2012 Brazilian Grand Prix Results

Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo

November 25, 2012

Round 20

Race Winner

Jenson Button

McLaren

Circuit

Autódromo José Carlos Pace

São Paulo, Brazil

Fastest Race Lap

1:18.069

Lewis Hamilton (Lap 38)

Fastest Qualifying

1:12.458

Lewis Hamilton (Q3)

Qualifying Results

Grid positions for the race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:15.075	1:13.398	1:12.458
2	22	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:15.456	1:13.515	1:12.513
3		Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:16.180	1:13.667	1:12.581
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:15.644	1:13.209	1:12.760
5	19	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:16.263	1:14.048	1:12.987
6	13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:16.266	1:13.698	1:13.174
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:15.536	1:13.704	1:13.206
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:16.097	1:13.856	1:13.253
9	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1:16.432	1:13.698	1:13.298
10	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:15.929	1:13.848	1:13.489
11	40	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:15.901	1:14.121	1:14.121
12		Bruno Senna	Williams	1:15.333	1:14.219	1:14.219
13	11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:15.974	1:14.234	1:14.234
14		Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:16.005	1:14.334	1:14.334
15	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:16.400	1:14.380	1:14.380
16	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:16.744	1:14.574	1:14.574
17	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:16.722	1:14.619	1:14.619
18	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:16.967	-	1:16.967
19		Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:17.073	-	1:17.073
20		Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:17.086	-	1:17.086
21		Timo Glock	Marussia	1:17.508	-	1:17.508
22		Charles Pic	Marussia	1:18.104	-	1:18.104
23		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:19.576	-	1:19.576
24		Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:19.699	-	1:19.699

Final Classification

Complete race results from the Brazilian Grand Prix

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Status	Pts
1	22	Jenson Button	McLaren	71	1:45:22.656	25
2	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	+2.754	18
3	19	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71	+3.615	15
4		Mark Webber	Red Bull	71	+4.936	12
5	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	71	+5.708	10
6	5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	71	+9.453	8
7		Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	71	+11.907	6
8	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	71	+28.653	4
9	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	71	+31.250	2
10	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	70	+1 Lap	1
11		Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	70	+1 Lap	0
12		Charles Pic	Marussia	70	+1 Lap	0
13	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	70	+1 Lap	0
14		Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	70	+1 Lap	0
15	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	0
16		Timo Glock	Marussia	70	+1 Lap	0
17		Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	69	+2 Laps	0
18		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	69	+2 Laps	0
19	40	Paul di Resta	Force India	68	Accident	0
20	44	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	54	Collision	0
21	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	5	Accident	0
22	13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1	Collision	0
23		Bruno Senna	Williams	0	Collision	0
24	11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	0	Collision	0

Race Statistics

Location:São Paulo, Brazil

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