2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

Fact File

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

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	71	1hr 45m 22.656s	25
2	+5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	+2.754s	18
3	+2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71	+3.615s	15
4	-1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	+4.936s	12
5	+1	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	71	+5.708s	10
6	-2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	71	+9.453s	8
7	+6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	71	+11.907s	6
8	+9	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	71	+28.653s	4
9	+5	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	71	+31.250s	2
10	-2	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	70	+1 lap	1
11	+8	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	70	+1 lap
12	+10	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	70	+1 lap
13	+2	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+1 lap
14	+6	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	70	+1 lap
15	-6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	70	+1 lap
16	+5	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	70	+1 lap
17	+7	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	69	+2 laps
18	+5	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	69	+2 laps
19	-9	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	68	DNF
R		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	54	DNF
R		Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	5	DNF
R		Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1	DNF
R		Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	0	DNF
R		Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	0	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.458
2		Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.513
3		Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:12.581
4		Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:12.760
5		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:12.987
6		Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:13.206
7		Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:13.253
8		Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1:13.298
9		Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:13.489
10		Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:14.121
11		Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:14.219
12		Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:14.234
13		Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:14.334
14		Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:14.380
15		Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:14.574
16	-10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:13.174
17		Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:14.619
18		Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:16.967
19		Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:17.073
20		Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:17.086
21		Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:17.508
22		Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:18.104
23		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:19.576
24	-5	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:19.699

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.458
2	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.513	0.055
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:12.581	0.123
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:12.760	0.302
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:12.987	0.529
6	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:13.174	0.716
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:13.206	0.748
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:13.253	0.795
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1:13.298	0.840
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:13.489	1.031
Q2
11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:14.121
12	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:14.219
13	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:14.234
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:14.334
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:14.380
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:14.574
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:14.619
Q1
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:16.967
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:17.073
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:17.086
21	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:17.508
22	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:18.104
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:19.576
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:19.699

Free Practice Appearances

Driver	Constructor
Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault
Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	281
2	Fernando Alonso	278
3	Kimi Raikkonen	207
4	Lewis Hamilton	190
5	Jenson Button	188
6	Mark Webber	179
7	Felipe Massa	122
8	Romain Grosjean	96
9	Nico Rosberg	93
10	Sergio Perez	66
11	Nico Hulkenberg	63
12	Kamui Kobayashi	60
13	Michael Schumacher	49
14	Paul di Resta	46
15	Pastor Maldonado	45
16	Bruno Senna	31
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	16
18	Daniel Ricciardo	10

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Red Bull-Renault	460
2	Ferrari	400
3	McLaren-Mercedes	378
4	Lotus-Renault	303
5	Mercedes	142
6	Sauber-Ferrari	126
7	Force India-Mercedes	109
8	Williams-Renault	76
9	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	26

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