2012 Brazilian Grand Prix
878th World Championship race, 40th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix, 30th World Championship race at Interlagos
Fact File
Date: | Sunday, 25 November 2012 |
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Winner: | ![]() ![]() |
Pole position: | ![]() ![]() |
Fastest lap: | ![]() ![]() |
Circuit: | Interlagos, 71 laps |
Round: | 20 of 20 |
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 |
Starting Grid
- Highlight: race winner
- Highlight: second place
- Highlight: third place
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | |
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1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.458 | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.513 | |
3 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:12.581 | |
4 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:12.760 | |
5 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:12.987 | |
6 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:13.206 | |
7 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:13.253 | |
8 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:13.298 | |
9 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:13.489 | |
10 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:14.121 | |
11 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:14.219 | |
12 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:14.234 | |
13 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:14.334 | |
14 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:14.380 | |
15 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:14.574 | |
16 | -10 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:13.174 |
17 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:14.619 | |
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 | -5 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19.699 |
- 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
Free Practice Appearances
Driver | Constructor |
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![]() | Williams-Renault |
![]() | Caterham-Renault |
Championship Standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
- Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 2012
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
- 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