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The 2012 Formula One Season was the 63rd season of Formula One. It was the penultimate year of 2.4 litre V8 engines, which were replaced in 2014 with 1.6 litre V6 turbo engines. It commenced in Australia on March 18, and concluded on November 25 in Brazil, after a record 20 races.
This season marked the return of the United States Grand Prix, and the race was held at a new circuit near Austin, Texas.
Sebastian Vettel was defending the drivers' championship crown, while his team, Red Bull, was defending the constructors' title.
Both titles were retained, with Vettel taking the title by three points over an impressive Fernando Alonso, whose challenge was mostly unexpected after the pre-season, but he had led the championship until the sixteenth round. Red Bull's title challenge was a more comfortable affair, heading Alonso's Ferrari team by 60 points.
In the days following the Brazilian Grand Prix, news was announced that Ferrari had evidence with which to challenge the outcome of the race and, potentially, the championship. This evidence consists of footage of Vettel overtaking Jean-Éric Vergne under waved yellow flags in the early laps of the race. If their claims were upheld, Vettel could be demoted to 8th by way of a 20-second time-penalty, which would gift Alonso the title by a single point. Ferrari would have until November 30th to make their appeal. By 29th November, Ferrari had queried the issue on advice from Ferrari fans on social networking sites. Although this was not a formal protest, the FIA released an official statement rejecting Ferrari's claim, and deemed that the original result would stand.
Teams and Drivers[]
Entry List[]
A total of 25 drivers, driving 24 cars (numbered 1–25, excl. 13) competed in 2012, the same number as in 2011. Of the 24 drivers, seven have won at least one Formula One World Championship (Vettel, Alonso, Button, Hamilton, Rosberg, Schumacher and Räikkönen), one more than in 2011, and once again an all-time record.
All engines were 2.4 litre V8s.
Dates Drivers Confirmed[]
Redundant Driver Confirmations[]
Driver | Contract Date Signed | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
Vitantonio Liuzzi | March 9, 2011 | HRT-Cosworth | Replaced by Narain Karthikeyan before season started. Relegated to the team's test driver |
Vitaly Petrov | December 22, 2010 | Renault | Contract made redundant after Renault bought out by Lotus |
Jarno Trulli | September 11, 2011 | Caterham-Renault | Replaced by Vitaly Petrov after first pre-season test |
Car Launch Dates[]
Team | Chassis | Date | Where |
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Caterham-Renault | CT01 | January 26th | Online/Magazine |
McLaren-Mercedes | MP4-27 | February 1st | Woking |
Ferrari | F2012 | February 3rd | Online |
Force India-Mercedes | VJM05 | February 3rd | Silverstone |
Lotus-Renault | E20 | February 5th | Online |
Sauber-Ferrari | C31 | February 6th | Jerez |
Red Bull-Renault | RB8 | February 6th | Online |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari | STR7 | February 6th | Jerez |
Williams-Renault | FW34 | February 7th | Jerez |
Mercedes | F1 W03 | February 21st | Barcelona |
HRT-Cosworth | F112 | March 5th | Barcelona |
Marussia-Cosworth | MR01 | March 5th | Silverstone |
Notes:
- Pictures of Caterham's car, the CT01, were leaked online on January 25th, as deliveries of the magazine they launched it with (F1 Racing) arrived a day before the official launch date.
- Ferrari were due to launch their new car in Maranello, but there was a large amount of snow in the town, so it was launched online instead.
Driver Changes[]
- Kimi Raikkonen returns to the sport after 2 years in rallying and will drive alongside Romain Grosjean who returns to the sport after GP2. As a result Vitaly Petrov's second year deal was terminated, and later replaced Jarno Trulli at Caterham ending his 15 year career in the sport.
- Rubens Barrichello was replaced at Williams by fellow Brazilian Bruno Senna. this deal left Rubens with out a drive and left the sport after 19 years.
- Following an incident at a nightclub in Shanghai, Adrian Sutil's Force India contract did not get renewed for another season and elected to promote test driver Nico Hulkenburg to partner Paul di Resta instead.
- Toro Rosso's lineup was complete new with them signing up Test drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne and left Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari out of a drive. Buemi later became Redbull's test driver while Alguersuari became Pirelli's test driver.
- Pedro de la Rosa replaced Vitantonio Liuzzi at HRT and will partner Narain Karthikeyan. Liuzzi stayed in the team as a test driver.
- Charles Pic will make his debut with Marussia alongside the experienced Timo Glock. This left Jerome D'Ambrosio out of a drive and later became a test driver for Lotus.
Team Changes[]
- Three teams changed names:
- Williams will stop using Cosworth engines and begin using Renault engines.
Calendar[]
Race Schedule[]
Calendar Changes[]
- Races not on the 2011 Calendar:
- The Bahrain Grand Prix returned after the 2011 race was postponed, and then cancelled, after the Arab Spring made the race a severe danger. Despite the violence in Bahrain having not subsided, the 2012 race went ahead as planned.
- The United States Grand Prix returns for the first time since 2007.
- Race on the 2011 Calendar but not on the 2012 Calendar:
- The Turkish Grand Prix could not negiotiate a renewed contract with Formula One Management (FOM), and as a result was not placed on the 2012 calendar.
- Circuit changes:
- The German Grand Prix switched back to the Hockenheimring from the Nürburgring, to continue the race's policy of switching between the two circuits.
- Schedule changes:
- Note: These do not include changes from the provisional calendar.
- The Bahrain Grand Prix returns as the fourth round (taking Turkey's place), meaning that the Australian Grand Prix is once again the season opener.
- The United States Grand Prix is placed as the nineteeth round.
- As a result, the Brazilian Grand Prix is still the final round of the championship, but as round twenty.
- Disputes:
- The United States Grand Prix has had monetary problems and there were fears that the circuit may not be completed on time, although all issues have been resolved and the race went ahead as planned by the organisers.
- The Bahrain Grand Prix, as mentioned above, caused extreme protests.
- The European Grand Prix organisers have written to Bernie Ecclestone, stating that the race may not be financially viable. The organisers of the Spanish Grand Prix have expressed similar concerns. Both races took place.
Changes[]
Car Design Changes[]
- The height of the nose of the Front Wing has been reduced from 625mm to 550mm (a change of 75mm, or 7.5 cm).
- Exhausts must exit the bodywork upwards in a periscope manner. It must also have an internal diameter of 75mm. This is so the teams cannot take advantage of off-throttle blown diffusers for extra downforce. The operating temperatures of the exhausts are likely to fall by about 200°C from 2011.
- Exotic engine maps have also been banned, with more conventional ones put in place.
- The use of helium in air guns have been banned, for being too expensive for the competitive gain.
- The re-active ride-height system developed by Lotus has been banned as "any aerodynamic effect created by the suspension should be incidental to its primary function" and "any device that influences the car's aerodynamics must remain immobile in relation to the spring part of the car".
Other Regulation Changes[]
- There will be tougher side impact crash testing, and all new cars must pass all the required FIA crash tests prior to any on-track testing.[1]
- All lapped cars will be allowed to unlap themselves under the safety car, ensuring a clean re-start without slower cars impeding those racing for the leading positions.[1]
- Drivers may no longer leave the track without a justifible reason, and drivers may no longer move back onto the racing line having moved off it to defend a position.[1]
- There will be a maximum race time of four hours to ensure that a lengthly suspension of a race does not result in a race that could run up to eight hours if left unregulated. Cars in the pit lane when the race was suspended will be allowed to re-join the cars on the grid in the position they were at the line of the race suspension.[1]
- A three-day test session will be carried out during the season, in addition to the pre-season testing. Previously, mid-season testing away from track meetings was not allowed.[1]
- All tyres allocated to a driver may now be used on the first day of practice. Formerly only three sets were permitted on the opening day of the Grand Prix weekend.[1]
Results and Standings[]
Test Drivers[]
Team | Driver | Testing Role |
---|---|---|
Red Bull-Renault | Sébastien Buemi | Reserve Driver |
António Félix da Costa | Young Driver Programme | |
Robin Frijns | Young Driver Programme | |
David Coulthard | Demonstration Driver | |
Daniel Ricciardo | Demonstration Driver | |
Jean-Éric Vergne | Demonstration Driver | |
McLaren-Mercedes | Gary Paffett | Reserve Driver |
Oliver Turvey | Reserve Driver | |
Kevin Magnussen | Young Driver Programme | |
Ferrari | Davide Rigon | Development Driver |
Marc Gené | Development Driver | |
Giancarlo Fisichella | Development Driver | |
Jules Bianchi | Young Driver Programme | |
Mercedes | Sam Bird | Development Driver |
Brendon Hartley | Development Driver | |
Anthony Davidson | Development Driver | |
Lotus-Renault | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Reserve Driver |
Kevin Korjus | Reserve Driver | |
Nicolas Prost | Development Driver | |
Davide Valsecchi | Young Driver Programme | |
Edoardo Mortara | Young Driver Programme | |
Force India-Mercedes | Jules Bianchi | Third & Reserve Driver |
Gary Paffett | Reserve Driver | |
Conor Daly | Straight-Line Aerodynamic Test | |
Luiz Razia | Young Driver Programme | |
Rodolfo González | Young Driver Programme | |
Sauber-Ferrari | Esteban Gutiérrez | Third & Reserve Driver |
Robin Frijns | Young Driver Programme | |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari | Sébastien Buemi | Reserve Driver |
Luiz Razia | Young Driver Programme | |
Johnny Cecotto, Jr. | Young Driver Programme | |
Williams-Renault | Valtteri Bottas | Third & Reserve Driver |
Susie Wolff | Development Driver | |
Luciano Bacheta | Invitational Test | |
Caterham-Renault | Giedo van der Garde | Third & Reserve Driver |
Alexander Rossi | Third & Reserve Driver | |
Rodolfo González | Young Driver Programme | |
Jarno Trulli | Pre-Season Development Driver | |
HRT-Cosworth | Dani Clos | Third & Reserve Driver |
Ma Qinghua | Third & Reserve Driver | |
Vitantonio Liuzzi | Reserve Driver | |
Marussia-Cosworth | Max Chilton | Third & Reserve Driver |
María de Villota | Reserve Driver | |
Rio Haryanto | Young Driver Programme |
Testing[]
Test | Track | Date | Fastest Driver | Team | Time |
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2012 Jerez Test | Circuito de Jerez | Feb 7 – Feb 10 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:17.613 |
2012 Barcelona Test 1 | Circuit de Catalunya | Feb 21 – Feb 24 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:22.312 |
2012 Barcelona Test 2 | Mar 1 – Mar 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:22.030 | |
2012 Mugello Test | Mugello Circuit | May 1 – May 3 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:21.035 |
2012 Young Driver Test 1 | Silverstone Circuit | Jul 12 – Jul 13 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 48.963 |
2012 Young Driver Test 2 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | Sep 11 – Sep 13 | Jules Bianchi | Ferrari | 1:16.985 |
Results[]
Round | Event | Report | |||
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Grid | Result |
1 | Australian Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | [[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | [[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
[[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes | ||
[[Romain Grosjean]] Lotus-Renault |
3 | [[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1:29.187 on Lap 56 |
2 | Malaysian Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | [[Sergio Pérez]] Sauber-Ferrari |
[[Kimi Räikkönen]] Lotus-Renault | ||
[[Michael Schumacher]] Mercedes |
3 | [[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1:40.722 on Lap 53 |
3 | Chinese Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Nico Rosberg]] Mercedes |
1 | [[Nico Rosberg]] Mercedes |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Michael Schumacher*]] Mercedes |
2 | [[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes |
[[Kamui Kobayashi]] Sauber-Ferrari | ||
[[Kamui Kobayashi]] Sauber-Ferrari |
3 | [[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1:39.960 on Lap 40 |
4 | Bahrain Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
1 | [[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | [[Kimi Räikkönen]] Lotus-Renault |
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault | ||
[[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
3 | [[Romain Grosjean]] Lotus-Renault |
1:36.379 on Lap 41 |
5 | Spanish Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Pastor Maldonado†]] Williams-Renault |
1 | [[Pastor Maldonado]] Williams-Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
2 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
[[Romain Grosjean]] Lotus-Renault | ||
[[Romain Grosjean]] Lotus-Renault |
3 | [[Kimi Räikkönen]] Lotus-Renault |
1:26.250 on Lap 53 |
6 | Monaco Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Mark Webber‡]] Red Bull-Renault |
1 | [[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Nico Rosberg]] Mercedes |
2 | [[Nico Rosberg]] Mercedes |
[[Sergio Pérez]] Sauber-Ferrari | ||
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
3 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
1:17.296 on Lap 49 |
7 | Canadian Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
1 | [[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | [[Romain Grosjean]] Lotus-Renault |
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault | ||
[[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
3 | [[Sergio Pérez]] Sauber-Ferrari |
1:15.752 on Lap 70 |
8 | European Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
1 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | [[Kimi Räikkönen]] Lotus-Renault |
[[Nico Rosberg]] Mercedes | ||
[[Pastor Maldonado]] Williams-Renault |
3 | [[Michael Schumacher]] Mercedes |
1:42.163 on Lap 54 |
9 | British Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
1 | [[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
2 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
[[Kimi Räikkönen]] Lotus-Renault | ||
[[Michael Schumacher]] Mercedes |
3 | [[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
1:34.661 on Lap 50 |
10 | German Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
1 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
2 | [[Jenson Button**]] McLaren-Mercedes |
[[Michael Schumacher]] Mercedes | ||
[[Michael Schumacher§]] Mercedes |
3 | [[Kimi Räikkönen]] Lotus-Renault |
1:18.725 on Lap 57 |
11 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | [[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Romain Grosjean]] Lotus-Renault |
2 | [[Kimi Räikkönen]] Lotus-Renault |
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault | ||
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
3 | [[Romain Grosjean]] Lotus-Renault |
1:24.136 on Lap 68 |
12 | Belgian Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | [[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Kamui Kobayashi]] Sauber-Ferrari |
2 | [[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
[[Bruno Senna]] Williams-Renault | ||
[[Kimi Räikkönen††]] Lotus-Renault |
3 | [[Kimi Räikkönen]] Lotus-Renault |
1:52.822 on Lap 43 |
13 | Italian Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | [[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | [[Sergio Pérez]] Sauber-Ferrari |
[[Nico Rosberg]] Mercedes | ||
[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari |
3 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
1:27.239 on Lap 53 |
14 | Singapore Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | [[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Pastor Maldonado]] Williams-Renault |
2 | [[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes |
[[Nico Hülkenberg]] Force India-Mercedes | ||
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
3 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
1:51.033 on Lap 52 |
15 | Japanese Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
1 | [[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
2 | [[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari |
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault | ||
[[Kamui Kobayashi‡‡]] Sauber-Ferrari |
3 | [[Kamui Kobayashi]] Sauber-Ferrari |
1:35.774 on Lap 52 |
16 | Korean Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
1 | [[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
2 | [[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
[[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault | ||
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
3 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
1:42.037 on Lap 54 |
17 | Indian Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
1 | [[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
2 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
[[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes | ||
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
3 | [[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
1:28.203 on Lap 60 |
18 | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | [[Kimi Räikkönen]] Lotus-Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
2 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault | ||
[[Pastor Maldonado§§]] Williams-Renault |
3 | [[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
1:43.964 on Lap 54 |
19 | United States Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
1 | [[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | [[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault |
[[Sebastian Vettel]] Red Bull-Renault | ||
[[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
3 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
1:39.349 on Lap 56 |
20 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Report | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | [[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Jenson Button]] McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | [[Fernando Alonso]] Ferrari |
[[Lewis Hamilton]] McLaren-Mercedes | ||
[[Mark Webber]] Red Bull-Renault |
3 | [[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari |
1:18.069 on Lap 38 |
Notes:
- * Chinese Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) set the second fastest time in qualifying, but was penalised five places for a gearbox change prior to the weekend.
- † Spanish Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) set pole, but was excluded from qualifying because of a technical infringement.
- ‡ Monaco Grand Prix: Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) set the fastest time in qualifying in the final session, but had a five-place grid penalty.
- § German Grand Prix: Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) qualified third, but received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
- ** German Grand Prix: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) finished second, but received a twenty second penalty for an illegal overtake on Jenson Button on lap 66.
- †† Belgian Grand Prix: Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Renault) qualified third, but was penalised three grid-slots for blocking in Q1.
- ‡‡ Japanese Grand Prix: Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) qualified 3rd, but was demoted to 8th due to gearbox change penalty. Kamui Kobayashi promoted to 3rd.
- §§ Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) qualified 3rd, but was excluded from qualifying for not returning to the pits under the car's own power at the end of qualifying.
Standings[]
Points system: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 from first to tenth.
Drivers on equal points are separated by number of first places, then by number of second places if on equal number of first places and so on.
Driver Placings[]
Driver Placings | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | Driver | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
1st | Sebastian Vettel | 2nd | 11th | 5th | 1st | 6th | 4th | 4th | Ret | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 22nd* | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 281 |
2nd | Fernando Alonso | 5th | 1st | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 5th | Ret | 3rd | 3rd | Ret | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 278 |
3rd | Kimi Räikkönen | 7th | 5th | 14th | 2nd | 3rd | 9th | 8th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 1st | 6th | 10th | 207 |
4th | Lewis Hamilton | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 8th | 5th | 1st | 19th* | 8th | Ret | 1st | Ret | 1st | Ret | 5th | 10th | 4th | Ret | 1st | Ret | 190 |
5th | Jenson Button | 1st | 14th | 2nd | 18th* | 9th | 16th* | 16th | 8th | 10th | 2nd | 6th | 1st | Ret | 2nd | 4th | Ret | 5th | 4th | 5th | 1st | 188 |
6th | Mark Webber | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 11th | 1st | 7th | 4th | 1st | 8th | 8th | 6th | 20th* | 11th | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | Ret | Ret | 4th | 179 |
7th | Felipe Massa | Ret | 15th | 13th | 9th | 15th | 6th | 10th | 16th | 4th | 12th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 122 |
8th | Romain Grosjean | Ret | Ret | 6th | 3rd | 4th | Ret | 2nd | Ret | 6th | 18th | 3rd | Ret | BAN | 7th | 19th* | 7th | 9th | Ret | 7th | Ret | 96 |
9th | Nico Rosberg | 12th | 13th | 1st | 5th | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 15th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 7th | 5th | Ret | Ret | 11th | Ret | 13th | 15th | 93 |
10th | Sergio Pérez | 8th | 2nd | 11th | 11th | Ret | 11th | 3rd | 9th | Ret | 6th | 14th | Ret | 2nd | 10th | Ret | 11th | Ret | 15th | 11th | Ret | 66 |
11th | Nico Hülkenberg | Ret | 9th | 15th | 12th | 10th | 8th | 12th | 5th | 12th | 9th | 11th | 4th | 21st* | 14th | 7th | 6th | 8th | Ret | 8th | 5th | 63 |
12th | Kamui Kobayashi | 6th | Ret | 10th | 13th | 5th | Ret | 9th | Ret | 11th | 4th | 18th* | 13th | 9th | 13th | 3rd | Ret | 14th | 6th | 14th | 9th | 60 |
13th | Michael Schumacher | Ret | 10th | Ret | 10th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3rd | 7th | 7th | Ret | 7th | 6th | Ret | 11th | 13th | 22nd* | 11th | 16th | 7th | 49 |
14th | Paul di Resta | 10th | 7th | 12th | 6th | 14th | 7th | 11th | 7th | Ret | 11th | 12th | 10th | 8th | 4th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 9th | 15th | 19th* | 46 |
15th | Pastor Maldonado | 13th* | 19th* | 8th | Ret | 1st | Ret | 13th | 12th | 16th | 15th | 13th | Ret | 11th | Ret | 8th | 14th | 16th | 5th | 9th | Ret | 45 |
16th | Bruno Senna | 16th* | 6th | 7th | 22nd* | Ret | 10th | 17th | 10th | 9th | 17th | 7th | 12th | 10th | 18th* | 14th | 15th | 10th | 8th | 10th | Ret | 31 |
17th | Jean-Éric Vergne | 11th | 8th | 16th | 14th | 12th | 12th | 15th | Ret | 14th | 14th | 16th | 8th | Ret | Ret | 13th | 8th | 15th | 12th | Ret | 8th | 16 |
18th | Daniel Ricciardo | 9th | 12th | 17th | 15th | 13th | Ret | 14th | 11th | 13th | 13th | 15th | 9th | 12th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 13th | 10th | 12th | 13th | 10 |
19th | Vitaly Petrov | Ret | 16th | 18th | 16th | 17th | Ret | 19th | 13th | DNS | 16th | 19th | 14th | 15th | 19th | 17th | 16th | 17th | 16th | 17th | 11th | 0 |
20th | Timo Glock | 14th | 17th | 19th | 19th | 18th | 14th | Ret | DNS | 18th | 22nd | 21st | 15th | 17th | 12th | 16th | 18th | 20th | 14th | 19th | 16th | 0 |
21st | Charles Pic | 15th* | 20th | 20th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 20th | 15th | 19th | 20th | 20th | 16th | 16th | 16th | Ret | 19th | 19th | Ret | 20th | 12th | 0 |
22nd | Heikki Kovalainen | Ret | 18th | 23rd | 17th | 16th | 13th | 18th | 14th | 17th | 19th | 17th | 17th | 14th | 15th | 15th | 17th | 18th | 13th | 18th | 14th | 0 |
23rd | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 13th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
24rd | Narain Karthikeyan | DNQ | 22nd | 22nd | 21st | Ret | 15th | Ret | 18th | 21st | 23rd | Ret | Ret | 19th | Ret | Ret | 20th | 21st | Ret | 22nd | 18th | 0 |
25th | Pedro de la Rosa | DNQ | 21st | 21st | 20th | 19th | Ret | Ret | 17th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 18th | 18th | 17th | 18th | Ret | Ret | 17th | 21st | 17th | 0 |
Head-to-head: Team-mate comparisons[]
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* Did not finish, but completed over 90% of the race-winner's distance and was classified.
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Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | ||
1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | ||
2nd | Podium finish | DSQ | Disqualified | ||
3rd | DNQ | Did not qualify | |||
5th | Points finish | DNPQ | Did not pre-qualify | ||
14th | Non-points finish | TD | Test driver | ||
Italics | Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap | DNS | Did not start | ||
18th† | Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) | NC | Non-classified finish (<90% race distance) | ||
4thP | Qualified for pole position | [+] More Symbols |
Constructor Placings[]
Pos. | Team | No. | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
1st | Red Bull | 1 | 2nd | 11th | 5th | 1st | 6th | 4th | 4th | Ret | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 22nd* | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 460 |
2 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 11th | 1st | 7th | 4th | 1st | 8th | 8th | 6th | 20th* | 11th | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | Ret | Ret | 4th | |||
2nd | Ferrari | 5 | 5th | 1st | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 5th | Ret | 3rd | 3rd | Ret | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 400 |
6 | Ret | 15th | 13th | 9th | 15th | 6th | 10th | 16th | 4th | 12th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | |||
3rd | McLaren | 3 | 1st | 14th | 2nd | 18th* | 9th | 16th* | 16th | 8th | 10th | 2nd | 6th | 1st | Ret | 2nd | 4th | Ret | 5th | 4th | 5th | 1st | 378 |
4 | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 8th | 5th | 1st | 19th* | 8th | Ret | 1st | Ret | 1st | Ret | 5th | 10th | 4th | Ret | 1st | Ret | |||
4th | Lotus | 9 | 7th | 5th | 14th | 2nd | 3rd | 9th | 8th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 1st | 6th | 10th | 303 |
10 | Ret | Ret | 6th | 3rd | 4th | Ret | 2nd | Ret | 6th | 18th | 3rd | Ret | 13th | 7th | 19th* | 7th | 9th | Ret | 7th | Ret | |||
5th | Mercedes | 7 | Ret | 10th | Ret | 10th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3rd | 7th | 7th | Ret | 7th | 6th | Ret | 11th | 13th | 22nd* | 11th | 16th | 7th | 142 |
8 | 12th | 13th | 1st | 5th | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 15th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 7th | 5th | Ret | Ret | 11th | Ret | 13th | 15th | |||
6th | Sauber | 14 | 6th | Ret | 10th | 13th | 5th | Ret | 9th | Ret | 11th | 4th | 18th* | 13th | 9th | 13th | 3rd | Ret | 14th | 6th | 14th | 9th | 126 |
15 | 8th | 2nd | 11th | 11th | Ret | 11th | 3rd | 9th | Ret | 6th | 14th | Ret | 2nd | 10th | Ret | 11th | Ret | 15th | 11th | Ret | |||
7th | Force India | 11 | 10th | 7th | 12th | 6th | 14th | 7th | 11th | 7th | Ret | 11th | 12th | 10th | 8th | 4th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 9th | 15th | 19th* | 109 |
12 | Ret | 9th | 15th | 12th | 10th | 8th | 12th | 5th | 12th | 9th | 11th | 4th | 21st* | 14th | 7th | 6th | 8th | Ret | 8th | 5th | |||
8th | Williams | 18 | 13th* | 19th* | 8th | Ret | 1st | Ret | 13th | 12th | 16th | 15th | 13th | Ret | 11th | Ret | 8th | 14th | 16th | 5th | 9th | Ret | 76 |
19 | 16th* | 6th | 7th | 22nd* | Ret | 10th | 17th | 10th | 9th | 17th | 7th | 12th | 10th | 18th* | 14th | 15th | 10th | 8th | 10th | Ret | |||
9th | Toro Rosso | 16 | 9th | 12th | 17th | 15th | 13th | Ret | 14th | 11th | 13th | 13th | 15th | 9th | 12th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 13th | 10th | 12th | 13th | 26 |
17 | 11th | 8th | 16th | 14th | 12th | 12th | 15th | Ret | 14th | 14th | 16th | 8th | Ret | Ret | 13th | 8th | 15th | 12th | Ret | 8th | |||
10th | Caterham | 20 | Ret | 18th | 23rd | 17th | 16th | 13th | 18th | 14th | 17th | 19th | 17th | 17th | 14th | 15th | 15th | 17th | 18th | 13th | 18th | 14th | 0 |
21 | Ret | 16th | 18th | 16th | 17th | Ret | 19th | 13th | DNS | 16th | 19th | 14th | 15th | 19th | 17th | 16th | 17th | 16th | 17th | 11th | |||
11th | Marussia | 24 | 14th | 17th | 19th | 19th | 18th | 14th | Ret | DNS | 18th | 22nd | 21st | 15th | 17th | 12th | 16th | 18th | 20th | 14th | 19th | 16th | 0 |
25 | 15th* | 20th | 20th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 20th | 15th | 19th | 20th | 20th | 16th | 16th | 16th | Ret | 19th | 19th | Ret | 20th | 12th | |||
12th | HRT | 22 | DNQ | 21st | 21st | 20th | 19th | Ret | Ret | 17th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 18th | 18th | 17th | 18th | Ret | Ret | 17th | 21st | 17th | 0 |
23 | DNQ | 22nd | 22nd | 21st | Ret | 15th | Ret | 18th | 21st | 23rd | Ret | Ret | 19th | Ret | Ret | 20th | 21st | Ret | 22nd | 18th |
* Did not finish, but completed over 90% of the race-winner's distance and was classified.
Statistics[]
Drivers[]
WDC | Driver | Races | Starts | Poles | FR | Wins | Podia | FLs | Laps Led | kms Led | GPs Led | DNFs | Pts | Report |
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1 | Vettel | 20 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 368 | 1949 | 11 | 1 | 281 | Report |
2 | Alonso | 20 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 216 | 1101 | 7 | 2 | 278 | Report |
3 | Räikkönen | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 236 | 3 | 0 | 207 | Report |
4 | Hamilton | 20 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 232 | 1157 | 10 | 5 | 190 | Report |
5 | Button | 20 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 123 | 710 | 4 | 2 | 188 | Report |
6 | Webber | 20 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 233 | 2 | 2 | 179 | Report |
7 | Massa | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 122 | Report |
8 | Grosjean | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 96 | Report |
9 | Rosberg | 20 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 261 | 1 | 3 | 93 | Report |
10 | Pérez | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 67 | 3 | 6 | 66 | Report |
11 | Hülkenberg | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 129 | 1 | 1 | 46 | Report |
15 | Maldonado | 20 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 172 | 1 | 5 | 45 | Report |
16 | Senna | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | Report |
17 | Vergne | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | Report |
18 | Ricciardo | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | Report |
20 | Glock | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Report |
19 | Petrov | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Report |
21 | Pic | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Report |
22 | Kovalainen | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Report |
23 | D'Ambrosio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Report |
24 | Karthikeyan | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Report |
25 | De la Rosa | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Report |
Constructors[]
WCC | Team | Races | Starts | Poles | FR | Wins | Podia | FLs | Laps Led | kms Led | GPs Led | DNFs | Pts | Report |
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1 | Red Bull-R | 20 | 40 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 434 | 2182 | 12 | 3 | 460 | Report |
2 | Ferrari | 20 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 217 | 1104 | 7 | 3 | 400 | Report |
3 | McLaren-M | 20 | 40 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 355 | 1867 | 12 | 7 | 378 | Report |
4 | Lotus-R | 20 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 254 | 4 | 7 | 303 | Report |
5 | Mercedes | 20 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 261 | 1 | 10 | 142 | Report |
6 | Sauber-F | 20 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 67 | 3 | 10 | 126 | Report |
7 | Force India-M | 20 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 135 | 1 | 2 | 109 | Report |
8 | Williams-R | 20 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 172 | 1 | 7 | 76 | Report |
9 | Toro Rosso-F | 20 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | Report |
10 | Caterham-R | 20 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Report |
11 | Marussia-C | 20 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Report |
12 | HRT-C | 20 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Report |
See also[]
See the related event on the F2 Wiki | |
2012 GP2 Series |
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See the related event on the FIA F3 Wiki | |
2012 GP3 Series |
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Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Rules and regulations - 2012 season changes. The Official F1 Website.
- ↑ Manipe F1 Stats Centre - 2012 Season
- ↑ Manipe F1 - 2012 Standings
- ↑ [1]
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