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United States Grand Prix

2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix

Round 19 of 20Circuit of the Americas, AustinNov 18 201256 laps

Podium

VETRed Bull

HAMMcLaren

ALOFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHAM1:35:55.269 from P2

PoleVET1:35.657

Fastest lapVET1:39.347 on lap 56

Pit stops24recorded stops

Finishers22 / 24classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	▲1	56	1:35:55.269	25	1:39.709	1
2	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	▼1	56	+0.675s	18	1:39.347	1
3	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	7	▲4	56	+39.229s	15	1:39.672	1
4	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	11	▲7	56	+46.013s	12	1:39.402	1
5	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	12	▲7	56	+56.432s	10	1:40.150	1
6	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus	4	▼2	56	+64.425s	8	1:39.474	1
7	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	8	▲1	56	+70.313s	6	1:40.625	1
8	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	6	▼2	56	+73.792s	4	1:41.048	1
9	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	9	–	56	+74.525s	2	1:40.719	1
10	SENBruno Senna	Williams	10	–	56	+75.133s	1	1:40.745	1
11	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	15	▲4	56	+84.341s		1:40.701	1
12	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	18	▲6	56	+84.871s		1:40.772	1
13	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	17	▲4	56	+85.510s		1:40.428	1
14	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	▲2	55	+1 lap		1:40.315	1
15	DIRPaul Di Resta	Force India	13	▼2	55	+1 lap		1:40.594	2
16	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	5	▼11	55	+1 lap		1:40.923	2
17	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	21	▲4	55	+1 lap		1:42.824	1
18	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	22	▲4	55	+1 lap		1:43.072	1
19	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	19	–	55	+1 lap		1:43.324	1
20	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	20	–	54	+2 laps		1:42.481	1
21	DLRPedro De la Rosa	HRT	23	▲2	54	+2 laps		1:44.664	1
22	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	24	▲2	54	+2 laps		1:44.508	1
DNF	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	3		16	Alternator		1:43.599
DNF	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	14		14	Suspension		1:44.775

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	HAM	20	20.8s
2	VET	21	20.9s
3	GRO	9	21.2s
4	MSC	39	21.3s
5	ROS	34	21.3s
6	BUT	35	21.4s
7	MAS	26	21.5s
8	PER	22	22.1s
9	HUL	17	22.1s
10	SEN	20	22.1s
11	MSC	14	22.3s
12	MAL	21	22.3s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 24 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.558	1:35.796	1:35.657
2	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:37.058	1:36.795	1:35.766	+0.109s
3	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:37.215	1:36.298	1:36.174	+0.517s
4	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	1:37.486	1:36.906	1:36.587	+0.930s
5	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:38.051	1:37.404	1:36.708	+1.051s
6	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:37.927	1:37.102	1:36.794	+1.137s
7	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:37.667	1:36.549	1:36.937	+1.280s
8	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:37.756	1:37.066	1:37.141	+1.484s
9	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:37.968	1:37.123	1:37.300	+1.643s
10	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	1:37.537	1:37.011	1:37.842	+2.185s
11	SENBruno Senna	Williams	1:37.520	1:37.604	–	+1.947s
12	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	1:37.565	1:37.616	–	+1.959s
13	DIRPaul Di Resta	Force India	1:38.104	1:37.665	–	+2.008s
14	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:38.434	1:37.879	–	+2.222s
15	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	1:38.500	1:38.206	–	+2.549s
16	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.418	1:38.437	–	+2.780s
17	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.862	1:38.501	–	+2.844s
18	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:39.114	–	–	+3.457s
19	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	1:40.056	–	–	+4.399s
20	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	1:40.664	–	–	+5.007s
21	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:40.809	–	–	+5.152s
22	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:41.166	–	–	+5.509s
23	DLRPedro De la Rosa	HRT	1:42.011	–	–	+6.354s
24	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:42.740	–	–	+7.083s

Circuit of the Americas

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

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