2012 · Round 18

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Yas Marina Circuit · Abu Dhabi, UAE
4 Nov 2012

Pole position

Hamilton

Fastest lap

1:43.964

Sebastian Vettel

Biggest climber

▲21

Sebastian Vettel

Finishers

17/24

7 did not finish

Classification

Abu Dhabi GP result

Pos	Driver	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / status	Fastest lap	Pts
1	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1	4	▲3	55	1:45:58.667	1:44.458	25
2	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	6	▲4	55	+0.852	1:44.090	18
3	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	24	▲21	55	+4.163	1:43.964	15
4	Jenson Button McLaren	5	▲1	55	+7.787	1:44.533	12
5	Pastor Maldonado Williams	3	▼2	55	+13.007	1:44.833	10
6	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	15	▲9	55	+20.076	1:45.423	8
7	Felipe Massa Ferrari	8	▲1	55	+22.896	1:45.700	6
8	Bruno Senna Williams	14	▲6	55	+23.542	1:45.693	4
9	Paul di Resta Force India	12	▲3	55	+24.160	1:45.617	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso	16	▲6	55	+27.463	1:45.903	1
11	Michael Schumacher Mercedes	13	▲2	55	+28.075	1:45.225
12	Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso	17	▲5	55	+34.906	1:46.113
13	Heikki Kovalainen Caterham	18	▲5	55	+47.764	1:47.115
14	Timo Glock Marussia	21	▲7	55	+56.473	1:47.661
15	Sergio Pérez Sauber	11	▼4	55	+56.768	1:45.410
16	Vitaly Petrov Caterham	20	▲4	55	+1:04.595	1:48.308
17	Pedro de la Rosa HRT	22	▲5	55	+1:11.778	1:48.619
DNF	Charles Pic Marussia	19		41	Retired	1:49.079
DNF	Romain Grosjean Lotus F1	9		37	Collision	1:47.521
DNF	Mark Webber Red Bull	2		37	Collision	1:46.959
DNF	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	1		19	Electrical	1:47.266
DNF	Narain Karthikeyan HRT	23		7	Collision	1:52.238
DNF	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	7		7	Collision	1:49.340
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg Force India	10		0	Collision

Grid

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	1:41.497	1:40.901	1:40.630
2	Mark Webber Red Bull	1:41.933	1:41.277	1:40.978
3	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	1:42.160	1:41.511	1:41.073
4	Pastor Maldonado Williams	1:41.981	1:41.907	1:41.226
5	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1	1:42.222	1:41.532	1:41.260
6	Jenson Button McLaren	1:42.342	1:41.873	1:41.290
7	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	1:41.939	1:41.514	1:41.582
8	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	1:41.926	1:41.698	1:41.603
9	Felipe Massa Ferrari	1:41.974	1:41.846	1:41.723
10	Romain Grosjean Lotus F1	1:42.046	1:41.620	1:41.778
11	Nico Hülkenberg Force India	1:42.579	1:42.019	–
12	Sergio Pérez Sauber	1:42.624	1:42.084	–
13	Paul di Resta Force India	1:42.572	1:42.218	–
14	Michael Schumacher Mercedes	1:42.735	1:42.289	–
15	Bruno Senna Williams	1:43.298	1:42.330	–
16	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	1:43.582	1:42.606	–
17	Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso	1:43.280	1:42.765	–
18	Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso	1:44.058	–	–
19	Heikki Kovalainen Caterham	1:44.956	–	–
20	Charles Pic Marussia	1:45.089	–	–
21	Vitaly Petrov Caterham	1:45.151	–	–
22	Timo Glock Marussia	1:45.426	–	–
23	Pedro de la Rosa HRT	1:45.766	–	–
24	Narain Karthikeyan HRT	1:46.382	–	–