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Indian Grand Prix

2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix

Round 17 of 20Buddh International Circuit, Greater NoidaOct 28 201260 laps

Podium

ALOFerrari

VETRed Bull

WEBRed Bull

Key facts

WinnerVET1:31:10.744 from P1

PoleVET1:25.283

Fastest lapBUT1:28.203 on lap 60

Pit stops28recorded stops

Finishers22 / 24classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	–	60	1:31:10.744	25	1:28.723	1
2	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	▲3	60	+9.437s	18	1:28.630	1
3	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	2	▼1	60	+13.217s	15	1:29.029	1
4	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	▼1	60	+13.909s	12	1:28.944	1
5	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	4	▼1	60	+26.266s	10	1:28.203	1
6	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	6	–	60	+44.674s	8	1:29.283	1
7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus	7	–	60	+45.227s	6	1:29.354	1
8	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	12	▲4	60	+54.998s	4	1:29.230	1
9	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	11	▲2	60	+56.103s	2	1:29.522	1
10	SENBruno Senna	Williams	13	▲3	60	+74.975s	1	1:28.431	1
11	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	10	▼1	60	+81.694s		1:29.492	1
12	DIRPaul Di Resta	Force India	16	▲4	60	+82.815s		1:29.086	1
13	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	15	▲2	60	+86.064s		1:29.440	1
14	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	17	▲3	60	+86.495s		1:29.204	1
15	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	18	▲3	59	+1 lap		1:30.091	2
16	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	9	▼7	59	+1 lap		1:30.067	2
17	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	19	▲2	59	+1 lap		1:31.163	1
18	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	20	▲2	59	+1 lap		1:30.786	1
19	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	24	▲5	59	+1 lap		1:31.366	1
20	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	21	▲1	58	+2 laps		1:31.721	1
21	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	▲2	58	+2 laps		1:32.161	1
22	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	14	▼8	55	+5 laps		1:29.230	2
DNF	DLRPedro De la Rosa	HRT	22		42	Brakes		1:32.864	1
DNF	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	8		20	Collision damage		1:32.208	2

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VET	33	20.7s
2	ALO	29	20.8s
3	WEB	30	20.8s
4	HAM	32	20.9s
5	GRO	36	21.0s
6	MAS	28	21.1s
7	MSC	33	21.3s
8	PER	14	21.3s
9	RAI	27	21.4s
10	ROS	27	21.5s
11	BUT	25	21.5s
12	HUL	28	21.7s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 28 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:26.387	1:25.435	1:25.283
2	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:26.744	1:25.610	1:25.327	+0.044s
3	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:26.516	1:25.816	1:25.544	+0.261s
4	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	1:26.564	1:25.467	1:25.659	+0.376s
5	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:26.829	1:25.834	1:25.773	+0.490s
6	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:26.939	1:26.111	1:25.857	+0.574s
7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:26.740	1:26.101	1:26.236	+0.953s
8	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	1:27.179	1:26.076	1:26.360	+1.077s
9	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	1:26.048	1:25.983	1:26.713	+1.430s
10	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:26.458	1:25.976	–	+0.693s
11	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	1:26.897	1:26.136	–	+0.853s
12	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:27.185	1:26.241	–	+0.958s
13	SENBruno Senna	Williams	1:26.851	1:26.331	–	+1.048s
14	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:27.482	1:26.574	–	+1.291s
15	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:27.006	1:26.777	–	+1.494s
16	DIRPaul Di Resta	Force India	1:27.462	1:26.989	–	+1.706s
17	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:27.517	1:27.219	–	+1.936s
18	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:27.525	–	–	+2.242s
19	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:28.756	–	–	+3.473s
20	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:29.500	–	–	+4.217s
21	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	1:29.613	–	–	+4.330s
22	DLRPedro De la Rosa	HRT	1:30.592	–	–	+5.309s
23	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:30.593	–	–	+5.310s
24	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	1:30.662	–	–	+5.379s

Buddh International Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2012. Outline from F1DB.

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