2012 Formula 1 World Championship

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Total races

Driver champion

Sebastian Vettel

Constructor champion

Red Bull

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2012 Australian Grand Prix

First race

Mar 18, 2012

Date first race

2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

Last race

Nov 25, 2012

Date last race

VET (5)

Most wins

HAM (7)

Most pole positions

ALO (13)

Most podiums

RAI (19)

Most in points

VET (6)

Most fastest laps

KAR (7), GRO (7)

Most DNF

2012 standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	5	10	281
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	13	278	-3
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1	7	207	-74
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	7	190	-91
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	6	188	-93
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	2	4	179	-102
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	0	2	122	-159
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	0	3	96	-185
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	2	93	-188
10	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	0	3	66	-215
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	0	0	63	-218
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	0	1	60	-221
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	0	1	49	-232
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	0	0	46	-235
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1	1	45	-236
16	Bruno Senna	Williams	0	0	31	-250
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	0	0	16	-265
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	0	0	10	-271
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	0	0	0	-281
20	Timo Glock	Marussia	0	0	0	-281
21	Charles Pic	Marussia	0	0	0	-281
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	0	0	0	-281
23	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Lotus	0	0	0	-281
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	0	0	0	-281
25	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	0	0	0	-281

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Red Bull	Renault	7	14	460
2	Ferrari	Ferrari	3	15	400	-60
3	McLaren	Mercedes	7	13	378	-82
4	Lotus	Renault	1	10	303	-157
5	Mercedes	Mercedes	1	3	142	-318
6	Sauber	Ferrari	0	4	126	-334
7	Force India	Mercedes	0	0	109	-351
8	Williams	Renault	1	1	76	-384
9	Toro Rosso	Ferrari	0	0	26	-434
10	Caterham	Renault	0	0	0	-460
11	Marussia	Cosworth	0	0	0	-460
12	HRT	Cosworth	0	0	0	-460

2012 schedule

	Race	Date	Winner	2nd	3rd	Pole position
1	2012 Australian Grand Prix	Mar 18	#3 Jenson Button	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
2	2012 Malaysian Grand Prix	Mar 25	#5 Fernando Alonso	Sergio Pérez	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
3	2012 Chinese Grand Prix	Apr 15	#8 Nico Rosberg	Jenson Button	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg
4	2012 Bahrain Grand Prix	Apr 22	#1 Sebastian Vettel	Kimi Räikkönen	Romain Grosjean	Sebastian Vettel
5	2012 Spanish Grand Prix	May 13	#18 Pastor Maldonado	Fernando Alonso	Kimi Räikkönen	Pastor Maldonado
6	2012 Monaco Grand Prix	May 27	#2 Mark Webber	Nico Rosberg	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber
7	2012 Canadian Grand Prix	Jun 10	#4 Lewis Hamilton	Romain Grosjean	Sergio Pérez	Sebastian Vettel
8	2012 European Grand Prix	Jun 24	#5 Fernando Alonso	Kimi Räikkönen	Michael Schumacher	Sebastian Vettel
9	2012 British Grand Prix	Jul 8	#2 Mark Webber	Fernando Alonso	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso
10	2012 German Grand Prix	Jul 22	#5 Fernando Alonso	Jenson Button	Kimi Räikkönen	Fernando Alonso
11	2012 Hungarian Grand Prix	Jul 29	#4 Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen	Romain Grosjean	Lewis Hamilton
12	2012 Belgian Grand Prix	Sep 2	#3 Jenson Button	Sebastian Vettel	Kimi Räikkönen	Jenson Button
13	2012 Italian Grand Prix	Sep 9	#4 Lewis Hamilton	Sergio Pérez	Fernando Alonso	Lewis Hamilton
14	2012 Singapore Grand Prix	Sep 23	#1 Sebastian Vettel	Jenson Button	Fernando Alonso	Lewis Hamilton
15	2012 Japanese Grand Prix	Oct 7	#1 Sebastian Vettel	Felipe Massa	Kamui Kobayashi	Sebastian Vettel
16	2012 Korean Grand Prix	Oct 14	#1 Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber
17	2012 Indian Grand Prix	Oct 28	#1 Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel
18	2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Nov 4	#9 Kimi Räikkönen	Fernando Alonso	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton
19	2012 United States Grand Prix	Nov 18	#4 Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Sebastian Vettel
20	2012 Brazilian Grand Prix	Nov 25	#3 Jenson Button	Fernando Alonso	Felipe Massa	Lewis Hamilton

Position heatmap

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
VET	368	138	138	178	80	79	46	20	29	12	19	17	6	13	3	2	5	4	1	2	1	1	0	0
ALO	216	136	247	178	128	63	35	52	23	6	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RAI	44	115	110	108	177	162	140	63	52	72	69	23	24	17	3	3	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
HAM	229	156	167	91	111	50	54	45	26	26	9	9	7	5	1	19	6	14	3	1	2	14	0	0
BUT	136	119	188	68	89	71	58	54	35	30	28	21	30	82	33	29	14	5	8	6	1	0	0	0
WEB	66	152	50	147	77	101	130	88	82	46	65	35	16	19	11	7	19	3	5	4	1	7	0	0
MAS	1	78	31	131	108	140	74	75	115	78	45	43	51	42	45	34	21	24	8	10	9	2	3	10
GRO	4	90	82	75	41	51	79	81	57	26	16	20	9	16	20	11	7	22	20	32	7	18	18	1
ROS	48	66	19	27	84	66	65	83	76	138	93	51	70	33	62	19	12	6	4	9	0	0	0	0
PER	12	55	19	24	40	58	89	76	57	44	85	72	77	54	50	45	27	26	4	4	1	1	2	9
HUL	30	26	15	25	67	42	84	105	134	124	98	62	58	74	39	41	22	9	12	4	1	1	0	2
KOB	0	14	37	29	44	88	48	59	125	60	83	57	78	65	66	68	35	22	31	9	6	18	1	0
MSC	0	17	40	18	46	61	87	76	40	86	91	92	73	35	31	31	5	35	16	28	13	6	7	32
DIR	1	3	9	41	42	47	63	65	108	96	185	181	116	93	42	16	4	1	5	3	6	0	10	0
MAL	37	27	37	42	37	60	30	57	46	65	53	79	100	71	64	44	36	12	28	10	6	2	0	0
SEN	0	0	0	2	4	17	52	87	54	122	84	122	55	110	100	37	56	26	30	27	27	6	15	21
VER	0	0	2	2	5	11	35	63	45	58	52	94	105	95	142	113	107	35	35	27	7	3	11	1
RIC	0	0	1	6	10	23	19	38	83	79	68	146	136	161	145	77	92	60	14	11	5	0	1	0
PET	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	10	13	36	64	84	104	210	192	176	79	27	9	19	5
GLO	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	15	15	39	78	106	84	202	139	150	91	100	42	28
PIC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	11	17	32	21	51	110	120	192	259	144	55	43	1
KOV	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	9	20	19	103	50	90	241	186	183	122	32	47	7	27	9
DAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	20	11	2	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
KAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	1	9	12	18	11	36	118	86	117	234	125	120
DLR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	12	36	77	77	113	108	222	151	116	12

Laps in the lead

Pos.	Driver	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	368
2	Lewis Hamilton	229
3	Fernando Alonso	216
4	Jenson Button	136
5	Mark Webber	66
6	Nico Rosberg	48
7	Kimi Räikkönen	44
8	Pastor Maldonado	37
9	Nico Hülkenberg	30
10	Sergio Pérez	12
11	Romain Grosjean	4
12	Felipe Massa	1
13	Paul di Resta	1

Sebastian Vettel is the 2012 Formula 1 World Champion. Vettel won 5 out of 20 races and scored a total of 281 points. With 3 points behind Fernando Alonso finished the season in second place and Kimi Räikkönen as third. Red Bull won the 2012 Formula 1 constructor championship, with a total of 460 points.

The season started with the 2012 Australian Grand Prix on March 18. The last race of the season was the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix on November 25.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
VET	368	138	138	178	80	79	46	20	29	12	19	17	6	13	3	2	5	4	1	2	1	1	0	0
ALO	216	136	247	178	128	63	35	52	23	6	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RAI	44	115	110	108	177	162	140	63	52	72	69	23	24	17	3	3	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
HAM	229	156	167	91	111	50	54	45	26	26	9	9	7	5	1	19	6	14	3	1	2	14	0	0
BUT	136	119	188	68	89	71	58	54	35	30	28	21	30	82	33	29	14	5	8	6	1	0	0	0
WEB	66	152	50	147	77	101	130	88	82	46	65	35	16	19	11	7	19	3	5	4	1	7	0	0
MAS	1	78	31	131	108	140	74	75	115	78	45	43	51	42	45	34	21	24	8	10	9	2	3	10
GRO	4	90	82	75	41	51	79	81	57	26	16	20	9	16	20	11	7	22	20	32	7	18	18	1
ROS	48	66	19	27	84	66	65	83	76	138	93	51	70	33	62	19	12	6	4	9	0	0	0	0
PER	12	55	19	24	40	58	89	76	57	44	85	72	77	54	50	45	27	26	4	4	1	1	2	9
HUL	30	26	15	25	67	42	84	105	134	124	98	62	58	74	39	41	22	9	12	4	1	1	0	2
KOB	0	14	37	29	44	88	48	59	125	60	83	57	78	65	66	68	35	22	31	9	6	18	1	0
MSC	0	17	40	18	46	61	87	76	40	86	91	92	73	35	31	31	5	35	16	28	13	6	7	32
DIR	1	3	9	41	42	47	63	65	108	96	185	181	116	93	42	16	4	1	5	3	6	0	10	0
MAL	37	27	37	42	37	60	30	57	46	65	53	79	100	71	64	44	36	12	28	10	6	2	0	0
SEN	0	0	0	2	4	17	52	87	54	122	84	122	55	110	100	37	56	26	30	27	27	6	15	21
VER	0	0	2	2	5	11	35	63	45	58	52	94	105	95	142	113	107	35	35	27	7	3	11	1
RIC	0	0	1	6	10	23	19	38	83	79	68	146	136	161	145	77	92	60	14	11	5	0	1	0
PET	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	10	13	36	64	84	104	210	192	176	79	27	9	19	5
GLO	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	15	15	39	78	106	84	202	139	150	91	100	42	28
PIC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	11	17	32	21	51	110	120	192	259	144	55	43	1
KOV	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	9	20	19	103	50	90	241	186	183	122	32	47	7	27	9
DAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	20	11	2	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
KAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	1	9	12	18	11	36	118	86	117	234	125	120
DLR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	12	36	77	77	113	108	222	151	116	12

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
VET	368	138	138	178	80	79	46	20	29	12	19	17	6	13	3	2	5	4	1	2	1	1	0	0
ALO	216	136	247	178	128	63	35	52	23	6	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RAI	44	115	110	108	177	162	140	63	52	72	69	23	24	17	3	3	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
HAM	229	156	167	91	111	50	54	45	26	26	9	9	7	5	1	19	6	14	3	1	2	14	0	0
BUT	136	119	188	68	89	71	58	54	35	30	28	21	30	82	33	29	14	5	8	6	1	0	0	0
WEB	66	152	50	147	77	101	130	88	82	46	65	35	16	19	11	7	19	3	5	4	1	7	0	0
MAS	1	78	31	131	108	140	74	75	115	78	45	43	51	42	45	34	21	24	8	10	9	2	3	10
GRO	4	90	82	75	41	51	79	81	57	26	16	20	9	16	20	11	7	22	20	32	7	18	18	1
ROS	48	66	19	27	84	66	65	83	76	138	93	51	70	33	62	19	12	6	4	9	0	0	0	0
PER	12	55	19	24	40	58	89	76	57	44	85	72	77	54	50	45	27	26	4	4	1	1	2	9
HUL	30	26	15	25	67	42	84	105	134	124	98	62	58	74	39	41	22	9	12	4	1	1	0	2
KOB	0	14	37	29	44	88	48	59	125	60	83	57	78	65	66	68	35	22	31	9	6	18	1	0
MSC	0	17	40	18	46	61	87	76	40	86	91	92	73	35	31	31	5	35	16	28	13	6	7	32
DIR	1	3	9	41	42	47	63	65	108	96	185	181	116	93	42	16	4	1	5	3	6	0	10	0
MAL	37	27	37	42	37	60	30	57	46	65	53	79	100	71	64	44	36	12	28	10	6	2	0	0
SEN	0	0	0	2	4	17	52	87	54	122	84	122	55	110	100	37	56	26	30	27	27	6	15	21
VER	0	0	2	2	5	11	35	63	45	58	52	94	105	95	142	113	107	35	35	27	7	3	11	1
RIC	0	0	1	6	10	23	19	38	83	79	68	146	136	161	145	77	92	60	14	11	5	0	1	0
PET	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	10	13	36	64	84	104	210	192	176	79	27	9	19	5
GLO	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	15	15	39	78	106	84	202	139	150	91	100	42	28
PIC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	11	17	32	21	51	110	120	192	259	144	55	43	1
KOV	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	9	20	19	103	50	90	241	186	183	122	32	47	7	27	9
DAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	20	11	2	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
KAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	1	9	12	18	11	36	118	86	117	234	125	120
DLR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	12	36	77	77	113	108	222	151	116	12

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
VET	368	138	138	178	80	79	46	20	29	12	19	17	6	13	3	2	5	4	1	2	1	1	0	0
ALO	216	136	247	178	128	63	35	52	23	6	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RAI	44	115	110	108	177	162	140	63	52	72	69	23	24	17	3	3	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
HAM	229	156	167	91	111	50	54	45	26	26	9	9	7	5	1	19	6	14	3	1	2	14	0	0
BUT	136	119	188	68	89	71	58	54	35	30	28	21	30	82	33	29	14	5	8	6	1	0	0	0
WEB	66	152	50	147	77	101	130	88	82	46	65	35	16	19	11	7	19	3	5	4	1	7	0	0
MAS	1	78	31	131	108	140	74	75	115	78	45	43	51	42	45	34	21	24	8	10	9	2	3	10
GRO	4	90	82	75	41	51	79	81	57	26	16	20	9	16	20	11	7	22	20	32	7	18	18	1
ROS	48	66	19	27	84	66	65	83	76	138	93	51	70	33	62	19	12	6	4	9	0	0	0	0
PER	12	55	19	24	40	58	89	76	57	44	85	72	77	54	50	45	27	26	4	4	1	1	2	9
HUL	30	26	15	25	67	42	84	105	134	124	98	62	58	74	39	41	22	9	12	4	1	1	0	2
KOB	0	14	37	29	44	88	48	59	125	60	83	57	78	65	66	68	35	22	31	9	6	18	1	0
MSC	0	17	40	18	46	61	87	76	40	86	91	92	73	35	31	31	5	35	16	28	13	6	7	32
DIR	1	3	9	41	42	47	63	65	108	96	185	181	116	93	42	16	4	1	5	3	6	0	10	0
MAL	37	27	37	42	37	60	30	57	46	65	53	79	100	71	64	44	36	12	28	10	6	2	0	0
SEN	0	0	0	2	4	17	52	87	54	122	84	122	55	110	100	37	56	26	30	27	27	6	15	21
VER	0	0	2	2	5	11	35	63	45	58	52	94	105	95	142	113	107	35	35	27	7	3	11	1
RIC	0	0	1	6	10	23	19	38	83	79	68	146	136	161	145	77	92	60	14	11	5	0	1	0
PET	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	10	13	36	64	84	104	210	192	176	79	27	9	19	5
GLO	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	15	15	39	78	106	84	202	139	150	91	100	42	28
PIC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	11	17	32	21	51	110	120	192	259	144	55	43	1
KOV	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	9	20	19	103	50	90	241	186	183	122	32	47	7	27	9
DAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	20	11	2	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
KAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	1	9	12	18	11	36	118	86	117	234	125	120
DLR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	12	36	77	77	113	108	222	151	116	12