Brazilian Grand Prix

Round 20 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil

2012-11-25

Winner: Jenson Button (McLaren)

Jenson Button

McLaren

Fernando Alonso

Ferrari · +2.754

Felipe Massa

Ferrari · +3.615

Who won the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix?

The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix was won by Jenson Button driving for McLaren, starting from 2nd on the grid. Fernando Alonso finished second, +2.754 behind, with Felipe Massa completing the podium. The fastest lap of the race was set by Lewis Hamilton with a time of 1:18.069. It was an attrition-heavy race with 6 retirements. This was Round 20 of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship, held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. Charles Pic was the biggest mover of the race, gaining 10 positions from P22 to finish P12.

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Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	2	▲1	1:45:22.656	Finished	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	7	▲5	+2.754	Finished	18
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	5	▲2	+3.615	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	3	▼1	+4.936	Finished	12
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	6	▲1	+5.708	Finished	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	4	▼2	+9.453	Finished	8
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	13	▲6	+11.907	Finished	6
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	17	▲9	+28.653	Finished	4
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	▲5	+31.250	Finished	2
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	8	▼2	—	+1 Lap	1
11	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	19	▲8	—	+1 Lap	0
12	Charles Pic	Marussia	22	▲10	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	15	▲2	—	+1 Lap	0
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	20	▲6	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	▼6	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Timo Glock	Marussia	21	▲5	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	24	▲7	—	+2 Laps	0
18	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	▲5	—	+2 Laps	0
19	Paul di Resta	Force India	10	▼9	—	Accident	0
R	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	—	—	Collision	0
R	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	18	—	—	Accident	0
R	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	—	—	Collision	0
R	Bruno Senna	Williams	11	—	—	Collision	0
R	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	12	—	—	Collision	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:15.075	1:13.398	1:12.458
2	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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:15.644	1:13.209	1:12.760
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:16.263	1:14.048	1:12.987
6	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:16.266	1:13.698	1:13.174
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:15.536	1:13.704	1:13.206
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:16.097	1:13.856	1:13.253
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1:16.432	1:13.698	1:13.298
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:15.929	1:13.848	1:13.489
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:15.901	1:14.121	—
12	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:15.333	1:14.219	—
13	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:15.974	1:14.234	—
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:16.005	1:14.334	—
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:16.400	1:14.380	—
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:16.744	1:14.574	—
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:16.722	1:14.619	—
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:16.967	—	—
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:17.073	—	—
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:17.086	—	—
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:17.508	—	—
22	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:18.104	—	—
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:19.576	—	—
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:19.699	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

P1Button

2 stops

P2Alonso

3 stops

P3Massa

3 stops

P4Webber

3 stops

P5Hülkenberg

3 stops

P6Vettel

4 stops

P7Schumacher

4 stops

P8Vergne

4 stops

P9Kobayashi

3 stops

P10Räikkönen

3 stops

Lap 1

Lap 71

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	L60	L65	L70	Final
Button	P2	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Alonso	P4	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P3	P3	P2	P2	P2
Massa	P6	P4	P11	P12	P11	P8	P6	P5	P5	P5	P4	P2	P3	P3	P3
Webber	P5	P19	P7	P7	P7	P14	P10	P9	P8	P8	P6	P4	P4	P4	P4
Hülkenberg	P3	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P5	P5	P5	P5

2012 Brazilian Grand Prix — FAQ

Who won the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix?+

Jenson Button (McLaren) won the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix on 2012-11-25 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace.

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

P1: Jenson Button (McLaren). P2: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), +2.754 behind. P3: Felipe Massa (Ferrari), +3.615 behind.

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

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.

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

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix with a time of 1:18.069.

Which team won the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix?+

McLaren won the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix with Jenson Button taking victory.

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Michael Schumacher	1	5	14:10:23	25.980
Kimi Räikkönen	1	5	14:10:08	21.541
Kamui Kobayashi	1	8	14:14:32	27.266
Michael Schumacher	2	8	14:15:29	22.486
Mark Webber	1	9	14:16:09	23.127
Nico Rosberg	1	9	14:16:06	23.018
Daniel Ricciardo	1	9	14:16:07	22.838
Sebastian Vettel	1	10	14:17:36	20.997
Lewis Hamilton	1	10	14:17:17	24.410
Fernando Alonso	1	10	14:17:29	22.472
Paul di Resta	1	10	14:17:37	28.336
Narain Karthikeyan	1	13	14:22:30	27.113
Charles Pic	1	13	14:22:37	24.427
Vitaly Petrov	1	14	14:23:58	23.031
Timo Glock	1	14	14:23:56	23.251
Pedro de la Rosa	1	14	14:24:13	25.787
Heikki Kovalainen	1	15	14:25:33	23.429
Felipe Massa	1	15	14:25:26	22.596
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	15	14:25:27	22.362
Michael Schumacher	3	17	14:29:13	22.243
Nico Rosberg	2	18	14:29:54	21.806
Lewis Hamilton	2	18	14:29:24	21.606
Fernando Alonso	2	18	14:29:41	23.000
Kamui Kobayashi	2	18	14:29:44	24.254
Paul di Resta	2	18	14:29:55	21.364
Sebastian Vettel	2	19	14:31:08	22.016
Mark Webber	2	19	14:31:16	21.232
Daniel Ricciardo	2	19	14:31:25	21.182
Kimi Räikkönen	2	19	14:31:26	22.731
Felipe Massa	2	19	14:31:32	21.680
Timo Glock	2	19	14:31:36	21.442
Vitaly Petrov	2	19	14:31:43	27.452
Heikki Kovalainen	2	19	14:31:46	38.291
Pedro de la Rosa	2	19	14:32:05	26.573
Narain Karthikeyan	2	20	14:33:37	26.739
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	20	14:33:06	21.302
Charles Pic	2	20	14:33:27	22.746
Nico Rosberg	3	20	14:33:42	24.262
Jenson Button	1	23	14:35:56	21.550
Nico Hülkenberg	1	23	14:35:55	21.347
Jean-Éric Vergne	3	29	14:48:26	25.976
Timo Glock	3	31	14:51:14	23.544
Heikki Kovalainen	3	37	14:59:15	22.721
Pedro de la Rosa	3	50	15:17:24	25.375
Nico Rosberg	4	50	15:17:16	31.768
Narain Karthikeyan	3	51	15:19:00	23.625
Daniel Ricciardo	3	51	15:18:04	21.444
Sebastian Vettel	3	52	15:19:17	21.256
Kimi Räikkönen	3	53	15:21:39	32.309
Kamui Kobayashi	3	54	15:22:32	32.823
Vitaly Petrov	3	54	15:23:17	22.702
Michael Schumacher	4	54	15:22:33	21.827
Sebastian Vettel	4	54	15:22:38	28.932
Felipe Massa	3	55	15:23:33	22.427
Mark Webber	3	55	15:23:53	21.006
Charles Pic	3	55	15:24:35	23.082
Narain Karthikeyan	4	55	15:26:24	27.480
Pedro de la Rosa	4	55	15:25:57	24.510
Fernando Alonso	3	56	15:25:03	21.862
Heikki Kovalainen	4	56	15:26:34	23.002
Jean-Éric Vergne	4	56	15:25:47	22.061
Daniel Ricciardo	4	56	15:26:13	22.923
Timo Glock	4	56	15:26:40	24.816
Nico Hülkenberg	2	57	15:26:30	22.250
Jenson Button	2	57	15:26:15	21.456
Paul di Resta	3	57	15:27:15	22.389
Nico Hülkenberg	3	58	15:28:20	14.128
Heikki Kovalainen	5	59	15:31:24	21.849
Daniel Ricciardo	5	61	15:33:59	21.973