• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

GP Racing Stats

  • 2022 Season
  • Drivers
  • Constructors
  • Records
  • Seasons
  • Grands Prix
  • Circuits
Home / Seasons / 2012 F1 World Championship Season / 2012 Indian Grand Prix

2012 Indian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 28 October 2012
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
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

Race result

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

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
2Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
5Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
7Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
9Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
10Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
11France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
12Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
13Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
14Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes
15Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
17Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
18France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
19Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
20Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
21Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
22Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth
23India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth
24France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth

Qualifying result

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

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezSwitzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari
Netherlands flag lazyload Giedo van der GardeMalaysia flag lazyload Caterham-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2012 Indian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel240
2Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso227
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen173
4Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber167
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton165
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button141
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg93
8France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean90
9Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa89
10Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez66
11Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi50
12Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg49
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta44
14Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher43
15Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado33
16Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna26
17France flag lazyload Jean-Eric Vergne12
18Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo9

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault407
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari316
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes306
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault263
5Germany flag lazyload Mercedes136
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari116
7India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes93
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault59
9Italy flag lazyload Toro 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
Qualifying 1-2
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

See also

  • Indian Grand Prix
  • Buddh circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

GP Racing Stats is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula 1 companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.

The information provided in this website is for general information purposes only.

Although every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate and up to date, GP Racing Stats does not accept any responsibility for and cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies. The use of data on this website is at your own risk.

GP Racing Stats claims no rights to these data.

  • © 2022 GP Racing Stats
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact