2012 United States Grand Prix Results

Circuit of the Americas, Austin

November 18, 2012

Round 19

Race Winner

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren

Circuit

Circuit of the Americas

Austin, USA

Fastest Race Lap

1:39.347

Sebastian Vettel (Lap 56)

Fastest Qualifying

1:35.657

Sebastian Vettel (Q3)

Qualifying Results

Grid positions for the race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.558	1:35.796	1:35.657
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:37.058	1:36.795	1:35.766
3		Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:37.215	1:36.298	1:36.174
4	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:37.486	1:36.906	1:36.587
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1:38.051	1:37.404	1:36.708
6		Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:37.927	1:37.102	1:36.794
7	19	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:37.667	1:36.549	1:36.937
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:37.756	1:37.066	1:37.141
9	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:37.968	1:37.123	1:37.300
10	13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:37.537	1:37.011	1:37.842
11		Bruno Senna	Williams	1:37.520	1:37.604	1:37.604
12	22	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:37.565	1:37.616	1:37.616
13	40	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:38.104	1:37.665	1:37.665
14	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:38.434	1:37.879	1:37.879
15	11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:38.500	1:38.206	1:38.206
16	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.418	1:38.437	1:38.437
17	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.862	1:38.501	1:38.501
18	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:39.114	-	1:39.114
19		Timo Glock	Marussia	1:40.056	-	1:40.056
20		Charles Pic	Marussia	1:40.664	-	1:40.664
21		Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:40.809	-	1:40.809
22		Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:41.166	-	1:41.166
23		Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:42.011	-	1:42.011
24		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:42.740	-	1:42.740

Final Classification

Complete race results from the United States Grand Prix

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Status	Pts
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	56	1:35:55.269	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	56	+0.675	18
3	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+39.229	15
4	19	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+46.013	12
5	22	Jenson Button	McLaren	56	+56.432	10
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	56	+1:04.425	8
7	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	56	+1:10.313	6
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	56	+1:13.792	4
9	13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	56	+1:14.525	2
10		Bruno Senna	Williams	56	+1:15.133	1
11	11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	56	+1:24.341	0
12	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	56	+1:24.871	0
13	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+1:25.510	0
14	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	55	+1 Lap	0
15	40	Paul di Resta	Force India	55	+1 Lap	0
16		Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	0
17		Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	55	+1 Lap	0
18		Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	55	+1 Lap	0
19		Timo Glock	Marussia	55	+1 Lap	0
20		Charles Pic	Marussia	54	+2 Laps	0
21		Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	54	+2 Laps	0
22		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	54	+2 Laps	0
23		Mark Webber	Red Bull	16	Alternator	0
24	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	14	Suspension	0

Race Statistics

Location:Austin, USA

Weather:Clear & Warm

Track Temperature:42°C

Points Awarded

Championship points awarded to top 10 finishers

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 points system used