2012 United States Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 18 November 2012
Winner	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Circuit	Austin, 56 laps
Round	19 of 20
Race numbers	The 2012 United States Grand Prix was the 877th World Championship race 34th World Championship United States Grand Prix (first since 2007) 1st World Championship race at Austin 2012 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1hr 35m 55.269s	25
2	-1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	+0.675s	18
3	+4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+39.229s	15
4	+7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+46.013s	12
5	+7	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+56.432s	10
6	-2	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	56	+1m 04.425s	8
7	+1	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	56	+1m 10.313s	6
8	-2	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1m 13.792s	4
9		Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	56	+1m 14.525s	2
10		Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	56	+1m 15.133s	1
11	+4	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1m 24.341s
12	+6	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1m 24.871s
13	+4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+1m 25.510s
14	+2	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
15	-2	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
16	-11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	55	+1 lap
17	+4	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	55	+1 lap
18	+4	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	55	+1 lap
19		Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+1 lap
20		Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	54	+2 laps
21	+2	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	54	+2 laps
22	+2	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	54	+2 laps
R		Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	16	DNF
R		Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	14	DNF

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.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:35.657
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.766	0.109
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.174	0.517
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:36.587	0.930
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1:36.708	1.051
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.794	1.137
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.937	1.280
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:37.141	1.484
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:37.300	1.643
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:37.842	2.185
Q2
11	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:37.604
12	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.616
13	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:37.665
14	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:37.879
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:38.206
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:38.437
17	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.501
Q1
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:39.114
19	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:40.056
20	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:40.664
21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:40.809
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:41.166
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:42.011
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:42.740

Driver	Constructor
Ma Qing Hua	HRT-Cosworth

How the championship standings stood post-2012 United States Grand Prix.

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