Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2012

Yas Marina
Abu Dhabi
4 November 2012
55 laps
305.4 km
5.554 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMcLaren · 1:40.630
Fastest lapSebastian Vettel1:43.964 · lap 54
Winner started fromP4on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Kimi Räikkönen	9	Lotus · Renault	4	55	1:45:58.667	25
2	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	6	55	+0.852	18
3	Sebastian Vettelfastest lap	1	Red Bull · Renault	–	55	+4.163	15
4	Jenson Button	3	McLaren · Mercedes	5	55	+7.787	12
5	Pastor Maldonado	18	Williams · Renault	3	55	+13.007	10
6	Kamui Kobayashi	14	Sauber · Ferrari	15	55	+20.076	8
7	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	8	55	+22.896	6
8	Bruno Senna	19	Williams · Renault	14	55	+23.542	4
9	Paul di Resta	11	Force India · Mercedes	12	55	+24.160	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	16	55	+27.463	1
11	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	13	55	+28.075
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	17	55	+34.906
13	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Caterham · Renault	18	55	+47.764
14	Timo Glock	24	Marussia · Cosworth	21	55	+56.473
15	Sergio Pérez	15	Sauber · Ferrari	11	55	+56.768
16	Vitaly Petrov	21	Caterham · Renault	20	55	+1:04.595
17	Pedro de la Rosa	22	HRT · Cosworth	–	55	+1:11.778
DNF	Charles Pic	25	Marussia · Cosworth	19	41	Engine
DNF	Romain Grosjean	10	Lotus · Renault	9	37	Collision
DNF	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull · Renault	2	37	Collision
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	4	McLaren · Mercedes	1	19	Fuel pressure
DNF	Narain Karthikeyan	23	HRT · Cosworth	23	7	Hydraulics
DNF	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes	7	7	Collision
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	12	Force India · Mercedes	10	0	Collision

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Kimi Räikkönen 36, Lewis Hamilton 19. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 41	Finish	Laps led
Kimi Räikkönen	4	2	1	1	1	36
Fernando Alonso	6	4	2	2	2
Sebastian Vettel	–	21	7	4	3
Jenson Button	5	6	3	3	4
Pastor Maldonado	3	3	4	5	5
Kamui Kobayashi	15	9	12	6	6
Felipe Massa	8	7	15	7	7
Bruno Senna	14	13	8	9	8
Paul di Resta	12	20	11	11	9
Daniel Ricciardo	16	11	16	12	10
Michael Schumacher	13	10	14	8	11
Jean-Éric Vergne	17	14	9	10	12
Heikki Kovalainen	18	12	13	13	13
Timo Glock	21	15	18	15	14
Sergio Pérez	11	8	5	14	15
Vitaly Petrov	20	16	19	16	16
Pedro de la Rosa	–	18	17	18	17
Charles Pic	19	17	20	17	out
Romain Grosjean	9	19	10	–	out
Mark Webber	2	5	6	–	out
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	–	–	out	19
Narain Karthikeyan	23	–	–	–	out
Nico Rosberg	7	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 60 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 41	Last lap
Kimi Räikkönen	+0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fernando Alonso	+2.4	+10.6	+0.6	+0.9
Sebastian Vettel	+12.9	+22.8	+2.2	+4.2
Jenson Button	+3.0	+12.4	+1.1	+7.8
Pastor Maldonado	+1.5	+19.0	+2.7	+13.0
Kamui Kobayashi	+5.1	+46.2	+3.4	+20.1
Felipe Massa	+3.7	+50.8	+4.3	+22.9
Bruno Senna	+7.2	+32.6	+5.2	+23.5
Paul di Resta	+12.5	+38.0	+7.1	+24.2
Daniel Ricciardo	+6.1	+55.2	+8.1	+27.5
Michael Schumacher	+5.4	+49.1	+4.7	+28.1
Jean-Éric Vergne	+7.9	+34.7	+6.5	+34.9
Heikki Kovalainen	+6.7	+47.0	+9.0	+47.8
Timo Glock	+9.0	+78.5	+10.7	+56.5
Sergio Pérez	+4.2	+19.2	+10.0	+56.8
Vitaly Petrov	+9.5	+82.0	+16.2	+64.6
Pedro de la Rosa	+11.6	+71.7	+41.2	+71.8
Charles Pic	+10.5	+83.0	+26.0	out
Romain Grosjean	+11.9	+35.9	–	out
Mark Webber	+2.5	+20.3	–	out
Lewis Hamilton	0.0	–	–	out
Narain Karthikeyan	–	–	–	out
Nico Rosberg	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:41.497	1:40.901	1:40.630
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:41.933	1:41.277	1:40.978
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:41.981	1:41.907	1:41.226
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:42.222	1:41.532	1:41.260
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:42.342	1:41.873	1:41.290
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:41.939	1:41.514	1:41.582
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.926	1:41.698	1:41.603
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:41.974	1:41.846	1:41.723
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:42.046	1:41.620	1:41.778
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:42.579	1:42.019
11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:42.624	1:42.084
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:42.572	1:42.218
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:42.735	1:42.289
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:43.298	1:42.330
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:43.582	1:42.606
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:43.280	1:42.765
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:44.058
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:44.956
19	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:45.089
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:45.151
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:45.426
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:45.766
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:46.382
EX	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:42.160	1:41.511	1:41.073

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Mark Webber	1	30	19.066 s
Fernando Alonso	1	28	19.368 s
Jenson Button	1	29	19.455 s
Kamui Kobayashi	1	25	19.529 s
Felipe Massa	1	26	19.585 s
Timo Glock	1	27	19.884 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	31	20.278 s
Pastor Maldonado	1	29	20.723 s
Vitaly Petrov	1	27	20.769 s
Charles Pic	1	26	21.941 s
Pedro de la Rosa	1	28	22.272 s
Bruno Senna	1	32	22.587 s
Heikki Kovalainen	1	28	23.032 s
Nico Rosberg	1	1	29.277 s
Michael Schumacher	2	27, 41	19.701 s
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	9, 33	19.885 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	13, 37	19.918 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	26, 38	20.122 s
Romain Grosjean	2	1, 9	21.017 s
Sergio Pérez	3	30, 38, 44	19.486 s
Paul di Resta	3	1, 9, 39	19.829 s

Every stop, lap by lap (30)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Romain Grosjean	1	26.057 s
1	Paul di Resta	1	26.670 s
1	Nico Rosberg	1	29.277 s
9	Paul di Resta	2	19.829 s
9	Jean-Éric Vergne	1	20.319 s
9	Romain Grosjean	2	21.017 s
13	Sebastian Vettel	1	24.962 s
25	Kamui Kobayashi	1	19.529 s
26	Felipe Massa	1	19.585 s
26	Daniel Ricciardo	1	20.122 s
26	Charles Pic	1	21.941 s
27	Michael Schumacher	1	19.701 s
27	Timo Glock	1	19.884 s
27	Vitaly Petrov	1	20.769 s
28	Fernando Alonso	1	19.368 s
28	Pedro de la Rosa	1	22.272 s
28	Heikki Kovalainen	1	23.032 s
29	Jenson Button	1	19.455 s
29	Pastor Maldonado	1	20.723 s
30	Mark Webber	1	19.066 s
30	Sergio Pérez	1	19.486 s
31	Kimi Räikkönen	1	20.278 s
32	Bruno Senna	1	22.587 s
33	Jean-Éric Vergne	2	19.885 s
37	Sebastian Vettel	2	19.918 s
38	Daniel Ricciardo	2	21.231 s
38	Sergio Pérez	2	33.431 s
39	Paul di Resta	3	20.265 s
41	Michael Schumacher	2	21.270 s
44	Sergio Pérez	3	26.858 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	54	1:43.964
2	Fernando Alonso	53	1:44.090	+0.126
3	Kimi Räikkönen	50	1:44.458	+0.494
4	Jenson Button	50	1:44.533	+0.569
5	Pastor Maldonado	55	1:44.833	+0.869
6	Michael Schumacher	51	1:45.225	+1.261
7	Sergio Pérez	54	1:45.410	+1.446
8	Kamui Kobayashi	55	1:45.423	+1.459
9	Paul di Resta	53	1:45.617	+1.653
10	Bruno Senna	49	1:45.693	+1.729

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 18. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 18
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Sebastian Vettel	255
2	Fernando Alonso	245
3	Kimi Räikkönen	198
4	Mark Webber	167
5	Lewis Hamilton	165
6	Jenson Button	153
7	Felipe Massa	95	▲2
8	Nico Rosberg	93	▼1
9	Romain Grosjean	90	▼1
10	Sergio Pérez	66

Constructors' championship after round 18
Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	422
2	Ferrari	340
3	McLaren	318
4	Lotus	288
5	Mercedes	136
6	Sauber	124
7	Force India	95
8	Williams	73
9	Toro Rosso	22
10	Marussia	0