2012 Formula 1 World Championship
A historical profile with source-linked evidence. Further research is in progress.
Profile & context
Championship season: 2012
- Name
- 2012 Formula 1 World Championship
Sources behind this page
v2026.17.0 · seasons/2012
Original reference ↗Historical source & scope
F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.
Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.
Season coverage
20 of 20 source-calendar events have race results; 20 have qualifying; 20 have grids.
Rules audit: incomplete; published standings retained without summing gross race points. A populated calendar does not establish historical completeness.
Constructor championship: source_reported.
Historical scoring context
Finishing-point scale: [25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1]. Retention: all.
Use source participant awards; eligibility and allocation vary historically. Use recorded awards; no universal half-points inference. Source decimals may round fractional awards; no guessed exact restoration.
Partial rule context only; this does not replace the source's retained championship standings.
Championship calendar
Driver championship standings
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 281 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 278 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 207 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 190 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 188 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 179 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 122 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 96 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 93 |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 66 |
| 11 | Nico Hülkenberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 63 |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 60 |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 49 |
| 14 | Paul di Resta | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 46 |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 45 |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 31 |
| 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 16 |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 10 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 22 | Heikki Kovalainen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 25 | Pedro de la Rosa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
Constructor championship standings
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not recorded | Red Bull | Time not recorded · renault | 460 |
| 2 | Not recorded | Ferrari | Time not recorded · ferrari | 400 |
| 3 | Not recorded | McLaren | Time not recorded · mercedes | 378 |
| 4 | Not recorded | Lotus | Time not recorded · renault | 303 |
| 5 | Not recorded | Mercedes | Time not recorded · mercedes | 142 |
| 6 | Not recorded | Sauber | Time not recorded · ferrari | 126 |
| 7 | Not recorded | Force India | Time not recorded · mercedes | 109 |
| 8 | Not recorded | Williams | Time not recorded · renault | 76 |
| 9 | Not recorded | Toro Rosso | Time not recorded · ferrari | 26 |
| 10 | Not recorded | Caterham | Time not recorded · renault | 0 |
| 11 | Not recorded | Marussia | Time not recorded · cosworth | 0 |
| 12 | Not recorded | HRT | Time not recorded · cosworth | 0 |