2012 USA Grand Prix: F1 Race Results, Winner & Report

Lewis Hamilton wins the first US F1 GP in Austin

Event: US F1 Grand Prix
Track: Circuit of The Americas

Weather: Dry
Track temperature: 32°C
Air temperature: 24°C
Wind speed: 4.2 mps
Wind direction: South
Humidity: 26%
Air Pressure: 1004.5 mBar

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.

F1 classification 2012 USA GP

P No Driver Team Time Laps Grid Pts
1 4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
United Kingdom McLaren 01:35:55.269 56
2
25
2 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel
Austria Red Bull 01:35:55.944 56
1
18
3 5 Spain Fernando Alonso
Italy Ferrari 01:36:34.498 56
7
15
4 6 Brazil Felipe Massa
Italy Ferrari 01:36:41.282 56
11
12
5 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button
United Kingdom McLaren 01:36:51.701 56
12
10
6 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen
United Kingdom Lotus F1 01:36:59.694 56
4
8
7 10 France Romain Grosjean
United Kingdom Lotus F1 01:37:05.582 56
8
6
8 12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg
India Force India 01:37:09.061 56
6
4
9 18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
United Kingdom Williams 01:37:09.794 56
9
2
10 19 Brazil Bruno Senna
United Kingdom Williams 01:37:10.402 56
10
1
11 15 Mexico Sergio Pérez
Switzerland Sauber 01:37:19.610 56
15
0
12 16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
Italy Toro Rosso 01:37:20.140 56
18
0
13 8 Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes 01:37:20.779 56
17
0
14 14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Switzerland Sauber 01:36:07.729 55
16
0
15 11 United Kingdom Paul di Resta
India Force India 01:36:17.429 55
13
0
16 7 Germany Michael Schumacher
Germany Mercedes 01:36:18.617 55
5
0
17 21 Russian Federation Vitaly Petrov
United Kingdom Caterham 01:37:22.425 55
21
0
18 20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen
United Kingdom Caterham 01:37:22.425 55
22
0
19 24 Germany Timo Glock
United Kingdom Manor 01:37:23.443 55
19
0
20 25 France Charles Pic
United Kingdom Manor 01:36:11.626 54
20
0
21 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa
Spain HRT 01:37:07.564 54
23
0
22 23 India Narain Karthikeyan
Spain HRT 01:37:19.443 54
24
0
DNF 2 Australia Mark Webber
Austria Red Bull alternator 16
3
0
DNF 17 France Jean-Eric Vergne
Italy Toro Rosso steering 14
14
0

Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull RB8 Renault, 1:39.347 min on lap 56
Highest speed: 320 km/h by Jean-Eric Vergne in his Toro Rosso STR7 Ferrari

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