Round 14 · 2012

Singapore Grand Prix

CircuitMarina Bay CircuitLocationSingapore, SingaporeDates21 Sep – 23 Sep 2012Final

WinnerVETRed Bull Racing · from P3

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:51.033Hülkenberg · L52

Most laps led35Vettel

Biggest gain+8Glock P20→P12

Retirements5of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	3	+2	59	2:00:26.144	2	25
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	4	+2	59	+8.960	2	18
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	5	+2	59	+15.230	2	15
4	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	6	+2	59	+19.060	2	12
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	10	+5	59	+34.780	2	10
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	12	+6	59	+35.760	2	8
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	8	+1	59	+36.700	2	6
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	13	+5	59	+42.830	3	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	15	+6	59	+45.820	2	2
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	14	+4	59	+50.620	2	1
11	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	7	-4	59	+1:07.180	3
12	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	+8	59	+1:31.920	2
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	17	+4	59	+1:37.140	3
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	11	-3	59	+1:39.410 FL	3
15	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	19	+4	59	+1:47.970	3
16	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+5	59	+2:12.930	2
17	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	24	+7	58	+1 lap	3
18	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	22	+4	57	+2 laps	3
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	18	-1	57	+2 laps	4
—	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	9		38	DNF · L38	2
—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	23		30	DNF · L30	1
—	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1		22	DNF · L22	1
—	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	2		36	DNF · L36	4
—	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	16		38	DNF · L38	2

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:47.947	15
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:48.272	15
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:48.623	11
4	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:48.859	16
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:48.865	17
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:49.458	13
7	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:49.684	15
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:49.699	16
9	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:49.715	14
10	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:49.981	14
11	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:50.110	12
12	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:50.524	10
13	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:50.664	16
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:50.777	15
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:50.840	15
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:51.012	15
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:51.059	17
18	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:51.272	10
19	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:52.290	16
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:53.781	12
21	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:54.326	14
22	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:54.421	14
23	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:54.630	9
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:54.875	14

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:48.340	27
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:48.651	24
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:48.896	26
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:48.964	26
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:49.086	28
6	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:49.300	30
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:49.339	32
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:49.790	32
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:50.039	28
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:50.161	24
11	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:50.263	23
12	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:50.345	24
13	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:50.636	32
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:50.791	26
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:51.122	28
16	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:51.450	21
17	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:51.452	11
18	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:52.009	31
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:52.218	29
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:52.576	27
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:52.863	27
22	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:52.936	26
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:54.448	26
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:54.514	30

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:50.566	24
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:50.615	15
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:51.459	17
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:51.525	20
5	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:51.576	20
6	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:51.655	19
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:51.658	24
8	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:51.943	21
9	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:52.275	24
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:52.296	19
11	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:52.629	25
12	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:52.716	16
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:52.839	23
14	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:52.986	21
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:53.028	20
16	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:53.080	17
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:53.189	25
18	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:53.227	26
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:54.908	20
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:55.091	16
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:55.335	22
22	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:55.760	22
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:56.656	21
24	Ma Qing Hua QHM	HRT	1:58.053	20

Session schedule

Practice 1Final21 Sep 2012 10:00 UTC

Practice 2Final21 Sep 2012 13:30 UTC

Practice 3Final22 Sep 2012 10:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal22 Sep 2012 13:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal23 Sep 2012 12:00 UTC

Championship after round 14

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	194
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	165	▲2
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	149
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	142	▼2
5	Mark Webber WEB	132
6	Jenson Button BUT	119
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	93
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	82

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Williams	Pastor Maldonado MAL	—	Bruno Senna SEN
Red Bull Racing	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Mark Webber WEB
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Force India	Paul di Resta DIR	—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL
Lotus F1	Romain Grosjean GRO	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Mercedes	Michael Schumacher SCH	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
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	Singapore Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2010	Singapore Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1
2009	Singapore Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1
2008	Singapore Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	15