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2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
Event date: 28 Oct 2012
- Name
- 2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · races/875
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.
Recorded qualifying format: KNOCKOUT
Grand Prix context
2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix · Buddh International Circuit
Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.
2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 17
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:31:10.744 · 60 laps · renault | 25 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:31:20.181 · 60 laps · ferrari | 18 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:31:23.961 · 60 laps · renault | 15 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:31:24.653 · 60 laps · mercedes | 12 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:31:37.010 · 60 laps · mercedes | 10 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31:55.418 · 60 laps · ferrari | 8 |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:31:55.971 · 60 laps · renault | 6 |
| 8 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:32:05.742 · 60 laps · mercedes | 4 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:32:06.847 · 60 laps · renault | 2 |
| 10 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:32:25.719 · 60 laps · renault | 1 |
| 11 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32:32.438 · 60 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:32:33.559 · 60 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:32:36.808 · 60 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:32:37.239 · 60 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 15 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | Time not recorded · 59 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 19 | Charles Pic | Marussia | Time not recorded · 59 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia | Time not recorded · 58 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 21 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | Time not recorded · 58 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 22 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | Gearbox · Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | Brakes · Time not recorded · 42 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | Collision damage · Time not recorded · 20 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | Q1 1:26.387 · 13 laps · renault | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | Q1 1:26.744 · 17 laps · renault | |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | Q1 1:26.516 · 23 laps · mercedes | |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Q1 1:26.564 · 21 laps · mercedes | |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | Q1 1:26.829 · 21 laps · ferrari | |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | Q1 1:26.939 · 18 laps · ferrari | |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | Q1 1:26.740 · 25 laps · renault | |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | Q1 1:27.179 · 23 laps · ferrari | |
| 9 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Q1 1:26.048 · 24 laps · renault | |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Q1 1:26.458 · 23 laps · mercedes | |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Q1 1:26.897 · 16 laps · renault | |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | Q1 1:27.185 · 20 laps · mercedes | |
| 13 | Bruno Senna | Williams | Q1 1:26.851 · 19 laps · renault | |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | Q1 1:27.482 · 19 laps · mercedes | |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:27.006 · 19 laps · ferrari | |
| 16 | Paul di Resta | Force India | Q1 1:27.462 · 19 laps · mercedes | |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | Q1 1:27.517 · 17 laps · ferrari | |
| 18 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:27.525 · 11 laps · ferrari | |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | Q1 1:28.756 · 10 laps · renault | |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | Q1 1:29.500 · 10 laps · renault | |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | Q1 1:29.613 · 11 laps · cosworth | |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | Q1 1:30.592 · 8 laps · cosworth | |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | Q1 1:30.593 · 10 laps · cosworth | |
| 24 | Charles Pic | Marussia | Q1 1:30.662 · 11 laps · cosworth |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.283 · renault | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.327 · renault | |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.544 · mercedes | |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:25.659 · mercedes | |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.773 · ferrari | |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:25.857 · ferrari | |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:26.236 · renault | |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:26.360 · ferrari | |
| 9 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.713 · renault | |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Time not recorded · mercedes | |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:26.136 · renault | |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:26.241 · mercedes | |
| 13 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:26.331 · renault | |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:26.574 · mercedes | |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:26.777 · ferrari | |
| 16 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:26.989 · mercedes | |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:27.219 · ferrari | |
| 18 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:27.525 · ferrari | |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:28.756 · renault | |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:29.500 · renault | |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:29.613 · cosworth | |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:30.592 · cosworth | |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:30.593 · cosworth | |
| 24 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:30.662 · cosworth |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 240 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 227 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 173 |
| 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 | 141 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 93 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 90 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 89 |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 66 |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 50 |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 49 |
| 13 | Paul di Resta | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 44 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 43 |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 33 |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 26 |
| 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 12 |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 9 |
| 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 | Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 1:27.619 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 2 | 1:27.929 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 3 | 1:28.044 |
| freePractice1Results | Lewis Hamilton | 4 | 1:28.046 |
| freePractice1Results | Mark Webber | 5 | 1:28.175 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Rosberg | 6 | 1:28.447 |
| freePractice1Results | Felipe Massa | 7 | 1:28.542 |
| freePractice1Results | Michael Schumacher | 8 | 1:28.993 |
| freePractice1Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 9 | 1:29.204 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 10 | 1:29.291 |
| freePractice1Results | Valtteri Bottas | 11 | 1:29.691 |
| freePractice1Results | Paul di Resta | 12 | 1:29.760 |
| freePractice1Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 13 | 1:29.802 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 14 | 1:29.850 |
| freePractice1Results | Romain Grosjean | 15 | 1:29.895 |
| freePractice1Results | Pastor Maldonado | 16 | 1:30.041 |
| freePractice1Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 17 | 1:30.401 |
| freePractice1Results | Vitaly Petrov | 18 | 1:30.630 |
| freePractice1Results | Giedo van der Garde | 19 | 1:30.896 |
| freePractice1Results | Esteban Gutiérrez | 20 | 1:31.212 |
| freePractice1Results | Charles Pic | 21 | 1:31.903 |
| freePractice1Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 22 | 1:32.125 |
| freePractice1Results | Timo Glock | 23 | 1:32.369 |
| freePractice1Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 24 | 1:32.859 |
| freePractice2Results | Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 1:26.221 |
| freePractice2Results | Mark Webber | 2 | 1:26.339 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 3 | 1:26.820 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Rosberg | 4 | 1:27.022 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 5 | 1:27.030 |
| freePractice2Results | Lewis Hamilton | 6 | 1:27.131 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 7 | 1:27.182 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 8 | 1:27.233 |
| freePractice2Results | Romain Grosjean | 9 | 1:27.397 |
| freePractice2Results | Bruno Senna | 10 | 1:27.738 |
| freePractice2Results | Paul di Resta | 11 | 1:28.004 |
| freePractice2Results | Sergio Pérez | 12 | 1:28.178 |
| freePractice2Results | Michael Schumacher | 13 | 1:28.222 |
| freePractice2Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 14 | 1:28.239 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Massa | 15 | 1:28.296 |
| freePractice2Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 16 | 1:28.455 |
| freePractice2Results | Pastor Maldonado | 17 | 1:28.596 |
| freePractice2Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 18 | 1:29.167 |
| freePractice2Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 19 | 1:29.320 |
| freePractice2Results | Vitaly Petrov | 20 | 1:29.606 |
| freePractice2Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 21 | 1:30.950 |
| freePractice2Results | Timo Glock | 22 | 1:31.113 |
| freePractice2Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 23 | 1:31.372 |
| freePractice2Results | Charles Pic | 24 | 1:31.493 |
| freePractice3Results | Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 1:25.842 |
| freePractice3Results | Jenson Button | 2 | 1:26.034 |
| freePractice3Results | Mark Webber | 3 | 1:26.108 |
| freePractice3Results | Lewis Hamilton | 4 | 1:26.151 |
| freePractice3Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 5 | 1:26.209 |
| freePractice3Results | Bruno Senna | 6 | 1:26.214 |
| freePractice3Results | Fernando Alonso | 7 | 1:26.521 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 8 | 1:26.531 |
| freePractice3Results | Michael Schumacher | 9 | 1:26.652 |
| freePractice3Results | Romain Grosjean | 10 | 1:26.664 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Massa | 11 | 1:26.691 |
| freePractice3Results | Pastor Maldonado | 12 | 1:27.140 |
| freePractice3Results | Sergio Pérez | 13 | 1:27.162 |
| freePractice3Results | Paul di Resta | 14 | 1:27.193 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Rosberg | 15 | 1:27.229 |
| freePractice3Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 16 | 1:27.374 |
| freePractice3Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 17 | 1:27.711 |
| freePractice3Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 18 | 1:27.983 |
| freePractice3Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 19 | 1:29.035 |
| freePractice3Results | Vitaly Petrov | 20 | 1:29.237 |
| freePractice3Results | Timo Glock | 21 | 1:29.617 |
| freePractice3Results | Charles Pic | 22 | 1:30.298 |
| freePractice3Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 23 | 1:30.824 |
| freePractice3Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 24 | 1:30.873 |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.
| Driver | Stop | Lap | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Éric Vergne | 1 | 1 | 25.097 |
| Michael Schumacher | 1 | 1 | 25.036 |
| Sergio Pérez | 1 | 14 | 21.336 |
| Sergio Pérez | 2 | 19 | 24.508 |
| Jenson Button | 1 | 25 | 21.509 |
| Bruno Senna | 1 | 26 | 22.047 |
| Narain Karthikeyan | 1 | 26 | 24.544 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 1 | 27 | 21.404 |
| Nico Rosberg | 1 | 27 | 21.490 |
| Pastor Maldonado | 1 | 27 | 22.003 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1 | 27 | 22.637 |
| Felipe Massa | 1 | 28 | 21.100 |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 1 | 28 | 21.654 |
| Paul di Resta | 1 | 28 | 23.948 |
| Charles Pic | 1 | 28 | 22.692 |
| Fernando Alonso | 1 | 29 | 20.800 |
| Mark Webber | 1 | 30 | 20.808 |
| Pastor Maldonado | 2 | 30 | 28.053 |
| Vitaly Petrov | 1 | 31 | 22.445 |
| Timo Glock | 1 | 31 | 27.303 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 32 | 20.852 |
| Heikki Kovalainen | 1 | 32 | 22.967 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 33 | 20.707 |
| Pedro de la Rosa | 1 | 32 | 23.830 |
| Jean-Éric Vergne | 2 | 33 | 21.658 |
| Michael Schumacher | 2 | 33 | 21.322 |
| Romain Grosjean | 1 | 36 | 20.976 |
| Kamui Kobayashi | 1 | 36 | 22.726 |