United States Grand Prix 2012

Americas
Austin
18 November 2012
56 laps
308.4 km
5.513 km a lap

Pole positionSebastian VettelRed Bull · 1:35.657
Fastest lapSebastian Vettel1:39.347 · lap 56
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	4	McLaren · Mercedes	2	56	1:35:55.269	25
2	Sebastian Vettelfastest lap	1	Red Bull · Renault	1	56	+0.675	18
3	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	7	56	+39.229	15
4	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	11	56	+46.013	12
5	Jenson Button	3	McLaren · Mercedes	12	56	+56.432	10
6	Kimi Räikkönen	9	Lotus · Renault	4	56	+1:04.425	8
7	Romain Grosjean	10	Lotus · Renault	8	56	+1:10.313	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	12	Force India · Mercedes	6	56	+1:13.792	4
9	Pastor Maldonado	18	Williams · Renault	9	56	+1:14.525	2
10	Bruno Senna	19	Williams · Renault	10	56	+1:15.133	1
11	Sergio Pérez	15	Sauber · Ferrari	15	56	+1:24.341
12	Daniel Ricciardo	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	18	56	+1:24.871
13	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes	17	56	+1:25.510
14	Kamui Kobayashi	14	Sauber · Ferrari	16	55	+1 lap
15	Paul di Resta	11	Force India · Mercedes	13	55	+1 lap
16	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	5	55	+1 lap
17	Vitaly Petrov	21	Caterham · Renault	21	55	+1 lap
18	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Caterham · Renault	22	55	+1 lap
19	Timo Glock	24	Marussia · Cosworth	19	55	+1 lap
20	Charles Pic	25	Marussia · Cosworth	20	54	+2 laps
21	Pedro de la Rosa	22	HRT · Cosworth	23	54	+2 laps
22	Narain Karthikeyan	23	HRT · Cosworth	24	54	+2 laps
DNF	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull · Renault	3	16	Alternator
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	14	14	Suspension

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 41, Lewis Hamilton 15. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	2	2	2	1	1	15
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	1	2	2	41
Fernando Alonso	7	4	4	3	3
Felipe Massa	11	7	7	4	4
Jenson Button	12	11	3	6	5
Kimi Räikkönen	4	5	6	5	6
Romain Grosjean	8	18	9	7	7
Nico Hülkenberg	6	6	10	8	8
Pastor Maldonado	9	13	13	10	9
Bruno Senna	10	10	11	9	10
Sergio Pérez	15	9	14	11	11
Daniel Ricciardo	18	12	5	12	12
Nico Rosberg	17	15	8	13	13
Kamui Kobayashi	16	22	16	14	14
Paul di Resta	13	8	12	15	15
Michael Schumacher	5	14	15	16	16
Vitaly Petrov	21	17	17	17	17
Heikki Kovalainen	22	19	18	18	18
Timo Glock	19	20	19	19	19
Charles Pic	20	21	20	20	20
Pedro de la Rosa	23	23	21	21	21
Narain Karthikeyan	24	24	22	22	22
Mark Webber	3	3	–	–	out
Jean-Éric Vergne	14	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 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	+1.3	+2.4	0.0	0.0
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	0.0	+0.9	+0.7
Fernando Alonso	+10.9	+26.9	+30.9	+39.2
Felipe Massa	+27.7	+35.7	+41.6	+46.0
Jenson Button	+33.5	+25.4	+48.1	+56.4
Kimi Räikkönen	+22.9	+34.3	+47.2	+64.4
Romain Grosjean	+56.9	+38.8	+49.1	+70.3
Nico Hülkenberg	+27.0	+42.3	+55.1	+73.8
Pastor Maldonado	+41.1	+49.6	+57.9	+74.5
Bruno Senna	+33.0	+43.0	+56.0	+75.1
Sergio Pérez	+32.1	+50.8	+67.1	+84.3
Daniel Ricciardo	+37.1	+33.6	+71.5	+84.9
Nico Rosberg	+45.9	+38.5	+74.3	+85.5
Kamui Kobayashi	+69.6	+67.3	+87.8	+113.0
Paul di Resta	+31.4	+49.2	+105.1	+122.7
Michael Schumacher	+45.5	+65.1	+109.9	+123.8
Vitaly Petrov	+52.7	+88.0	+127.4	+180.0
Heikki Kovalainen	+58.2	+92.3	+131.0	+187.7
Timo Glock	+59.9	+94.9	+133.7	+188.7
Charles Pic	+63.2	+110.8	+165.7	+216.6
Pedro de la Rosa	+75.0	+145.9	+213.6	+272.5
Narain Karthikeyan	+76.1	+148.8	+217.3	+284.4
Mark Webber	+7.4	–	–	out
Jean-Éric Vergne	+46.8	–	–	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	1:36.558	1:35.796	1:35.657
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:37.058	1:36.795	1:35.766
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:37.215	1:36.298	1:36.174
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:37.486	1:36.906	1:36.587
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:38.051	1:37.404	1:36.708
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:37.927	1:37.102	1:36.794
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:37.667	1:36.549	1:36.937
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:37.756	1:37.066	1:37.141
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:37.968	1:37.123	1:37.300
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:37.537	1:37.011	1:37.842
11	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:37.520	1:37.604
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:37.565	1:37.616
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:38.104	1:37.665
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:38.434	1:37.879
15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:38.500	1:38.206
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.418	1:38.437
17	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.862	1:38.501
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:39.114
19	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:40.056
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:40.664
21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:40.809
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:41.166
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:42.011
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:42.740

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Romain Grosjean	P4	P8	5 places – 5
Felipe Massa	P7	P11	5 places – 5

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Lewis Hamilton	1	20	20.814 s
Sebastian Vettel	1	21	20.904 s
Romain Grosjean	1	9	21.190 s
Nico Rosberg	1	34	21.346 s
Jenson Button	1	35	21.445 s
Felipe Massa	1	26	21.520 s
Sergio Pérez	1	22	22.079 s
Nico Hülkenberg	1	17	22.099 s
Bruno Senna	1	20	22.143 s
Pastor Maldonado	1	21	22.342 s
Charles Pic	1	26	22.379 s
Daniel Ricciardo	1	30	22.651 s
Heikki Kovalainen	1	21	22.713 s
Vitaly Petrov	1	23	22.762 s
Timo Glock	1	21	23.092 s
Kamui Kobayashi	1	13	24.079 s
Fernando Alonso	1	20	24.439 s
Narain Karthikeyan	1	25	24.497 s
Pedro de la Rosa	1	24	24.798 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	24	24.840 s
Michael Schumacher	2	14, 39	21.297 s
Paul di Resta	2	21, 30	22.444 s

Every stop, lap by lap (24)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
9	Romain Grosjean	1	21.190 s
13	Kamui Kobayashi	1	24.079 s
14	Michael Schumacher	1	22.263 s
17	Nico Hülkenberg	1	22.099 s
20	Lewis Hamilton	1	20.814 s
20	Bruno Senna	1	22.143 s
20	Fernando Alonso	1	24.439 s
21	Sebastian Vettel	1	20.904 s
21	Pastor Maldonado	1	22.342 s
21	Paul di Resta	1	22.498 s
21	Heikki Kovalainen	1	22.713 s
21	Timo Glock	1	23.092 s
22	Sergio Pérez	1	22.079 s
23	Vitaly Petrov	1	22.762 s
24	Pedro de la Rosa	1	24.798 s
24	Kimi Räikkönen	1	24.840 s
25	Narain Karthikeyan	1	24.497 s
26	Felipe Massa	1	21.520 s
26	Charles Pic	1	22.379 s
30	Paul di Resta	2	22.444 s
30	Daniel Ricciardo	1	22.651 s
34	Nico Rosberg	1	21.346 s
35	Jenson Button	1	21.445 s
39	Michael Schumacher	2	21.297 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	56	1:39.347
2	Felipe Massa	56	1:39.402	+0.055
3	Kimi Räikkönen	56	1:39.474	+0.127
4	Fernando Alonso	56	1:39.672	+0.325
5	Lewis Hamilton	55	1:39.709	+0.362
6	Jenson Button	54	1:40.150	+0.803
7	Kamui Kobayashi	55	1:40.315	+0.968
8	Nico Rosberg	51	1:40.428	+1.081
9	Paul di Resta	55	1:40.594	+1.247
10	Romain Grosjean	55	1:40.625	+1.278

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 19. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 19
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Sebastian Vettel	273
2	Fernando Alonso	260
3	Kimi Räikkönen	206
4	Lewis Hamilton	190	▲1
5	Mark Webber	167	▼1
6	Jenson Button	163
7	Felipe Massa	107
8	Romain Grosjean	96	▲1
9	Nico Rosberg	93	▼1
10	Sergio Pérez	66

Constructors' championship after round 19
Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	440
2	Ferrari	367
3	McLaren	353
4	Lotus	302
5	Mercedes	136
6	Sauber	124
7	Force India	99
8	Williams	76
9	Toro Rosso	22
10	Marussia	0