Round 19 · 2012

United States Grand Prix

CircuitCircuit of the AmericasLocationAustin, USADates16 Nov – 18 Nov 2012Final

WinnerHAMMcLaren · from P2

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:39.347Vettel · L56

Most laps led40Vettel

Biggest gain+7Massa P11→P4

Retirements2of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2	+1	56	1:35:55.269	1	25
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1	-1	56	+0.680 FL	1	18
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	7	+4	56	+39.230	1	15
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	11	+7	56	+46.010	1	12
5	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	12	+7	56	+56.430	1	10
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	4	-2	56	+1:04.430	1	8
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	8	+1	56	+1:10.310	1	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	6	-2	56	+1:13.790	1	4
9	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	9	0	56	+1:14.530	1	2
10	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	10	0	56	+1:15.130	1	1
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	15	+4	56	+1:24.340	1
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	18	+6	56	+1:24.870	1
13	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	17	+4	56	+1:25.510	1
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	16	+2	55	+1 lap	1
15	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	13	-2	55	+1 lap	2
16	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	5	-11	55	+1 lap	2
17	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	21	+4	55	+1 lap	1
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	22	+4	55	+1 lap	1
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	19	0	55	+1 lap	1
20	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	0	54	+2 laps	1
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	23	+2	54	+2 laps	1
22	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	24	+2	54	+2 laps	1
—	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	3		16	DNF · L16	0
—	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	14		14	DNF · L14	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	20
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	20
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	20
4	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	28
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	26
6	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	22
7	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	24
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	20
9	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	24
10	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	26
11	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	20
12	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	12
13	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	15
14	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	17
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	16
16	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	15
17	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	16
18	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	9
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	12
20	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	11
21	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	7
22	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	7
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	12
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	10

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:36.490	18
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:36.748	20
3	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:37.001	21
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:37.180	21
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:37.247	24
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:37.262	27
7	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:37.298	18
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:37.415	20
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:37.495	20
10	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:37.538	20
11	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:37.569	21
12	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:37.760	21
13	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:37.765	26
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:37.953	23
15	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:38.547	23
16	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:38.653	22
17	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:38.753	11
18	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:39.689	12
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:40.407	23
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:40.753	19
21	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:41.011	19
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.466	19
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:43.563	21
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:44.043	23

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:37.718	17
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:38.475	36
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:38.483	35
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:38.748	31
5	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:38.786	32
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:39.029	33
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:39.448	32
8	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:39.531	38
9	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:39.653	36
10	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:40.115	30
11	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:40.166	32
12	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:40.230	35
13	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:40.286	32
14	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:40.326	35
15	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:40.435	30
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:40.516	32
17	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:40.700	34
18	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:41.430	35
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:42.476	38
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.652	33
21	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:42.846	38
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.538	38
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:44.453	16
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:45.114	20

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:38.125	30
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:39.543	28
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:40.337	29
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:40.528	29
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:40.650	30
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:40.966	26
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:41.023	29
8	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:41.036	28
9	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:41.159	32
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:41.473	29
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:41.783	29
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:41.825	28
13	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:41.833	29
14	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:41.880	23
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:41.998	27
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:42.539	30
17	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:42.588	25
18	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.288	23
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:43.443	28
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:43.522	23
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:44.464	24
22	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:44.548	29
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:46.917	13
24	Ma Qing Hua QHM	HRT	1:48.559	19

Session schedule

Practice 1Final16 Nov 2012 15:00 UTC

Practice 2Final16 Nov 2012 19:00 UTC

Practice 3Final17 Nov 2012 15:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal17 Nov 2012 18:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal18 Nov 2012 19:00 UTC

Championship after round 19

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	273
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	260
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	206
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	190	▲1
5	Mark Webber WEB	167	▼1
6	Jenson Button BUT	163
7	Felipe Massa MAS	107
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	96	▲1

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.