Indian Grand Prix
2012 · Round 17 · Uttar Pradesh, India · Oct 27-28, 2012Race summary
Vettel won the race from 1st on the grid, 9.437s ahead of Alonso. Pic was the standout mover, climbing from 24th to 19th. Schumacher lost the most ground, from 14th on the grid down to 22nd (down 8 places). Button set the fastest lap, in 1:28.203.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 60 | 1:31:10.744 | 25 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | 60 | +9.437 | 18 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 2 | 60 | +13.217 | 15 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 3 | 60 | +13.909 | 12 |
| 5 | Jenson Button 1:28.203 | McLaren | 4 | 60 | +26.266 | 10 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 | 60 | +44.674 | 8 |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 7 | 60 | +45.227 | 6 |
| 8 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 12 | 60 | +54.998 | 4 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 11 | 60 | +56.103 | 2 |
| 10 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 13 | 60 | +1:14.975 | 1 |
| 11 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 10 | 60 | +1:21.694 | 0 |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 16 | 60 | +1:22.815 | 0 |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 15 | 60 | +1:26.064 | 0 |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 17 | 60 | +1:26.495 | 0 |
| 15 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 18 | 59 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 9 | 59 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | 59 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 20 | 59 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 19 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 24 | 59 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 21 | 58 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 21 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | 58 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 22 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 14 | 55 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | 43 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 8 | 21 | Accident | 0 |