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2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
Event date: 18 Nov 2012
- Name
- 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · races/877
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 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
| 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
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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 |