2012 Singapore Grand Prix F1 Race Results

Sebastian Vettel wins 2012 Singapore F1 GP

Event: Singapore Grand Prix
Track: Singapore Circuit

Weather: Dry
Track temperature: 29°C
Air temperature: 28°C
Wind speed: 1.0 mps
Wind direction: South-West
Humidity: 68%
Airpressure: 1009.9 mBar

Sebastian Vettel won the 2012 F1 Grand Prix of Singapore. Jenson Button finished 2nd and Alonso 3rd.

The Singapore F1 GP started without any incidents at the start. In the first lap Felipe Massa did got a puncture, but was able to get new tires and had to fall back to last place because of this.

Lewis Hamilton started the 2012 F1 Grand Prix of Singapore from pole position and led the race for 21 laps. On lap 21 the unfortunate McLaren driver had to retire because of a gearbox problem.

HRT driver Karthikayan crashed into the barrier in de corner before the tunnel.until lap 39. Pastor Maldonado who qualified 2nd had to give up because of a hydraulic problem half way the race.

Micheal Schumacher crashed into the Toro Rosso of Jean Eric Vergne in lap 40 when he locked up his tires. Vitaly Petrov had a wheel nut problem in the pit and was backup up to repair that in lap 41.

Sebastian Vettel who followed Hamilton from the start pick-up the lead in lap 21 and won this beautiful  night grand prix. Jenson Button pickup 2nd place from Vettel. He wasn't really pushing Vettel until lap 47, when he drove the fastest lap of the race. But Vettel was answering this with a fastest lap in lap 50.

F1 Classification 2012 Singapore GP

PNoDriverTeamTimeLapsGridPts
11Germany Sebastian Vettel
Austria Red Bull02:00:26.14459
3
25
23United Kingdom Jenson Button
United Kingdom McLaren02:00:35.10359
4
18
35Spain Fernando Alonso
Italy Ferrari02:00:41.37159
5
15
411United Kingdom Paul di Resta
India Force India02:00:45.20759
6
12
58Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes02:01:00.92859
10
10
69Finland Kimi Räikkönen
United Kingdom Lotus F102:01:01.90359
12
8
710France Romain Grosjean
United Kingdom Lotus F102:01:02.84259
8
6
86Brazil Felipe Massa
Italy Ferrari02:01:08.97359
13
4
916Australia Daniel Ricciardo
Italy Toro Rosso02:01:11.96459
15
2
1015Mexico Sergio Pérez
Switzerland Sauber02:01:16.76359
14
1
112Australia Mark Webber
Austria Red Bull02:01:33.31959
7
0
1224Germany Timo Glock
United Kingdom Manor02:01:58.06259
21
0
1314Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Switzerland Sauber02:02:03.28559
18
0
1412Germany Nico Hülkenberg
India Force India02:02:05.55759
11
0
1520Finland Heikki Kovalainen
United Kingdom Caterham02:02:14.11159
20
0
1625France Charles Pic
United Kingdom Manor02:02:39.06959
22
0
1722Spain Pedro de la Rosa
Spain HRT02:00:29.57158
24
0
1819Brazil Bruno Senna
United Kingdom WilliamsEngine57
17
0
1921Russian Federation Vitaly Petrov
United Kingdom Caterham02:00:59.12157
19
0
DNF17France Jean-Eric Vergne
Italy Toro RossoCollision38
16
0
DNF7Germany Michael Schumacher
Germany MercedesCollision38
9
0
DNF18Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
United Kingdom WilliamsHydraulics36
2
0
DNF23India Narain Karthikeyan
Spain HRTCollision30
23
0
DNF4United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
United Kingdom McLarenGearbox22
1
0

Pedro de la Rosa and Bruno Senna dropped five grid places because of unscheduled gearbox changes. Charles Pic had 20s added to his qualification time for passing under red flags in FP3.


Fastest lap: 1:51.033 min by Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM05) in lap 52
Highest speed: 304 km/h by Kamui Kobayashi Sauber F1 Team.

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