Pit Lane F1
2012 Season - Round 18 - 2012-11-04
Kimi Räikkönen won the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Lotus F1, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) second and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third. The win came from P4 on the grid. Pole had been claimed by Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), who could not convert it into the win.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) set the fastest lap of the race in 1:43.964. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P24 on the grid to P3 at the flag — a 21-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 7 drivers failing to finish.
24 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, completing round 18 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 4 | Finished | 1:44.458 | 25 |
| 2 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 6 | Finished | 1:44.090 | 18 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 24 | Finished | 1:43.964 | 15 |
| 4 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | Finished | 1:44.533 | 12 |
| 5 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 3 | Finished | 1:44.833 | 10 |
| 6 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 15 | Finished | 1:45.423 | 8 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 8 | Finished | 1:45.700 | 6 |
| 8 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 14 | Finished | 1:45.693 | 4 |
| 9 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 12 | Finished | 1:45.617 | 2 |
| 10 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 16 | Finished | 1:45.903 | 1 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 13 | Finished | 1:45.225 | 0 |
| 12 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 17 | Finished | 1:46.113 | 0 |
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | Finished | 1:47.115 | 0 |
| 14 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 21 | Finished | 1:47.661 | 0 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 11 | Finished | 1:45.410 | 0 |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 20 | Finished | 1:48.308 | 0 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | Finished | 1:48.619 | 0 |
| 18 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 19 | Retired | 1:49.079 | 0 |
| 19 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 9 | Collision | 1:47.521 | 0 |
| 20 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 2 | Collision | 1:46.959 | 0 |
| 21 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1 | Electrical | 1:47.266 | 0 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | Collision | 1:52.238 | 0 |
| 23 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 7 | Collision | 1:49.340 | 0 |
| 24 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 10 | Collision | 0 |
