2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 4 November 2012 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Yas Marina, 55 laps |
Round | 18 of 20 |
Race numbers | The 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +3 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 55 | 1hr 45m 58.667s | 25 |
2 | +4 | ![]() | Ferrari | 55 | +0.852s | 18 |
3 | PL | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 55 | +4.163s | 15 |
4 | +1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 55 | +7.787s | 12 |
5 | -2 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 55 | +13.007s | 10 |
6 | +9 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 55 | +20.076s | 8 |
7 | +1 | ![]() | Ferrari | 55 | +22.896s | 6 |
8 | +6 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 55 | +23.542s | 4 |
9 | +3 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 55 | +24.160s | 2 |
10 | +6 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 55 | +27.463s | 1 |
11 | +2 | ![]() | Mercedes | 55 | +28.075s | |
12 | +5 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 55 | +34.906s | |
13 | +5 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 55 | +47.764s | |
14 | +7 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 55 | +56.473s | |
15 | -4 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 55 | +56.768s | |
16 | +4 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 55 | +1m 04.595s | |
17 | PL | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 55 | +1m 11.778s | |
R | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 41 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 37 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 37 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 19 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 7 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Mercedes | 7 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 0 | DNF |
Notes
- Lewis Hamilton ended lap 19 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault |
3 | ![]() | Williams-Renault |
4 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault |
5 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes |
6 | ![]() | Ferrari |
7 | ![]() | Mercedes |
8 | ![]() | Ferrari |
9 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault |
10 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes |
11 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari |
12 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes |
13 | ![]() | Mercedes |
14 | ![]() | Williams-Renault |
15 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari |
16 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
17 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
18 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault |
19 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth |
20 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault |
21 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth |
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23 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth |
Started from the pit lane | ||
![]() | Red Bull-Renault | |
![]() | HRT-Cosworth |
Qualifying result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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Q3 | ||||
1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.630 | |
2 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:40.978 | 0.348 |
DQ | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:41.073 | 0.443 |
3 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:41.226 | 0.596 |
4 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:41.260 | 0.630 |
5 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41.290 | 0.660 |
6 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:41.582 | 0.952 |
7 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:41.603 | 0.973 |
8 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:41.723 | 1.093 |
9 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:41.778 | 1.148 |
Q2 | ||||
10 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:42.019 | |
11 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:42.084 | |
12 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:42.218 | |
13 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:42.289 | |
14 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:42.330 | |
15 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:42.606 | |
16 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:42.765 | |
Q1 | ||||
17 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:44.058 | |
18 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:44.956 | |
19 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:45.089 | |
20 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:45.151 | |
21 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:45.426 | |
22 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:45.766 | |
23 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:46.382 |
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
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Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 255 |
2 | ![]() | 245 |
3 | ![]() | 198 |
4 | ![]() | 167 |
5 | ![]() | 165 |
6 | ![]() | 153 |
7 | ![]() | 95 |
8 | ![]() | 93 |
9 | ![]() | 90 |
10 | ![]() | 66 |
11 | ![]() | 58 |
12 | ![]() | 49 |
13 | ![]() | 46 |
14 | ![]() | 43 |
15 | ![]() | 43 |
16 | ![]() | 30 |
17 | ![]() | 12 |
18 | ![]() | 10 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 422 |
2 | ![]() | 340 |
3 | ![]() | 318 |
4 | ![]() | 288 |
5 | ![]() | 136 |
6 | ![]() | 124 |
7 | ![]() | 95 |
8 | ![]() | 73 |
9 | ![]() | 22 |
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