2012 United States Grand Prix

Circuit: Circuit of The AmericasAustin, Texas, United States of America
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMcLaren
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2422 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-27	2	56	Finished	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB8	1	56	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	7	56	Finished	15
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	11	56	Finished	12
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-27	12	56	Finished	10
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E20	4	56	Finished	8
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E20	8	56	Finished	6
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM05	6	56	Finished	4
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW34	9	56	Finished	2
10	Bruno Senna	Williams	FW34	10	56	Finished	1
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C31	15	56	Finished	0
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	18	56	Finished	0
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	17	56	Finished	0
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C31	16	55	Finished	0
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM05	13	55	Finished	0
16	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	5	55	Finished	0
17	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	21	55	Finished	0
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	22	55	Finished	0
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	19	55	Finished	0
20	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	20	54	Finished	0
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	F112	23	54	Finished	0
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F112	24	54	Finished	0
DNF	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB8	3	16	Alternator	0
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	14	14	Suspension	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	1	56
Sebastian Vettel	1	2	56
Fernando Alonso	7	3	56
Felipe Massa	11	4	56
Jenson Button	12	5	56
Kimi Raikkonen	4	6	56
Romain Grosjean	8	7	56
Nico Hulkenberg	6	8	56
Pastor Maldonado	9	9	56
Bruno Senna	10	10	56
Sergio Perez	15	11	56
Daniel Ricciardo	18	12	56
Nico Rosberg	17	13	56
Kamui Kobayashi	16	14	55
Paul di Resta	13	15	55
Michael Schumacher	5	16	55
Vitaly Petrov	21	17	55
Heikki Kovalainen	22	18	55
Timo Glock	19	19	55
Charles Pic	20	20	54
Pedro de la Rosa	23	21	54
Narain Karthikeyan	24	22	54
Mark Webber	3	DNF	16
Jean-Éric Vergne	14	DNF	14

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:36.558	1:35.796	1:35.657	—	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:37.058	1:36.795	1:35.766	+0.109	+0.109
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:37.215	1:36.298	1:36.174	+0.517	+0.408
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:37.486	1:36.906	1:36.587	+0.930	+0.413
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:38.051	1:37.404	1:36.708	+1.051	+0.121
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:37.927	1:37.102	1:36.794	+1.137	+0.086
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:37.667	1:36.549	1:36.937	+1.280	+0.143
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:37.756	1:37.066	1:37.141	+1.484	+0.204
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:37.968	1:37.123	1:37.300	+1.643	+0.159
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:37.537	1:37.011	1:37.842	+2.185	+0.542
11	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:37.520	1:37.604	—	—	—
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:37.565	1:37.616	—	—	—
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:38.104	1:37.665	—	—	—
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:38.434	1:37.879	—	—	—
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:38.500	1:38.206	—	—	—
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:38.418	1:38.437	—	—	—
17	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:38.862	1:38.501	—	—	—
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:39.114	—	—	—	—
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:40.056	—	—	—	—
20	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:40.664	—	—	—	—
21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:40.809	—	—	—	—
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:41.166	—	—	—	—
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:42.011	—	—	—	—
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:42.740	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	56	1	20
Sebastian Vettel	2	56	1	21
Fernando Alonso	3	56	1	20
Felipe Massa	4	56	1	26
Jenson Button	5	56	1	35
Kimi Raikkonen	6	56	1	24
Romain Grosjean	7	56	1	9
Nico Hulkenberg	8	56	1	17
Pastor Maldonado	9	56	1	21
Bruno Senna	10	56	1	20
Sergio Perez	11	56	1	22
Daniel Ricciardo	12	56	1	30
Nico Rosberg	13	56	1	34
Kamui Kobayashi	14	55	1	13
Paul di Resta	15	55	2	21, 30
Michael Schumacher	16	55	2	14, 39
Vitaly Petrov	17	55	1	23
Heikki Kovalainen	18	55	1	21
Timo Glock	19	55	1	21
Charles Pic	20	54	1	26
Pedro de la Rosa	21	54	1	24
Narain Karthikeyan	22	54	1	25
Mark Webber	DNF	16	0	None recorded
Jean-Éric Vergne	DNF	14	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sebastian Vettel · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	2 · 1	21 · 20	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Fernando Alonso	1 · 7	2 · 3	21 · 20	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Fernando Alonso	6 · 7	8 · 3	17 · 20	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Felipe Massa	7 · 11	3 · 4	20 · 26	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Romain Grosjean	7 · 8	3 · 7	20 · 9	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Felipe Massa	10 · 11	10 · 4	20 · 26	Bruno Senna	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Jenson Button	11 · 12	4 · 5	26 · 35	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Jenson Button	4 · 12	6 · 5	24 · 35	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Paul di Resta	12 · 13	5 · 15	35 · 21	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Romain Grosjean	4 · 8	6 · 7	24 · 9	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Michael Schumacher	4 · 5	6 · 16	24 · 14	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Romain Grosjean	6 · 8	8 · 7	17 · 9	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Pastor Maldonado	8 · 9	7 · 9	9 · 21	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Nico Hulkenberg	5 · 6	16 · 8	14 · 17	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Pastor Maldonado	6 · 9	8 · 9	17 · 21	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Bruno Senna	9 · 10	9 · 10	21 · 20	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Sergio Perez	10 · 15	10 · 11	20 · 22	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Daniel Ricciardo	15 · 18	11 · 12	22 · 30	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Kamui Kobayashi	15 · 16	11 · 14	22 · 13	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Daniel Ricciardo	17 · 18	13 · 12	34 · 30	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Timo Glock	18 · 19	12 · 19	30 · 21	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Nico Rosberg	16 · 17	14 · 13	13 · 34	Kamui Kobayashi	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Kamui Kobayashi	13 · 16	15 · 14	21 · 13	Kamui Kobayashi	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Paul di Resta	5 · 13	16 · 15	14 · 21	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Vitaly Petrov	5 · 21	16 · 17	14 · 23	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Charles Pic · Vitaly Petrov	20 · 21	20 · 17	26 · 23	Vitaly Petrov	Swapped places
Vitaly Petrov · Heikki Kovalainen	21 · 22	17 · 18	23 · 21	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Heikki Kovalainen	19 · 22	19 · 18	21 · 21	Same lap	Swapped places
Heikki Kovalainen · Pedro de la Rosa	22 · 23	18 · 21	21 · 24	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Charles Pic	19 · 20	19 · 20	21 · 26	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Charles Pic · Pedro de la Rosa	20 · 23	20 · 21	26 · 24	Pedro de la Rosa	Kept their order
Pedro de la Rosa · Narain Karthikeyan	23 · 24	21 · 22	24 · 25	Pedro de la Rosa	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:38.125	—	—	30
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:39.543	+1.418	+1.418	28
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:40.337	+2.212	+0.794	29
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:40.528	+2.403	+0.191	29
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:40.650	+2.525	+0.122	30
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:40.966	+2.841	+0.316	26
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:41.023	+2.898	+0.057	29
8	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:41.036	+2.911	+0.013	28
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:41.159	+3.034	+0.123	32
10	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:41.473	+3.348	+0.314	29
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:41.783	+3.658	+0.310	29
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:41.825	+3.700	+0.042	28
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:41.833	+3.708	+0.008	29
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:41.880	+3.755	+0.047	23
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:41.998	+3.873	+0.118	27
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:42.539	+4.414	+0.541	30
17	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:42.588	+4.463	+0.049	25
18	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:43.288	+5.163	+0.700	23
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:43.443	+5.318	+0.155	28
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:43.522	+5.397	+0.079	23
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:44.464	+6.339	+0.942	24
22	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:44.548	+6.423	+0.084	29
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:46.917	+8.792	+2.369	13
24	Qing Hua Ma (never started a Grand Prix)	HRT	23	1:48.559	+10.434	+1.642	19

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.718	—	—	17
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:38.475	+0.757	+0.757	36
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:38.483	+0.765	+0.008	35
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:38.748	+1.030	+0.265	31
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:38.786	+1.068	+0.038	32
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:39.029	+1.311	+0.243	33
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:39.448	+1.730	+0.419	32
8	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:39.531	+1.813	+0.083	38
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:39.653	+1.935	+0.122	36
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:40.115	+2.397	+0.462	30
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:40.166	+2.448	+0.051	32
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:40.230	+2.512	+0.064	35
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:40.286	+2.568	+0.056	32
14	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:40.326	+2.608	+0.040	35
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:40.435	+2.717	+0.109	30
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:40.516	+2.798	+0.081	32
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:40.700	+2.982	+0.184	34
18	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:41.430	+3.712	+0.730	35
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:42.476	+4.758	+1.046	38
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:42.652	+4.934	+0.176	33
21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:42.846	+5.128	+0.194	38
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:43.538	+5.820	+0.692	38
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:44.453	+6.735	+0.915	16
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:45.114	+7.396	+0.661	20

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:36.490	—	—	18
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:36.748	+0.258	+0.258	20
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:37.001	+0.511	+0.253	21
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:37.180	+0.690	+0.179	21
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:37.247	+0.757	+0.067	24
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:37.262	+0.772	+0.015	27
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:37.298	+0.808	+0.036	18
8	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:37.415	+0.925	+0.117	20
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:37.495	+1.005	+0.080	20
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:37.538	+1.048	+0.043	20
11	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:37.569	+1.079	+0.031	21
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:37.760	+1.270	+0.191	21
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:37.765	+1.275	+0.005	26
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:37.953	+1.463	+0.188	23
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:38.547	+2.057	+0.594	23
16	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:38.653	+2.163	+0.106	22
17	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:38.753	+2.263	+0.100	11
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:39.689	+3.199	+0.936	12
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:40.407	+3.917	+0.718	23
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:40.753	+4.263	+0.346	19
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:41.011	+4.521	+0.258	19
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:41.466	+4.976	+0.455	19
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:43.563	+7.073	+2.097	21
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:44.043	+7.553	+0.480	23

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 19 of 2012
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix
Dates: 18 Nov 2012
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.