2012 Indian Grand Prix

Date: 28 Oct 2012
Circuit: Buddh International Circuit, Uttar Pradesh, India
Round: 17 of 20
Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
Pole position: Sebastian Vettel (1:25.283)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	60	1:31:10.744		25
2	5	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	60	+9.437		18
3	2	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	2	60	+13.217		15
4	4	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	60	+13.909		12
5	3	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	4	60	+26.266	1:28.203	10
6	6	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	6	60	+44.674		8
7	9	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	7	60	+45.227		6
8	12	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	12	60	+54.998		4
9	10	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus F1	11	60	+56.103		2
10	19	SENBruno Senna	Williams	13	60	+74.975		1
11	8	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	10	60	+81.694		0
12	11	DIRPaul di Resta	Force India	16	60	+82.815		0
13	16	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	15	60	+86.064		0
14	14	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	17	60	+86.495		0
15	17	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	18	59	+1 Lap		0
16	18	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	9	59	+1 Lap		0
17	21	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	19	59	+1 Lap		0
18	20	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	20	59	+1 Lap		0
19	25	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	24	59	+1 Lap		0
20	24	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	21	58	+2 Laps		0
21	23	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	58	+2 Laps		0
22	7	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	14	55	Retired		0
R	22	DLRPedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	43	Accident		0
R	15	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	8	21	Accident		0

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

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 83 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Sebastian Vettel: 1 stop (lap 33), stints of 33, 27 laps
2nd: Fernando Alonso: 1 stop (lap 29), stints of 29, 31 laps
3rd: Mark Webber: 1 stop (lap 30), stints of 30, 30 laps
Finishers: 1 stop: 19 · 2 stops: 3
First stops: median lap 28 of 60

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
VETSebastian Vettel	1	33 (20.7 s)	3327
ALOFernando Alonso	1	29 (20.8 s)	2931
WEBMark Webber	1	30 (20.8 s)	3030
HAMLewis Hamilton	1	32 (20.9 s)	3228
BUTJenson Button	1	25 (21.5 s)	2535
MASFelipe Massa	1	28 (21.1 s)	2832
RAIKimi Räikkönen	1	27 (21.4 s)	2733
HULNico Hülkenberg	1	28 (21.7 s)	2832
GRORomain Grosjean	1	36 (21.0 s)	3624
SENBruno Senna	1	26 (22.0 s)	2634
ROSNico Rosberg	1	27 (21.5 s)	2733
DIRPaul di Resta	1	28 (23.9 s)	2832
RICDaniel Ricciardo	1	27 (22.6 s)	2733
KOBKamui Kobayashi	1	36 (22.7 s)	3624
VERJean-Éric Vergne	2	1 (25.1 s), 33 (21.7 s)	3226
MALPastor Maldonado	2	27 (22.0 s), 30 (28.1 s)	27329
PETVitaly Petrov	1	31 (22.4 s)	3128
KOVHeikki Kovalainen	1	32 (23.0 s)	3227
PICCharles Pic	1	28 (22.7 s)	2831
GLOTimo Glock	1	31 (27.3 s)	3127
KARNarain Karthikeyan	1	26 (24.5 s)	2632
MSCMichael Schumacher	2	1 (25.0 s), 33 (21.3 s)	3222
DLRPedro de la Rosa	1	32 (23.8 s)	3211
PERSergio Pérez	2	14 (21.3 s), 19 (24.5 s)	145

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

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:26.387	1:25.435	1:25.283	fastest Q3
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:26.744	1:25.610	1:25.327	+0.044 Q3
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:26.516	1:25.816	1:25.544	+0.261 Q3
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:26.564	1:25.467	1:25.659	+0.184 Q2
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:26.829	1:25.834	1:25.773	+0.490 Q3
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:26.939	1:26.111	1:25.857	+0.574 Q3
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1:26.740	1:26.101	1:26.236	+0.818 Q2
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:27.179	1:26.076	1:26.360	+0.793 Q2
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:26.048	1:25.983	1:26.713	+0.700 Q2
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:26.458	1:25.976		+0.693 Q2
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:26.897	1:26.136		+0.853 Q2
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:27.185	1:26.241		+0.958 Q2
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:26.851	1:26.331		+1.048 Q2
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:27.482	1:26.574		+1.291 Q2
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:27.006	1:26.777		+1.494 Q2
16	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:27.462	1:26.989		+1.706 Q2
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:27.517	1:27.219		+1.936 Q2
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:27.525			+2.242 Q1
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:28.756			+3.473 Q1
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:29.500			+4.217 Q1
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:29.613			+4.330 Q1
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:30.592			+5.309 Q1
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:30.593			+5.310 Q1
24	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:30.662			+5.379 Q1

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

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	5	240
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	227
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	0	173
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	2	167
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	165
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	2	141
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	93
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	0	90
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	0	89
10	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	0	66

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Red Bull	7	407
2	Ferrari	3	316
3	McLaren	5	306
4	Lotus F1	0	263
5	Mercedes	1	136
6	Sauber	0	116
7	Force India	0	93
8	Williams	1	59
9	Toro Rosso	0	21
10	Marussia	0	0

Full 2012 standings