2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 4 November 2012
Winner	Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Circuit	Yas Marina, 55 laps
Round	18 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+3	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	55	1hr 45m 58.667s	25
2	+4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	+0.852s	18
3	PL	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	55	+4.163s	15
4	+1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+7.787s	12
5	-2	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	55	+13.007s	10
6	+9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+20.076s	8
7	+1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	+22.896s	6
8	+6	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	55	+23.542s	4
9	+3	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	+24.160s	2
10	+6	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	+27.463s	1
11	+2	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	55	+28.075s
12	+5	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	+34.906s
13	+5	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	55	+47.764s
14	+7	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+56.473s
15	-4	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+56.768s
16	+4	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	55	+1m 04.595s
17	PL	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	55	+1m 11.778s
R		Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	41	DNF
R		Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	37	DNF
R		Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	37	DNF
R		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	19	DNF
R		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	7	DNF
R		Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	DNF
R		Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	0	DNF

Notes

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:40.630
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:40.978	0.348
DQ	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:41.073	0.443
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:41.226	0.596
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1:41.260	0.630
5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:41.290	0.660
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:41.582	0.952
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.603	0.973
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:41.723	1.093
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:41.778	1.148
Q2
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:42.019
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:42.084
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:42.218
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:42.289
14	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:42.330
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:42.606
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:42.765
Q1
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:44.058
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:44.956
19	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:45.089
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:45.151
21	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:45.426
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:45.766
23	Narain Karthikeyan	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.

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

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