The 2012 Indian Grand Prix was Round 17 of the 2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held on the Buddh International Circuit, India on Sunday, 28 October 2012. Sebastian Vettel started on pole position in the Red Bull Renault and was the race winner.
2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Abbreviation | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Germany | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 60 | 1:31:10.744 | - | - | 25 | |
| 2 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | Spain | Ferrari | Pirelli | 60 | 1:31:20.181 | +9.437 | +9.437 | 18 | |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | WEB | Australia | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 60 | 1:31:23.961 | +13.217 | +3.780 | 15 | |
| 4 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 60 | 1:31:24.653 | +13.909 | +0.692 | 12 | |
| 5 | 3 | Jenson Button | BUT | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 60 | 1:31:37.010 | +26.266 | +12.357 | 1:28.203 | 10 |
| 6 | 6 | Felipe Massa | MAS | Brazil | Ferrari | Pirelli | 60 | 1:31:55.418 | +44.674 | +18.408 | 8 | |
| 7 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | RAI | Finland | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 60 | 1:31:55.971 | +45.227 | +0.553 | 6 | |
| 8 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | HUL | Germany | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 60 | 1:32:05.742 | +54.998 | +9.771 | 4 | |
| 9 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | GRO | France | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 60 | 1:32:06.847 | +56.103 | +1.105 | 2 | |
| 10 | 19 | Bruno Senna | SEN | Brazil | Williams Renault | Pirelli | 60 | 1:32:25.719 | +1:14.975 | +18.872 | 1 | |
| 11 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 60 | 1:32:32.438 | +1:21.694 | +6.719 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Paul di Resta | DIR | Great Britain | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 60 | 1:32:33.559 | +1:22.815 | +1.121 | ||
| 13 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | RIC | Australia | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 60 | 1:32:36.808 | +1:26.064 | +3.249 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | KOB | Japan | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 60 | 1:32:37.239 | +1:26.495 | +0.431 | ||
| 15 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | VER | France | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 59 | 1 lap | 1 lap | |||
| 16 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | MAL | Venezuela | Williams Renault | Pirelli | 59 | 1 lap | ||||
| 17 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | PET | Russia | Caterham Renault | Pirelli | 59 | 1 lap | ||||
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | KOV | Finland | Caterham Renault | Pirelli | 59 | 1 lap | ||||
| 19 | 25 | Charles Pic | PIC | France | Marussia Cosworth | Pirelli | 59 | 1 lap | ||||
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | GLO | Germany | Marussia Cosworth | Pirelli | 58 | 2 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 21 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | KAR | India | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | 58 | 2 laps | ||||
| 22 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | MSC | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 55 | 5 laps | 3 laps | |||
| DNF | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | DLR | Spain | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | 43 | |||||
| DNF | 15 | Sergio Pérez | PER | Mexico | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 21 |