2012 · Round 17

Indian Grand Prix

Buddh International Circuit · Uttar Pradesh, India
28 Oct 2012

Pole position

Vettel

Converted to the win

Fastest lap

1:28.203

Jenson Button

Biggest climber

▲5

Charles Pic

Finishers

21/24

3 did not finish

Classification

Indian GP result

Pos	Driver	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / status	Fastest lap	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	1	•	60	1:31:10.744	1:28.723	25
2	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	5	▲3	60	+9.437	1:28.630	18
3	Mark Webber Red Bull	2	▼1	60	+13.217	1:29.029	15
4	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	3	▼1	60	+13.909	1:28.944	12
5	Jenson Button McLaren	4	▼1	60	+26.266	1:28.203	10
6	Felipe Massa Ferrari	6	•	60	+44.674	1:29.283	8
7	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1	7	•	60	+45.227	1:29.354	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg Force India	12	▲4	60	+54.998	1:29.230	4
9	Romain Grosjean Lotus F1	11	▲2	60	+56.103	1:29.522	2
10	Bruno Senna Williams	13	▲3	60	+1:14.975	1:28.431	1
11	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	10	▼1	60	+1:21.694	1:29.492
12	Paul di Resta Force India	16	▲4	60	+1:22.815	1:29.086
13	Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso	15	▲2	60	+1:26.064	1:29.440
14	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	17	▲3	60	+1:26.495	1:29.204
15	Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso	18	▲3	59	+1 Lap	1:30.091
16	Pastor Maldonado Williams	9	▼7	59	+1 Lap	1:30.067
17	Vitaly Petrov Caterham	19	▲2	59	+1 Lap	1:31.163
18	Heikki Kovalainen Caterham	20	▲2	59	+1 Lap	1:30.786
19	Charles Pic Marussia	24	▲5	59	+1 Lap	1:31.366
20	Timo Glock Marussia	21	▲1	58	+2 Laps	1:31.721
21	Narain Karthikeyan HRT	23	▲2	58	+2 Laps	1:32.161
22	Michael Schumacher Mercedes	14	▼8	55	Retired	1:29.230
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa HRT	22		43	Accident	1:32.864
DNF	Sergio Pérez Sauber	8		21	Accident	1:32.208

Grid

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	1:26.387	1:25.435	1:25.283
2	Mark Webber Red Bull	1:26.744	1:25.610	1:25.327
3	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	1:26.516	1:25.816	1:25.544
4	Jenson Button McLaren	1:26.564	1:25.467	1:25.659
5	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	1:26.829	1:25.834	1:25.773
6	Felipe Massa Ferrari	1:26.939	1:26.111	1:25.857
7	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1	1:26.740	1:26.101	1:26.236
8	Sergio Pérez Sauber	1:27.179	1:26.076	1:26.360
9	Pastor Maldonado Williams	1:26.048	1:25.983	1:26.713
10	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	1:26.458	1:25.976	–
11	Romain Grosjean Lotus F1	1:26.897	1:26.136	–
12	Nico Hülkenberg Force India	1:27.185	1:26.241	–
13	Bruno Senna Williams	1:26.851	1:26.331	–
14	Michael Schumacher Mercedes	1:27.482	1:26.574	–
15	Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso	1:27.006	1:26.777	–
16	Paul di Resta Force India	1:27.462	1:26.989	–
17	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	1:27.517	1:27.219	–
18	Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso	1:27.525	–	–
19	Vitaly Petrov Caterham	1:28.756	–	–
20	Heikki Kovalainen Caterham	1:29.500	–	–
21	Timo Glock Marussia	1:29.613	–	–
22	Pedro de la Rosa HRT	1:30.592	–	–
23	Narain Karthikeyan HRT	1:30.593	–	–
24	Charles Pic Marussia	1:30.662	–	–