Seasons/20 races

2012 season

Title decided in round 20

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World ChampionSebastian Vettel281 points · 5 wins
Constructors' championRed Bull460 points

Races20
Different winners8
Pole-sitters8
Not classified16%75 of 476 starts

Points: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten.

The title was decided in round 20: Brazilian Grand Prix on 25 Nov 2012.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Sebastian Vettel	18	18	28	53	61	73	85	85	100	110	122	140	140	165	190	215	240	255	273	281
Fernando Alonso	10	35	37	43	61	76	86	111	129	154	164	164	179	194	194	209	227	245	260	278
Kimi Räikkönen	6	16	16	34	49	51	55	73	83	98	116	131	141	149	157	167	173	198	206	207
Lewis Hamilton	15	30	45	49	53	63	88	88	92	92	117	117	142	142	152	153	165	165	190	190
Jenson Button	25	25	43	43	45	45	45	49	50	68	76	101	101	119	131	131	141	153	163	188
Mark Webber	12	24	36	48	48	73	79	91	116	120	124	132	132	132	134	152	167	167	167	179
Felipe Massa	0	0	0	2	2	10	11	11	23	23	25	35	47	51	69	81	89	95	107	122
Romain Grosjean	0	0	8	23	35	35	53	53	61	61	76	76	76	82	82	88	90	90	96	96
Nico Rosberg	0	0	25	35	41	59	67	75	75	76	77	77	83	93	93	93	93	93	93	93
Sergio Pérez	4	22	22	22	22	22	37	39	39	47	47	47	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66
Nico Hülkenberg	0	2	2	2	3	7	7	17	17	19	19	31	31	31	37	45	49	49	53	63
Kamui Kobayashi	8	8	9	9	19	19	21	21	21	33	33	33	35	35	50	50	50	58	58	60
Michael Schumacher	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	17	23	29	29	35	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	49
Paul di Resta	1	7	7	15	15	21	21	27	27	27	27	28	32	44	44	44	44	46	46	46
Pastor Maldonado	0	0	4	4	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	33	33	33	43	45	45
Bruno Senna	0	8	14	14	14	15	15	16	18	18	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	30	31	31
Jean-Éric Vergne	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	16
Daniel Ricciardo	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	7	9	9	10	10	10
Vitaly Petrov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Timo Glock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charles Pic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heikki Kovalainen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Narain Karthikeyan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro de la Rosa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The constructors' championship, round by round

Red Bull460
Ferrari400
McLaren378
Lotus303
Mercedes142
Sauber126
Force India109
Williams76
4 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Red Bull	30	42	64	101	109	146	164	176	216	230	246	272	272	297	324	367	407	422	440	460
Ferrari	10	35	37	45	63	86	97	122	152	177	189	199	226	245	263	290	316	340	367	400
McLaren	40	55	88	92	98	108	133	137	142	160	193	218	243	261	283	284	306	318	353	378
Lotus	6	16	24	57	84	86	108	126	144	159	192	207	217	231	239	255	263	288	302	303
Mercedes	0	1	26	37	43	61	69	92	98	105	106	112	126	136	136	136	136	136	136	142
Sauber	12	30	31	31	41	41	58	60	60	80	80	80	100	101	116	116	116	124	124	126
Force India	1	9	9	17	18	28	28	44	44	46	46	59	63	75	81	89	93	95	99	109
Williams	0	8	18	18	43	44	44	45	47	47	53	53	54	54	58	58	59	73	76	76
Toro Rosso	2	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	14	15	21	21	22	22	26
Caterham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marussia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HRT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standings

Drivers

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

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
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
11	Marussia	0
12	HRT	0

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 2012
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts
VET (Sebastian Vettel)	2	11	5	1^P^F	6	4	4^P^F	Ret^P	3	5	4^F	2	22	1	1^P^F	1	1^P	3^F	2^P^F	6	281
ALO (Fernando Alonso)	5	1	9	7	2	3	5	1	2^P	1^P	5	Ret	3	3	Ret	3	2	2	3	2	278
RAI (Kimi Räikkönen)	7	5^F	14	2	3	9	8	2	5^F	3	2	3	5	6	6	5	7	1	6	10	207
HAM (Lewis Hamilton)	3^P	3^P	3	8	8	5	1	19	8	Ret	1^P	Ret	1^P	Ret^P	5	10	4	Ret^P	1	Ret^P^F	190
BUT (Jenson Button)	1^F	14	2	18	9	16	16	8	10	2	6	1^P	Ret	2	4	Ret	5^F	4	5	1	188
WEB (Mark Webber)	4	4	4	4	11	1	7	4	1	8	8	6	20	11	9	2^P^F	3	Ret	Ret	4	179
MAS (Felipe Massa)	Ret	15	13	9	15	6	10	16	4	12	9	5	4	8	2	4	6	7	4	3	122
GRO (Romain Grosjean)	Ret	Ret	6	3	4^F	Ret	2	Ret	6	18	3	Ret		7	19	7	9	Ret	7	Ret	96
ROS (Nico Rosberg)	12	13	1^P	5	7	2	6	6^F	15	10	10	11	7^F	5	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	13	15	93
PER (Sergio Pérez)	8	2	11	11	Ret	11^F	3	9	Ret	6	14	Ret	2	10	Ret	11	Ret	15	11	Ret	66
HUL (Nico Hülkenberg)	Ret	9	15	12	10	8	12	5	12	9	11	4	21	14^F	7	6	8	Ret	8	5	63
KOB (Kamui Kobayashi)	6	Ret	10^F	13	5	Ret	9	Ret	11	4	18	13	9	13	3	Ret	14	6	14	9	60
MSC (Michael Schumacher)	Ret	10	Ret	10	Ret	Ret^P	Ret	3	7	7^F	Ret	7	6	Ret	11	13	22	11	16	7	49
DIR (Paul di Resta)	10	7	12	6	14	7	11	7	Ret	11	12	10	8	4	12	12	12	9	15	19	46
MAL (Pastor Maldonado)	13	19	8	Ret	1^P	Ret	13	12	16	15	13	Ret	11	Ret	8	14	16	5	9	Ret	45
SEN (Bruno Senna)	16	6	7	22	Ret	10	17	10	9	17	7	12^F	10	18	14	15	10	8	10	Ret	31
VER (Jean-Éric Vergne)	11	8	16	14	12	12	15	Ret	14	14	16	8	Ret	Ret	13	8	15	12	Ret	8	16
RIC (Daniel Ricciardo)	9	12	17	15	13	Ret	14	11	13	13	15	9	12	9	10	9	13	10	12	13	10
PET (Vitaly Petrov)	Ret	16	18	16	17	Ret	19	13	DNS	16	19	14	15	19	17	16	17	16	17	11	0
GLO (Timo Glock)	14	17	19	19	18	14	Ret	DNS	18	22	21	15	17	12	16	18	20	14	19	16	0
PIC (Charles Pic)	15	20	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	15	19	20	20	16	16	16	Ret	19	19	Ret	20	12	0
KOV (Heikki Kovalainen)	Ret	18	23	17	16	13	18	14	17	19	17	17	14	15	15	17	18	13	18	14	0
DAM (Jérôme d'Ambrosio)													13								0
KAR (Narain Karthikeyan)	DNQ	22	22	21	Ret	15	Ret	18	21	23	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	20	21	Ret	22	18	0
DLR (Pedro de la Rosa)	DNQ	21	21	20	19	Ret	Ret	17	20	21	22	18	18	17	18	Ret	Ret	17	21	17	0

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Australia	Albert Park	18 Mar 2012	Lewis Hamilton	Jenson Button
2	Malaysia	Sepang	25 Mar 2012	Lewis Hamilton	Fernando Alonso
3	China	Shanghai	15 Apr 2012	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg
4	Bahrain	Bahrain	22 Apr 2012	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
5	Spain	Catalunya	13 May 2012	Pastor Maldonado	Pastor Maldonado
6	Monaco	Monaco	27 May 2012	Michael Schumacher	Mark Webber
7	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	10 Jun 2012	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton
8	Europe	Valencia	24 Jun 2012	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso
9	Great Britain	Silverstone	8 Jul 2012	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber
10	Germany	Hockenheimring	22 Jul 2012	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	29 Jul 2012	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	2 Sept 2012	Jenson Button	Jenson Button
13	Italy	Monza	9 Sept 2012	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
14	Singapore	Marina Bay	23 Sept 2012	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel
15	Japan	Suzuka	7 Oct 2012	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
16	Korea	Korea	14 Oct 2012	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel
17	India	Buddh	28 Oct 2012	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
18	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	4 Nov 2012	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen
19	United States	Americas	18 Nov 2012	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton
20	BrazilTitle decided	José Carlos Pace	25 Nov 2012	Lewis Hamilton	Jenson Button

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
Caterham	Caterham F1 Team	CT01	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Heikki Kovalainen, Vitaly Petrov
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	F2012	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso
Force India	Sahara Force India F1 Team	VJM05	Mercedes FO 108Z 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Nico Hülkenberg, Paul di Resta
HRT	HRT Formula 1 Team	F112	Cosworth CA2012 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Narain Karthikeyan, Pedro de la Rosa
Lotus	Lotus F1 Team	E20	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Kimi Räikkönen, Romain Grosjean
Marussia	Marussia F1 Team	MR01	Cosworth CA2012 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Charles Pic, Timo Glock
McLaren	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	MP4-27	Mercedes FO 108Z 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W03	Mercedes FO 108Z 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg
Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	RB8	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel
Sauber	Sauber F1 Team	C31	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Kamui Kobayashi, Sergio Pérez
Toro Rosso	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Daniel Ricciardo, Jean-Éric Vergne
Williams	Williams F1 Team	FW34	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	Pirelli	Bruno Senna, Pastor Maldonado

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Sebastian Vettel	85	281	P1
2	Fernando Alonso	80	278	P2
3	Jenson Button	54	188	P5
4	Lewis Hamilton	52	190	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	48	207	P3
6	Mark Webber	45	179	P6
7	Felipe Massa	24	122	P7
8	Nico Rosberg	20	93	P9
9	Romain Grosjean	18	96	P8
10	Sergio Pérez	17	66	P10
11	Pastor Maldonado	10	45	P15
12	Kamui Kobayashi	10	60	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Sebastian Vettel	81	281	P1
2	Fernando Alonso	80	278	P2
3	Jenson Button	53	188	P5
4	Lewis Hamilton	51	190	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	49	207	P3
6	Mark Webber	45	179	P6
7	Felipe Massa	26	122	P7
8	Nico Rosberg	20	93	P9
9	Romain Grosjean	19	96	P8
10	Sergio Pérez	17	66	P10
11	Kamui Kobayashi	11	60	P12
12	Pastor Maldonado	10	45	P15

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Sebastian Vettel	86	281	P1
2	Fernando Alonso	83	278	P2
3	Jenson Button	56	188	P5
4	Lewis Hamilton	55	190	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	50	207	P3
6	Mark Webber	47	179	P6
7	Felipe Massa	26	122	P7
8	Nico Rosberg	21	93	P9
9	Romain Grosjean	19	96	P8
10	Sergio Pérez	17	66	P10
11	Pastor Maldonado	11	45	P15
12	Kamui Kobayashi	11	60	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Sebastian Vettel	91	281	P1
2	Fernando Alonso	86	278	P2
3	Lewis Hamilton	59	190	P4
4	Jenson Button	59	188	P5
5	Kimi Räikkönen	51	207	P3
6	Mark Webber	49	179	P6
7	Felipe Massa	26	122	P7
8	Nico Rosberg	22	93	P9
9	Romain Grosjean	19	96	P8
10	Sergio Pérez	17	66	P10
11	Pastor Maldonado	12	45	P15
12	Kamui Kobayashi	11	60	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Sebastian Vettel	115	281	P1
2	Fernando Alonso	114	278	P2
3	Kimi Räikkönen	82	207	P3
4	Jenson Button	76	188	P5
5	Lewis Hamilton	74	190	P4
6	Mark Webber	71	179	P6
7	Felipe Massa	47	122	P7
8	Romain Grosjean	37	96	P8
9	Nico Rosberg	36	93	P9
10	Sergio Pérez	26	66	P10
11	Kamui Kobayashi	21	60	P12
12	Nico Hülkenberg	21	63	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Sebastian Vettel	287	281	P1
2	Fernando Alonso	278	278	P2
3	Kimi Räikkönen	209	207	P3
4	Lewis Hamilton	190	190	P4
5	Jenson Button	190	188	P5
6	Mark Webber	180	179	P6
7	Felipe Massa	122	122	P7
8	Romain Grosjean	97	96	P8
9	Nico Rosberg	95	93	P9
10	Sergio Pérez	66	66	P10
11	Nico Hülkenberg	63	63	P11
12	Kamui Kobayashi	61	60	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Sebastian Vettel	281	281	P1
2	Fernando Alonso	278	278	P2
3	Kimi Räikkönen	207	207	P3
4	Lewis Hamilton	190	190	P4
5	Jenson Button	188	188	P5
6	Mark Webber	179	179	P6
7	Felipe Massa	122	122	P7
8	Romain Grosjean	96	96	P8
9	Nico Rosberg	93	93	P9
10	Sergio Pérez	66	66	P10
11	Nico Hülkenberg	63	63	P11
12	Kamui Kobayashi	60	60	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.