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2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
Event date: 4 Nov 2012
- Name
- 2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · races/876
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 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
| 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
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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 |