2012 Formula One season

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The 2012 Formula One season was the first Formula One championship, contested over 20 races in 19 countries. It saw defending champion Sebastian Vettel suffering from an unreliable and, expectantly, a midfield-worthy car. The season also featured a reshuffling of the lower- and mid-field teams, impacting on driver careers and contract negotiations heavily.

Despite the early Red Bull domination, Lewis Hamilton and McLaren won the championships. Rookie Marcus Ericsson came in 2nd, 9 points off the lead in his first season for 2010–2011 back markers Marussia. The season also saw upcoming championship contender Romain Grosjean's first victory at Singapore.

Signed teams and drivers[edit | edit source]

Team name Constructor Engine No. Driver
Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull-Renault Renault 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel
2 Australia Mark Webber
The United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren-Mercedes Mercedes 3 The United Kingdom Jenson Button
4 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 5 Spain Fernando Alonso
6 Brazil Felipe Massa
Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Mercedes 7 Germany Michael Schumacher
8 Germany Nico Rosberg
The United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus-Renault Renault 9 Finland Kimi Raikkonen
10 France Romain Grosjean
India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India-Mercedes Mercedes 11 The United Kingdom Paul di Resta
12 Germany Nico Hulkenburg
Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber-Ferrari Ferrari 14 Japan Kamui Kobayashi
15 Mexico Sergio Perez
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso-Ferrari Ferrari 16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
17 France Jean-Eric Vergne
The United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams-Renault Renault 18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
19 Brazil Bruno Senna
Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham-Renault Renault 20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen
21 Russia Vitaly Petrov
Spain HRT F1 Team HRT-Cosworth Cosworth 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa
23 India Narain Karthikeyan
Russia Marussia F1 Team Marussia-Cosworth Cosworth 24 Germany Timo Glock
25 Sweden Marcus Ericsson

Results and standigs[edit | edit source]

See also: Results table
Rd Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning Championship leaders
driver constructor Driver Lead Constructor Lead
1 Australian Grand Prix The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Sebastian Vettel Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull Germany Sebastian Vettel 7 Austria Red Bull 14
2 Malaysian Grand Prix The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton The United Kingdom Jenson Button Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull Australia Mark Webber 10 12
3 Chinese Grand Prix Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Austria Red Bull 18 27
4 Bahrain Grand Prix Germany Sebastian Vettel Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton The United Kingdom McLaren 30 36
5 Spanish Grand Prix Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Jenson Button The United Kingdom McLaren 15 19
6 Monaco Grand Prix Germany Sebastian Vettel Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Italy Ferrari The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 4 8
7 Canadian Grand Prix Spain Fernando Alonso The United Kingdom Jenson Button Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 7 The United Kingdom McLaren 6
8 European Grand Prix Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Russia Marussia 3 11
9 British Grand Prix The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton The United Kingdom Jenson Button The United Kingdom Jenson Button The United Kingdom McLaren The United Kingdom Jenson Button 6 37
10 German Grand Prix Spain Fernando Alonso The United Kingdom Jenson Button The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton The United Kingdom McLaren The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 1 75
11 Hungarian Grand Prix The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Sweden Marcus Ericsson Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 6 76
12 Belgian Grand Prix Spain Fernando Alonso Spain Fernando Alonso The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Italy Ferrari 31 74
13 Italian Grand Prix Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom McLaren 41 87
14 Singapore Grand Prix Germany Sebastian Vettel Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Lotus 48 98
15 Japanese Grand Prix The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Spain Fernando Alonso Spain Fernando Alonso Austria Red Bull 23 75
16 Korean Grand Prix Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Lotus 29 76
17 Indian Grand Prix Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom McLaren 41 90
18 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Italy Toro Rosso 41 95
19 United States Grand Prix Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Russia Marussia 32 88
20 Brazilian Grand Prix Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Russia Marussia 9 94