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2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/877-race

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.

Grand Prix context

2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix · Circuit of the Americas

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

2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 19

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35:55.269 · 56 laps · mercedes	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:35:55.944 · 56 laps · renault	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:36:34.498 · 56 laps · ferrari	15
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36:41.282 · 56 laps · ferrari	12
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:36:51.701 · 56 laps · mercedes	10
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:36:59.694 · 56 laps · renault	8
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:37:05.582 · 56 laps · renault	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:37:09.061 · 56 laps · mercedes	4
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:37:09.794 · 56 laps · renault	2
10	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:37:10.402 · 56 laps · renault	1
11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:37:19.610 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:37:20.140 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:37:20.779 · 56 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Time not recorded · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
16	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
17	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
19	Timo Glock	Marussia	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Alternator · Time not recorded · 16 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Suspension · Time not recorded · 14 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:36.558 · 20 laps · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:37.058 · 20 laps · mercedes
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:37.215 · 20 laps · renault
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Q1 1:37.486 · 28 laps · renault
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Q1 1:38.051 · 26 laps · renault
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:37.927 · 22 laps · mercedes
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:37.667 · 24 laps · ferrari
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Q1 1:37.756 · 20 laps · mercedes
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:37.968 · 24 laps · ferrari
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:37.537 · 26 laps · renault
11	Bruno Senna	Williams	Q1 1:37.520 · 20 laps · renault
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:37.565 · 12 laps · mercedes
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:38.104 · 15 laps · mercedes
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:38.434 · 17 laps · ferrari
15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:38.500 · 16 laps · ferrari
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:38.418 · 15 laps · ferrari
17	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:38.862 · 16 laps · mercedes
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:39.114 · 9 laps · ferrari
19	Timo Glock	Marussia	Q1 1:40.056 · 12 laps · cosworth
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	Q1 1:40.664 · 11 laps · cosworth
21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Q1 1:40.809 · 7 laps · renault
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Q1 1:41.166 · 7 laps · renault
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Q1 1:42.011 · 12 laps · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Q1 1:42.740 · 10 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:35.657 · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.766 · mercedes
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:36.174 · renault
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:36.708 · renault
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.794 · mercedes
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:37.141 · mercedes
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:37.300 · ferrari
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:36.587 · renault
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:37.842 · renault
10	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:37.604 · renault
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.937 · ferrari
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:37.616 · mercedes
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:37.665 · mercedes
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:37.879 · ferrari
15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:38.206 · ferrari
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.437 · ferrari
17	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.501 · mercedes
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:39.114 · ferrari
19	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:40.056 · cosworth
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:40.664 · cosworth
21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:40.809 · renault
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:41.166 · renault
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:42.011 · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:42.740 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	273
2	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	260
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	206
4	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	190
5	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	167
6	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	163
7	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	107
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	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	58
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	53
13	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	46
14	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	45
15	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	43
16	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
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	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:38.125
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:39.543
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:40.337
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	4	1:40.528
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	5	1:40.650
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:40.966
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	7	1:41.023
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	8	1:41.036
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	9	1:41.159
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	10	1:41.473
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	11	1:41.783
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	12	1:41.825
freePractice1Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	13	1:41.833
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	14	1:41.880
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	15	1:41.998
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	16	1:42.539
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	17	1:42.588
freePractice1Results	Charles Pic	18	1:43.288
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:43.443
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	20	1:43.522
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	21	1:44.464
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	22	1:44.548
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	23	1:46.917
freePractice1Results	Qing Hua Ma	24	1:48.559
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:37.718
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	2	1:38.475
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:38.483
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:38.748
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	5	1:38.786
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:39.029
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	7	1:39.448
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	8	1:39.531
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	9	1:39.653
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	10	1:40.115
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	11	1:40.166
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	12	1:40.230
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	13	1:40.286
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	14	1:40.326
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	15	1:40.435
freePractice2Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	16	1:40.516
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	17	1:40.700
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	18	1:41.430
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:42.476
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	20	1:42.652
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	21	1:42.846
freePractice2Results	Charles Pic	22	1:43.538
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	23	1:44.453
freePractice2Results	Narain Karthikeyan	24	1:45.114
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:36.490
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:36.748
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	3	1:37.001
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	4	1:37.180
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	5	1:37.247
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:37.262
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	7	1:37.298
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	8	1:37.415
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	9	1:37.495
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	10	1:37.538
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	11	1:37.569
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	12	1:37.760
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	13	1:37.765
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:37.953
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	15	1:38.547
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	16	1:38.653
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	17	1:38.753
freePractice3Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	18	1:39.689
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	19	1:40.407
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	20	1:40.753
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	21	1:41.011
freePractice3Results	Charles Pic	22	1:41.466
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	23	1:43.563
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	24	1:44.043

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Romain Grosjean	1	9	21.190
Kamui Kobayashi	1	13	24.079
Michael Schumacher	1	14	22.263
Nico Hülkenberg	1	17	22.099
Lewis Hamilton	1	20	20.814
Fernando Alonso	1	20	24.439
Bruno Senna	1	20	22.143
Sebastian Vettel	1	21	20.904
Paul di Resta	1	21	22.498
Pastor Maldonado	1	21	22.342
Heikki Kovalainen	1	21	22.713
Timo Glock	1	21	23.092
Sergio Pérez	1	22	22.079
Vitaly Petrov	1	23	22.762
Kimi Räikkönen	1	24	24.840
Pedro de la Rosa	1	24	24.798
Narain Karthikeyan	1	25	24.497
Felipe Massa	1	26	21.520
Charles Pic	1	26	22.379
Daniel Ricciardo	1	30	22.651
Paul di Resta	2	30	22.444
Nico Rosberg	1	34	21.346
Jenson Button	1	35	21.445
Michael Schumacher	2	39	21.297