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2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/876-race

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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.

Grand Prix context

2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · Yas Marina Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 18

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:45:58.667 · 55 laps · renault	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:45:59.519 · 55 laps · ferrari	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:46:02.830 · 55 laps · renault	15
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:46:06.454 · 55 laps · mercedes	12
5	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:46:11.674 · 55 laps · renault	10
6	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:46:18.743 · 55 laps · ferrari	8
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:46:21.563 · 55 laps · ferrari	6
8	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:46:22.209 · 55 laps · renault	4
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:46:22.827 · 55 laps · mercedes	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:46:26.130 · 55 laps · ferrari	1
11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:46:26.742 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:46:33.573 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:46:46.431 · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
14	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:46:55.140 · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:46:55.435 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:47:03.262 · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
17	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:47:10.445 · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Charles Pic	Marussia	Engine · Time not recorded · 41 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Collision · Time not recorded · 37 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Collision · Time not recorded · 37 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Fuel pressure · Time not recorded · 19 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 7 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Collision · Time not recorded · 7 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:41.497 · 15 laps · mercedes
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:41.933 · 17 laps · renault
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:41.981 · 22 laps · renault
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Q1 1:42.222 · 20 laps · renault
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:42.342 · 20 laps · mercedes
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:41.939 · 17 laps · ferrari
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:41.926 · 17 laps · mercedes
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:41.974 · 17 laps · ferrari
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Q1 1:42.046 · 24 laps · renault
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Q1 1:42.579 · 16 laps · mercedes
11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:42.624 · 17 laps · ferrari
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:42.572 · 16 laps · mercedes
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:42.735 · 14 laps · mercedes
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	Q1 1:43.298 · 18 laps · renault
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:43.582 · 17 laps · ferrari
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:43.280 · 14 laps · ferrari
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:44.058 · 9 laps · ferrari
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Q1 1:44.956 · 11 laps · renault
19	Charles Pic	Marussia	Q1 1:45.089 · 10 laps · cosworth
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Q1 1:45.151 · 11 laps · renault
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	Q1 1:45.426 · 9 laps · cosworth
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Q1 1:45.766 · 8 laps · cosworth
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Q1 1:46.382 · 9 laps · cosworth
EX	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:42.160 · 16 laps · renault

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:40.630 · mercedes
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:40.978 · renault
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:41.226 · renault
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:41.260 · renault
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:41.290 · mercedes
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:41.582 · ferrari
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.603 · mercedes
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:41.723 · ferrari
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:41.778 · renault
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:42.019 · mercedes
11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:42.084 · ferrari
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:42.218 · mercedes
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:42.289 · mercedes
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:42.330 · renault
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:42.606 · ferrari
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:42.765 · ferrari
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:44.058 · ferrari
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:44.956 · renault
19	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:45.089 · cosworth
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:45.151 · renault
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:45.426 · cosworth
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:45.766 · cosworth
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:46.382 · cosworth
PL	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:41.073 · renault

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	255
2	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	245
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	198
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	167
5	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	165
6	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	153
7	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	95
8	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	93
9	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	90
10	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	66
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	58
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	49
13	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	46
14	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	43
15	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	43
16	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	30
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
19	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Charles Pic	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

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:43.285
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	2	1:43.618
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:44.050
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	4	1:44.366
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	5	1:44.542
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	6	1:44.694
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	7	1:45.115
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	8	1:45.194
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	9	1:45.347
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	10	1:45.422
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	11	1:45.567
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	12	1:45.587
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:45.722
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	14	1:45.743
freePractice1Results	Jules Bianchi	15	1:45.769
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	16	1:45.811
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	17	1:46.649
freePractice1Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	18	1:46.708
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:47.418
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	20	1:47.891
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	21	1:48.354
freePractice1Results	Max Chilton	22	1:48.887
freePractice1Results	Qing Hua Ma	23	1:50.487
freePractice1Results	Giedo van der Garde	24	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:41.751
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:41.919
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	3	1:42.412
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	4	1:42.466
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	5	1:42.500
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	6	1:42.532
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	7	1:42.587
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	8	1:42.823
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	9	1:42.998
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	10	1:43.106
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	11	1:43.191
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	12	1:43.200
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	13	1:43.255
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	14	1:43.267
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	15	1:43.578
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	16	1:43.689
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	17	1:44.260
freePractice2Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	18	1:45.005
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	19	1:45.245
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	1:45.782
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	21	1:46.589
freePractice2Results	Charles Pic	22	1:46.671
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	23	1:46.707
freePractice2Results	Narain Karthikeyan	24	1:47.406
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:42.130
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	2	1:42.420
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:42.614
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	4	1:42.743
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	5	1:42.750
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	6	1:43.015
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	7	1:43.064
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	8	1:43.133
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	9	1:43.184
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	10	1:43.338
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	11	1:43.480
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	12	1:43.571
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	13	1:43.593
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	14	1:43.635
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	15	1:44.010
freePractice3Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	16	1:44.025
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	17	1:44.071
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	18	1:44.149
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:45.301
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	20	1:45.879
freePractice3Results	Charles Pic	21	1:46.036
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	22	1:46.261
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	23	1:46.554
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	24	1:47.032

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Nico Rosberg	1	1	29.277
Romain Grosjean	1	1	26.057
Paul di Resta	1	1	26.670
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	9	20.319
Romain Grosjean	2	9	21.017
Paul di Resta	2	9	19.829
Sebastian Vettel	1	13	24.962
Kamui Kobayashi	1	25	19.529
Felipe Massa	1	26	19.585
Daniel Ricciardo	1	26	20.122
Charles Pic	1	26	21.941
Michael Schumacher	1	27	19.701
Timo Glock	1	27	19.884
Vitaly Petrov	1	27	20.769
Fernando Alonso	1	28	19.368
Heikki Kovalainen	1	28	23.032
Pedro de la Rosa	1	28	22.272
Jenson Button	1	29	19.455
Pastor Maldonado	1	29	20.723
Sergio Pérez	1	30	19.486
Mark Webber	1	30	19.066
Kimi Räikkönen	1	31	20.278
Bruno Senna	1	32	22.587
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	33	19.885
Sebastian Vettel	2	37	19.918
Sergio Pérez	2	38	33.431
Daniel Ricciardo	2	38	21.231
Paul di Resta	3	39	20.265
Michael Schumacher	2	41	21.270
Sergio Pérez	3	44	26.858