Indian Grand Prix 2012

Buddh
Greater Noida
28 October 2012
60 laps
307.2 km
5.125 km a lap

Pole positionSebastian VettelRed Bull · 1:25.283
Fastest lapJenson Button1:28.203 · lap 60
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	1	Red Bull · Renault	1	60	1:31:10.744	25
2	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	5	60	+9.437	18
3	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull · Renault	2	60	+13.217	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	4	McLaren · Mercedes	3	60	+13.909	12
5	Jenson Buttonfastest lap	3	McLaren · Mercedes	4	60	+26.266	10
6	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	6	60	+44.674	8
7	Kimi Räikkönen	9	Lotus · Renault	7	60	+45.227	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	12	Force India · Mercedes	12	60	+54.998	4
9	Romain Grosjean	10	Lotus · Renault	11	60	+56.103	2
10	Bruno Senna	19	Williams · Renault	13	60	+1:14.975	1
11	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes	10	60	+1:21.694
12	Paul di Resta	11	Force India · Mercedes	16	60	+1:22.815
13	Daniel Ricciardo	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	15	60	+1:26.064
14	Kamui Kobayashi	14	Sauber · Ferrari	17	60	+1:26.495
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	18	59	+1 lap
16	Pastor Maldonado	18	Williams · Renault	9	59	+1 lap
17	Vitaly Petrov	21	Caterham · Renault	19	59	+1 lap
18	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Caterham · Renault	20	59	+1 lap
19	Charles Pic	25	Marussia · Cosworth	24	59	+1 lap
20	Timo Glock	24	Marussia · Cosworth	21	58	+2 laps
21	Narain Karthikeyan	23	HRT · Cosworth	23	58	+2 laps
22	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	14	55	Gearbox
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	22	HRT · Cosworth	22	42	Brakes
DNF	Sergio Pérez	15	Sauber · Ferrari	8	20	Collision damage

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: Sebastian Vettel 60. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 15	Lap 30	Lap 45	Finish	Laps led
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	1	1	1	60
Fernando Alonso	5	3	4	3	2
Mark Webber	2	2	2	2	3
Lewis Hamilton	3	4	3	4	4
Jenson Button	4	5	6	5	5
Felipe Massa	6	6	7	6	6
Kimi Räikkönen	7	7	8	7	7
Nico Hülkenberg	12	8	9	8	8
Romain Grosjean	11	11	5	9	9
Bruno Senna	13	12	12	11	10
Nico Rosberg	10	9	10	10	11
Paul di Resta	16	13	14	12	12
Daniel Ricciardo	15	14	16	13	13
Kamui Kobayashi	17	15	11	14	14
Jean-Éric Vergne	18	21	17	16	15
Pastor Maldonado	9	10	19	17	16
Vitaly Petrov	19	18	15	15	17
Heikki Kovalainen	20	17	13	18	18
Charles Pic	24	19	20	19	19
Timo Glock	21	20	18	21	20
Narain Karthikeyan	23	23	23	22	21
Michael Schumacher	14	24	22	20	22
Pedro de la Rosa	22	22	21	–	out
Sergio Pérez	8	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 75 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 15	Lap 30	Lap 45	Last lap
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fernando Alonso	+8.5	+32.8	+11.9	+9.4
Mark Webber	+3.7	+14.6	+10.2	+13.2
Lewis Hamilton	+15.7	+21.4	+18.4	+13.9
Jenson Button	+17.8	+47.2	+30.4	+26.3
Felipe Massa	+19.0	+53.8	+38.8	+44.7
Kimi Räikkönen	+19.8	+54.6	+39.5	+45.2
Nico Hülkenberg	+26.3	+61.9	+47.7	+55.0
Romain Grosjean	+32.8	+45.5	+48.4	+56.1
Bruno Senna	+33.5	+78.8	+70.1	+75.0
Nico Rosberg	+31.2	+74.1	+69.3	+81.7
Paul di Resta	+37.6	+85.0	+77.7	+82.8
Daniel Ricciardo	+43.4	+95.7	+81.5	+86.1
Kamui Kobayashi	+44.5	+78.1	+86.0	+86.5
Jean-Éric Vergne	+67.9	+98.4	+128.0	+149.8
Pastor Maldonado	+32.7	+112.7	+128.5	+150.4
Vitaly Petrov	+53.6	+90.2	+127.1	+160.5
Heikki Kovalainen	+49.1	+83.9	+134.8	+169.1
Charles Pic	+56.4	+117.6	+142.1	+179.3
Timo Glock	+63.2	+108.6	+159.7	+203.2
Narain Karthikeyan	+74.5	+160.7	+196.1	+243.4
Michael Schumacher	+114.6	+135.9	+150.5	+159.1
Pedro de la Rosa	+72.0	+131.9	–	out
Sergio Pérez	+47.1	–	–	out

Qualifying

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:26.387	1:25.435	1:25.283
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:26.744	1:25.610	1:25.327
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:26.516	1:25.816	1:25.544
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:26.564	1:25.467	1:25.659
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:26.829	1:25.834	1:25.773
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:26.939	1:26.111	1:25.857
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:26.740	1:26.101	1:26.236
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:27.179	1:26.076	1:26.360
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:26.048	1:25.983	1:26.713
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:26.458	1:25.976
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:26.897	1:26.136
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:27.185	1:26.241
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:26.851	1:26.331
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:27.482	1:26.574
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:27.006	1:26.777
16	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:27.462	1:26.989
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:27.517	1:27.219
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:27.525
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:28.756
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:29.500
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:29.613
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:30.592
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:30.593
24	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:30.662

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Sebastian Vettel	1	33	20.707 s
Fernando Alonso	1	29	20.800 s
Mark Webber	1	30	20.808 s
Lewis Hamilton	1	32	20.852 s
Romain Grosjean	1	36	20.976 s
Felipe Massa	1	28	21.100 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	27	21.404 s
Nico Rosberg	1	27	21.490 s
Jenson Button	1	25	21.509 s
Nico Hülkenberg	1	28	21.654 s
Bruno Senna	1	26	22.047 s
Vitaly Petrov	1	31	22.445 s
Daniel Ricciardo	1	27	22.637 s
Charles Pic	1	28	22.692 s
Kamui Kobayashi	1	36	22.726 s
Heikki Kovalainen	1	32	22.967 s
Pedro de la Rosa	1	32	23.830 s
Paul di Resta	1	28	23.948 s
Narain Karthikeyan	1	26	24.544 s
Timo Glock	1	31	27.303 s
Michael Schumacher	2	1, 33	21.322 s
Sergio Pérez	2	14, 19	21.336 s
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	1, 33	21.658 s
Pastor Maldonado	2	27, 30	22.003 s

Every stop, lap by lap (28)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Michael Schumacher	1	25.036 s
1	Jean-Éric Vergne	1	25.097 s
14	Sergio Pérez	1	21.336 s
19	Sergio Pérez	2	24.508 s
25	Jenson Button	1	21.509 s
26	Bruno Senna	1	22.047 s
26	Narain Karthikeyan	1	24.544 s
27	Kimi Räikkönen	1	21.404 s
27	Nico Rosberg	1	21.490 s
27	Pastor Maldonado	1	22.003 s
27	Daniel Ricciardo	1	22.637 s
28	Felipe Massa	1	21.100 s
28	Nico Hülkenberg	1	21.654 s
28	Charles Pic	1	22.692 s
28	Paul di Resta	1	23.948 s
29	Fernando Alonso	1	20.800 s
30	Mark Webber	1	20.808 s
30	Pastor Maldonado	2	28.053 s
31	Vitaly Petrov	1	22.445 s
31	Timo Glock	1	27.303 s
32	Lewis Hamilton	1	20.852 s
32	Heikki Kovalainen	1	22.967 s
32	Pedro de la Rosa	1	23.830 s
33	Sebastian Vettel	1	20.707 s
33	Michael Schumacher	2	21.322 s
33	Jean-Éric Vergne	2	21.658 s
36	Romain Grosjean	1	20.976 s
36	Kamui Kobayashi	1	22.726 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Jenson Button	60	1:28.203
2	Bruno Senna	60	1:28.431	+0.228
3	Fernando Alonso	60	1:28.630	+0.427
4	Sebastian Vettel	60	1:28.723	+0.520
5	Lewis Hamilton	58	1:28.944	+0.741
6	Mark Webber	59	1:29.029	+0.826
7	Paul di Resta	59	1:29.086	+0.883
8	Kamui Kobayashi	51	1:29.204	+1.001
9	Michael Schumacher	53	1:29.230	+1.027
10	Nico Hülkenberg	60	1:29.230	+1.027

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 17. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 17
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Sebastian Vettel	240
2	Fernando Alonso	227
3	Kimi Räikkönen	173
4	Mark Webber	167	▲1
5	Lewis Hamilton	165	▼1
6	Jenson Button	141
7	Nico Rosberg	93
8	Romain Grosjean	90
9	Felipe Massa	89
10	Sergio Pérez	66

Constructors' championship after round 17
Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	407
2	Ferrari	316
3	McLaren	306
4	Lotus	263
5	Mercedes	136
6	Sauber	116
7	Force India	93
8	Williams	59
9	Toro Rosso	21
10	Marussia	0