2012 Singapore Grand Prix

14th round of the 2012 Formula One season November 2012 February 2021 F1 Singapore Singapore 2012 Italian Grand Prix 2012 Japanese Grand Prix Singapore street circuit v2.svg Marina Bay Street Circuit 23 September 2012 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/singapore_877/circuit_diagram.html 4 September 2012 Formula One dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120825150943/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/singapore_877/circuit_diagram.html 25 August 2012 14 20 Marina Bay Street CircuitMarina Bay, Singapore Street circuit 3.152 5.073 59 185.896 299.170 61 192.201 309.316 Hot and humid2012 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Race) https://f1standings.net/races/2012-singapore-grand-prix-6038e886eedfc8465599a508 f1standings.net F1Standings 23 September 2012 5 April 2021 20 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211020203054/https://f1standings.net/races/2012-singapore-grand-prix-6038e886eedfc8465599a508 dead Air Temp 29 CTrack Temp 31 C 252,951 (3-Day Total) 84,317 (3-Day Average) Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.362 Great Britain Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:51.033 52 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault Germany Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes Great Britain Fernando Alonso Ferrari Spain SIN The 2012 Singapore Grand Prix (officially the 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore on 23 September 2012 as the fourteenth round of the 2012 season.http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/12/07/united-states-grand-prix-remains-unchanged-2012-f1-calendar/ United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 7 December 2011 23 August 2012 The race was the thirteenth time that a Singapore Grand Prix has been held, and the fifth time it was a round of the Formula One World Championship. Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole.Hamilton on pole as Maldonado shines in Singapore http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/22/2012-singapore-grand-prix-qualifying-report/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanaitc Keith Collantine 22 September 2012 23 September 2012 Sebastian Vettel won the race, his second of the season, after Hamilton's gearbox failed early in the race. Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button finished second, with championship leader Fernando Alonso rounding out the podium in third.Vettel wins as Hamilton retires http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102793 Autosport Haymarket Publications 23 September 2012 23 September 2012 Report Background Having been unable to race in Italy two weeks earlier because of a one-race ban he received for causing a serious collision in Belgium,Belgian GP: Romain Grosjean gets one-race ban for start crash http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102185 Simon Strang Matt Beer Autosport Haymarket Publications 2 September 2012 17 September 2012 Romain Grosjean was back in the driving seat again with Lotus F1 for the race in Singapore.Romain Grosjean has 'learned his lesson' – Boullier https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/19550579 BBC Sport BBC 10 September 2012 17 September 2012 'He has definitely learned his lessons and I know he is eager to get back in the car in Singapore,' said Boullier. Like the 2011 Singapore Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded supersoft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.Pirelli reveal tyre choices for final three rounds http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/10/13931.html Formula One 16 October 2012 19 February 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130111030532/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/10/13931.html 11 January 2013 At Singapore's Marina Bay circuit, Ma Qinghua once again drove Narain Karthikeyan's car in the first free practice session,Ma gets another Friday outing http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102490 Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 September 2012 17 September 2012 Jonathan Noble as he had during free practice at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza,Ma Qing Hua to drive for HRT in Monza practice http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/05/ma-qing-hua-drive-hrt-monza-practice/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 5 September 2012 17 September 2012 Free practice The first practice session on Friday evening was held in damp conditions. Rain earlier in the day had soaked the circuit, but it began drying out as the session started. Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of the session, five hundredths of a second faster than Lewis Hamilton.Vettel leads Hamilton in damp session at Singapore http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/21/2012-singapore-grand-prix-practice-result-fp1/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 21 September 2012 22 September 2012 Although several drivers went off the circuit, they were able to rejoin without damage and the session was uninterrupted. By the time the second session began, the circuit was completely dry. Vettel was once again fastest, this time three-tenths of a second faster than Jenson Button.Vettel stays on top in Singapore http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/21/2012-singapore-grand-prix-practice-result-fp2/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 21 September 2012 22 September 2012 The session was briefly interrupted when Bruno Senna clipped a barrier coming out from under the grandstand at turn 19 before spinning to a halt at the next corner. Vettel topped the third and final session on Saturday evening, three-tenths faster than Hamilton.Vettel completes Singapore practice hat-trick http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/22/2012-singapore-grand-prix-practice-result-fp3/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 22 September 2012 22 September 2012 The session was cut short two minutes before the chequered flag when Vitaly Petrov hit the wall at Turn 21, breaking his right-rear suspension and as a consequence, his Caterham stopped in the entrance to the pitlane and by doing so, blocked it causing a red flag until the session ended. Qualifying The first qualifying period saw several teams caught out by the difference in performance between the harder prime tyres and the softer options, which was estimated to be up to a second and a half per lap. The end result was that several teams had to use up a set of soft tyres to guarantee a place in the second period. Williams' Bruno Senna clipped the wall on his final lap while faced with the threat of elimination, but made it through to the second period by a tenth of a second when Kamui Kobayashi failed to better his lap time. Vitaly Petrov out-qualified teammate Heikki Kovalainen to start nineteenth, putting the Caterhams ahead of Marussia duo of Timo Glock and Charles Pic. HRT once again filled the final row of the grid, with Narain Karthikeyan out-qualifying Pedro de la Rosa for the second race in succession with a time that was almost a second faster than the Spaniard's. De la Rosa started qualifying with the knowledge that he would receive a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change regardless of where he started, but as he qualified twenty-fourth and last, the effect of the penalty was negated. The second qualifying period started with Senna and Romain Grosjean crashing. While Grosjean was able to continue after mechanics inspected his car, Senna – who had once again hit the wall at Turn 19, his third such incident at that corner – returned to the pit with terminal damage. With his failure to set a lap time, he was relegated to seventeenth on the grid. At the end of the fifteen-minute session, Nico Hülkenberg was eliminated in eleventh, and later admitted that he felt he could have gone faster in the first sector. Kimi Räikkönen qualified alongside him in twelfth, ahead of Felipe Massa and Sergio Pérez. Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Éric Vergne had a quiet qualifying session, and ultimately finished fifteenth and sixteenth respectively. Mercedes elected not to take part in the final period of qualifying, allowing Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg to save a set of tyres and giving them the choice of which compound on which to start the race. As a result, only eight drivers took part in the final ten minutes of qualifying. Lewis Hamilton prevailed, taking pole position by half a second from Pastor Maldonado. After being consistently fast through free practice, Sebastian Vettel could only manage third overall, ahead of Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso, the latter admitting that he was not expecting to be fast during the Singapore Grand Prix weekend. Paul di Resta qualified sixth, ahead of Mark Webber, leaving Romain Grosjean as the eighth and final driver to set a time. Post-qualifying In an interview after qualifying, Lewis Hamilton publicly implored Pastor Maldonado to be careful during the start of the race, given the latter's reputation for reckless driving and frequent on-track incidents.Hamilton hopes Maldonado takes care http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102766 Autosport Haymarket Publications 22 September 2012 23 September 2012 Matt Beer Pre-race A minute of silence was held for Sid Watkins, who died on 12 September 2012. A book of remembrance was also available for people to sign their condolences over the weekend.Elizalde Pablo FIA to pay tribute to Professor Sid Watkins on Singapore Grand Prix grid http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102656 Autosport (Haymarket Publications) 20 September 2012 2012-09-22 Race thumb|Day 2 Hamilton led lap 1 with Maldonado falling to 4th with Vettel and Button overtaking into P2 and P3 respectively. On lap 9, Webber made an early pitstop onto the soft compound tyres, making him drop from 7th to 19th. This created a chain reaction, as his stop was followed by Vettel stopping on lap 11 and Alonso on lap 12. Race leader Lewis Hamilton emerged just ahead of Vettel after his stop on lap 13, after complaining of a "funny feeling". His teammate Jenson Button came out behind Vettel after his stop on lap 14. On lap 23, Hamilton's gearbox failed forcing him to retire allowing Vettel to take P1 which continued until the end of the race. It was noted to be the 2nd mechanical retirement for the Briton. On lap 30, Karthikeyan crashed at turn 18 causing yellow flags and a safety car to be deployed. Maldonado retired with hydraulic issues before the safety car came in. He had a call 1 lap before he came to the pits and retired. 2 laps later, Schumacher and Vergne collided, with Schumacher failing to brake properly, and consequently crashing into the back of Vergne's Toro Rosso, resulting in their retirement. After the crash, Michael Schumacher climbed out of his car and went over to apologise to Vergne, this brought out the safety car for the second time in the race, it came in at the start of Lap 42 and racing resumed. Vettel went on to win the race and he dedicated his victory to Sid Watkins who had recently died.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/19692103 Vettel wins marathon Singapore GP BBC Sport Paul di Resta managed to keep Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg at bay to claim his career-best finish of P4, gaining him two places in the Drivers' Championship to stand 11th. the race finished two laps early as the two-hour limit was reached, the first time this had happened since the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix.February 2021 Post-race The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media at a later press conference. Red Bull team mechanic Ole Schack appeared on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer's award.2021-12-16 The 300 Club https://www.redbullracing.com/int-en/the-300-club live https://web.archive.org/web/20241004120643/https://www.redbullracing.com/int-en/the-300-club 2024-10-04 2024-10-04 www.redbullracing.com Red Bull GmbH After the race, the stewards gave Michael Schumacher a ten-place grid penalty at the next race, Suzuka, after he crashed into Jean-Eric Vergne and caused them both to retire. This penalty was applied in accordance with article 16.1 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations. Mark Webber was also demoted by a place, losing the 10th place and the point to finish 11th, due to a move deemed by the FIA to be advantageous as it resulted in an unfair advantage. Vettel's win enabled him to advance from fourth to second in the championship, while Hamilton did the reverse. Vettel amassed a points total of 165 points and was able to decrease his disadvantage in the Drivers' Championship to 29 points over Alonso. Räikkönen remained third with 149 points, seven and seventeen ahead of Hamilton and Webber in fourth and fifth, respectively. The top five in the Constructors' Championship remained unchanged; Red Bull managed to extend their lead to 36 points over McLaren, with Ferrari and Lotus being a further 16 and 30 points adrift in third and fourth, respectively. Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Number Driver Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Grid Final grid position 1 4 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.285 1:46.665 1:46.362 1 2 18 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:49.494 1:47.602 1:46.804 2 3 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:48.240 1:46.791 1:46.905 3 4 3 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:49.381 1:47.661 1:46.939 4 5 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:49.391 1:47.567 1:47.216 5 6 11 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:48.028 1:47.667 1:47.241 6 7 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:48.717 1:47.513 1:47.475 7 8 10 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:47.668 1:47.529 1:47.788 8 9 7 DEU Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:49.546 1:47.823 no time 9 10 8 DEU Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:49.463 1:47.943 no time 10 11 12 DEU Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:49.547 1:47.975 11 12 9 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:48.169 1:48.261 12 13 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:49.767 1:48.344 13 14 15 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 1:49.055 1:48.505 14 15 16 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:49.023 1:48.774 15 16 17 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:49.564 1:48.849 16 17 19 BRA Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:49.809 no time 221 1 18 14 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:49.933 17 19 21 RUS Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:50.846 18 20 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:51.137 19 21 24 DEU Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:51.370 20 22 25 FRA Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:51.762 21 23 23 IND Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:52.372 23 24 22 ESP Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:53.355 241 1107% time: 1:55.226Source: Notes: 1 1 — Bruno Senna and Pedro de la Rosa received five-place grid penalties for unscheduled gearbox changes.De la Rosa gets gearbox penalty http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102724 Autosport Haymarket Publications 22 September 2012 22 September 2012 Jonathan NobleSenna falls to 22nd with gearbox change penalty http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/23/senna-falls-22nd-gearbox-change-penalty/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 23 September 2012 23 September 2012 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 59 2:00:26.144 3 25 2 3 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 59 +8.959 4 18 3 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 59 +15.227 5 15 4 11 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 59 +19.063 6 12 5 8 DEU Nico Rosberg Mercedes 59 +34.784 10 10 6 9 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 59 +35.759 12 8 7 10 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 59 +36.698 8 6 8 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 59 +42.829 13 4 9 16 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 59 +45.820 15 2 10 15 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 59 +50.619 14 1 11 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 59 +1:07.1752 1 7 12 24 DEU Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 59 +1:31.918 20 13 14 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 59 +1:37.141 17 14 12 DEU Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 59 +1:39.413 11 15 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 59 +1:47.467 19 16 25 FRA Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 59 +2:12.9253 2 21 17 22 ESP Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 58 +1 Lap 24 18 19 BRA Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 57 Engine 22 19 21 RUS Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 57 +2 Laps 18 Ret Retired 17 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 38 Collision 16 Ret Retired 7 DEU Michael Schumacher Mercedes 38 Collision 9 Ret Retired 18 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 36 Hydraulics 2 Ret Retired 23 IND Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 30 Accident 23 Ret Retired 4 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 22 Gearbox 1Source: Notes: 2 1 — Mark Webber originally finished in tenth place, but had twenty seconds added to his time after he cut a corner in order to pass Kamui Kobayashi.Webber loses point after post-race penalty http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/9/13841.html Formula One 23 September 2012 23 September 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120925233006/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/9/13841.html 25 September 2012 3 2 — Charles Pic had twenty seconds added to his race time after he was spotted overtaking another car while red flags were being shown in the final free practice session.Pic handed time penalty for the race http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102741 Autosport Haymarket Publications 22 September 2012 23 September 2012 Jonathan Noble Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 ESP Fernando Alonso 194 10px 2 2 GER Sebastian Vettel 165 10px 3 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 149 10px 2 4 GBR Lewis Hamilton 142 10px 5 AUS Mark Webber 132Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2012/singapour/championnat.aspx Singapore 2012 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 AUT Red Bull-Renault 297 10px 2 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 261 10px 3 ITA Ferrari 245 10px 4 GBR Lotus-Renault 231 10px 5 GER Mercedes 136Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round References Singapore Grand Prix 2012 2012 Italian Grand Prix 2012 Japanese Grand Prix 2011 Singapore Grand Prix 2013 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore 2012 Grand Prix Singapore Grand Prix