2012 United States Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 18 November 2012 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Austin, 56 laps |
Round | 19 of 20 |
Race numbers | The 2012 United States Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | 1hr 35m 55.269s | 25 |
2 | -1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 56 | +0.675s | 18 |
3 | +4 | ![]() | Ferrari | 56 | +39.229s | 15 |
4 | +7 | ![]() | Ferrari | 56 | +46.013s | 12 |
5 | +7 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | +56.432s | 10 |
6 | -2 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 56 | +1m 04.425s | 8 |
7 | +1 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 56 | +1m 10.313s | 6 |
8 | -2 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | +1m 13.792s | 4 |
9 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 56 | +1m 14.525s | 2 | |
10 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 56 | +1m 15.133s | 1 | |
11 | +4 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 56 | +1m 24.341s | |
12 | +6 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | +1m 24.871s | |
13 | +4 | ![]() | Mercedes | 56 | +1m 25.510s | |
14 | +2 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 55 | +1 lap | |
15 | -2 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 55 | +1 lap | |
16 | -11 | ![]() | Mercedes | 55 | +1 lap | |
17 | +4 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 55 | +1 lap | |
18 | +4 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 55 | +1 lap | |
19 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 55 | +1 lap | ||
20 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 54 | +2 laps | ||
21 | +2 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 54 | +2 laps | |
22 | +2 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 54 | +2 laps | |
R | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 16 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 14 | DNF |
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | |
3 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | |
4 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | |
5 | ![]() | Mercedes | |
6 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
7 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
8 | -5 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault |
9 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | |
10 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | |
11 | -5 | ![]() | Ferrari |
12 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | |
13 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
14 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
15 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
16 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
17 | ![]() | Mercedes | |
18 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
19 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | |
20 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | |
21 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | |
22 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | |
23 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | |
24 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth |
Notes
- Romain Grosjean received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
- Post-qualifying Ferrari broke the seal on Felipe Massa‘s gearbox, prompting a five-place grid penalty to allow Fernando Alonso to gain an extra position on the grid.
Qualifying result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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Q3 | ||||
1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:35.657 | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.766 | 0.109 |
3 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.174 | 0.517 |
4 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:36.587 | 0.930 |
5 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:36.708 | 1.051 |
6 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:36.794 | 1.137 |
7 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:36.937 | 1.280 |
8 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.141 | 1.484 |
9 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:37.300 | 1.643 |
10 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:37.842 | 2.185 |
Q2 | ||||
11 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:37.604 | |
12 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:37.616 | |
13 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.665 | |
14 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:37.879 | |
15 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.206 | |
16 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.437 | |
17 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:38.501 | |
Q1 | ||||
18 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:39.114 | |
19 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:40.056 | |
20 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:40.664 | |
21 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:40.809 | |
22 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:41.166 | |
23 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:42.011 | |
24 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:42.740 |
Free practice appearances
Driver | Constructor |
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Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2012 United States Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 273 |
2 | ![]() | 260 |
3 | ![]() | 206 |
4 | ![]() | 190 |
5 | ![]() | 167 |
6 | ![]() | 163 |
7 | ![]() | 107 |
8 | ![]() | 96 |
9 | ![]() | 93 |
10 | ![]() | 66 |
11 | ![]() | 58 |
12 | ![]() | 53 |
13 | ![]() | 46 |
14 | ![]() | 45 |
15 | ![]() | 43 |
16 | ![]() | 31 |
17 | ![]() | 12 |
18 | ![]() | 10 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 440 |
2 | ![]() | 367 |
3 | ![]() | 353 |
4 | ![]() | 302 |
5 | ![]() | 136 |
6 | ![]() | 124 |
7 | ![]() | 99 |
8 | ![]() | 76 |
9 | ![]() | 22 |
Statistics & milestones
- Milestone race start
- 100th for Sebastian Vettel (63rd driver to start 100 races, 7th German driver)
- 850th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 850 races)
- World Champion
- 3rd title for Red Bull (5th constructor to win three championships)
- Wins
- 21st for Lewis Hamilton (last for McLaren)
- 181st for McLaren
- Podiums
- 85th for Fernando Alonso, 49th for Lewis Hamilton (last for McLaren), 46th for Sebastian Vettel
- 666th for Ferrari, 482nd for McLaren, 80th for Red Bull (8th constructor to score 80 podiums)
- Poles
- 36th for Sebastian Vettel
- 46th for Red Bull
- Fastest laps
- 15th for Sebastian Vettel
- 29th for Red Bull
- Front row starts
- 49th for Sebastian Vettel, 47th for Lewis Hamilton
- Points finishes
- 11th and last for Bruno Senna