Lewis Hamilton won his 21st race at the 2012 US Formula 1 Grand Prix. He had a to pass Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel to win. 2nd was Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso title contender finished 3rd.
The race was very entertaining and showed an action packed race from start to finish.
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull RB8 Renault, 1:39.347 min on lap 56
Highest top speed: 320 km/h by Jean-Eric Vergne in his Toro Rosso STR7 Ferrari
Circuit: Austin Circuit of The Americas
Weather: Dry
Track temperature: 32°C
Air temperature: 24°C
Wind speed: 4.2 mps
Wind direction: South
Humidity: 26%
Airpressure: 1004.5 mBar
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Laps | Grid | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren |
01:35:55.269 | 56 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull |
01:35:55.944 | 56 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari |
01:36:34.498 | 56 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 6 | Felipe Massa |
Ferrari |
01:36:41.282 | 56 | 11 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | Jenson Button |
McLaren |
01:36:51.701 | 56 | 12 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus F1 |
01:36:59.694 | 56 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 10 | Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 |
01:37:05.582 | 56 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India |
01:37:09.061 | 56 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado |
Williams |
01:37:09.794 | 56 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 19 | Bruno Senna |
Williams |
01:37:10.402 | 56 | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | Sergio Pérez |
Sauber |
01:37:19.610 | 56 | 15 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso |
01:37:20.140 | 56 | 18 | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
01:37:20.779 | 56 | 17 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber |
01:36:07.729 | 55 | 16 | 0 |
| 15 | 11 | Paul di Resta |
Force India |
01:36:17.429 | 55 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | 7 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes |
01:36:18.617 | 55 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham |
01:37:22.425 | 55 | 21 | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen |
Caterham |
01:37:22.425 | 55 | 22 | 0 |
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock |
Marussia |
01:37:23.443 | 55 | 19 | 0 |
| 20 | 25 | Charles Pic |
Marussia |
01:36:11.626 | 54 | 20 | 0 |
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT |
01:37:07.564 | 54 | 23 | 0 |
| 22 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT |
01:37:19.443 | 54 | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 | Mark Webber |
Red Bull |
alternator | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso |
steering | 14 | 14 | 0 |