Round 17 · 2012

Indian Grand Prix

CircuitBuddh International CircuitLocationNew delhi, IndiaDates26 Oct – 28 Oct 2012Final

WinnerVETRed Bull Racing · from P1

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:28.203Button · L60

Most laps led58Vettel

Biggest gain+5Pic P24→P19

Retirements2of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1	0	60	1:31:10.744	1	25
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	5	+3	60	+9.440	1	18
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2	-1	60	+13.220	1	15
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	3	-1	60	+13.910	1	12
5	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	4	-1	60	+26.270 FL	1	10
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	6	0	60	+44.670	1	8
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	7	0	60	+45.230	1	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	12	+4	60	+55.000	1	4
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	11	+2	60	+56.100	1	2
10	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	13	+3	60	+1:14.980	1	1
11	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	10	-1	60	+1:21.690	1
12	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	16	+4	60	+1:22.820	1
13	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	15	+2	60	+1:26.060	1
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	17	+3	60	+1:26.500	1
15	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	18	+3	59	+1 lap	2
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	9	-7	59	+1 lap	2
17	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	19	+2	59	+1 lap	1
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	20	+2	59	+1 lap	1
19	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	24	+5	59	+1 lap	1
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+1	58	+2 laps	1
21	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	23	+2	58	+2 laps	1
22	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	14	-8	55	+5 laps	3
—	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	22		42	DNF · L42	1
—	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	8		20	DNF · L20	3

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:25.842	20
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:26.034	17
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:26.108	18
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:26.151	21
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:26.209	22
6	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:26.214	24
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:26.521	15
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:26.531	21
9	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:26.652	21
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:26.664	21
11	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:26.691	13
12	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:27.140	18
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:27.162	21
14	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:27.193	22
15	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:27.229	21
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:27.374	21
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:27.711	20
18	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:27.983	19
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:29.035	20
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:29.237	20
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:29.617	20
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:30.298	20
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:30.824	22
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:30.873	22

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:26.221	35
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:26.339	33
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:26.820	34
4	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:27.022	38
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:27.030	40
6	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:27.131	38
7	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:27.182	24
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:27.233	37
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:27.397	36
10	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:27.738	36
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:28.004	32
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:28.178	39
13	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:28.222	37
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:28.239	37
15	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:28.296	23
16	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:28.455	40
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:28.596	38
18	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:29.167	35
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:29.320	43
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:29.606	22
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:30.950	37
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:31.113	35
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:31.372	20
24	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:31.493	31

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:27.619	22
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:27.929	22
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:28.044	24
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:28.046	25
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:28.175	22
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:28.447	25
7	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:28.542	24
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:28.993	23
9	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:29.204	24
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:29.291	24
11	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:29.691	26
12	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:29.760	23
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:29.802	18
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:29.850	19
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:29.895	19
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:30.041	26
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:30.401	23
18	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:30.630	24
19	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:30.896	20
20	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:31.212	29
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:31.903	22
22	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:32.125	24
23	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:32.369	19
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:32.859	13

Session schedule

Practice 1Final26 Oct 2012 04:30 UTC

Practice 2Final26 Oct 2012 08:30 UTC

Practice 3Final27 Oct 2012 05:30 UTC

QualifyingFinal27 Oct 2012 08:30 UTC

Grand PrixFinal28 Oct 2012 09:30 UTC

Championship after round 17

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	240
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	227
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	173
4	Mark Webber WEB	167	▲1
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	165	▼1
6	Jenson Button BUT	141
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	93
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	90

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Red Bull Racing	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Mark Webber WEB
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Lotus F1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Sauber	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB
Williams	Pastor Maldonado MAL	—	Bruno Senna SEN
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg ROS	—	Michael Schumacher SCH
Force India	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Paul di Resta DIR
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	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2011	Indian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1