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2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX
| Pos | Nr | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyre | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Sebastian Vettel |
 Red Bull Racing RB8 [04] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:36.558 | 01:35.796 | 01:35.657 | 20 |
| 2 | 4 |  Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren MP4-27 [04] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.058 | 01:36.795 | 01:35.766 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing RB8 [03] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.215 | 01:36.298 | 01:36.174 | 20 |
| 4 | 10 |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus E20 [03] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.486 | 01:36.906 | 01:36.587 | 28 |
| 5 | 9 |  Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus E20 [05] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:38.051 | 01:37.404 | 01:36.708 | 26 |
| 6 | 7 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes F1 W03 [03] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.927 | 01:37.102 | 01:36.794 | 22 |
| 7 | 6 |  Felipe Massa |
 Ferrari F2012 [294] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.667 | 01:36.549 | 01:36.937 | 24 |
| 8 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg |
 Force India VJM05 [03] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.756 | 01:37.066 | 01:37.141 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 |  Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari F2012 [295] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.968 | 01:37.123 | 01:37.300 | 24 |
| 10 | 18 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams FW34 [04] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.537 | 01:37.011 | 01:37.842 | 26 |
| 11 | 19 | Bruno Senna |
Williams FW34 [03] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.520 | 01:37.604 | 20 |
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| 12 | 3 | Jenson Button |
McLaren MP4-27 [03] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.565 | 01:37.616 | 12 |
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| 13 | 11 | Paul di Resta |
Force India VJM05 [04] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:38.104 | 01:37.665 | 15 |
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| 14 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso STR7 [02] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:38.434 | 01:37.879 | 17 |
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| 15 | 15 |  Sergio Pérez |
 Sauber C31 [03] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:38.500 | 01:38.206 | 16 |
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| 16 | 14 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber C31 [04] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:38.418 | 01:38.437 | 15 |
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| 17 | 8 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes F1 W03 [09] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:38.862 | 01:38.501 | 16 |
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| 18 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso STR7 [04] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:39.114 | 9 |
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| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock |
 Marussia MR01 [01] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:40.056 | 12 |
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| 20 | 25 | Charles Pic |
Marussia MR01 [03] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:40.664 | 11 |
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| 21 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov |
 Caterham CT01 [2] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:40.809 | 7 |
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| 22 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen |
Caterham CT01 [3] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:41.166 | 7 |
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| 23 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT F112 [03] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:42.011 | 12 |
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| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT F112 [01] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:42.740 | 10 |
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| Grosjean drops five grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change. Massa drops five grid places also, because Ferrari broke the gearbox’s FIA seal. | |||||||||
| Official Name | 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix |
|---|---|
| Circuit | Austin |
| Date | November 18 |
| Pole | Sebastian Vettel 01:35.657 |
| Fastest Lap | Sebastian Vettel 01:39.347 |
| Podium | 1st Lewis Hamilton (15) , 2nd Sebastian Vettel (41) , 3rd Fernando Alonso |
| GP Number | 877 |
| Round | 19 |
| Weather | Sunny |
| Prev race | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix November 4 |
| Next race | Grande Prêmio do Brasil November 25 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 273 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari | 260 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus | 206 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren | 190 |
| 5 | Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing | 167 |
| 6 | Jenson Button |
McLaren | 163 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa |
Ferrari | 107 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean |
Lotus | 96 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes | 93 |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez |
Sauber | 66 |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber | 58 |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India | 53 |
| 13 | Paul di Resta |
Force India | 46 |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado |
Williams | 45 |
| 15 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes | 43 |
| 16 | Bruno Senna |
Williams | 31 |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso | 12 |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso | 10 |
| 19 | Timo Glock |
Marussia | 0 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen |
Caterham | 0 |
| 21 | Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham | 0 |
| 22 |  Jérôme d’Ambrosio |
Lotus | 0 |
| 23 | Charles Pic |
Marussia | 0 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT | 0 |
| 25 | Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Engine | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Racing |
Renault | 440 |
| 2 | Ferrari |
Ferrari | 367 |
| 3 | McLaren |
Mercedes | 353 |
| 4 | Lotus |
Renault | 302 |
| 5 | Mercedes |
Mercedes | 136 |
| 6 | Sauber |
Ferrari | 124 |
| 7 | Force India |
Mercedes | 99 |
| 8 | Williams |
Renault | 76 |
| 9 | Toro Rosso |
Ferrari | 22 |
| 10 | Marussia |
Cosworth | 0 |
| 11 | Caterham |
Renault | 0 |
| 12 | HRT |
Cosworth | 0 |