2012 F1 World Championship Season

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Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Sebastian Vettel (3rd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Red Bull (3rd title)
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

2012 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

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	8 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	2 September	2012 Belgian Grand Prix
13	Italy	Monza	9 September	2012 Italian Grand Prix
14	Singapore	Marina Bay	23 September	2012 Singapore Grand Prix
15	Japan	Suzuka	7 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	4 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

Race Winners

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 fastest lap setter

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

2012 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	281
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	278	-3
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	207	-74
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	190	-91
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	188	-93
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	179	-102
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	122	-159
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	96	-185
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	93	-188
10	Sergio Perez	Sauber	66	-215
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	63	-218
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	60	-221
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	49	-232
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	46	-235
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	45	-236
16	Bruno Senna	Williams	31	-250
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	16	-265
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	10	-271
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	0	-281
20	Timo Glock	Marussia	0	-281
21	Charles Pic	Marussia	0	-281
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	0	-281
23	Jerome d’Ambrosio	Lotus	0	-281
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	0	-281
25	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	0	-281

Points scoring system used:

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point

Every race counted towards the championship.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Red Bull-Renault	460
2	Ferrari	400	-60
3	McLaren-Mercedes	378	-82
4	Lotus-Renault	303	-157
5	Mercedes	142	-318
6	Sauber-Ferrari	126	-334
7	Force India-Mercedes	109	-351
8	Williams-Renault	76	-384
9	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	26	-434
10	Caterham-Renault	0	-460
11	Marussia-Cosworth	0	-460
12	HRT-Cosworth	0	-460

Points scoring system used:

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Every race counted towards the championship.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	AUS	MYS	CHN	BHR	ESP	MCO	CAN	EUR	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	USA	BRA	Avg.	Best
1	Lewis Hamilton	1	1	2	2	DSQ	4	2	2	8	8	1	8	1	1	9	3	3	1	2	1	3.16	1
2	Sebastian Vettel	6	6	11	1	7	10	1	1	4	2	3	11	6	3	1	2	1	DSQ	1	4	4.26	1
3	Mark Webber	5	4	7	3	11	2	4	19	2	3	11	7	11	7	2	1	2	2	3	3	5.45	1
4	Fernando Alonso	12	9	9	9	2	6	3	11	1	1	6	6	10	5	7	4	5	6	9	8	6.45	1
5	Jenson Button	2	2	6	4	10	13	10	9	18	7	4	1	2	4	3	11	4	5	12	2	6.45	1
6	Kimi Raikkonen	18	5	5	11	4	8	12	5	6	10	5	4	8	12	8	5	7	4	5	9	7.55	4
7	Romain Grosjean	3	7	10	7	3	5	7	4	10	15	2	9		8	5	7	11	9	4	18	7.58	2
8	Pastor Maldonado	8	11	13	17	1	9	17	3	7	6	8	3	12	2	14	15	9	3	10	6	8.70	1
9	Michael Schumacher	4	3	3	18	8	1	9	12	3	4	17	13	5	9	13	10	14	13	6	14	8.95	1
10	Nico Rosberg	7	8	1	5	6	3	5	6	13	17	13	18	7	10	15	9	10	7	17	10	9.35	1
11	Felipe Massa	16	12	12	14	16	7	6	13	5	14	7	14	3	13	11	6	6	8	7	5	9.75	3
12	Nico Hulkenberg	9	16	16	13	13	11	13	8	9	5	10	12	24	11	10	8	12	10	8	7	11.25	5
13	Paul di Resta	15	14	15	10	12	15	8	10	11	9	12	10	4	6	12	14	16	12	13	11	11.45	4
14	Kamui Kobayashi	13	17	4	12	9	12	11	7	12	13	15	2	9	18	4	13	17	15	16	15	11.70	2
15	Sergio Perez	17	10	8	8	5	24	15	15	17	12	14	5	13	14	6	12	8	11	15	13	12.10	5
16	Bruno Senna	14	13	14	15	17	14	16	14	15	16	9	17	14	17	18	18	13	14	11	12	14.55	9
17	Daniel Ricciardo	10	15	17	6	15	16	14	17	14	11	18	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	18	16	14.80	6
18	Jerome d’Ambrosio													16								16.00	16
19	Jean-Eric Vergne	11	18	18	19	14	17	20	18	16	18	16	15	17	16	17	17	18	17	14	17	16.65	11
20	Heikki Kovalainen	19	19	19	16	19	18	18	16	20	19	19	19	18	20	19	20	20	18	22	20	18.90	16
21	Vitaly Petrov	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	20	19	20	20	20	19	19	23	19	19	20	21	19	19.70	18
22	Timo Glock	21	21	21	23	21	20	22	24	21	22	22	21	20	21	20	22	21	21	19	21	21.20	19
23	Charles Pic	22	22	22	21	20	22	23	23	24	21	21	23	21	22	22	21	24	19	20	22	21.75	19
24	Pedro de la Rosa	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	23	22	23	24	21	23	22	22	23	24	22.40	21
25	Narain Karthikeyan	24	24	24	24	23	23	24	22	23	24	24	24	22	23	24	24	23	23	24	23	23.45	22

Race Results Overview

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

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

2012 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 2012 F1 World Championship Season Statistics