Round 20 · 2012

Brazilian Grand Prix

CircuitAutódromo José Carlos PaceLocationSao paulo, BrazilDates23 Nov – 25 Nov 2012Final

WinnerBUTMcLaren · from P2

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:18.069Hamilton · L38

Most laps led27Hülkenberg

Biggest gain+10Pic P22→P12

Retirements5of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	2	+1	71	1:45:22.656	2	25
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	7	+5	71	+2.750	3	18
3	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	5	+2	71	+3.620	3	15
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	3	-1	71	+4.940	3	12
5	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	6	+1	71	+5.710	3	10
6	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	4	-2	71	+9.450	4	8
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	13	+6	71	+11.910	4	6
8	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	17	+9	71	+28.650	4	4
9	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	14	+5	71	+31.250	3	2
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	8	-2	70	+1 lap	3	1
11	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	19	+8	70	+1 lap	3
12	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22	+10	70	+1 lap	3
13	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	15	+2	70	+1 lap	5
14	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	20	+6	70	+1 lap	5
15	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	9	-6	70	+1 lap	4
16	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+5	70	+1 lap	4
17	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	24	+7	69	+2 laps	4
18	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	23	+5	69	+2 laps	4
19	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	10	-9	68	+3 laps	3
—	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1		54	DNF · L54 FL	2
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	18		5	DNF · L5	0
—	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	11		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	12		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	16		1	DNF · L1	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	21
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	20
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	22
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	19
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	25
6	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	24
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	23
8	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	25
9	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	22
10	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	26
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	18
12	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	21
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	21
14	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	17
15	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	24
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	22
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	23
18	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	8
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	14
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	14
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	13
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	14
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	13
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	12

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:13.188	22
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:13.245	21
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:13.385	25
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:13.389	17
5	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:13.420	24
6	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:13.486	21
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:13.602	22
8	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:13.691	15
9	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:13.700	20
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:13.712	17
11	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:13.948	20
12	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:14.126	25
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:14.190	26
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:14.192	21
15	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:14.347	24
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:14.687	21
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:14.972	19
18	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:15.159	22
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:15.707	21
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:15.763	24
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:16.059	21
22	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:16.198	15
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:16.793	18
24	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	3

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:14.026	35
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:14.300	40
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:14.523	37
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:14.553	37
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:14.592	37
6	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:14.654	36
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:14.669	40
8	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:14.863	40
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:14.994	37
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:15.129	39
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:15.131	40
12	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:15.371	39
13	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:15.432	45
14	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:15.542	35
15	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:15.839	43
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:15.902	39
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:15.953	47
18	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:16.048	40
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:16.126	39
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:16.655	42
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:17.244	15
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:17.675	42
23	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:18.127	31
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:18.139	15

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:14.131	33
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:14.140	35
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:14.198	34
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:14.217	31
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:14.392	28
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:14.716	29
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:14.719	33
8	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:14.738	34
9	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:15.015	37
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:15.050	32
11	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:15.114	36
12	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:15.255	31
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:15.396	32
14	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:15.413	23
15	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:15.587	35
16	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:15.701	16
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:16.048	35
18	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:16.315	36
19	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:16.460	32
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:16.506	31
21	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:16.617	30
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:17.234	26
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:17.678	15
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:17.895	13

Session schedule

Practice 1Final23 Nov 2012 12:00 UTC

Practice 2Final23 Nov 2012 16:00 UTC

Practice 3Final24 Nov 2012 13:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal24 Nov 2012 16:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal25 Nov 2012 16:00 UTC

Championship after round 20

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	281
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	278
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	207
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	190
5	Jenson Button BUT	188	▲1
6	Mark Webber WEB	179	▼1
7	Felipe Massa MAS	122
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	96

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2011	Brazilian Grand Prix	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2
2010	Brazilian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2
2009	Brazilian Grand Prix	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2
2008	Brazilian Grand Prix	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1
2007	Brazilian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	3
2006	Brazilian Grand Prix	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1
2005	Brazilian Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya PAB	McLaren	2
2004	Brazilian Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya PAB	Williams	2