2012 Singapore Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street Circuit on 23 Sept 2012 for Red Bull, from 3rd on the grid; Jenson Button was second and Fernando Alonso third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Vettel took the lead for good on lap 23 of 59, from Lewis Hamilton; the lead changed hands 3 times in all. There were 2 safety-car periods (laps 33 to 39, laps 40 to 43). Vettel stopped 2 times, on laps 10 and 33; 11 of 19 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 12. The fastest lap was Nico Hülkenberg's, 1:51.033 on lap 52. 19 of 24 starters were classified; 5 retired or were not classified. After the race Fernando Alonso led the championship with 194 points, 29 ahead of Sebastian Vettel, with 6 rounds left.

Date

23 Sept 2012

Circuit

Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore

Round

14 of 20

Winner

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:46.362)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 6 drivers: Bruno Senna qualified 17th, started 22nd; Kamui Kobayashi qualified 18th, started 17th; Vitaly Petrov qualified 19th, started 18th; Heikki Kovalainen qualified 20th, started 19th; Timo Glock qualified 21st, started 20th; Charles Pic qualified 22nd, started 21st. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Sebastian Vettel: 2 stops (laps 10, 33), stints of 10, 23, 26 laps

2nd

Jenson Button: 2 stops (laps 14, 33), stints of 14, 19, 26 laps

3rd

Fernando Alonso: 2 stops (laps 11, 29), stints of 11, 18, 30 laps

Finishers

2 stops: 11 · 3 or more: 8

First stops

median lap 12 of 59

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2012 standings