Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2012 · Round 18 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Nov 3-4, 2012Race summary
Victory went to Räikkönen (from 4th on the grid), with a 0.852s margin. Vettel made the biggest gain, from 24th on the grid to 3rd (up 21 places). Pérez had a difficult race, dropping from 11th to 15th. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Vettel (1:43.964).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 4 | 55 | 1:45:58.667 | 25 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 6 | 55 | +0.852 | 18 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel 1:43.964 | Red Bull | 24 | 55 | +4.163 | 15 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | 55 | +7.787 | 12 |
| 5 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 3 | 55 | +13.007 | 10 |
| 6 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 15 | 55 | +20.076 | 8 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 8 | 55 | +22.896 | 6 |
| 8 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 14 | 55 | +23.542 | 4 |
| 9 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 12 | 55 | +24.160 | 2 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 16 | 55 | +27.463 | 1 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 13 | 55 | +28.075 | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 17 | 55 | +34.906 | 0 |
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | 55 | +47.764 | 0 |
| 14 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 21 | 55 | +56.473 | 0 |
| 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 11 | 55 | +56.768 | 0 |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 20 | 55 | +1:04.595 | 0 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | 55 | +1:11.778 | 0 |
| – | Charles Pic | Marussia | 19 | 41 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 9 | 37 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 2 | 37 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1 | 19 | Electrical | 0 |
| – | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | 7 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 7 | 7 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 10 | 0 | Collision | 0 |