Brazilian Grand Prix 2012

José Carlos Pace
São Paulo
25 November 2012
71 laps
305.9 km
4.309 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMcLaren · 1:12.458
Fastest lapLewis Hamilton1:18.069 · lap 38
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Jenson Button	3	McLaren · Mercedes	2	71	1:45:22.656	25
2	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	7	71	+2.754	18
3	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	5	71	+3.615	15
4	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull · Renault	3	71	+4.936	12
5	Nico Hülkenberg	12	Force India · Mercedes	6	71	+5.708	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	1	Red Bull · Renault	4	71	+9.453	8
7	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	13	71	+11.907	6
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	17	71	+28.653	4
9	Kamui Kobayashi	14	Sauber · Ferrari	14	71	+31.250	2
10	Kimi Räikkönen	9	Lotus · Renault	8	70	+1 lap	1
11	Vitaly Petrov	21	Caterham · Renault	19	70	+1 lap
12	Charles Pic	25	Marussia · Cosworth	22	70	+1 lap
13	Daniel Ricciardo	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	15	70	+1 lap
14	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Caterham · Renault	20	70	+1 lap
15	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes	9	70	+1 lap
16	Timo Glock	24	Marussia · Cosworth	21	70	+1 lap
17	Pedro de la Rosa	22	HRT · Cosworth	24	69	+2 laps
18	Narain Karthikeyan	23	HRT · Cosworth	23	69	+2 laps
19	Paul di Resta	11	Force India · Mercedes	10	68	Accident
DNF	Lewis Hamiltonfastest lap	4	McLaren · Mercedes	1	54	Collision
DNF	Romain Grosjean	10	Lotus · Renault	18	5	Accident
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	18	Williams · Renault	16	1	Accident
DNF	Bruno Senna	19	Williams · Renault	11	0	Collision
DNF	Sergio Pérez	15	Sauber · Ferrari	12	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: Nico Hülkenberg 30, Jenson Button 28, Lewis Hamilton 13. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 18	Lap 36	Lap 53	Finish	Laps led
Jenson Button	2	2	3	3	1	28
Fernando Alonso	7	5	4	4	2
Felipe Massa	5	12	6	5	3
Mark Webber	3	6	9	7	4
Nico Hülkenberg	6	1	1	2	5	30
Sebastian Vettel	4	4	7	10	6
Michael Schumacher	13	20	10	9	7
Jean-Éric Vergne	17	14	19	11	8
Kamui Kobayashi	14	7	5	6	9
Kimi Räikkönen	8	9	11	17	10
Vitaly Petrov	19	15	13	16	11
Charles Pic	22	17	14	12	12
Daniel Ricciardo	15	8	8	13	13
Heikki Kovalainen	20	16	15	14	14
Nico Rosberg	9	10	16	18	15
Timo Glock	21	13	20	15	16
Pedro de la Rosa	24	19	17	19	17
Narain Karthikeyan	23	18	18	20	18
Paul di Resta	10	11	12	8	19
Lewis Hamilton	1	3	2	1	out	13
Romain Grosjean	18	–	–	–	out
Pastor Maldonado	16	–	–	–	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 100 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 18	Lap 36	Lap 53	Last lap
Jenson Button	0.0	+4.1	+5.9	0.0
Fernando Alonso	+44.4	+6.1	+17.6	+2.8
Felipe Massa	+64.4	+9.0	+22.0	+3.6
Mark Webber	+47.8	+14.8	+38.6	+4.9
Nico Hülkenberg	0.0	0.0	+1.2	+5.7
Sebastian Vettel	+40.8	+9.9	+55.8	+9.5
Michael Schumacher	+118.3	+15.3	+50.7	+11.9
Jean-Éric Vergne	+67.9	+40.0	+59.3	+28.7
Kamui Kobayashi	+47.8	+8.5	+29.1	+31.3
Kimi Räikkönen	+57.5	+15.3	+94.8	+151.4
Vitaly Petrov	+72.0	+20.3	+89.1	+157.7
Charles Pic	+84.0	+20.3	+67.8	+159.4
Daniel Ricciardo	+56.3	+11.4	+73.1	+160.8
Heikki Kovalainen	+76.1	+21.8	+85.1	+185.4
Nico Rosberg	+57.7	+23.1	+118.5	+192.2
Timo Glock	+66.6	+45.2	+85.7	+194.0
Pedro de la Rosa	+91.9	+24.7	+139.8	+252.5
Narain Karthikeyan	+91.3	+28.3	+156.3	+284.8
Paul di Resta	+58.9	+20.0	+46.2	+59.6
Lewis Hamilton	+27.5	+2.3	0.0	out
Romain Grosjean	–	–	–	out
Pastor Maldonado	–	–	–	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	1:15.075	1:13.398	1:12.458
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:15.456	1:13.515	1:12.513
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:16.180	1:13.667	1:12.581
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:15.644	1:13.209	1:12.760
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:16.263	1:14.048	1:12.987
6	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:16.266	1:13.698	1:13.174
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:15.536	1:13.704	1:13.206
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:16.097	1:13.856	1:13.253
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:16.432	1:13.698	1:13.298
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:15.929	1:13.848	1:13.489
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:15.901	1:14.121
12	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:15.333	1:14.219
13	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:15.974	1:14.234
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:16.005	1:14.334
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:16.400	1:14.380
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:16.744	1:14.574
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:16.722	1:14.619
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:16.967
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:17.073
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:17.086
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:17.508
22	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:18.104
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:19.576
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:19.699

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Pastor Maldonado	P6	P16	10 places – 10

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Jenson Button	2	23, 57	21.456 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	10, 18	21.606 s
Nico Hülkenberg	3	23, 57, 58	14.128 s
Mark Webber	3	9, 19, 55	21.006 s
Paul di Resta	3	10, 18, 57	21.364 s
Kimi Räikkönen	3	5, 19, 53	21.541 s
Felipe Massa	3	15, 19, 55	21.680 s
Fernando Alonso	3	10, 18, 56	21.862 s
Vitaly Petrov	3	14, 19, 54	22.702 s
Charles Pic	3	13, 20, 55	22.746 s
Kamui Kobayashi	3	8, 18, 54	24.254 s
Sebastian Vettel	4	10, 19, 52, 54	20.997 s
Jean-Éric Vergne	4	15, 20, 29, 56	21.302 s
Timo Glock	4	14, 19, 31, 56	21.442 s
Nico Rosberg	4	9, 18, 20, 50	21.806 s
Michael Schumacher	4	5, 8, 17, 54	21.827 s
Narain Karthikeyan	4	13, 20, 51, 55	23.625 s
Pedro de la Rosa	4	14, 19, 50, 55	24.510 s
Daniel Ricciardo	5	9, 19, 51, 56, 61	21.182 s
Heikki Kovalainen	5	15, 19, 37, 56, 59	21.849 s

Every stop, lap by lap (69)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
5	Kimi Räikkönen	1	21.541 s
5	Michael Schumacher	1	25.980 s
8	Michael Schumacher	2	22.486 s
8	Kamui Kobayashi	1	27.266 s
9	Daniel Ricciardo	1	22.838 s
9	Nico Rosberg	1	23.018 s
9	Mark Webber	1	23.127 s
10	Sebastian Vettel	1	20.997 s
10	Fernando Alonso	1	22.472 s
10	Lewis Hamilton	1	24.410 s
10	Paul di Resta	1	28.336 s
13	Charles Pic	1	24.427 s
13	Narain Karthikeyan	1	27.113 s
14	Vitaly Petrov	1	23.031 s
14	Timo Glock	1	23.251 s
14	Pedro de la Rosa	1	25.787 s
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	1	22.362 s
15	Felipe Massa	1	22.596 s
15	Heikki Kovalainen	1	23.429 s
17	Michael Schumacher	3	22.243 s
18	Paul di Resta	2	21.364 s
18	Lewis Hamilton	2	21.606 s
18	Nico Rosberg	2	21.806 s
18	Fernando Alonso	2	23.000 s
18	Kamui Kobayashi	2	24.254 s
19	Daniel Ricciardo	2	21.182 s
19	Mark Webber	2	21.232 s
19	Timo Glock	2	21.442 s
19	Felipe Massa	2	21.680 s
19	Sebastian Vettel	2	22.016 s
19	Kimi Räikkönen	2	22.731 s
19	Pedro de la Rosa	2	26.573 s
19	Vitaly Petrov	2	27.452 s
19	Heikki Kovalainen	2	38.291 s
20	Jean-Éric Vergne	2	21.302 s
20	Charles Pic	2	22.746 s
20	Nico Rosberg	3	24.262 s
20	Narain Karthikeyan	2	26.739 s
23	Nico Hülkenberg	1	21.347 s
23	Jenson Button	1	21.550 s
29	Jean-Éric Vergne	3	25.976 s
31	Timo Glock	3	23.544 s
37	Heikki Kovalainen	3	22.721 s
50	Pedro de la Rosa	3	25.375 s
50	Nico Rosberg	4	31.768 s
51	Daniel Ricciardo	3	21.444 s
51	Narain Karthikeyan	3	23.625 s
52	Sebastian Vettel	3	21.256 s
53	Kimi Räikkönen	3	32.309 s
54	Michael Schumacher	4	21.827 s
54	Vitaly Petrov	3	22.702 s
54	Sebastian Vettel	4	28.932 s
54	Kamui Kobayashi	3	32.823 s
55	Mark Webber	3	21.006 s
55	Felipe Massa	3	22.427 s
55	Charles Pic	3	23.082 s
55	Pedro de la Rosa	4	24.510 s
55	Narain Karthikeyan	4	27.480 s
56	Fernando Alonso	3	21.862 s
56	Jean-Éric Vergne	4	22.061 s
56	Daniel Ricciardo	4	22.923 s
56	Heikki Kovalainen	4	23.002 s
56	Timo Glock	4	24.816 s
57	Jenson Button	2	21.456 s
57	Nico Hülkenberg	2	22.250 s
57	Paul di Resta	3	22.389 s
58	Nico Hülkenberg	3	14.128 s
59	Heikki Kovalainen	5	21.849 s
61	Daniel Ricciardo	5	21.973 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	38	1:18.069
2	Jenson Button	37	1:18.108	+0.039
3	Nico Hülkenberg	38	1:18.210	+0.141
4	Fernando Alonso	36	1:18.623	+0.554
5	Felipe Massa	37	1:18.879	+0.810
6	Mark Webber	39	1:18.903	+0.834
7	Kamui Kobayashi	35	1:18.973	+0.904
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	39	1:18.983	+0.914
9	Sebastian Vettel	36	1:19.090	+1.021
10	Heikki Kovalainen	39	1:19.256	+1.187

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 20. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 20
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Sebastian Vettel	281
2	Fernando Alonso	278
3	Kimi Räikkönen	207
4	Lewis Hamilton	190
5	Jenson Button	188	▲1
6	Mark Webber	179	▼1
7	Felipe Massa	122
8	Romain Grosjean	96
9	Nico Rosberg	93
10	Sergio Pérez	66

Constructors' championship after round 20
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Red Bull	460
2	Ferrari	400
3	McLaren	378
4	Lotus	303
5	Mercedes	142
6	Sauber	126
7	Force India	109
8	Williams	76
9	Toro Rosso	26
10	Caterham	0	▲1