2012 Indian Grand Prix
Racing data | ||
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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
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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
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Leadership laps
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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
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
- Remarks
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 |
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1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1: 26.387 | 1: 25.435 | 1: 25.283 | 1 |
2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1: 26.744 | 1: 25.610 | 1: 25.327 | 2 |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1: 26.516 | 1: 25.816 | 1: 25.544 | 3 |
4th | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1: 26.564 | 1: 25.467 | 1: 25.659 | 4th |
5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1: 26.829 | 1: 25.834 | 1: 25.773 | 5 |
6th | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1: 26.939 | 1: 26.111 | 1: 25.857 | 6th |
7th | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus Renault | 1: 26.740 | 1: 26.101 | 1: 26.236 | 7th |
8th | Sergio Perez | Clean Ferrari | 1: 27.179 | 1: 26.076 | 1: 26.360 | 8th |
9 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1: 26.048 | 1: 25.983 | 1: 26.713 | 9 |
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
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | time | begin | Fastest lap |
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1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 60 | 1: 31: 10.744 | 1 | 1: 28.723 (60.) |
2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 60 | + 9.437 | 5 | 1: 28.630 (60th) |
3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 60 | + 13.217 | 2 | 1: 29.029 (59.) |
4th | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 60 | + 13,909 | 3 | 1: 28.944 (58th) |
5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 60 | + 26.266 | 4th | 1: 28.203 (60.) |
6th | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 60 | + 44.674 | 6th | 1: 29.283 (59.) |
7th | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus Renault | 60 | + 45.227 | 7th | 1: 29,354 (54th) |
8th | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 60 | + 54.998 | 12 | 1: 29.230 (60.) |
9 | 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 | 9 | 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 | 8th | 1: 32.208 (17.) |
- Remarks
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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Chicane in fifth gear: Pirelli tires loaded to the maximum". Motorsport-Total.com, October 23, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 .
- ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck, Christian Nimmervoll: "Clean: Gutierrez begins instead of Perez". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 .
- ^ "GP India in Noida / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 .
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Training start in India: Vettel before Button". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 .
- ^ "GP India in Noida / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 .
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Red Bull dominates Friday training in India". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 .
- ^ "GP India in Noida / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, October 27, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 .
- ↑ Fabian Hust: "Vettel dominates: best time in final training". Motorsport-Total.com, October 27, 2012, accessed October 27, 2012 .