2012 Brazilian Grand Prix F1 Race Results

2012 Brazilian GP podium: 1. Button, 2. Alonso 3. Massa last win for Button and McLaren

Event: Brazilian F1 Grand Prix
Track: Autodromo Interlagos

Weather: Wet
Track temperature: 22°C
Air temperature: 19°C
Wind speed: 3.2 mph
Wind direction: South
Humidity: 66%
Air pressure: 926.5 mBar

Jenson BUTTON won his 15th F1 World Championship race at the 2012 Brazil F1 GP, a rain-classic finale in which Sebastian Vettel clinched his third consecutive F1 world championship despite a first-lap spin to last. The McLaren driver started second and won at Interlagos by 2.754 seconds from Fernando Alonso for Ferrari. It was McLarens 178th F1 win.

Hamilton pole for McLaren front-row lockout

Interlagos on 25 November 2012 saw Hamilton take pole with a 1:12.458 lap, Button second by 0.055 for a McLaren front-row lockout, Webber third for Red Bull, Vettel fourth. Alonso needed a miracle: he had to outscore Vettel by at least 4 points to take the title.

Race day: Vettel spins to last, recovers to sixth, seals title

The race began in changeable conditions and delivered chaos on lap 1: Vettel was clipped by Bruno Senna at Turn 4 and spun into the pit wall, his Red Bull damaged and running last. His championship looked to have vanished. But over 71 laps of rain, safety cars and a chaotic changeable-conditions race, Vettel drove one of the recovery drives of his career: from 22nd to 6th, taking 8 points that secured the title by 3 points over Alonso. Button controlled the front for McLaren after Hamilton was collected by Hulkenberg while battling for the lead. Alonso second for Ferrari, Massa third for the sister Ferrari (his final F1 podium), Webber fourth, Hulkenberg fifth after his mistake dropped him from the lead, Vettel sixth for the title-sealing points, Schumacher seventh in his very last F1 race. Hamilton set the fastest lap on lap 38 at 1:18.069.

Championship: Vettel 281 champion, Alonso 278, Raikkonen 207

Vettel became three-time world champion at 25 years and 145 days, the youngest triple champion in F1 history. Schumachers retirement (a second one) ended a career of seven titles and 91 wins. An extraordinary end to an extraordinary season, 2012s eight different winners in 20 rounds was F1s widest spread ever, but the two big names still shared the trophies as they always do.

Classification 2012 Brazilian F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	3	JensonButton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/27Mercedes FO 108	2	71	28	1:45:22.656	25
2	5	FernandoAlonso	Ferrari	Ferrari F2012Ferrari 056	7	71		1:45:25.410+2.754s	18
3	6	FelipeMassa	Ferrari	Ferrari F2012Ferrari 056	5	71		1:45:26.271+3.615s	15
4	2	MarkWebber	Red Bull	Red Bull RB8Renault RS27	3	71		1:45:27.592+4.936s	12
5	12	NicoHülkenberg	Force India	Force India VJM05Mercedes FO 108	6	71	30	1:45:28.364+5.708s	10
6	1	SebastianVettel	Red Bull	Red Bull RB8Renault RS27	4	71		1:45:32.109+9.453s	8
7	7	MichaelSchumacher	Mercedes	Mercedes W03Mercedes FO 108	13	71		1:45:34.563+11.907s	6
8	17	Jean-EricVergne	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR7Ferrari 056	17	71		1:45:51.309+28.653s	4
9	14	KamuiKobayashi	Sauber	Sauber C31Ferrari 056	14	71		1:45:53.906+31.250s	2
10	9	KimiRäikkönen	Lotus F1	Lotus E20Renault RS27	8	70		1:45:23.622+0.966s	1
11	21	VitalyPetrov	Caterham	Caterham CT01Renault RS27	19	70		1:45:29.908+7.252s
12	25	CharlesPic	Manor	Marussia MR01Cosworth CA2010	22	70		1:45:31.606+8.950s
13	16	DanielRicciardo	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR7Ferrari 056	15	70		1:45:32.987+10.331s
14	20	HeikkiKovalainen	Caterham	Caterham CT01Renault RS27	20	70		1:45:57.545+34.889s
15	8	NicoRosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes W03Mercedes FO 108	9	70		1:46:04.352+41.696s
16	24	TimoGlock	Manor	Marussia MR01Cosworth CA2010	21	70		1:46:06.184+43.528s
17	22	Pedrode la Rosa	HRT	HRT F112 Cosworth CA2010	24	69		1:45:24.456+1.800s
18	23	NarainKarthikeyan	HRT	HRT F112 Cosworth CA2010	23	69		1:45:56.781+34.125s
19	11	Pauldi Resta	Force India	Force India VJM05Mercedes FO 108	10	68		Collision
DNF	4	LewisHamilton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/27Mercedes FO 108	1	54	13	Collision
DNF	10	RomainGrosjean	Lotus F1	Lotus E20Renault RS27	18	5		Spun off
DNF	18	PastorMaldonado	Williams	Williams FW34Renault RS27	16	1		Collision
DNF	19	BrunoSenna	Williams	Williams FW34Renault RS27	11	0		Collision
DNF	15	SergioPérez	Sauber	Sauber C31Ferrari 056	12	0		Collision

Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren MP4-27, 1:18.069 min on lap 38.
Highest speed: 304 km/h by Daniel Ricciardo in his Toro Rosso STR7 Ferrari

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