Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2012

 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2012

Racing data
18th of 20 races in the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Date:	4th November 2012
Place:	Yas Island
Course:	Yas Marina Circuit
Length:	305.355 km in 55 laps of 5.554 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 40.630 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 43.964 min (lap 54)
Podium
First:	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault
Second:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Third:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault

The 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix took place on November 4th at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island and was the 18th race of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Indian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 13 points ahead of Fernando Alonso and 67 points over Kimi Raikkonen . In the constructors' championship, Red Bull-Renault led by 91 points over Ferrari and 101 points over McLaren-Mercedes .

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

With Vettel (twice) and Lewis Hamilton (once) all previous winners competed in this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were Radovan Novak (CZE), Lars Österlind (SWE), Khaled Bin Shaiban (ARE) and Derek Warwick (GBR).

training

In the first practice session, Hamilton set the fastest time in front of his teammates Jenson Button and Vettel. In this session Max Chilton , who took over the Marussia from Charles Pic in this session , was used for the first time at a Grand Prix weekend. In addition, took Jules Bianchi the Force India of Paul di Resta , Valtteri Bottas the Williams of Bruno Senna , Giedo van der Garde the Caterham of Vitaly Petrov and Qing Hua Ma the HRT of Narain Karthikeyan . In the second free practice Vettel was fastest ahead of Hamilton and Button. In the third free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of Button and Vettel.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Hamilton drove the fastest lap. The HRT, Marussia and Caterham pilots and Jean-Éric Vergne were eliminated. In the second segment, Hamilton stayed ahead. The Force India and Sauber pilots as well as Daniel Ricciardo , Michael Schumacher and Senna were eliminated. In the third part, Hamilton maintained the top position and secured pole position in front of Webber and Vettel.

Vettel did not make it back to the parc fermé and parked his vehicle on the direction of the team at the edge of the track. At this point in time, only 0.85 liters of fuel could be removed from the vehicle for examination. Article 6.6.2 of the regulations stipulates, however, that a vehicle must be able to return to the pit on its own after training and that it must also be possible to take at least one liter of fuel from the tank. Since this was not the case with Vettel, he was, like Hamilton in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 , taken out of the qualifying by the race stewards. However, he was allowed to start from 24th place on the grid. Red Bull decided to withdraw Vettel's vehicle from the parc fermé due to the exclusion from the classification and the last starting place. For this reason, Vettel had to start from the pit lane. However, his team has now been allowed to change all vehicle settings.

run

Race course

Kimi Raikkonen won the race ahead of Alonso and Vettel. It was Raikkonen's first win of the season and the first win for the Lotus team under the direction of Genii Capital .

Until his technical retirement, 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.

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	Jules Bianchi	Force India VJM05	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
		Paul di Resta
	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	Valtteri Bottas
		Bruno Senna
Caterham F1 team	20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham CT01	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	21st	Giedo van der Garde
		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	Max Chilton
		Charles Pic

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bianchi drove the Force India with the number 11 in the first free practice. Di Resta then took over the vehicle for the remainder of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Bottas drove the Williams with the number 19 in the first free practice. Senna then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Van der Garde drove the Caterham with the number 21 in the first free practice. Petrow then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
4. ↑ ^{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.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Chilton drove the Marussia with the number 25 in the first free practice. Pic then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 41.497	1: 40.901	1: 40.630	01
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 41.933	1: 41.277	1: 40.978	02
03	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1: 41.981	1: 41.907	1: 41.226	03
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	1: 42.222	1: 41.532	1: 41.260	04th
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 42.342	1: 41.873	1: 41.290	05
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 41.939	1: 41.514	1: 41.582	06th
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 41.926	1: 41.698	1: 41.603	07th
08th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 41.974	1: 41.846	1: 41.723	08th
09	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 42.046	1: 41.620	1: 41.778	09
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 42.579	1: 42.019	-	10
11	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 42.624	1: 42.084	-	11
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 42.572	1: 42.218	-	12
13	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 42.735	1: 42.289	-	13
14th	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1: 43.298	1: 42.330	-	14th
15th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 43.582	1: 42.606	-	15th
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 43.280	1: 42.765	-	16
17th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 44.058	-	-	17th
18th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1: 44,956	-	-	18th
19th	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 45.089	-	-	19th
20th	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1: 45.151	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 45.426	-	-	21st
22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1: 45.766	-	-	22nd
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1: 46.382	-	-	23
107 percent time : 1: 48.601 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 41.497 min)
EX	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 42.160	1: 41.511	1: 41.073	box

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. ↑ Sebastian Vettel was taken out of the ranking due to a violation of article 6.6.2 of the technical regulations.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	55		1: 48: 58.667	04th	1: 44,458 (50th)
02	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55		+ 0.852	06th	1: 44.090 (53.)
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	55		+ 4.163	box	1: 43.964 (54th)
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55		+ 7.787	05	1: 44,533 (50.)
05	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	55		+ 13.007	03	1: 44.833 (55.)
06th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	55		+ 20.076	15th	1: 45.423 (55.)
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55		+ 22.896	08th	1: 45,700 (53rd)
08th	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	55		+ 23,542	14th	1: 45.693 (49.)
09	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55		+ 24.160	12	1: 45.617 (53rd)
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55		+ 27.463	16	1: 45,903 (53.)
11	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	55		+ 28.075	13	1: 45.225 (51.)
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55		+ 34.906	17th	1: 46.113 (53.)
13	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	55		+ 47.764	18th	1: 47.115 (51.)
14th	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	55		+ 56.473	21st	1: 47.661 (54th)
15th	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	55		+ 56.768	11	1: 45.410 (54.)
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	55		+1: 04.595	20th	1: 48.308 (50.)
17th	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	55		+1: 11.778	22nd	1: 48.619 (47.)
-	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	41		DNF	19th	1: 49.079 (33.)
-	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	37		DNF	09	1: 47,521 (36th)
-	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	37		DNF	02	1: 46.959 (32nd)
-	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	19th		DNF	01	1: 47.226 (19.)
-	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	07th		DNF	23	1: 52.238 ( 06.)
-	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	07th		DNF	07th	1: 49.340 ( 04th)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	00		DNF	10	-

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 255 02  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 245 03  Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Renault 198 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 167 05  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 165 06th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 153 07th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 95 08th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 93 09  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 90 10  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 66 11  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 58 12  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 49 13  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 46

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 43 15th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 43 16  Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 30th 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 422 02  Ferrari 340 03  McLaren-Mercedes 318 04th  Lotus Renault 288 05  Mercedes 136 06th  Clean Ferrari 124

Item constructor Points 07th  Force India-Mercedes 95 08th  Williams-Renault 73 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 22nd 10  Marussia-Cosworth 0 11  Caterham-Renault 0 12  HRT-Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Pirelli expects little wear and tear in Abu Dhabi". Motorsport-Total.com, October 30, 2012, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Chilton raves: 'Had a big grin on my face'". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2012, accessed November 2, 2012 . 
3. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2012, accessed November 2, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Abu Dhabi: McLaren to kick off before World Cup candidates". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2012, accessed November 2, 2012 . 
5. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2012, accessed November 2, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Abu Dhabi on Friday: Duel Vettel vs. Hamilton ". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2012, accessed November 2, 2012 . 
7. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 3, 2012, accessed November 3, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Problems with Vettel: McLaren dominates final training". Motorsport-Total.com, November 3, 2012, accessed November 3, 2012 . 
9. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Punishment: Vettel moved back to last place". Motorsport-Total.com, November 3, 2012, accessed November 4, 2012 . 
10. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Because of a penalty: Vettel starts out of the pit lane". Motorsport-Total.com, November 3, 2012, accessed November 4, 2012 .