Brazilian Grand Prix
2012 · Round 20 · São Paulo, Brazil · Nov 24-25, 2012Race summary
Button won the race from 2nd on the grid, 2.754s ahead of Alonso. Pic was the standout mover, climbing from 22nd to 12th. di Resta lost the most ground, from 10th on the grid down to 19th (down 9 places). Hamilton set the fastest lap, in 1:18.069.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 2 | 71 | 1:45:22.656 | 25 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 7 | 71 | +2.754 | 18 |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 5 | 71 | +3.615 | 15 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 3 | 71 | +4.936 | 12 |
| 5 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 6 | 71 | +5.708 | 10 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 4 | 71 | +9.453 | 8 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 13 | 71 | +11.907 | 6 |
| 8 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 17 | 71 | +28.653 | 4 |
| 9 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 14 | 71 | +31.250 | 2 |
| 10 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 8 | 70 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 22 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 15 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 20 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 9 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 21 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 24 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 18 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 19 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 10 | 68 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Lewis Hamilton 1:18.069 | McLaren | 1 | 54 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 18 | 5 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 16 | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Bruno Senna | Williams | 11 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 12 | 0 | Collision | 0 |