11	16	7	49
14	Paul di Resta	10	7	12	6	14	7	11	7	R	11	12	10	8	4	12	12	12	9	15	19^R	46
15	Pastor Maldonado	13^R	19^R	8	R	1	R	13	12	16	15	13	R	11	R	8	14	16	5	9	R	45
16	Bruno Senna	16^R	6	7	22^R	R	10	17	10	9	17	7	12	10	18^R	14	15	10	8	10	R	31
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	11	8	16	14	12	12	15	R	14	14	16	8	R	R	13	8	15	12	R	8	16
18	Daniel Ricciardo	9	12	17	15	13	R	14	11	13	13	15	9	12	9	10	9	13	10	12	13	10
19	Vitaly Petrov	R	16	18	16	17	R	19	13	DNS	16	19	14	15	19	17	16	17	16	17	11
20	Timo Glock	14	17	19	19	18	14	R	DNS	18	22	21	15	17	12	16	18	20	14	19	16
21	Charles Pic	15^R	20	20	R	R	R	20	15	19	20	20	16	16	16	R	19	19	R	20	12
22	Heikki Kovalainen	R	18	23	17	16	13	18	14	17	19	17	17	14	15	15	17	18	13	18	14
23	Jerome d’Ambrosio													13
24	Narain Karthikeyan	DNQ	22	22	21	R	15	R	18	21	23	R	R	19	R	R	20	21	R	22	18
25	Pedro de la Rosa	DNQ	21	21	20	19	R	R	17	20	21	22	18	18	17	18	R	R	17	21	17
No.	Driver	AUS	MYS	CHN	BHR	ESP	MCO	CAN	EUR	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	USA	BRA	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top six drivers of 2012.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	AUS	MYS	CHN	BHR	ESP	MCO	CAN	EUR	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	USA	BRA	Points
1	Red Bull-Renault	2	4	4	1	6	1	4	4	1	5	4	2	20^R	1	1	1	1	3	2	4	460
1	Red Bull-Renault		Red Bull-Renault	4	11	5	4	11	4	7	R	3	8	8	6	22^R	11	9	2	3	R	460	R	6
2	Ferrari	5	1	9	7	2	3	5	1	2	1	5	5	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	400
2	Ferrari		Ferrari	R	15	13	9	15	6	10	16	4	12	9	R	4	8	R	4	6	7	400	4	3
3	McLaren-Mercedes	1	3	2	8	8	5	1	8	8	2	1	1	1	2	4	10	4	4	1	1	378
3	McLaren-Mercedes		McLaren-Mercedes	3	14	3	18^R	9	16^R	16	19^R	10	R	6	R	R	R	5	R	5	R	378	5	R
4	Lotus-Renault	7	5	6	2	3	9	2	2	5	3	2	3	5	6	6	5	7	1	6	10	303
4	Lotus-Renault		Lotus-Renault	R	R	14	3	4	R	8	R	6	18	3	R	13	7	19^R	7	9	R	303	7	R
5	Mercedes	12	10	1	5	7	2	6	3	7	7	10	7	6	5	11	13	11	11	13	7	142
5	Mercedes		Mercedes	R	13	R	10	R	R	R	6	15	10	R	11	7	R	R	R	22^R	R	142	16	15
6	Sauber-Ferrari	6	2	10	11	5	11	3	9	11	4	14	13	2	10	3	11	14	6	11	9	126
6	Sauber-Ferrari		Sauber-Ferrari	8	R	11	13	R	R	9	R	R	6	18^R	R	9	13	R	R	R	15	126	14	R
7	Force India-Mercedes	10	7	12	6	10	7	11	5	12	9	11	4	8	4	7	6	8	9	8	5	109
7	Force India-Mercedes		India-Mercedes	R	9	15	12	14	8	12	7	R	11	12	10	21^R	14	12	12	12	R	109	15	19^R
8	Williams-Renault	13^R	6	7	22^R	1	10	13	10	9	15	7	12	10	18^R	8	14	10	5	9	R	76
8	Williams-Renault		Williams-Renault	16^R	19^R	8	R	R	R	17	12	16	17	13	R	11	R	14	15	16	8	76	10	R
9	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	9	8	16	14	12	12	14	11	13	13	15	8	12	9	10	8	13	10	12	8	26
9	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		Toro Rosso-Ferrari	11	12	17	15	13	R	15	R	14	14	16	9	R	R	13	9	15	12	26	R	13
10	Caterham-Renault	R	16	18	16	16	13	18	13	17	16	17	14	14	15	15	16	17	13	17	11	0
10	Caterham-Renault		Caterham-Renault	R	18	23	17	17	R	19	14	DNS	19	19	17	15	19	17	17	18	16	0	18	14
11	Marussia-Cosworth	14	17	19	19	18	14	20	15	18	20	20	15	16	12	16	18	19	14	19	12	0
11	Marussia-Cosworth		Marussia-Cosworth	15^R	20	20	R	R	R	R	DNS	19	22	21	16	17	16	R	19	20	R	0	20	16
12	HRT-Cosworth	DNQ	21	21	20	19	15	R	17	20	21	22	18	18	17	18	20	21	17	21	17	0
12	HRT-Cosworth		HRT-Cosworth	DNQ	22	22	21	R	R	R	18	21	23	R	R	19	R	R	R	R	R	0	22	18
No.	Constructor	AUS	MYS	CHN	BHR	ESP	MCO	CAN	EUR	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	USA	BRA	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 2012.

Season statistics

See: 2012 F1 World Championship Season Statistics