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Home / Seasons / 2012 F1 World Championship Season / 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

878th World Championship race, 40th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix, 30th World Championship race at Interlagos

2012 United States Grand Prix

2013 Australian Grand Prix

2011 Brazilian Grand Prix

2013 Brazilian Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Practice drivers | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 25 November 2012
Winner:United Kingdom flag Jenson Button
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position:United Kingdom flag Lewis Hamilton
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap:United Kingdom flag Lewis Hamilton
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Mercedes
Circuit:Interlagos, 71 laps
Round:20 of 20

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes711hr 45m 22.656s25
2+5Spain flag Fernando AlonsoFerrari71+2.754s18
3+2Brazil flag Felipe MassaFerrari71+3.615s15
4-1Australia flag Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault71+4.936s12
5+1Germany flag Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes71+5.708s10
6-2Germany flag Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault71+9.453s8
7+6Germany flag Michael SchumacherMercedes71+11.907s6
8+9France flag Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari71+28.653s4
9+5Japan flag Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari71+31.250s2
10-2Finland flag Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault70+1 lap1
11+8Russia flag Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault70+1 lap 
12+10France flag Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth70+1 lap 
13+2Australia flag Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari70+1 lap 
14+6Finland flag Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault70+1 lap 
15-6Germany flag Nico RosbergMercedes70+1 lap 
16+5Germany flag Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth70+1 lap 
17+7Spain flag Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth69+2 laps 
18+5India flag Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth69+2 laps 
19-9United Kingdom flag Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes68DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes54DNF 
R France flag Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault5DNF 
R Venezuela flag Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1DNF 
R Brazil flag Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault0DNF 
R Mexico flag Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari0DNF 

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
Pos DriverConstructorTime
1 United Kingdom flag Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.458
2 United Kingdom flag Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.513
3 Australia flag Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:12.581
4 Germany flag Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:12.760
5 Brazil flag Felipe MassaFerrari1:12.987
6 Germany flag Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:13.206
7 Spain flag Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:13.253
8 Finland flag Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:13.298
9 Germany flag Nico RosbergMercedes1:13.489
10 United Kingdom flag Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:14.121
11 Brazil flag Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:14.219
12 Mexico flag Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:14.234
13 Germany flag Michael SchumacherMercedes1:14.334
14 Japan flag Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:14.380
15 Australia flag Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:14.574
16-10Venezuela flag Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:13.174
17 France flag Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:14.619
18 France flag Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:16.967
19 Russia flag Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:17.073
20 Finland flag Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:17.086
21 Germany flag Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:17.508
22 France flag Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:18.104
23 India flag Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:19.576
24-5Spain flag Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:19.699
  • Pastor Maldonado received a 10-place grid penalty for receiving his third reprimand of the season after missing the weigh bridge during qualifying.
  • Pedro de la Rosa received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying Result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.458 
2United Kingdom flag Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.5130.055
3Australia flag Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:12.5810.123
4Germany flag Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:12.7600.302
5Brazil flag Felipe MassaFerrari1:12.9870.529
6Venezuela flag Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:13.1740.716
7Germany flag Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:13.2060.748
8Spain flag Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:13.2530.795
9Finland flag Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:13.2980.840
10Germany flag Nico RosbergMercedes1:13.4891.031
Q2
11United Kingdom flag Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:14.121 
12Brazil flag Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:14.219 
13Mexico flag Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:14.234 
14Germany flag Michael SchumacherMercedes1:14.334 
15Japan flag Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:14.380 
16Australia flag Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:14.574 
17France flag Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:14.619 
Q1
18France flag Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:16.967 
19Russia flag Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:17.073 
20Finland flag Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:17.086 
21Germany flag Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:17.508 
22France flag Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:18.104 
23India flag Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:19.576 
24Spain flag Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:19.699 

Free Practice Appearances

DriverConstructor
Finland flag Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault
Netherlands flag Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

  • Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 2012

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag Sebastian Vettel281
2Spain flag Fernando Alonso278
3Finland flag Kimi Raikkonen207
4United Kingdom flag Lewis Hamilton190
5United Kingdom flag Jenson Button188
6Australia flag Mark Webber179
7Brazil flag Felipe Massa122
8France flag Romain Grosjean96
9Germany flag Nico Rosberg93
10Mexico flag Sergio Perez66
11Germany flag Nico Hulkenberg63
12Japan flag Kamui Kobayashi60
13Germany flag Michael Schumacher49
14United Kingdom flag Paul di Resta46
15Venezuela flag Pastor Maldonado45
16Brazil flag Bruno Senna31
17France flag Jean-Eric Vergne16
18Australia flag Daniel Ricciardo10

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag Red Bull-Renault460
2Italy flag Ferrari400
3United Kingdom flag McLaren-Mercedes378
4United Kingdom flag Lotus-Renault303
5Germany flag Mercedes142
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari126
7India flag Force India-Mercedes109
8United Kingdom flag Williams-Renault76
9Italy flag Toro Rosso-Ferrari26

Statistics & Milestones

Last start
Driver: Pedro de la Rosa, Timo Glock, Narain Karthikeyan, Vitaly Petrov, Michael Schumacher, Bruno Senna
Constructor: HRT
World Champion
Driver: 3rd World Championship for Sebastian Vettel
Wins
Driver: 15th and last for Jenson Button
Constructor: 182nd for McLaren
Podiums
Driver: 86th for Fernando Alonso, 49th for Jenson Button, 35th for Felipe Massa
Constructor: 667th & 668th for Ferrari, 483rd for McLaren
Poles
Driver: 26th for Lewis Hamilton
Constructor: 155th for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
Constructor: 63rd for McLaren
Fastest laps
Driver: 12th for Lewis Hamilton
Constructor: 152nd for McLaren
Front row starts
Driver: 48th for Lewis Hamilton, 24th and last for Jenson Button
Points finishes
Driver: 221st and last for Michael Schumacher, 100th for Felipe Massa, 27th and last for Kamui Kobayashi

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Interlagos Circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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