N4 FORMULA 1 · 2012 · ROUND 20

Brazil Grand Prix

Autódromo José Carlos Pace · São Paulo · Brazil · 25 Nov 2012

POLEHamilton

FASTEST LAPHamilton 1:18.069

LAPS71

DISTANCE305.9 Kms

BEST PIT STOP20.997

RACE WINNERJenson ButtonMcLaren Racing · 1:45:22.656

Every session

Practice, qualifying, sprint and race classifications for the weekend.

Pos	Driver	Grid	+/-	Time / gap	Laps	Pits	Pts	Status
0	Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team	11	▲11	Accident	0	–	–	–
0	Lewis HamiltonFLMcLaren Racing	1	▲1	Accident	54	2	–	–
0	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	16	▲16	Accident	1	–	–	–
0	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	18	▲18	Accident	5	–	–	–
0	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	12	▲12	Accident	0	–	–	–
1	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	2	▲1	1:45:22.656	71	2	–	–
2	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	7	▲5	+2.700	71	3	–	–
3	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	5	▲2	+3.600	71	3	–	–
4	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	3	▼1	+4.900	71	3	–	–
5	Nico HulkenbergForce India	6	▲1	+5.700	71	3	–	–
6	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	4	▼2	+9.400	71	4	–	–
7	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	13	▲6	+11.900	71	4	–	–
8	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	17	▲9	+28.600	71	4	–	–
9	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	14	▲5	+31.200	71	3	–	–
10	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	8	▼2	+1 Lap	70	3	–	–
11	Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team	19	▲8	+1 Lap	70	3	–	–
12	Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team	22	▲10	+1 Lap	70	3	–	–
13	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	15	▲2	+1 Lap	70	5	–	–
14	Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team	20	▲6	+1 Lap	70	5	–	–
15	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	9	▼6	+1 Lap	70	4	–	–
16	Timo GlockManor Marussia F1 Team	21	▲5	+1 Lap	70	4	–	–
17	Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula One Team	24	▲7	+2 Laps	69	4	–	–
18	Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula One Team	23	▲5	+2 Laps	69	4	–	–
19	Paul di RestaForce India	10	▼9	Accident	68	3	–	–

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
1	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	1:12.458	21
2	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1:12.513	20
3	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	1:12.581	22
4	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	1:12.760	19
5	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	1:12.987	25
6	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	1:13.174	24
7	Nico HulkenbergForce India	1:13.206	23
8	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	1:13.253	25
9	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	1:13.298	22
10	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:13.489	26

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
1	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:13.848	20
2	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	1:13.209	13
3	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	1:13.667	16
4	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1:13.515	14
5	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	1:13.398	15
6	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	1:13.856	19
7	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	1:14.048	19
8	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	1:13.698	19
9	Nico HulkenbergForce India	1:13.704	19
10	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	1:13.698	19
11	Paul di RestaForce India	1:14.121	18
12	Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team	1:14.219	21
13	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	1:14.234	21
14	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:14.334	17
15	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	1:14.380	24
16	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	1:14.574	22
17	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	1:14.619	23

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
1	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	1:15.075	9
2	Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team	1:15.333	11
3	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1:15.456	9
4	Nico HulkenbergForce India	1:15.536	10
5	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	1:15.644	9
6	Paul di RestaForce India	1:15.901	10
7	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:15.929	10
8	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	1:15.974	12
9	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:16.005	7
10	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	1:16.097	9
11	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	1:16.180	10
12	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	1:16.263	9
13	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	1:16.266	11
14	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	1:16.400	14
15	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	1:16.432	9
16	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	1:16.722	13
17	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	1:16.744	13
18	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	1:16.967	8
19	Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team	1:17.073	14
20	Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team	1:17.086	14
21	Timo GlockManor Marussia F1 Team	1:17.508	13
22	Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team	1:18.104	14
23	Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula One Team	1:19.576	13
24	Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula One Team	1:19.699	12

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
0	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	–	3
1	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1:13.188	22
2	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	1:13.245	21
3	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	1:13.385	25
4	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	1:13.389	17
5	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	1:13.420	24
6	Paul di RestaForce India	1:13.486	21
7	Nico HulkenbergForce India	1:13.602	22
8	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	1:13.691	15
9	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	1:13.700	20
10	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	1:13.712	17
11	Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team	1:13.948	20
12	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:14.126	25
13	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	1:14.190	26
14	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	1:14.192	21
15	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:14.347	24
16	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	1:14.687	21
17	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	1:14.972	19
18	Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team	1:15.159	22
19	Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team	1:15.707	21
20	Timo GlockManor Marussia F1 Team	1:15.763	24
21	Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team	1:16.059	21
22	Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula One Team	1:16.198	15
23	Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula One Team	1:16.793	18

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
1	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	1:14.026	35
2	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	1:14.300	40
3	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	1:14.523	37
4	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	1:14.553	37
5	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	1:14.592	37
6	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:14.654	36
7	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:14.669	40
8	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1:14.863	40
9	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	1:14.994	37
10	Paul di RestaForce India	1:15.129	39
11	Nico HulkenbergForce India	1:15.131	40
12	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	1:15.371	39
13	Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team	1:15.432	45
14	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	1:15.542	35
15	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	1:15.839	43
16	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	1:15.902	39
17	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	1:15.953	47
18	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	1:16.048	40
19	Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team	1:16.126	39
20	Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team	1:16.655	42
21	Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula One Team	1:17.244	15
22	Timo GlockManor Marussia F1 Team	1:17.675	42
23	Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team	1:18.127	31
24	Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula One Team	1:18.139	15

Pos	Driver	Time	Laps
1	Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing	1:14.131	33
2	Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing	1:14.140	35
3	Mark WebberRed Bull Racing	1:14.198	34
4	Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing	1:14.217	31
5	Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari	1:14.392	28
6	Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari	1:14.716	29
7	Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team	1:14.719	33
8	Paul di RestaForce India	1:14.738	34
9	Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team	1:15.015	37
10	Nico HulkenbergForce India	1:15.050	32
11	Michael SchumacherMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:15.114	36
12	Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team	1:15.255	31
13	Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team	1:15.396	32
14	Valtteri BottasWilliams F1 Team	1:15.413	23
15	Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls	1:15.587	35
16	Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team	1:15.701	16
17	Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls	1:16.048	35
18	Nico RosbergMercedes-AMG Petronas	1:16.315	36
20	Timo GlockManor Marussia F1 Team	1:16.506	31
21	Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team	1:16.617	30
22	Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team	1:17.234	26
23	Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula One Team	1:17.678	15
24	Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula One Team	1:17.895	13

Race data

Positions, pace and pit lane. All from the official timing feed.

Positions gained

Grid to flag

1Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team · P18 to P0▲18
2Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team · P16 to P0▲16
3Sergio PerezSauber F1 Team · P12 to P0▲12
4Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team · P11 to P0▲11
5Charles PicManor Marussia F1 Team · P22 to P12▲10
6Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls · P17 to P8▲9

Fastest laps

Best lap by driver

1Lewis HamiltonMcLaren Racing · lap 38 · 198.701 km/h1:18.069
2Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing · lap 37 · 198.601 km/h1:18.108+0.039
3Nico HulkenbergForce India · lap 38 · 198.342 km/h1:18.210+0.141
4Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari · lap 36 · 197.301 km/h1:18.623+0.554
5Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari · lap 37 · 196.660 km/h1:18.879+0.810
6Mark WebberRed Bull Racing · lap 39 · 196.600 km/h1:18.903+0.834
7Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team · lap 35 · 196.426 km/h1:18.973+0.904
8Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls · lap 39 · 196.401 km/h1:18.983+0.914
9Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing · lap 36 · 196.136 km/h1:19.090+1.021
10Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team · lap 39 · 195.725 km/h1:19.256+1.187

Fastest pit stops

Best stop per driver

1Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing · 4 stops (lap 10, 19, 52, 54)20.997best stop
2Nico HulkenbergForce India · 3 stops (lap 23, 57, 58)21.347best stop
3Kimi RaikkonenLotus F1 Team · 3 stops (lap 5, 19, 53)21.541best stop
4Jenson ButtonMcLaren Racing · 2 stops (lap 23, 57)21.550best stop
5Jean-Eric VergneRacing Bulls · 4 stops (lap 15, 20, 29, 56)22.362best stop
6Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari · 3 stops (lap 10, 18, 56)22.472best stop
7Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari · 3 stops (lap 15, 19, 55)22.596best stop
8Daniel RicciardoRacing Bulls · 5 stops (lap 9, 19, 51, 56, 61)22.838best stop

Pit crew ranking

Average stop time by team

1McLaren Racing4 stops · best 21.55033.745average
2Scuderia Ferrari6 stops · best 22.47244.809average
3Force India6 stops · best 21.34745.466average
4Lotus F1 Team3 stops · best 21.54147.465average
5Red Bull Racing7 stops · best 20.99750.619average
6Manor Marussia F1 Team7 stops · best 23.25153.013average
7Sauber F1 Team3 stops · best 27.26654.376average
8Mercedes-AMG Petronas8 stops · best 23.01859.434average
9Racing Bulls9 stops · best 22.3621:02.048average
10HRT Formula One Team8 stops · best 25.7871:05.191average
11Caterham F1 Team8 stops · best 23.0311:09.128average

The circuit

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LENGTH4.309 km

LAPS71

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