2012 Brazilian Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 25 November 2012 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Interlagos, 71 laps |
Round | 20 of 20 |
Race numbers | The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix was the
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Next race | 2013 Australian Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 71 | 1hr 45m 22.656s | 25 |
2 | +5 | ![]() | Ferrari | 71 | +2.754s | 18 |
3 | +2 | ![]() | Ferrari | 71 | +3.615s | 15 |
4 | -1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 71 | +4.936s | 12 |
5 | +1 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 71 | +5.708s | 10 |
6 | -2 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 71 | +9.453s | 8 |
7 | +6 | ![]() | Mercedes | 71 | +11.907s | 6 |
8 | +9 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 71 | +28.653s | 4 |
9 | +5 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 71 | +31.250s | 2 |
10 | -2 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 70 | +1 lap | 1 |
11 | +8 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 70 | +1 lap | |
12 | +10 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 70 | +1 lap | |
13 | +2 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | |
14 | +6 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 70 | +1 lap | |
15 | -6 | ![]() | Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | |
16 | +5 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 70 | +1 lap | |
17 | +7 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 69 | +2 laps | |
18 | +5 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 69 | +2 laps | |
19 | -9 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 68 | DNF | |
R | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 54 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 5 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 0 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 0 | DNF |
Notes
- Paul di Resta ended lap 68 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.
- Lewis Hamilton ended lap 54 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | |
3 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | |
4 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | |
5 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
6 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
7 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
8 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | |
9 | ![]() | Mercedes | |
10 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
11 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | |
12 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
13 | ![]() | Mercedes | |
14 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
15 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
16 | -10 | ![]() | Williams-Renault |
17 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
18 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | |
19 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | |
20 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | |
21 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | |
22 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | |
23 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | |
24 | -5 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth |
Notes
- Pastor Maldonado received a 10-place grid penalty for receiving his third reprimand of the season after missing the weighbridge during qualifying.
- Pedro de la Rosa received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Qualifying result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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Q3 | ||||
1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.458 | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.513 | 0.055 |
3 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:12.581 | 0.123 |
4 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:12.760 | 0.302 |
5 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:12.987 | 0.529 |
6 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:13.174 | 0.716 |
7 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:13.206 | 0.748 |
8 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:13.253 | 0.795 |
9 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:13.298 | 0.840 |
10 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:13.489 | 1.031 |
Q2 | ||||
11 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:14.121 | |
12 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:14.219 | |
13 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:14.234 | |
14 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:14.334 | |
15 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:14.380 | |
16 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:14.574 | |
17 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:14.619 | |
Q1 | ||||
18 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:16.967 | |
19 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:17.073 | |
20 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:17.086 | |
21 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:17.508 | |
22 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:18.104 | |
23 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19.576 | |
24 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19.699 |
Free practice appearances
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Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 281 |
2 | ![]() | 278 |
3 | ![]() | 207 |
4 | ![]() | 190 |
5 | ![]() | 188 |
6 | ![]() | 179 |
7 | ![]() | 122 |
8 | ![]() | 96 |
9 | ![]() | 93 |
10 | ![]() | 66 |
11 | ![]() | 63 |
12 | ![]() | 60 |
13 | ![]() | 49 |
14 | ![]() | 46 |
15 | ![]() | 45 |
16 | ![]() | 31 |
17 | ![]() | 16 |
18 | ![]() | 10 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 460 |
2 | ![]() | 400 |
3 | ![]() | 378 |
4 | ![]() | 303 |
5 | ![]() | 142 |
6 | ![]() | 126 |
7 | ![]() | 109 |
8 | ![]() | 76 |
9 | ![]() | 26 |
Statistics & milestones
- Last start
- Pedro de la Rosa, Timo Glock, Narain Karthikeyan, Vitaly Petrov, Michael Schumacher, Bruno Senna
- HRT
- World Champion
- 3rd title for Sebastian Vettel (9th driver to win three championships, 2nd German driver)
- Wins
- 15th and last for Jenson Button
- 182nd for McLaren (last until 2021)
- Podiums
- 86th for Fernando Alonso, 49th for Jenson Button (last podium until 2014), 35th for Felipe Massa
- 667th & 668th for Ferrari, 483rd for McLaren
- Poles
- 26th for Lewis Hamilton (last for McLaren)
- 155th for McLaren (last until 2021)
- Qualifying 1-2
- 63rd for McLaren
- Fastest laps
- 12th for Lewis Hamilton (last for McLaren)
- 152nd for McLaren
- Front row starts
- 48th for Lewis Hamilton (last for McLaren), 24th and last for Jenson Button
- Points finishes
- 221st and last for Michael Schumacher, 100th for Felipe Massa, 27th and last for Kamui Kobayashi