Indian Grand Prix

Round 17 · Buddh International Circuit, Uttar Pradesh, India

2012-10-28

Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)

Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull

Fernando Alonso

Ferrari · +9.437

Mark Webber

Red Bull · +13.217

Who won the 2012 Indian Grand Prix?

The 2012 Indian Grand Prix was won by Sebastian Vettel driving for Red Bull, starting from pole position. Fernando Alonso finished second, +9.437 behind, with Mark Webber completing the podium. The fastest lap of the race was set by Jenson Button with a time of 1:28.203. 3 drivers failed to finish the race. This was Round 17 of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship, held at the Buddh International Circuit in Uttar Pradesh, India. Charles Pic was the biggest mover of the race, gaining 5 positions from P24 to finish P19.

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Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	—	1:31:10.744	Finished	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	▲3	+9.437	Finished	18
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	2	▼1	+13.217	Finished	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	▼1	+13.909	Finished	12
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	▼1	+26.266	Finished	10
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	—	+44.674	Finished	8
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	7	—	+45.227	Finished	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	12	▲4	+54.998	Finished	4
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	11	▲2	+56.103	Finished	2
10	Bruno Senna	Williams	13	▲3	+1:14.975	Finished	1
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	10	▼1	+1:21.694	Finished	0
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	16	▲4	+1:22.815	Finished	0
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	15	▲2	+1:26.064	Finished	0
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	17	▲3	+1:26.495	Finished	0
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	18	▲3	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	9	▼7	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	19	▲2	—	+1 Lap	0
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	20	▲2	—	+1 Lap	0
19	Charles Pic	Marussia	24	▲5	—	+1 Lap	0
20	Timo Glock	Marussia	21	▲1	—	+2 Laps	0
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	▲2	—	+2 Laps	0
22	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	14	▼8	—	Retired	0
R	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	—	—	Accident	0
R	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	8	—	—	Accident	0

Qualifying

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

Pit Stop Strategy

P1Vettel

1 stop

P2Alonso

1 stop

P3Webber

1 stop

P4Hamilton

1 stop

P5Button

1 stop

P6Massa

1 stop

P7Räikkönen

1 stop

P8Hülkenberg

1 stop

P9Grosjean

1 stop

P10Senna

1 stop

Lap 1

Lap 60

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	L60	Final
Vettel	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Alonso	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P4	P3	P3	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2
Webber	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3
Hamilton	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Button	P4	P5	P5	P5	P5	P6	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5

2012 Indian Grand Prix — FAQ

Who won the 2012 Indian Grand Prix?+

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) won the 2012 Indian Grand Prix on 2012-10-28 at Buddh International Circuit.

Who finished P1, P2 and P3 at the 2012 Indian Grand Prix?+

P1: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull). P2: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), +9.437 behind. P3: Mark Webber (Red Bull), +13.217 behind.

Who was on pole position for the 2012 Indian Grand Prix?+

Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the 2012 Indian Grand Prix.

Who set the fastest lap at the 2012 Indian Grand Prix?+

Jenson Button set the fastest lap of the 2012 Indian Grand Prix with a time of 1:28.203.

Which team won the 2012 Indian Grand Prix?+

Red Bull won the 2012 Indian Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel taking victory.

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Michael Schumacher	1	1	15:05:50	25.036
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	1	15:05:15	25.097
Sergio Pérez	1	14	15:25:19	21.336
Sergio Pérez	2	19	15:33:50	24.508
Jenson Button	1	25	15:42:00	21.509
Bruno Senna	1	26	15:43:56	22.047
Narain Karthikeyan	1	26	15:45:08	24.544
Kimi Räikkönen	1	27	15:45:09	21.404
Nico Rosberg	1	27	15:45:26	21.490
Pastor Maldonado	1	27	15:45:28	22.003
Daniel Ricciardo	1	27	15:45:46	22.637
Charles Pic	1	28	15:47:38	22.692
Felipe Massa	1	28	15:46:40	21.100
Nico Hülkenberg	1	28	15:46:47	21.654
Paul di Resta	1	28	15:47:07	23.948
Fernando Alonso	1	29	15:47:52	20.800
Mark Webber	1	30	15:49:21	20.808
Pastor Maldonado	2	30	15:50:59	28.053
Vitaly Petrov	1	31	15:52:12	22.445
Timo Glock	1	31	15:52:31	27.303
Heikki Kovalainen	1	32	15:53:40	22.967
Lewis Hamilton	1	32	15:52:33	20.852
Pedro de la Rosa	1	32	15:54:30	23.830
Sebastian Vettel	1	33	15:53:43	20.707
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	33	15:55:26	21.658
Michael Schumacher	2	33	15:56:04	21.322
Kamui Kobayashi	1	36	15:59:41	22.726
Romain Grosjean	1	36	15:59:04	20.976