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Home / Seasons / 2012 F1 World Championship Season / 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

DateSunday, 4 November 2012
Winner
  • Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
CircuitYas Marina, 55 laps
Round18 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the

  • 876th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Yas Marina
More 2012 season
More Abu Dhabi Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault551hr 45m 58.667s25
2+4Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari55+0.852s18
3PLGermany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault55+4.163s15
4+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes55+7.787s12
5-2Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault55+13.007s10
6+9Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari55+20.076s8
7+1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari55+22.896s6
8+6Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault55+23.542s4
9+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes55+24.160s2
10+6Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari55+27.463s1
11+2Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes55+28.075s 
12+5France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari55+34.906s 
13+5Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault55+47.764s 
14+7Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth55+56.473s 
15-4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari55+56.768s 
16+4Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault55+1m 04.595s 
17PLSpain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth55+1m 11.778s 
R France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth41DNF 
R France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault37DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault37DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes19DNF 
R India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth7DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes7DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes0DNF 

Notes

  • Lewis Hamilton ended lap 19 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
2Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
3Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
6Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari
7Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
8Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
9France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
10Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
11Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
13Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes
14Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
15Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
16Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
17France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
18Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
19France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth
20Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
21Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
22  
23India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
 Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:40.630 
2Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:40.9780.348
DQGermany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:41.0730.443
3Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:41.2260.596
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:41.2600.630
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:41.2900.660
6Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:41.5820.952
7Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:41.6030.973
8Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:41.7231.093
9France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:41.7781.148
Q2
10Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:42.019 
11Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:42.084 
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:42.218 
13Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:42.289 
14Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:42.330 
15Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:42.606 
16Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:42.765 
Q1
17France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:44.058 
18Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:44.956 
19France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:45.089 
20Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:45.151 
21Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:45.426 
22Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:45.766 
23India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:46.382 

Notes

  • Sebastian Vettel was excluded from qualifying and demoted to the back of the grid after failing to have enough fuel to make it back to the pits after qualifying.

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
France flag lazyload Jules BianchiIndia flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes
Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
United Kingdom flag lazyload Max ChiltonRussia flag lazyload Marussia-Cosworth
China flag lazyload Ma Qing HuaSpain flag lazyload HRT-Cosworth
Netherlands flag lazyload Giedo van der GardeMalaysia flag lazyload Caterham-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel255
2Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso245
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen198
4Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber167
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton165
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button153
7Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa95
8Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg93
9France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean90
10Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez66
11Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi58
12Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg49
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta46
14Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado43
15Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher43
16Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna30
17France flag lazyload Jean-Eric Vergne12
18Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo10

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault422
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari340
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes318
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault288
5Germany flag lazyload Mercedes136
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari124
7India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes95
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault73
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari22

Statistics & milestones

Wins
19th for Kimi Raikkonen (first win since 2009; first for Lotus)
1st for Lotus (2012-15) (35th different winner)
Podiums
84th for Fernando Alonso, 69th for Kimi Raikkonen, 45th for Sebastian Vettel
665th for Ferrari, 79th for Red Bull, 10th for Lotus (2012-15) (25th constructor to score ten podiums)
Poles
25th for Lewis Hamilton
154th for McLaren
Fastest laps
14th for Sebastian Vettel
28th for Red Bull
Front row starts
46th for Lewis Hamilton, 32nd for Mark Webber

See also

  • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • Yas Marina circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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