18 Nov 2012 United States Grand Prix
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The 2012 United States Grand Prix was Round 19 of the 2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas, United States on Sunday, 18 November 2012. Sebastian Vettel started on pole position in the Red Bull Renault and Lewis Hamilton was the race winner in the McLaren Mercedes.
2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Abbreviation | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 56 | 1:35:55.269 | - | - | 25 | |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Germany | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 56 | 1:35:55.944 | +0.675 | +0.675 | 1:39.349 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | Spain | Ferrari | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36:34.498 | +39.229 | +38.554 | 15 | |
| 4 | 6 | Felipe Massa | MAS | Brazil | Ferrari | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36:41.282 | +46.013 | +6.784 | 12 | |
| 5 | 3 | Jenson Button | BUT | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36:51.701 | +56.432 | +10.419 | 10 | |
| 6 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | RAI | Finland | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36:59.694 | +1:04.425 | +7.993 | 8 | |
| 7 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | GRO | France | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37:05.582 | +1:10.313 | +5.888 | 6 | |
| 8 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | HUL | Germany | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37:09.061 | +1:13.792 | +3.479 | 4 | |
| 9 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | MAL | Venezuela | Williams Renault | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37:09.794 | +1:14.525 | +0.733 | 2 | |
| 10 | 19 | Bruno Senna | SEN | Brazil | Williams Renault | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37:10.402 | +1:15.133 | +0.608 | 1 | |
| 11 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | PER | Mexico | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37:19.610 | +1:24.341 | +9.208 | ||
| 12 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | RIC | Australia | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37:20.140 | +1:24.871 | +0.530 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37:20.779 | +1:25.510 | +0.639 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | KOB | Japan | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 55 | 1 lap | 1 lap | |||
| 15 | 11 | Paul di Resta | DIR | Great Britain | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 55 | 1 lap | ||||
| 16 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | MSC | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 55 | 1 lap | ||||
| 17 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | PET | Russia | Caterham Renault | Pirelli | 55 | 1 lap | ||||
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | KOV | Finland | Caterham Renault | Pirelli | 55 | 1 lap | ||||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock | GLO | Germany | Marussia Cosworth | Pirelli | 55 | 1 lap | ||||
| 20 | 25 | Charles Pic | PIC | France | Marussia Cosworth | Pirelli | 54 | 2 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | DLR | Spain | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | 54 | 2 laps | ||||
| 22 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | KAR | India | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | 54 | 2 laps | ||||
| DNF | 2 | Mark Webber | WEB | Australia | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 16 | |||||
| DNF | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | VER | France | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 14 |