2012 USA Grand Prix

 2012 USA Grand Prix

Racing data
19th of 20 races in the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
Date:	November 18, 2012
Place:	Austin
Course:	Circuit of The Americas
Length:	308.896 km in 56 laps of 5.516 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 35.657 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 39.347 min (lap 56)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari

The US Grand Prix took place on November 18 at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin and was the 19th race of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The US Grand Prix returned to the Formula 1 calendar in 2012. The Circuit of The Americas was created under the direction of Hermann Tilke . The last US Grand Prix took place in 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway .

After the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 10 points ahead of Fernando Alonso and 57 points over Kimi Raikkonen . In the constructors' championship, Red Bull-Renault led by 82 points over Ferrari and 104 points over McLaren-Mercedes . Vettel and Red Bull-Renault have the chance to win the world title in their category at the Grand Prix.

At the US Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (silver) and P Zero Medium (white) as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

With Michael Schumacher (five times) and Lewis Hamilton (once) two former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were José Abed (MEX), Garry Connelly (AUS), Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) and Tim Mayer (USA).

training

In the first practice session, the track was initially slippery and had little grip. Vettel was the fastest driver ahead of Hamilton and Alonso. In this training Qing Hua Ma took over the HRT from Narain Karthikeyan . In the second free practice session, Vettel maintained the lead in front of his teammates Mark Webber and Alonso. In the third free practice too, Vettel stayed ahead. Hamilton finished second ahead of Pastor Maldonado .

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Vettel was the fastest driver. The HRT, Caterham and Marussia pilots as well as Daniel Ricciardo were eliminated. In the second segment, Vettel stayed ahead. The Sauber pilots as well as Nico Rosberg , Jean-Éric Vergne , Paul di Resta , Jenson Button and Bruno Senna were eliminated. In the third segment, Vettel kept the lead and secured pole position from Hamilton and Webber.

On the grid, Romain Grosjean and Felipe Massa were each moved five positions back due to a gear change. The gearbox on the Massa racing car was not changed, only the FIA ​​seal was damaged. Ferrari decided to take this action to move Alonso up one position on the "clean" home page.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Vettel and 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.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Red Bull Racing	01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB8	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	02	Mark Webber
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	03	Jenson Button	McLaren MP4-27	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	04th	Lewis Hamilton
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari F2012	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	06th	Felipe Massa
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	07th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes F1 W03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	08th	Nico Rosberg
Lotus F1 Team	09	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus E20	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	10	Romain Grosjean
Sahara Force India F1 Team	11	Paul di Resta	Force India VJM05	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	12	Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber F1 Team	14th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean C31	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	15th	Sergio Perez
Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso STR7	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	17th	Jean-Éric Vergne
Williams F1 team	18th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams FW34	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	19th	Bruno Senna
Caterham F1 team	20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham CT01	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	21st	Vitaly Petrov
HRT F1 team	22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT F112	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	23	Qing Hua Ma
		Narain Karthikeyan
Marussia F1 Team	24	Timo Glock	Marussia MR01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	25th	Charles Pic

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ma drove the HRT with the number 23 in the first free practice. Karthikeyan then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 36.558	1: 35.796	1: 35.657	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 37.058	1: 36.795	1: 35.766	02
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 37.215	1: 36.298	1: 36.174	03
04th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 37.486	1: 36.906	1: 36.587	08th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	1: 38.051	1: 37.404	1: 36.708	04th
06th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 37.927	1: 37.102	1: 36.794	05
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 37.667	1: 36.549	1: 36.937	11
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 37.756	1: 37.066	1: 37.141	06th
09	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 37.968	1: 37.123	1: 37,300	07th
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1: 37.537	1: 37.011	1: 37.842	09
11	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1: 37.520	1: 37.604	-	10
12	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 37.565	1: 37.616	-	12
13	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 38.104	1: 37.665	-	13
14th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 38.434	1: 37.879	-	14th
15th	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 38,500	1: 38.206	-	15th
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 38.418	1: 38.437	-	16
17th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 38.862	1: 38.501	-	17th
18th	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 39.114	-	-	18th
19th	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 40.056	-	-	19th
20th	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 40.664	-	-	20th
21st	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1: 40.809	-	-	21st
22nd	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1: 41.166	-	-	22nd
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1: 42.011	-	-	23
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1: 42.740	-	-	24
107 percent time : 1: 43.317 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 36.558 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} racing cars with KERS
2. ↑ Romain Grosjean was moved five positions back due to a gear change.
3. ↑ Felipe Massa was moved five positions back due to a gear change.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1: 35: 55.269	02	1: 39,709 (55th)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	+ 0.675	01	1: 39.347 (56.)
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+ 39.229	07th	1: 39.672 (56.)
04th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+ 46.013	11	1: 39,402 (56.)
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+ 56.432	12	1: 40,150 (54th)
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	56	+1: 04.425	04th	1: 39.474 (56.)
07th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	56	+1: 10.313	08th	1: 40.625 (55.)
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1: 13.792	06th	1: 41.048 (53rd)
09	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	56	+1: 14.525	09	1: 40.719 (53rd)
10	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	56	+1: 15.133	10	1: 40.745 (53rd)
11	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	56	+1: 24.341	15th	1: 40.701 (53rd)
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1: 24.525	18th	1: 40.772 (53.)
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+1: 25.510	17th	1: 40.428 (51.)
14th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	55	+ 1 lap	16	1: 40.315 (55.)
15th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	+ 1 lap	13	1: 40.594 (55.)
16	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	55	+ 1 lap	05	1: 40.923 (54.)
17th	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	55	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 42.824 (55.)
18th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	55	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 43.072 (50th)
19th	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 43.324 (40.)
20th	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	54	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 42.481 (54.)
21st	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	54	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 44.664 (43rd)
22nd	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	54	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 44.508 (51st)
-	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	16	DNF	03	1: 43.599 (13.)
-	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	14th	DNF	14th	1: 44.775 (12.)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} racing cars with KERS

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 273 02  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 260 03  Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Renault 206 04th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 190 05  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 167 06th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 163 07th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 107 08th  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 96 09  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 93 10  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 66 11  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 58 12  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 53 13  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 46

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 45 15th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 43 16  Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 31 17th  Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 12 18th  Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10 19th  Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 0 20th  Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 0 21st  Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 0 22nd  Jérôme D'Ambrosio Lotus Renault 0 23  Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 0 24  Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0 25th  Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 440 02  Ferrari 367 03  McLaren-Mercedes 353 04th  Lotus Renault 302 05  Mercedes 136 06th  Clean Ferrari 124

Item constructor Points 07th  Force India-Mercedes 99 08th  Williams-Renault 76 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 22nd 10  Marussia-Cosworth 0 11  Caterham-Renault 0 12  HRT-Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Austin circuit layout revealed" (formula1.com on September 1, 2010)
2. ↑ "Pirelli will donate an additional set of tires on Friday". Motorsport-Total.com, November 13, 2012, accessed November 17, 2012 . 
3. ^ "GP USA in Austin / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 16, 2012, accessed November 17, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Slide in Austin: Vettel superior to fastest". Motorsport-Total.com, November 16, 2012, accessed November 17, 2012 . 
5. ^ "GP USA in Austin / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 16, 2012, accessed November 17, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Fabian Hust: "Successful premiere: Vettel dominates in Austin". Motorsport-Total.com, November 16, 2012, accessed November 17, 2012 . 
7. ^ "GP USA in Austin / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 17, 2012, accessed November 17, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Fabian Hust: "Austin: Vettel stays ahead, lead is shrinking". Motorsport-Total.com, November 17, 2012, accessed November 17, 2012 . 
9. ↑ Stephan Mayerbacher: "Ferrari clocks: Alonso moves up by one starting place". Motorsport-Total.com, November 18, 2012, accessed November 18, 2012 .