Round 18 · 2012

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

CircuitYas Marina CircuitLocationAbu dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDates2 Nov – 4 Nov 2012Final

WinnerRAILotus F1 · from P4

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:43.964Vettel · L54

Most laps led33Raikkonen

Biggest gain+21Vettel P24→P3

Retirements7of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	4	+3	55	1:45:58.667	1	25
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	6	+4	55	+0.850	1	18
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	24	+21	55	+4.160 FL	2	15
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	5	+1	55	+7.790	1	12
5	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	3	-2	55	+13.010	1	10
6	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	15	+9	55	+20.080	1	8
7	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	8	+1	55	+22.900	1	6
8	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	14	+6	55	+23.540	1	4
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	12	+3	55	+24.160	3	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	16	+6	55	+27.460	2	1
11	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	13	+2	55	+28.080	2
12	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	17	+5	55	+34.910	2
13	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	18	+5	55	+47.760	1
14	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+7	55	+56.470	1
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	11	-4	55	+56.770	3
16	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	20	+4	55	+1:04.600	1
17	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	22	+5	55	+1:11.780	1
—	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2		37	DNF · L37	1
—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	23		8	DNF · L8	0
—	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	7		8	DNF · L8	1
—	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1		19	DNF · L19	0
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	9		37	DNF · L37	2
—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	10		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	19		42	DNF · L42	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	15
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	17
3	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	22
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	20
5	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	20
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	17
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	17
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	17
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	24
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	16
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	17
12	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	16
13	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	14
14	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	18
15	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	17
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	14
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	9
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	11
19	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	10
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	11
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	9
22	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	8
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	9
24	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	16

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:42.130	18
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:42.420	17
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:42.614	7
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:42.743	18
5	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:42.750	19
6	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:43.015	18
7	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:43.064	19
8	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:43.133	15
9	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:43.184	22
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:43.338	19
11	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:43.480	17
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:43.571	20
13	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:43.593	20
14	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:43.635	19
15	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:44.010	22
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:44.025	18
17	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:44.071	19
18	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:44.149	19
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:45.301	22
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:45.879	19
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:46.036	19
22	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:46.261	22
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:46.554	20
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:47.032	22

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:41.751	34
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:41.919	34
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:42.412	36
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:42.466	21
5	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:42.500	34
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:42.532	28
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:42.587	31
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:42.823	33
9	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:42.998	37
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:43.106	36
11	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:43.191	34
12	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:43.200	36
13	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:43.255	34
14	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:43.267	32
15	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:43.578	34
16	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:43.689	32
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:44.260	27
18	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:45.005	19
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:45.245	36
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:45.782	33
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:46.589	36
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:46.671	32
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:46.707	26
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:47.406	35

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:43.285	21
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:43.618	19
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:44.050	23
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:44.366	21
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:44.542	22
6	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:44.694	23
7	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:45.115	26
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:45.194	19
9	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:45.347	25
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:45.422	15
11	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:45.567	24
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:45.587	20
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:45.722	20
14	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:45.743	20
15	Jules Bianchi BIA	Force India	1:45.769	22
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:45.811	22
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:46.649	24
18	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:46.708	26
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:47.418	23
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:47.891	21
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:48.354	22
22	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:48.887	22
23	Ma Qing Hua QHM	HRT	1:50.487	20
24	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	—	3

Session schedule

Practice 1Final2 Nov 2012 09:00 UTC

Practice 2Final2 Nov 2012 13:00 UTC

Practice 3Final3 Nov 2012 10:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal3 Nov 2012 13:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal4 Nov 2012 13:00 UTC

Championship after round 18

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	255
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	245
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	198
4	Mark Webber WEB	167
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	165
6	Jenson Button BUT	153
7	Felipe Massa MAS	95	▲2
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	93	▼1

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Red Bull Racing	Mark Webber WEB	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Williams	Pastor Maldonado MAL	—	Bruno Senna SEN
Lotus F1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg ROS	—	Michael Schumacher SCH
Force India	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Paul di Resta DIR
Sauber	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB
Toro Rosso	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Jean-Eric Vergne VER
Caterham	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	—	Vitaly Petrov PET
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Charles Pic PIC	—	Timo Glock GLO
HRT	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2011	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2
2010	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2009	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2