Formula 1 World Championship 2012

Formula 1 World Championship 2012

World Champion
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel
Constructor:	Red Bull-Renault
Season dates
Number of races:	20th
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World champion Sebastian Vettel

The 2012 Formula 1 World Championship was the 63rd season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It comprised 20 races for the first time and was held from March 18 to November 25. Sebastian Vettel defended his world title this season and became the youngest three-time world champion. His racing team Red Bull-Renault, with Mark Webber as the second driver, also managed to defend the constructors' title early.

With Fernando Alonso , Jenson Button , Lewis Hamilton , Kimi Räikkönen , Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, six drivers took part in the 2012 World Championship, each of which has won the World Championship at least once, has already won 14 titles and has also won all World Championships since the 2000 season had.

Changes in 2012

Racetracks

According to the first version of the racing calendar, which was published on June 3, 2011, 21 races were planned for 2012 for the first time. At a meeting of FOTA on July 28, 2011 changes were decided and a racing calendar with 20 races was presented. The Turkish Grand Prix has been removed from this draft and some dates have changed. The racing calendar was confirmed by the FIA on August 31, 2011 .

Formula 1 returned to the United States . The US Grand Prix took place for the first time on the new Circuit of The Americas in Austin , Texas . The last US Grand Prix until then was held in 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway . The only Formula 1 race in Texas so far took place in 1984 at the Dallas Fair Park Grand Prix Circuit .

In 2012, the German Grand Prix took place again at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg on a rotating basis.

Regulations

The visually most noticeable change in the season was the lowering of the nose from a maximum of 62.5 cm to 55 cm. Since this only affected the area above the front wing, most cars had a prominent hump in front of the front suspension. Only the McLaren MP4-27 and the Marussia MR01 managed without this hump. The reason for the change were safety concerns, because the noses, which were arranged as high as possible for aerodynamic reasons, meant a greater risk for the driver in the event of a collision.

In the 2011 season , some teams, including World Champion Red Bull , relied on an exhaust system that directs the engine's exhaust gases to the rear diffuser and thus ensures higher contact pressure. The engine management ensured that even if the driver took off the accelerator, the contact pressure was not lost due to additional fuel injected. A ban on this “blown diffuser” was discussed as early as the 2011 season, but was postponed to the beginning of the 2012 season after protests by the teams.

Drivers were not allowed to leave the track without an important reason even during in and out laps. In the previous season, some drivers cut short tests, especially on the lap after exiting the pits, in order to save tires and fuel. In addition, drivers who left the racing line in order to defend their position were not allowed to return to the racing line.

During a safety car phase, all lapped vehicles were allowed to lap back so that they did not interfere with the faster vehicles when they restarted.

Previously, new vehicles only had to pass the FIA ​​crash tests before the first race of the season. As of this season, this also applied to test drives. In addition, the requirements for side impacts have been tightened.

In recent years, tests have been banned during the season in order to save costs. This year there was again a three-day test in Mugello from May 1st to 3rd, but one less test before the start of the season.

In order to save costs, the maximum operating time of a wind tunnel was limited to 60 hours per week. An upper limit of 40 TeraFLOPS has been set for CFD calculations  .

Teams

Three teams changed the designer name:

The previous team Lotus , which entered Formula 1 in 2010 as Lotus Racing , renounced the use of the Lotus name and integrated the British sports car manufacturer Caterham into the name. Both the racing team and the sports car manufacturer are owned by Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes . The official team name was Caterham F1 Team .

The resulting constructor name Lotus was taken over by the previous Renault team. So far, Lotus has only been the title sponsor of the racing team registered as Lotus Renault GP , which is owned by the Luxembourg company Genii Capital . The Renault team was created in 2001 through the takeover of Benetton . The team also changed the official team name to Lotus F1 Team .

Two years after its inception, Virgin also changed the designer's name to Marussia . Russian automaker Marussia Motors already owns shares in the team that was originally reported as the Manor Grand Prix . The team chose Marussia F1 Racing as the official name .

The Formula 1 Commission had approved the name change. This means that regardless of the name change, the racing teams were allowed to keep the awards from the 2011 season. The FIA ​​confirmed the name changes.

There were also three changes to the official team names. Mercedes integrated the motorsport subsidiary AMG in its name and competed as the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team . At Force India , the new shareholder Sahara India Pariwar was mentioned in the name, so that the racing team started as the Sahara Force India F1 Team . At Williams , AT&T ended its engagement as title sponsor. The team entered as the Williams F1 Team in 2012 .

driver

Pedro de la Rosa , who was active as a test driver at McLaren in 2011 and had completed a race for Sauber as a substitute , received a two-year contract with HRT in 2012 and returned to a regular cockpit.

Charles Pic , who finished fourth overall in the GP2 series in 2011 , made his Formula 1 debut for Marussia .

Robert Kubica , who was represented at Renault in 2011 by Nick Heidfeld and Bruno Senna due to an injury , had a contract with the racing team , which started as the Lotus F1 Team in 2012, for the 2012 season, but at the end of November 2011 he announced that he was not in time for the season opener will get fit. A little later, Lotus announced that Kimi Räikkönen would take over the cockpit for the 2012 season. In addition to Raikkonen, Romain Grosjean drove the second Lotus. Grosjean was preferred to Vitaly Petrov , although he had a valid contract for the 2012 season. Grosjean made his Formula 1 debut in 2009 and was without a cockpit for the next two years. During this time he became champion of the Auto GP ( 2010 ), the GP2 Asia series ( 2011 ) and the GP2 series (2011).

Bruno Senna , who had played the second half of the season for Renault after Nick Heidfeld's dismissal in 2011 , was signed by Williams for the 2012 season . He replaced Rubens Barrichello , who had tried to the last to get a contract with Williams for his 20th Formula 1 season.

Vitaly Petrow , who originally had a contract with Lotus for the 2012 season but was replaced by Romain Grosjean , announced his move to Caterham in mid-February 2012 . He replaced Jarno Trulli , who originally had a contract for 2012 with Caterham.

The Scuderia Toro Rosso went to 2012 with a completely new driver duo. Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Éric Vergne replaced Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari . Ricciardo and Vergne have been supported by Red Bull , the owner of the team, for a number of years . Both were last active in Formula Renault 3.5 , in which Vergne was runner-up in 2011 and Ricciardo was fifth. Ricciardo also completed eleven Formula 1 races for HRT in 2011 , while Vergne has only participated in Formula 1 test drives so far. Both pilots have had a similar career in recent years. Ricciardo was runner-up in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup in 2008 , champion of British Formula 3 in 2009 and runner-up in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010. Vergne achieved the same successes one year after Ricciardo.

At Force India , Nico Hulkenberg returned to Formula 1 as a driver and contested his second season. Hülkenberg was a test driver for the team in 2011 and was used in some free practice sessions. Hulkenberg replaced his compatriot Adrian Sutil .

Sébastien Buemi , who had lost his cockpit at Toro Rosso, became a reserve driver for Red Bull Racing and its sister team Toro Rosso. Even Jerome D'Ambrosio , the 2011 race driver at Virgin was, the task was a 2012 test and reserve driver. He switched to Lotus . D'Ambrosio has long been supported by Gravity , like the Lotus team, a subsidiary of Genii . In his role as a reserve driver, he was used at the Italian Grand Prix because regular driver Grosjean was banned. Vitantonio Liuzzi lost his regular cockpit at HRT, but stayed with the team as a test driver.

Jaime Alguersuari , who had lost his Toro Rosso cockpit, took over the position of test driver at the tire manufacturer Pirelli .

Rubens Barrichello left Formula 1 after 19 seasons and switched to KV Racing Technology in the IndyCar Series .

Karun Chandhok , who had completed a race for Lotus in 2011 and participated in several training sessions, left Formula 1 and started for JRM Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2012 . Nick Heidfeld , who started the 2011 season with the Renault team and lost his cockpit during the season, also switched to the WEC. He started there for Rebellion Racing .

After the second Grand Prix, Adrian Sutil (formerly Force India) and Jarno Trulli (formerly Lotus) were the only preseason drivers without a contract.

Teams and drivers

The overview lists all drivers who have signed a contract with the racing team as regular or test drivers for the 2012 season or who have taken part in an official test drive or Grand Prix training.

image	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB8	Renault 2.4 V8	P	01	Sebastian Vettel	1-20	Sébastien Buemi António Félix da Costa Robin Frijns
					02	Mark Webber	1-20
	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-27	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P	03	Jenson Button	1-20	Kevin Magnussen Gary Paffett Oliver Turvey
					04th	Lewis Hamilton	1-20
	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari F2012	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P	05	Fernando Alonso	1-20	Olivier Beretta Andrea Bertolini Jules Bianchi Gianmaria Bruni Giancarlo Fisichella Marc Gené Davide Rigon
					06th	Felipe Massa	1-20
	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes F1 W03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P	07th	Michael sSchumacher	1-20	Sam Bird Brendon Hartley
					08th	Nico Rosberg	1-20
	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E20	Renault 2.4 V8	P	09	Kimi Raikkonen	1-20	Jérôme D'Ambrosio Edoardo Mortara Nicolas Prost Davide Valsecchi
					10	Romain Grosjean	1-12, 14-20
						Jérôme D'Ambrosio	13
	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM05	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P	11	Paul di Resta	1-20	Jules Bianchi Conor Daly Rodolfo González Gary Paffett Luiz Razia
					12	Nico Hulkenberg	1-20
	Sauber F1 Team	Clean C31	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P	14th	Kamui Kobayashi	1-20	Robin Frijns Esteban Gutiérrez
					15th	Sergio Perez	1-20
	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR7	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P	16	Daniel Ricciardo	1-20	Sébastien Buemi Johnny Cecotto Jr. Luiz Razia
					17th	Jean-Éric Vergne	1-20
	Williams F1 team	Williams FW34	Renault 2.4 V8	P	18th	Pastor Maldonado	1-20	Valtteri Bottas Susie Wolff
					19th	Bruno Senna	1-20
	Caterham F1 team	Caterham CT01	Renault 2.4 V8	P	20th	Heikki Kovalainen	1-20	Giedo van der Garde Rodolfo González Alexander Rossi
					21st	Vitaly Petrov	1-20
	HRT F1 team	HRT F112	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P	22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	1-20	Dani Clos Vitantonio Liuzzi Qinghua Ma
					23	Narain Karthikeyan	1-20
	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P	24	Timo Glock	1-20	Max Chilton Rio Haryanto María de Villota
					25th	Charles Pic	1-20

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y} This driver took part in the test days for this racing team called Young Driver Days .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} This driver was used by the racing team in at least one free practice session on Friday.
3. ↑ Gary Paffett was nominated for the Australian Grand Prix as a reserve driver at Force India because Jules Bianchi was not there due to his involvement in the Formula Renault 3.5.

Season preparation

7-10 February: Jerez

The first week of testing took place from February 7th to 10th at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain. With the Caterham CT01 , the Ferrari F2012 , the Force India VJM05 , the Lotus E20 , the McLaren MP4-27 , the Red Bull RB8 , the Sauber C31 , the Toro Rosso STR7 and the Williams FW34 , nine cars made their track debut. Mercedes and HRT were on site with their chassis from the 2011 season and only took part in three (Mercedes) and two (HRT) test days. Marussia decided not to take part in this test week. The teams used the Pirelli tire compounds for the first time for the 2012 season.

At the start of the test on February 7th, Lotus driver Kimi Räikkönen set the fastest time (1: 19.670 minutes) ahead of Paul di Resta in the Force India and Nico Rosberg in the previous year's Mercedes. On the second day of the test, Michael Schumacher took the top position in the previous year's Mercedes with a time of 1: 18.561 minutes. Second and the fastest driver in a new race car was Red Bull -Pilot Mark Webber (1: 19.184 minutes) before Daniel Ricciardo in the Toro Rosso . On the third day of testing, Nico Rosberg (1: 17.613 minutes) was again a driver in the previous year's Mercedes. The best pilot in a 2012 model was Romain Grosjean in the Lotus with a best time of 1: 18.419 minutes. Sebastian Vettel was third in the Red Bull. On the fourth and last day of the first week of testing, Fernando Alonso was at the top of the ranking with a time of 1: 18.877 minutes. In second and third place followed Jean-Éric Vergne in the Toro Rosso and Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull. Romain Grosjean thus achieved the weekly best time of a 2012 vehicle in the first week.

21.-24. February: Barcelona

The second week of testing took place from February 21st to 24th at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. In addition to the new vehicles that were already used in the first week of testing, the Mercedes F1 W03 was used for the first time. In addition, Marussia got involved in the test drives. However, still with the previous year's model. HRT decided not to participate.

On the first day of testing, Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap in the Red Bull with a time of 1: 23.265 minutes, ahead of Nico Hülkenberg in the Force India and Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren . For Lotus the test day was stopped early after a few rounds a crack in, first used chassis ( E20 -02) was observed. The remainder of the test week was originally intended to continue with the other chassis (E20-01) that was used in the first week of testing. However, during investigations at the factory in Enstone , UK, the team found that the problems were due to a manufacturing error and that both chassis needed to be reworked. Lotus then canceled the further test drives this week. On the second day of the test, Hülkenberg was the fastest driver with a time of 1: 22.608 minutes ahead of Sergio Pérez in the Sauber . Both pilots achieved their time with the tire compound super soft . Third was Vettel. On the third day of testing, Pastor Maldonado achieved the fastest time in the Williams with 1: 22.391 minutes, almost a second ahead of Michael Schumacher in the Mercedes and Kamui Kobayashi in the Sauber. On the fourth day of the test, Kobayashi set the daily and weekly best times in the Sauber with a time of 1: 22.312 minutes. Maldonado came in second in Williams, third in Paul di Resta in Force India.

1st - 4th March: Barcelona

The third and final week of testing before the season also took place in Barcelona . Except for Marussia and HRT , all teams took part in the test. Marussia's new chassis did not pass the mandatory crash test. HRT was there with the motorhome, but the vehicle was not yet ready for use.

Lotus , which had to abandon the last test due to a chassis problem, was back on site and achieved the fastest time with Romain Grosjean (1: 23.252 minutes). Jenson Button ( McLaren ) and Sergio Pérez ( Sauber ) took second and third place. On the second day of the test, Grosjean kept the lead and improved the weekly best time to 1: 22.614 minutes. His compatriot Jean-Éric Vergne ( Toro Rosso ) was second, Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull ) third . On the third day of testing, Pérez set the fastest time with 1: 22.094 minutes ahead of Button and Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso). On the last day of the test, Kimi Räikkönen achieved the best time in the Lotus with 1: 22.030 minutes. It was the fastest lap time ever for a 2012 car in Barcelona. Second was Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari ), Third Bruno Senna ( Williams ).

During this test week, some teams brought even bigger updates to their vehicles.

Racing calendar

On August 31, 2011, the racing calendar was confirmed by the FIA.

No.	date	Grand Prix (track)	Distance (km)	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest race lap	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	March 18th	Australia ( Melbourne )	307,574	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	McLaren-Mercedes
02	25th March	Malaysia ( Sepang )	310.408	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Sergio Pérez ( Sauber - Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )
03	April 15th	China ( Shanghai )	305.066	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Kamui Kobayashi ( Sauber - Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )
04th	April 22	Bahrain ( as-Sachir )	308.238	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )	Romain Grosjean ( Lotus - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Red Bull-Renault
05	May 13th	Spain ( Montmeló )	307.104	Pastor Maldonado ( Williams - Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )	Pastor Maldonado ( Williams - Renault )	Romain Grosjean ( Lotus - Renault )
06th	May 27th	Monaco ( Monte Carlo )	260.520	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Mark Webber 1 ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sergio Pérez ( Sauber - Ferrari )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )
07th	June 10th	Canada ( Montréal )	305.270	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Romain Grosjean ( Lotus - Renault )	Sergio Pérez ( Sauber - Ferrari )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )
08th	June 24th	Europe ( Valencia )	308.883	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )	Michael Schumacher ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )
09	8th of July	Great Britain ( Silverstone )	306,198	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )
10	22nd of July	Germany ( Hockenheim )	306,458	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Michael Schumacher ( Mercedes )
11	29th of July	Hungary ( Mogyoród )	302.249	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )	Romain Grosjean ( Lotus - Renault )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )
12	September 2nd	Belgium ( Spa-Francorchamps )	308.052	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Bruno Senna ( Williams - Renault )
13	the 9th of September	Italy ( Monza )	306.720	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Sergio Pérez ( Sauber - Ferrari )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )
14th	September 23rd	Singapore ( Singapore )	309,316	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Nico Hülkenberg ( Force India - Mercedes )
15th	October 7th	Japan ( Suzuka )	307,471	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Felipe Massa ( Ferrari )	Kamui Kobayashi ( Sauber - Ferrari )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )
16	October 14th	Korea ( Yeongam )	308.630	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )
17th	28th of October	India ( Greater Noida )	307.249	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )
18th	November 4th	Abu Dhabi ( Yas Island )	305.355	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )
19th	November 18	USA ( Austin )	308.896	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )
20th	25. November	Brazil ( Interlagos )	305.909	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Felipe Massa ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )

¹ Michael Schumacher achieved the fastest lap in qualifying. However, since he had received a starting place penalty of five positions for causing a collision in the last race, pole position went to Mark Webber , who had the second fastest time.

Race reports

Australian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 34: 09.565
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	+ 2.139
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 4.075
PP	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 24.922
SR	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 29.187

The Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit took place on March 18, 2012 and covered a distance of 58 laps of 5.303 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 307.574 km.

Jenson Button won the race ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton . Button took over the lead from Hamilton at the start and only gave it up briefly during pit stops.

On the last lap there were a few duels, overtaking maneuvers and touches that changed the ranking significantly from sixth place onwards.

Daniel Ricciardo achieved his first world championship points at this Grand Prix with a ninth place.

Malaysian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	2: 44: 51.812
2	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	+ 2.263
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 14,591
PP	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 36.219
SR	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	1: 40.722

The Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit took place on March 25, 2012 and covered a distance of 56 laps of 5.543 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 310.408 km.

Fernando Alonso won the race ahead of Sergio Pérez and Lewis Hamilton . The race was shaped by the rain, which started shortly before the start and led to the race being interrupted on the ninth lap.

It was Pérez's first podium finish. In addition, Jean-Éric Vergne scored points for the first time in his Formula 1 career.

Chinese Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 36: 26.929
2	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 20.626
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 26.012
PP	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 35.121
SR	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 39.960

The Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit took place on April 15, 2012 and covered a distance of 56 laps of 5.451 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 305.066 km.

In qualifying, Nico Rosberg was the 96th driver to achieve his first pole position in the Formula 1 World Championship. His first Formula 1 victory followed in front of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton . It was the first Formula 1 victory for Mercedes as a designer since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix . Between 1955 and 2010, Mercedes did not compete as a designer in Formula 1, but was only active as an engine manufacturer.

Bahrain Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 35: 10.990
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	+ 3.333
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	+ 10.194
PP	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 32.422
SR	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 36.379

The Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit took place on April 22, 2012 and covered a distance of 57 laps of 5.412 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 308.238 km.

Sebastian Vettel won the race ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean . It was Vettel's first win of the season and Grosjean's first ever podium finish.

Vettel kept the lead at the start and kept it apart from the pit stops.

Spanish Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1: 39: 09,145
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 3.195
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	+ 3.884
PP	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1: 22.285
SR	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 26.250

The Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya took place on May 13, 2012 and covered a distance of 66 laps of 4.655 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 307.104 km.

In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton , who set the fastest lap, was taken out of the ranking because at the end of qualifying he had less than the required liter of petrol in the tank. He started the race from last place.

Pastor Maldonado won the race from pole position ahead of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen . It was Maldonado's first victory and his first pole position and also the first victory and first pole position for a Venezuelan .

At the start, Maldonado lost the lead to Alonso. At the second pit stop, Maldonado took the lead from Alonso.

After the race, a fire broke out in the Williams team's pit , injuring 31 people.

Monaco Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 46: 06.557
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 0.643
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 0.947
PP	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 14.381
SR	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 17.296

The Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco took place on May 27, 2012 and covered a distance of 78 laps of 3.340 km each, which corresponds to a total distance of 260.520 km.

In qualifying, Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap for the first time after his return to Formula 1. However, since he was given a starting place penalty for causing a collision in the last race, Mark Webber started from pole position .

Webber eventually won the race ahead of Nico Rosberg and Fernando Alonso . Webber maintained the lead at the start and kept it, apart from the pit stops, throughout. The first six drivers were close together for much of the race and finally crossed the finish line within 6.2 seconds.

With Webber, the sixth driver won the sixth race of the season.

Canadian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 32: 29.586
2	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	+ 2.513
3	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	+ 5.260
PP	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 13.784
SR	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 15.752

The Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve took place on June 10, 2012 and covered a distance of 70 laps of 4.361 km each, which corresponds to a total distance of 305.270 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Romain Grosjean and Sergio Pérez .

Hamilton initially took second place behind Sebastian Vettel . At the first pit stop, both Hamilton and Fernando Alonso passed Vettel. Hamilton led the race until his second pit stop. At this point, Alonso took the lead over Vettel. Both drivers did not pit at first and their tires deteriorated. Hamilton caught up with them and walked past them. Vettel made another stop and finished fourth, Alonso fell by the wayside and crossed the finish line in fifth.

With Hamilton, the seventh driver won the seventh race of the season. This has never happened in any Formula 1 season.

Grand Prix of Europe

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space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 44: 16,649
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	+ 6.421
3	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	+ 12.639
PP	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 38.086
SR	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 42.163

The European Grand Prix at the Valencia Street Circuit took place on June 24, 2012 and covered a distance of 57 laps of 5.419 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 308.883 km.

Fernando Alonso won the race ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and Michael Schumacher . It was Schumacher's only podium finish for Mercedes . Alonso became the first driver to win a second Formula 1 race in 2012.

At the start, Sebastian Vettel kept the lead. Initially, Lewis Hamilton was in second place until Romain Grosjean passed him. Vettel set himself apart from the rest of the field. A safety car phase brought the field closer together and Alonso past Hamilton into third place. After Alonso drove past Grosjean at the restart, Vettel dropped out a little later with technical problems. Grosjean also lost out.

In the final phase there were duels for places behind Alonso. First, Raikkonen took second place. Then there was a duel between Hamilton and Maldonado in the penultimate lap, in which both touched and Hamilton fell out. Schumacher finally took third place.

Great Britain Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 25: 11.288
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 3.060
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	+ 4.836
PP	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 51.746
SR	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	1: 34.661

The Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Silverstone Circuit took place on July 8, 2012 and went over a distance of 52 laps of 5.891 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 306.198 km.

Mark Webber won the race ahead of Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel .

Alonso led the race from pole position for most of the laps. In the final phase, when he was on the softer tire compound, Webber, who was using the harder tires at the time, managed to pass him.

Grand Prix of Germany

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space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 31: 05.862
2	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 6.949
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	+ 16.409
PP	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 40.621
SR	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 18.725

The German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg took place on July 22, 2012 and covered a distance of 67 laps of 4.574 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 306.458 km.

Fernando Alonso won the race ahead of Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen .

Alonso maintained the lead at the start and kept it after the pit stop. Sebastian Vettel was second for long stretches, but fell behind Button after the second pit stop. In the closing stages he passed Button again by leaving the track and finished in second place. The race stewards saw the overtaking maneuver as a violation of the regulations and subsequently imposed a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a 20-second time penalty. Vettel was therefore rated fifth.

Hungarian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 41: 05,503
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	+ 1.032
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	+ 10.518
PP	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 20.953
SR	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 24.136

The Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring took place on July 29, 2012 and covered a distance of 69 laps of 4.381 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 302.249 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Lotus drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean .

Hamilton kept the lead at the start and only gave it up briefly at the pit stops. After Grosjean had initially driven in second place, Raikkonen took it over after his second stop with an overtaking maneuver against Grosjean at the pit exit. Raikkonen then approached Hamilton to around a second. He did not attempt to overtake.

Belgian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 29: 08,530
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	+ 13.624
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	+ 25.334
PP	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 47.573
SR	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1: 52.822

The Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps took place on September 2, 2012 and covered a distance of 44 laps of 7.004 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 308.052 km.

Jenson Button won the race with a start-to-finish victory from Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen .

The race started with a mass collision in front of the first corner in which several drivers were eliminated, including world championship leader Fernando Alonso . Romain Grosjean , who caused the collision, was then banned from the next race by the race stewards.

While Button was in the lead throughout, there were several battles for positions and overtaking maneuvers in the rest of the field.

Italian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 19: 41,221
2	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	+ 4.356
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 20.594
PP	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 24.010
SR	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 27.239

The Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza took place on September 9, 2012 and covered a distance of 53 laps of 5.793 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 306.72 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Sergio Pérez and Fernando Alonso .

Jérôme D'Ambrosio represented Romain Grosjean in this race , who was banned from a race after causing a mass collision.

Singapore Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	2: 00: 26.144
2	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 8,959
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 15.227
PP	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 46.362
SR	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 51.033

The Singapore Grand Prix on the Marina Bay Street Circuit took place on September 23, 2012 and covered a distance of 59 laps of 5.073 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 299.170 km.

Sebastian Vettel won the race ahead of Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso .

Lewis Hamilton initially led the race. Due to a technical problem he retired while in the lead. After two safety car phases, the race was ended on lap 59 due to the 2-hour rule. Originally 61 laps were planned.

Japanese Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 28: 56.242
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 20.639
3	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	+ 24,538
PP	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 30.839
SR	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 35.774

The Japanese Grand Prix on the Suzuka International Racing Course took place on October 7, 2012 and covered a distance of 53 laps of 5.807 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 307.471 km.

Sebastian Vettel won the race ahead of Felipe Massa and Kamui Kobayashi .

Vettel started from pole position , led the race and set the fastest lap. With that he managed a Grand Slam .

With the win, Vettel reduced the gap to world championship leader Fernando Alonso , who was eliminated after a collision at the start, to four points.

Kobayashi achieved the first podium finish of his Formula 1 career.

Korean Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 36: 28.651
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	+ 8.231
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 13.944
PP	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 37.242
SR	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 42.037

The Korean Grand Prix at the Korean International Circuit took place on October 14, 2012 and covered a distance of 55 laps of 5.615 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 308.630 km.

Sebastian Vettel won the race in front of his teammates Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso .

Vettel took the lead in the drivers' world championship with the victory.

Indian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 31: 10.744
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 9.437
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	+ 13.217
PP	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 25.283
SR	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 28.203

The Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit took place on October 28, 2012 and covered a distance of 60 laps of 5.125 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 307.249 km.

Sebastian Vettel won the race ahead of Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber .

Vettel maintained the lead at the start and kept it until the end of the race. Webber was initially in second place until he fell behind Alonso, who had made up two positions in the start phase, with KERS problems.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	1: 45: 58.667
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 0.852
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	+ 4.163
PP	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 40.630
SR	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 43.964

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit took place on November 4, 2012 and covered a distance of 55 laps of 5.554 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 305.355 km.

In qualifying, Sebastian Vettel , who drove the third fastest lap, was taken out of the ranking because he had violated the regulations. He tackled the race from the pits.

Kimi Raikkonen won the race ahead of Fernando Alonso and Vettel. It was Raikkonen's only win of the season.

Until his technical retirement, Lewis Hamilton led the race. Then Raikkonen took the lead and held it until the end of the race. Vettel, who started out of the pits, showed some overtaking maneuvers and benefited from two safety car phases. Despite a repair stop because of a damaged front wing, he drove up to third place.

United States Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 35: 55.269
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	+ 0.675
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 39.229
PP	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 35.657
SR	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 39.347

The US Grand Prix at the Circuit of The Americas took place on November 18, 2012 and covered a distance of 56 laps of 5.516 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 308.896 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso .

Vettel kept the lead at the start and initially led the race. With an overtaking maneuver in the second half of the race, Hamilton managed to overtake Vettel. He kept the lead until the finish.

While the drivers 'world championship remained open, Red Bull-Renault secured the constructors' world championship title.

Brazilian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 45: 22.656
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 2.754
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 3.615
PP	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 12.458
SR	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 18.069

The Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace took place on November 25, 2012 and covered a distance of 71 laps of 4.309 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 305.909 km.

Jenson Button won the race ahead of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa .

After an eventful race, Sebastian Vettel took sixth place to win the world title.

It was Michael Schumacher's last race , Jenson Button's last win and also the last so far for McLaren .

Qualifying duels

This table shows which drivers in each team achieved the better positions in qualifying.

driver : driver  Red Bull-Renault  Sebastian Vettel 11: 9  Mark Webber  McLaren-Mercedes  Jenson Button 4:16  Lewis Hamilton  Ferrari  Fernando Alonso 17: 3  Felipe Massa  Mercedes  Michael sSchumacher 10:10  Nico Rosberg  Lotus Renault  Kimi Raikkonen 9:10  Romain Grosjean 1-0  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Force India-Mercedes  Paul di Resta 8:12  Nico Hulkenberg

driver : driver  Clean Ferrari  Kamui Kobayashi 9:11  Sergio Perez  Toro Rosso-Ferrari  Daniel Ricciardo 15: 5  Jean-Éric Vergne  Williams-Renault  Pastor Maldonado 18: 2  Bruno Senna  Caterham-Renault  Heikki Kovalainen 13: 7  Vitaly Petrov  HRT-Cosworth  Pedro de la Rosa 17: 3  Narain Karthikeyan  Marussia-Cosworth  Timo Glock 13: 7  Charles Pic

Racing duels

This table shows which drivers in the respective team achieved the better position in the race. If no driver from a team has come into the ranking in a race, this will be counted as 0-0.

driver : driver  Red Bull-Renault  Sebastian Vettel 13: 7  Mark Webber  McLaren-Mercedes  Jenson Button 9:11  Lewis Hamilton  Ferrari  Fernando Alonso 18: 2  Felipe Massa  Mercedes  Michael sSchumacher 10:10  Nico Rosberg  Lotus Renault  Kimi Raikkonen 17: 2  Romain Grosjean 1-0  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Force India-Mercedes  Paul di Resta 9:11  Nico Hulkenberg

driver : driver  Clean Ferrari  Kamui Kobayashi 10:10  Sergio Perez  Toro Rosso-Ferrari  Daniel Ricciardo 12: 8  Jean-Éric Vergne  Williams-Renault  Pastor Maldonado 8:11  Bruno Senna  Caterham-Renault  Heikki Kovalainen 9:10  Vitaly Petrov  HRT-Cosworth  Pedro de la Rosa 15: 3  Narain Karthikeyan  Marussia-Cosworth  Timo Glock 13: 7  Charles Pic

World championship ratings

Driver ranking of the Formula 1 season 2012

The world champion will be the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top ten drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																					Points
01	S. Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	2	11	5	1	6th	4th	4th	DNF	3	5	4th	2	*22 *	1	1	1	1	3	2	6th	281
02	F. Alonso	Ferrari	5	1	9	7th	2	3	5	1	2	1	5	DNF	3	3	DNF	3	2	2	3	2	278
03	K. Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	7th	5	14th	2	3	9	8th	2	5	3	2	3	5	6th	6th	5	7th	1	6th	10	207
04th	L. Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	3	3	3	8th	8th	5	1	*19 *	8th	DNF	1	DNF	1	DNF	5	10	4th	DNF	1	DNF	190
05	J. Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1	14th	2	*18 *	9	*16 *	16	8th	10	2	6th	1	DNF	2	4th	DNF	5	4th	5	1	188
06th	M. Webber	Red Bull-Renault	4th	4th	4th	4th	11	1	7th	4th	1	8th	8th	6th	*20 *	11	9	2	3	DNF	DNF	4th	179
07th	F. Massa	Ferrari	DNF	15th	13	9	15th	6th	10	16	4th	12	9	5	4th	8th	2	4th	6th	7th	4th	3	122
08th	R. Grosjean	Lotus Renault	DNF	DNF	6th	3	4th	DNF	2	DNF	6th	18th	3	DNF	EX	7th	*19 *	7th	9	DNF	7th	DNF	96
09	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	12	13	1	5	7th	2	6th	6th	15th	10	10	11	7th	5	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	13	15th	93
10	S. Perez	Clean Ferrari	8th	2	11	11	DNF	11	3	9	DNF	6th	14th	DNF	2	10	DNF	11	DNF	15th	11	DNF	66
11	N. Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	DNF	9	15th	12	10	8th	12	5	12	9	11	4th	*21 *	14th	7th	6th	8th	DNF	8th	5	63
12	K. Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	6th	DNF	10	13	5	DNF	9	DNF	11	4th	*18 *	13	9	13	3	DNF	14th	6th	14th	9	60
13	M. Schumacher	Mercedes	DNF	10	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	7th	7th	DNF	7th	6th	DNF	11	13	*22 *	11	16	7th	49
14th	P. di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	10	7th	12	6th	14th	7th	11	7th	DNF	11	12	10	8th	4th	12	12	12	9	15th	*19 *	46
15th	P. Maldonado	Williams-Renault	*13 *	*19 *	8th	DNF	1	DNF	13	12	16	15th	13	DNF	11	DNF	8th	14th	16	5	9	DNF	45
16	B. Senna	Williams-Renault	*16 *	6th	7th	*22 *	DNF	10	17th	10	9	17th	7th	12	10	*18 *	14th	15th	10	8th	10	DNF	31
17th	J. Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	11	8th	16	14th	12	12	15th	DNF	14th	14th	16	8th	DNF	DNF	13	8th	15th	12	DNF	8th	16
18th	D. Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	9	12	17th	15th	13	DNF	14th	11	13	13	15th	9	12	9	10	9	13	10	12	13	10
19th	W. Petrov	Caterham-Renault	DNF	16	18th	16	17th	DNF	19th	13	DNS	16	19th	14th	15th	19th	17th	16	17th	16	17th	11	0
20th	T. Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	14th	17th	19th	19th	18th	14th	DNF	DNS	18th	22nd	21st	15th	17th	12	16	18th	20th	14th	19th	16	0
21st	C. Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	*15 *	20th	20th	DNF	DNF	DNF	20th	15th	19th	20th	20th	16	16	16	DNF	19th	19th	DNF	20th	12	0
22nd	H. Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	DNF	18th	23	17th	16	13	18th	14th	17th	19th	17th	17th	14th	15th	15th	17th	18th	13	18th	14th	0
23	J. D'Ambrosio	Lotus Renault													13								0
24	N. Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	DNQ	22nd	22nd	21st	DNF	15th	DNF	18th	21st	23	DNF	DNF	19th	DNF	DNF	20th	21st	DNF	22nd	18th	0
25th	P. de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	DNQ	21st	21st	20th	19th	DNF	DNF	17th	20th	21st	22nd	18th	18th	17th	18th	DNF	DNF	17th	21st	17th	0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Item	constructor	No.																					Points
01	Red Bull-Renault	01	2	11	5	1	6th	4th	4th	DNF	3	5	4th	2	*22 *	1	1	1	1	3	2	6th	460
		02	4th	4th	4th	4th	11	1	7th	4th	1	8th	8th	6th	*20 *	11	9	2	3	DNF	DNF	4th
02	Ferrari	05	5	1	9	7th	2	3	5	1	2	1	5	DNF	3	3	DNF	3	2	2	3	2	400
		06th	DNF	15th	13	9	15th	6th	10	16	4th	12	9	5	4th	8th	2	4th	6th	7th	4th	3
03	McLaren-Mercedes	03	1	14th	2	*18 *	9	*16 *	16	8th	10	2	6th	1	DNF	2	4th	DNF	5	4th	5	1	378
		04th	3	3	3	8th	8th	5	1	*19 *	8th	DNF	1	DNF	1	DNF	5	10	4th	DNF	1	DNF
04th	Lotus Renault	09	7th	5	14th	2	3	9	8th	2	5	3	2	3	5	6th	6th	5	7th	1	6th	10	303
		10	DNF	DNF	6th	3	4th	DNF	2	DNF	6th	18th	3	DNF	13	7th	*19 *	7th	9	DNF	7th	DNF
05	Mercedes	07th	DNF	10	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	7th	7th	DNF	7th	6th	DNF	11	13	*22 *	11	16	7th	142
		08th	12	13	1	5	7th	2	6th	6th	15th	10	10	11	7th	5	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	13	15th
06th	Clean Ferrari	14th	6th	DNF	10	13	5	DNF	9	DNF	11	4th	*18 *	13	9	13	3	DNF	14th	6th	14th	9	126
		15th	8th	2	11	11	DNF	11	3	9	DNF	6th	14th	DNF	2	10	DNF	11	DNF	15th	11	DNF
07th	Force India-Mercedes	11	10	7th	12	6th	14th	7th	11	7th	DNF	11	12	10	8th	4th	12	12	12	9	15th	*19 *	109
		12	DNF	9	15th	12	10	8th	12	5	12	9	11	4th	*21 *	14th	7th	6th	8th	DNF	8th	5
08th	Williams-Renault	18th	*13 *	*19 *	8th	DNF	1	DNF	13	12	16	15th	13	DNF	11	DNF	8th	14th	16	5	9	DNF	76
		19th	*16 *	6th	7th	*22 *	DNF	10	17th	10	9	17th	7th	12	10	*18 *	14th	15th	10	8th	10	DNF
09	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	16	9	12	17th	15th	13	DNF	14th	11	13	13	15th	9	12	9	10	9	13	10	12	13	26th
		17th	11	8th	16	14th	12	12	15th	DNF	14th	14th	16	8th	DNF	DNF	13	8th	15th	12	DNF	8th
10	Caterham-Renault	20th	DNF	18th	23	17th	16	13	18th	14th	17th	19th	17th	17th	14th	15th	15th	17th	18th	13	18th	14th	0
		21st	DNF	16	18th	16	17th	DNF	19th	13	DNS	16	19th	14th	15th	19th	17th	16	17th	16	17th	11
11	Marussia-Cosworth	24	14th	17th	19th	19th	18th	14th	DNF	DNS	18th	22nd	21st	15th	17th	12	16	18th	20th	14th	19th	16	0
		25th	*15 *	20th	20th	DNF	DNF	DNF	20th	15th	19th	20th	20th	16	16	16	DNF	19th	19th	DNF	20th	12
12	HRT-Cosworth	22nd	DNQ	21st	21st	20th	19th	DNF	DNF	17th	20th	21st	22nd	18th	18th	17th	18th	DNF	DNF	17th	21st	17th	0
		23	DNQ	22nd	22nd	21st	DNF	15th	DNF	18th	21st	23	DNF	DNF	19th	DNF	DNF	20th	21st	DNF	22nd	18th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "2012 calendar includes 21 races for the first time" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 3, 2011)
2. ^ "FIA adopts official Formula 1 calendar 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 31, 2011)
3. ^ "Official: US Grand Prix from 2012 in Texas!" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 25, 2010)
4. ↑ The reasons for the characteristic noses at motorsport-total.com
5. ↑ "2012 season changes" (formula1.com; accessed February 7, 2012)
6. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Wind tunnel & CFD: Teams have to live with restrictions. Motorsport-Total.com, March 26, 2014, accessed March 27, 2014 . 
7. ↑ "Lotus: Name changes approved by the Commission" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 3, 2011)
8. ↑ “FIA formally confirms that Renault, Lotus and Virgin can change names” (autosport.com on November 6, 2011)
9. ↑ ^{a b} "Silver Arrows start 2012 as Mercedes AMG" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 5, 2011)
10. ↑ "AT&T no longer Williams title sponsor" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 2, 2011)
11. ↑ ^{a b} "Surprising comeback: De la Rosa drives for HRT!" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 21, 2011)
12. ↑ ^{a b} "Official: Pic new teammate from Glock" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 27, 2011)
13. ^ "Renault: Kubica will stay until 2012!" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 7, 2010)
14. ↑ "Renault confirms: Kubica not yet fit for 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 23, 2011)
15. ↑ ^{a b} "Raikkonen comeback fix: Two years with Renault" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 29, 2011)
16. ↑ ^{a b} "Officially: Renault signs Grosjean" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 9, 2011)
17. ↑ ^{a b} “Williams confirms Bruno Senna will race for the team in F1 in 2012” (Autosport.com on January 17, 2012)
18. ↑ "Williams-Cockpit-Poker: Decision in sight?" (Motorsport-total.com on January 13, 2012)
19. ↑ ^{a b} "Well: Petrow replaces Trulli at Caterham" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 17, 2012)
20. ↑ ^{a b c} “Ricciardo, Vergne to race for Toro Rosso in 2012 Formula 1 season” (autosport.com on December 14, 2011)
21. ↑ ^{a b c} “Nico Hulkenberg joins Paul di Resta in Force India's 2012 Formula 1 driver line-up” (autosport.com on December 16, 2011)
22. ↑ ^{a b} "Red Bull confirms Buemi as a substitute driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 5, 2012)
23. ↑ ^{a b} "Buemi also Toro Rosso test driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 6, 2012)
24. ↑ ^{a b} "Lotus confirms D'Ambrosio as test driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 24, 2012)
25. ↑ ^{a b} "Karthikeyan: 'New car definitely a step forward'" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 6, 2012)
26. ↑ “Alguersuari and di Grassi new Pirelli test drivers” (Motorsport-Total.com on March 30, 2012)
27. ↑ “BARRICHELLO AND KANAAN TO DRIVE FOR KV RACING TECHNOLOGY DURING THE 2012 IZOD INDYCAR SERIES SEASON” ( Memento from March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (kvracingtechnology.homestead.com on March 1, 2012)
28. ↑ "Confirmed: Chandhok drives in the JRM car" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 12, 2012)
29. ^ "Le Mans instead of Formula 1: Heidfeld drives for rebellion" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 1, 2012)
30. ^ "Official: Red Bull still with Renault power" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 5, 2010)
31. ^ "Until 2014: Successful Red Bull team stays together" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 14, 2011)
32. ^ ^{A b c d e} Roman Wittemeier: "Abu Dhabi: Magnussen on the first day in front". Motorsport-Total.com, November 6, 2012, accessed November 6, 2012 . "Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi)". Motorsport-Total.com, November 6, 2012, accessed November 6, 2012 . 
     
33. ^ ^{A b} Christian Nimmervoll: "Young Driver Test: Valsecci ahead on the final day". Motorsport-Total.com, November 8, 2012, accessed November 8, 2012 . "Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi)". Motorsport-Total.com, November 8, 2012, accessed November 8, 2012 . 
     
34. ^ "Official: Webber also in 2012 at Red Bull" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 27, 2011)
35. ↑ "Formula 1 - Vodafone remains McLaren main sponsor" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on October 21, 2010)
36. ↑ "McLaren: Button remains and receives long-term contract" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 5, 2011)
37. ^ "Formula 1 - McLaren extends contract with Paffett" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on June 5, 2011)
38. ↑ "Turvey first at the wheel of the MP4-27" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 1, 2012)
39. ↑ "Official: Hamilton signs a new contract!" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 18, 2008)
40. ↑ "Ferrari: Alonso will stay until 2016" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 19, 2011)
41. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} “Other Drivers” (ferrari.com; accessed on February 2, 2012)
42. ^ "Massa extended until the end of 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 9, 2010)
43. ↑ "Resignation from resignation: 'Schumi' is back!" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 23, 2009)
44. ^ "WS by Renault - Bird comes out of the GP2" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 24, 2012)
45. ^ Eric Thompson: “Motorsport: Kiwi's double success”. nzherald.co.nz, June 30, 2012, accessed July 15, 2012 . 
46. ^ "Interview with Nico Rosberg" It is important to me to tell the truth "" (spox.com on October 18, 2011)
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48. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: "Officially: D'Ambrosio in Monza in the Lotus". Motorsport-Total.com, September 4, 2012, accessed September 4, 2012 . 
49. ↑ "Force India: Bianchi signs as a substitute driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 27, 2012)
50. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Daly's first Force India test: Race against a rabbit". Motorsport-Total.com, May 17, 2012, accessed July 15, 2012 . 
51. ^ "Magny-Cours (France)". Motorsport-Total.com, September 13, 2012, accessed on September 13, 2012 . 
52. ^ William Esler: "Paffett reserve for Force India". (No longer available online.) Skysports.com, March 16, 2012, archived from the original on March 19, 2012 ; accessed on October 28, 2012 (English). 
53. ^ "Magny-Cours (France)". Motorsport-Total.com, September 11, 2012, accessed on September 13, 2012 . 
54. ↑ ^{a b c} "Formula 1 - Sauber keeps its drivers for 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on July 28, 2011)
55. ↑ Old "love rediscovered: Williams switches to Renault" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 4, 2011)
56. ↑ ^{a b} "Formula 1 - Williams confirms Maldonado for 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 1, 2011)
57. ↑ "Susie Wolff becomes development driver for the Williams F1 team" ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (dtm.com on April 11, 2012)
58. ^ "Official: Lotus from 2011 with Renault engines" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 5, 2010)
59. ↑ "Fernandes thinks of Kovalainen" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 15, 2011)
60. ^ "Formula 1 - Van der Garde third Caterham driver" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 4, 2012)
61. ↑ "Mugello - test summary - 01.-03. May 2012 ". Motorsport-Total.com, May 3, 2012, accessed July 15, 2012 . 
62. ^ "Caterham Friday outings for Rossi" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 9, 2012)
63. ↑ "Clos becomes test driver at HRT" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 13, 2012)
64. ^ ^{A b c} Roman Wittemeier: "Young Driver Test: Bottas lonely in front". Motorsport-Total.com, July 12, 2012, accessed July 15, 2012 . 
65. ↑ "Timo Glock has re-signed with Virgin on a new three-year deal" (autosport.com on July 24, 2011)
66. ↑ "Marussia hires de Villota as a test driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 7, 2012)
67. ↑ "Pirelli: New compounds in the Jerez test" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 7, 2012)
68. ↑ "Jerez: Räikkönen best time at the start of the test" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 7, 2012)
69. ↑ "Jerez: Old Mercedes beats new Red Bull" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 8, 2012)
70. ↑ "Rosberg with technical trick at the best time of the day" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 9, 2012)
71. ^ "Signs of life from Ferrari: Best time before Vergne" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 10, 2012)
72. ^ "German double lead at Barcelona-Test" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 21, 2012)
73. ↑ "Vettel and Hülkenberg dominate the start in Barcelona" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 21, 2012)
74. ↑ "Setback for Lotus: Test day ended prematurely" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 21, 2012)
75. ↑ "Lotus packs up: Barcelona test ended" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 21, 2012)
76. ^ "Formula 1 - Day 2: Hülkenberg best time in Barcelona" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 22, 2012)
77. ↑ "Barcelona: Maldonado surprises with a clear best time" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 23, 2012)
78. ↑ "Outsiders stay ahead in Barcelona" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 24, 2012)
79. ↑ "Crash test failed: Marussia is missing in Barcelona" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 27, 2012)
80. ↑ ^{a b} "Not very exciting test start in Barcelona" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 1, 2012)
81. ^ "Formula 1 - Day 2: Grosjean fastest in Barcelona" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on March 2, 2012)
82. ↑ "Saturday in Barcelona: Red Bull in focus" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 3, 2012)
83. ^ "Barcelona: Raikkonen top, Vettel Flop" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 4, 2012)
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