The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix was Round 20 of the 2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Interlagos, Brazil on Sunday, 25 November 2012. Lewis Hamilton started on pole position in the McLaren Mercedes and his team-mate Jenson Button was the race winner. The result of this Grand Prix sealed the outcome of the 2012 Drivers’ Championship and Sebastian Vettel won the title for the third time.
Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras Do Brasil 2012 Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Abbreviation | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jenson Button | BUT | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 71 | 1:45:22.656 | - | - | 25 | |
| 2 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | Spain | Ferrari | Pirelli | 71 | 1:45:25.390 | +2.734 | +2.734 | 18 | |
| 3 | 6 | Felipe Massa | MAS | Brazil | Ferrari | Pirelli | 71 | 1:45:26.271 | +3.615 | +0.881 | 15 | |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | WEB | Australia | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 71 | 1:45:27.592 | +4.936 | +1.321 | 12 | |
| 5 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | HUL | Germany | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 71 | 1:45:28.364 | +5.708 | +0.772 | 10 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Germany | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 71 | 1:45:32.109 | +9.453 | +3.745 | 8 | |
| 7 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | MSC | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 71 | 1:45:34.563 | +11.907 | +2.454 | 6 | |
| 8 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | VER | France | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 71 | 1:45:51.309 | +28.653 | +16.746 | 4 | |
| 9 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | KOB | Japan | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 71 | 1:45:53.906 | +31.250 | +2.597 | 2 | |
| 10 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | RAI | Finland | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 70 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1 | ||
| 11 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | PET | Russia | Caterham Renault | Pirelli | 70 | 1 lap | ||||
| 12 | 25 | Charles Pic | PIC | France | Marussia Cosworth | Pirelli | 70 | 1 lap | ||||
| 13 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | RIC | Australia | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 70 | 1 lap | ||||
| 14 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | KOV | Finland | Caterham Renault | Pirelli | 70 | 1 lap | ||||
| 15 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 70 | 1 lap | ||||
| 16 | 24 | Timo Glock | GLO | Germany | Marussia Cosworth | Pirelli | 70 | 1 lap | ||||
| 17 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | DLR | Spain | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | 69 | 2 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 18 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | KAR | India | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | 69 | 2 laps | ||||
| 19 | 11 | Paul di Resta | DIR | Great Britain | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 68 | 3 laps | 1 lap | |||
| DNF | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 54 | 1:18.069 | ||||
| DNF | 10 | Romain Grosjean | GRO | France | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 5 | |||||
| DNF | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | MAL | Venezuela | Williams Renault | Pirelli | 1 | |||||
| DNF | 19 | Bruno Senna | SEN | Brazil | Williams Renault | Pirelli | ||||||
| DNF | 15 | Sergio Pérez | PER | Mexico | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli |