GP Racing Stats

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

2012 Indian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitBuddh, 60 laps
Round17 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 Indian Grand Prix was the:

  • 875th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Indian Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Buddh
More 2012 season
More Indian Grands Prix

On this page

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault601hr 31m 10.744s25
2+3(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari60+9.437s18
3-1(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault60+13.217s15
4-1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes60+13.909s12
5-1(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes60+26.266s10
6 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari60+44.674s8
7 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault60+45.227s6
8+4(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes60+54.998s4
9+2(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault60+56.103s2
10+3(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault60+1m 14.975s1
11-1(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes60+1m 21.694s 
12+4(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes60+1m 22.815s 
13+2(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari60+1m 26.064s 
14+3(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari60+1m 26.495s 
15+3(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari59+1 lap 
16-7(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault59+1 lap 
17+2(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault59+1 lap 
18+2(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault59+1 lap 
19+5(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth59+1 lap 
20+1(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth58+2 laps 
21+2(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth58+2 laps 
22-8(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes55DNF 
R (ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth42DNF 
R (MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari20DNF 

Notes

  • Michael Schumacher ended lap 55 in P18 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
2(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
3(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
6(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
7(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
8(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
9(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
10(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
11(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
12(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
13(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
14(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes
15(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
16(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
17(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
18(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
19(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
20(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
21(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
22(ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth
23(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth
24(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:25.283 
2(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:25.3270.044
3(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.5440.261
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.6590.376
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:25.7730.490
6(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:25.8570.574
7(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:26.2360.953
8(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:26.3601.077
9(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:26.7131.430
10(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes––
Q2
11(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:26.136 
12(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:26.241 
13(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:26.331 
14(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:26.574 
15(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.777 
16(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:26.989 
17(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:27.219 
Q1
18(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:27.525 
19(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:28.756 
20(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:29.500 
21(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:29.613 
22(ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:30.592 
23(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:30.593 
24(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:30.662 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault
(MEX) Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari
(NLD) Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Sebastian Vettel240
2(ESP) Fernando Alonso227
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen173
4(AUS) Mark Webber167
5(GBR) Lewis Hamilton165
6(GBR) Jenson Button141
7(DEU) Nico Rosberg93
8(FRA) Romain Grosjean90
9(BRA) Felipe Massa89
10(MEX) Sergio Perez66
11(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi50
12(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg49
13(GBR) Paul di Resta44
14(DEU) Michael Schumacher43
15(VEN) Pastor Maldonado33
16(BRA) Bruno Senna26
17(FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne12
18(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo9

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Renault407
2Ferrari316
3McLaren-Mercedes306
4Lotus-Renault263
5Mercedes136
6Sauber-Ferrari116
7Force India-Mercedes93
8Williams-Renault59
9Toro Rosso-Ferrari21

Statistics & milestones

Wins
26th for Sebastian Vettel
34th for Red Bull
Podiums
83rd for Fernando Alonso
44th for Sebastian Vettel
34th for Mark Webber
664th for Ferrari
77th & 78th for Red Bull
Poles
35th for Sebastian Vettel
45th for Red Bull
1-2 start
18th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
8th and last for Jenson Button
151st for McLaren
Front row starts
48th for Sebastian Vettel
31st for Mark Webber
Pole & win
19th for Sebastian Vettel