2012 Indian Grand Prix

 2012 Indian Grand Prix

Racing data
17th of 20 races in the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix
Date:	October 28, 2012
Place:	Greater Noida
Course:	Buddh International Circuit
Length:	307.249 km in 60 laps of 5.125 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 25.283 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 28.203 min (lap 60)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Third:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault

The 2012 Indian Grand Prix took place on October 28th at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida and was the 17th race of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Korean Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 6 points ahead of Fernando Alonso and 48 points over Kimi Räikkönen . In the constructors' championship, Red Bull-Renault led by 77 points over Ferrari and 83 points over McLaren-Mercedes .

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

With Vettel, the only former winner entered this Grand Prix.

Gerd Ennser (DEU), Alan Jones (AUS) and Steve Stringwell (GBR) acted as race stewards .

training

In the first free practice, Vettel set the fastest time ahead of Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso . In this practice Esteban Gutiérrez was first used on a Grand Prix weekend. Gutiérrez represented his compatriot Sergio Pérez at Sauber , who skipped the training for health reasons. In addition, Valtteri Bottas took over the Williams from Bruno Senna and Giedo van der Garde took over the Caterham from Heikki Kovalainen . In the second free practice, Vettel stayed in front. Mark Webber took second place ahead of Alonso.

Vettel was also first in the third free practice session. This time he was followed by Button and Webber.

Qualifying

Pastor Maldonado set the fastest lap in the first section of qualifying . The Marussia , HRT and Caterham pilots as well as Jean-Éric Vergne were eliminated. In the second segment, Vettel was fastest. The Force India pilots as well as Kamui Kobayashi , Daniel Ricciardo , Michael Schumacher , Senna and Romain Grosjean were eliminated. In the final section, Vettel stayed ahead and achieved pole position in front of Webber and Lewis Hamilton .

run

Race course

Vettel won the race ahead of Alonso and 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.

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	Esteban Gutiérrez
		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	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham CT01	Renault 2.4 V8	P
		Heikki Kovalainen
	21st	Vitaly Petrov
HRT F1 team	22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT F112	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	23	Narain Karthikeyan
Marussia F1 Team	24	Timo Glock	Marussia MR01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	25th	Charles Pic

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gutiérrez drove the Sauber with the number 15 in the first free practice. Pérez then took over the vehicle for the rest 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 20 in the first free practice. Kovalainen 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: 26.387	1: 25.435	1: 25.283	01
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 26.744	1: 25.610	1: 25.327	02
03	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 26.516	1: 25.816	1: 25.544	03
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 26.564	1: 25.467	1: 25.659	04th
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 26.829	1: 25.834	1: 25.773	05
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 26.939	1: 26.111	1: 25.857	06th
07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	1: 26.740	1: 26.101	1: 26.236	07th
08th	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 27.179	1: 26.076	1: 26.360	08th
09	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1: 26.048	1: 25.983	1: 26.713	09
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 26.458	1: 25.976	no time	10
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 26.897	1: 26.136	-	11
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 27.185	1: 26.241	-	12
13	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1: 26.851	1: 26.331	-	13
14th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 27.482	1: 26.574	-	14th
15th	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 27.006	1: 26.777	-	15th
16	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 27.462	1: 26.989	-	16
17th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 27.517	1: 27.219	-	17th
18th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 27.525	-	-	18th
19th	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1: 28.756	-	-	19th
20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1: 29,500	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 29.613	-	-	21st
22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1: 30.592	-	-	22nd
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1: 30.593	-	-	23
24	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 30.662	-	-	24
107 percent time : 1: 32.071 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 26.048 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

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	60	1: 31: 10.744	01	1: 28.723 (60.)
02	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	60	+ 9.437	05	1: 28.630 (60th)
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	60	+ 13.217	02	1: 29.029 (59.)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	60	+ 13,909	03	1: 28.944 (58th)
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	60	+ 26.266	04th	1: 28.203 (60.)
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	60	+ 44.674	06th	1: 29.283 (59.)
07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	60	+ 45.227	07th	1: 29,354 (54th)
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	60	+ 54.998	12	1: 29.230 (60.)
09	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	60	+ 56.103	11	1: 29,522 (57.)
10	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	60	+1: 14.975	13	1: 28.431 (60.)
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	60	+1: 21.294	10	1: 29,492 (59th)
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	60	+1: 22.815	16	1: 29.086 (59th)
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	60	+1: 26.064	15th	1: 29,440 (57.)
14th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	60	+1: 26.495	17th	1: 29.204 (51.)
15th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	59	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 30.091 (59th)
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	59	+ 1 lap	09	1: 30.067 (50th)
17th	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	59	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 31,163 (58.)
18th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	59	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 30.786 (57.)
19th	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	59	+ 1 lap	24	1: 31,366 (55.)
20th	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	58	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 31.721 (56.)
21st	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	58	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 32,161 (53.)
22nd	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	55	DNF	14th	1: 29.230 (53.)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	42	DNF	22nd	1: 32.864 (39.)
-	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	20th	DNF	08th	1: 32.208 (17.)

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 240 02  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 227 03  Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Renault 173 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 167 05  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 165 06th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 141 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 93 08th  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 90 09  Felipe Massa Ferrari 89 10  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 66 11  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 50 12  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 49 13  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 44

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 43 15th  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 33 16  Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 26th 17th  Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 12 18th  Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 9 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 407 02  Ferrari 316 03  McLaren-Mercedes 306 04th  Lotus Renault 263 05  Mercedes 136 06th  Clean Ferrari 116

Item constructor Points 07th  Force India-Mercedes 93 08th  Williams-Renault 59 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 21st 10  Marussia-Cosworth 0 11  Caterham-Renault 0 12  HRT-Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Chicane in fifth gear: Pirelli tires loaded to the maximum". Motorsport-Total.com, October 23, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck, Christian Nimmervoll: "Clean: Gutierrez begins instead of Perez". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 . 
3. ^ "GP India in Noida / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Training start in India: Vettel before Button". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 . 
5. ^ "GP India in Noida / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Red Bull dominates Friday training in India". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 . 
7. ^ "GP India in Noida / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, October 27, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Fabian Hust: "Vettel dominates: best time in final training". Motorsport-Total.com, October 27, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 .