2012 Formula One season (ME)

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The 2012 Formula One Season was the 63rd Formula One championship, contested over 20 races in 2012, saw defending champion Sebastian Vettel suffering from an unreliable and, unexpectedly, 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.

LDespite 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

Team name	Constructor	Engine	No.	Driver
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Porsche	Porsche	1	Sebastian Vettel
			2	Australia Mark Webber
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	Mercedes	3	Jenson Button
			4	Lewis Hamilton
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari	5	Fernando Alonso
			6	Felipe Massa
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	Mercedes	7	Michael Schumacher
			8	Nico Rosberg
Lotus F1 Team	Lotus-Renault	Renault	9	Kimi Raikkonen
			10	Romain Grosjean Jerome d'Ambrosio
Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	Mercedes	11	Paul di Resta
			12	Nico Hulkenburg
Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari	Ferrari	14	Kamui Kobayashi
			15	Sergio Perez
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	Ferrari	16	Daniel Ricciardo
			17	Jean-Eric Vergne
Williams F1 Team	Williams-Renault	Renault	18	Pastor Maldonado
			19	Bruno Senna
Caterham F1 Team	Caterham-Renault	Renault	20	Heikki Kovalainen
			21	Vitaly Petrov
HRT F1 Team	HRT Cosworth	Cosworth	22	Pedro de la Rosa
			23	Narain Karthikeyan
Marussia F1 team	Marussia Cosworth	Cosworth	24	Timo Glock
			25	Charles Pic

Report

Defending champions Vettel and Red Bull started the season with a predictable win, coming off of his utterly dominant 2011 season.

Drivers Change

Max Verstappen made his Debut with Red Bull Racing Mercedes.

Results and standigs

See also: Results table

Rd	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor
1	Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Jenson Button	Mark Webber	Red Bull
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Micheal Schumacher	Nico Rosberg	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
4	Bahrain Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	McLaren
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sergio Perez	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Jenson Button	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
8	European Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Daniel Ricciardo	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
9	British Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	McLaren
10	German Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Jenson Button	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Micheal Schumacher	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Jenson Button	McLaren
13	Italian Grand Prix	Jenson Button	Paul Di Resta	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
14	Singapore Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Fernando Alonso	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
16	Korean Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus
17	Indian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Charles Pic	Jenson Button	McLaren
18	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Australia Mark Webber	Nico Hulkenberg	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
19	United States Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
20	Brazilian Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	Romain Grosjean	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari

Championship leaders
Round	Driver	Lead	Constructor	Lead
Australia	Sebastian Vettel	7	Red Bull	14
Malaysia	Mark Webber	10		12
China		18		27
Bahrain		30		36
Spanish		15		19
Monaco	Lewis Hamilton	4		8
Canada		7	McLaren	6
Europe		3		11
Great Britain	Jenson Button	6		37
Germany	Lewis Hamilton	1		75
Hungary		6		76
Belgium		31		74
Italy		41		87
Singapore		48		98
Japan		23		75
Korea		29		76
India		41		90
Abu Dhabi		41		95
United States		34		88
Brazil		9		94

Records

See also: 'List of Formula One driver records' on Wikipedia

• Percentage wins (2nd): Marcus Ericsson, 40%
• Most wins in a season (8th): Marcus Ericsson, 8
• Most consecutive wins (4th): Marcus Ericsson, 5
• Most wins in first championship season (1st): Marcus Ericsson, 8
• Fewest races before first win (4th): Marcus Ericsson, 3rd race
• Percentage pole positions (5th): Marcus Ericsson, 40%
• Most fastest laps in a season (1st): Marcus Ericsson, 14
• Highest percentage of fastest laps in a season (2nd): Marcus Ericsson, 70%
• Most consecutive fastest laps (3rd): Marcus Ericsson, 5
• Highest average points per race entered (1st): Marcus Ericsson, 12.9
• Highest percentage of races finished in the points (6th): Marcus Ericsson, 80%
• Most championship points in a season:
  • 3rd: Lewis Hamilton, 267
  • 4th: Marcus Ericsson, 258
• Most wins from pole in a season (4th): Marcus Ericsson, 7
• Pole, win and fastest lap in the same race (5th): Marcis Ericsson, 7