2012 Alternate Formula One season

2012 Alternate Formula One
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The 2012 Formula One season was the 63nd Formula One season, and was the third season run after the RWRS breakaway series was established.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds
Petronas Mercedes Team Europe	Mercedes	MGP W03	Mercedes FO 108Z	1	Robert Kubica	1-10, 13-18, 21-36
					Daniel Melrose	11-12
					Li Qi	19-20
				2	Nico Rosberg	1-36
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F2012	Ferrari Type 056	3	Nathan McKane	1-36
				4	Robert Wickens	1-20
					Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler	21-36
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Honda	RB8	Honda RA006E	5	Jenson Button	1-18, 21-36
					Jean-Éric Vergne	19-20
				6	Lewis Hamilton	1-36
Vodafone McLaren Honda	McLaren-Honda	MP4-27	Honda RA006E	7	Sebastian Vettel	1-36
				8	Vitantonio Liuzzi	1-16, 19-36
					Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler	17-18
Stefan Grand Prix	Stefan-Hyundai	S-03	Hyundai i002	9	Shinobu Katayama	1-16
					Miloš Pavlović	17-36
				10	Miloš Pavlović	1-10
					Vitaly Petrov	11-36
Renault F1 Team	Renault	R31	Renault RS27-2012	11	Romain Grosjean	1-36
				12	Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler	1-14
					Fernando Alonso	15-36
Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari	C30	Ferrari Type 056	14	Pastor Maldonado	1-36
				15	Evgeny Restov	1-36
Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Hyundai	VJM05	Hyundai i002	16	Davide Valsecchi	1-36
				17	Paulo Serafim	1-16, 19-36
					Max Chilton	17-18
Canon WilliamsF1	Williams-Honda	FW34	Honda RA006E	18	Esteban Guerreri	1-6, 9-10
					Jarno Trulli	7-8, 11-36
				19	Takuma Sato	1-22, 25-36
					Esteban Guerreri	23-24
Nokia KQ Motor Sports Hyundai	KQ-Hyundai	KQ-02	Hyundai i002	20	Sergio Pérez	1-36
				21	Mizuki Ukawa	1-8, 11-12
					Paul Di Resta	9-10, 13-36
EA Sports Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Hyundai	BT102	Hyundai i002	22	Michael Schumacher	1-18, 21-36
					Nikola Nikolov	19-20
				23	Rubens Barrichello	1-36
Lola Cars F1	Lola-Renault	T12/30	Renault RS27-2012	24	James James Davies	1-10, 13-36
					James Davies	11-12
				25	Nicolás Fontana	1-36
Marussia F1 Team	Marussia-Renault	MR01	Renault RS27-2012	26	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	1-36
				27	John Bean	1-36

Season Calendar

Rd.	Grands Prix	Track	Races	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Reject of the Race
1	Gulf Air Bahrain Grands Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	1	Sebastian Vettel	James James Davies	Sebastian Vettel	McLaren-Honda	Renault
			2	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Jenson Button	Red Bull-Honda	Takuma Sato
2	Petronas Malaysian Grands Prix	Sepang International Circuit	3	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Red Bull-Honda	Takuma Sato
			4	Nathan McKane	Romain Grosjean	Robert Kubica	Mercedes	Takuma Sato
3	Mitsukoshi Japanese Grands Prix	Fuji Speedway	5	Pastor Maldonado	Robert Kubica	Pastor Maldonado	Sauber-Ferrari	Esteban Guerreri
			6	Nathan McKane	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Sebastian Vettel	McLaren-Honda	Pastor Maldonado
4	Hyundai Korean Grands Prix	Korea International Circuit	7	Nathan McKane	Pastor Maldonado	Jarno Trulli	Williams-Honda	Williams-Honda
			8	Lewis Hamilton	Romain Grosjean	Sebastian Vettel	McLaren-Honda	Jenson Button
5	Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grands Prix	Istanbul Park	9	Nathan McKane	Michael Schumacher	Nathan McKane	Ferrari	Paul Di Resta
			10	Pastor Maldonado	James James Davies	Evgeny Restov	Sauber-Ferrari	Rubens Barrichello
6	Alice Grands Prix of Europe	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	11	Jenson Button	Michael Schumacher	Lewis Hamilton	Red Bull-Honda	Daniel Melrose
			12	Nathan McKane	Takuma Sato	Sebastian Vettel	McLaren-Honda	Ferrari
7	Tiffany Monaco Grands Prix	Monaco Street Circuit	13	Lewis Hamilton	Michael Schumacher	Jarno Trulli	Williams-Honda	Red Bull-Honda
			14	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	McLaren-Honda	Williams-Honda
8	Santander British Grands Prix	Donington Park	15	Pastor Maldonado	Sebastian Vettel	Takuma Sato	Williams-Honda	Paulo Serafim
			16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Robert Kubica	Mercedes	Sebastian Vettel
9	Rogers Canadian Grands Prix	Vancouver Street Circuit	17	Lewis Hamilton	Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler	Lewis Hamilton	Red Bull-Honda	Sebastian Vettel
			18	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Jenson Button
10	Intelsat United States Grands Prix	Barber Motorsports Park	19	Takuma Sato	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	McLaren-Honda	Lewis Hamilton
			20	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	McLaren-Honda	Williams-Honda
11	Targobank Große Preise von Deutschland	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	21	Sebastian Vettel	Michael Schumacher	Romain Grosjean	Renault	Red Bull-Honda
			22	Nathan McKane	Davide Valsecchi	Jarno Trulli	Williams-Honda	Lewis Hamilton/ Sebastian Vettel
12	Telefónica Grandes Premios de España	Valencia Street Circuit	23	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Jenson Button	Red Bull-Honda	Vitantonio Liuzzi
			24	Esteban Guerreri	Sebastian Vettel	Pastor Maldonado	Sauber-Ferrari	Esteban Guerreri
13	Campari Gran Premi d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25	Nathan McKane	Evgeny Restov	Pastor Maldonado	Sauber-Ferrari	Renault
			26	Jarno Trulli	James James Davies	Jarno Trulli	Williams-Honda	Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler
14	Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit	27	Nathan McKane	Sebastian Vettel	Pastor Maldonado	Sauber-Ferrari	Evgeny Restov
			28	Sebastian Vettel	James James Davies	Sebastian Vettel	McLaren-Honda	Takuma Sato
15	Airtel Indian Grands Prix	Buddh International Circuit	29	Nathan McKane	Pastor Maldonado	Pastor Maldonado	Sauber-Ferrari	Jenson Button
			30	Takuma Sato	Romain Grosjean	Nathan McKane	Ferrari	Pastor Maldonado
16	LG Grandes Premios del Uruguay	Street Circuit of Punta del Este	31
			32
17	Petrobras Grandes Prêmios do Brasil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	33
			34
18	Avon Tyres Singapore Grands Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	35
			36

Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	BAH		MAL		JPN		KOR		TUR		EUR		MON		GBR		CAN		USA		GER		ESP		ITA		ABU		IND		URU		BRA		SIN		Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	1	2	Ret	12	2	1	Ret	1	20	Ret	Ret	1	18	1	4	19	Ret	Ret	1	1	13	Ret	2	4	16	10	20	1	3	10							299
2	Lewis Hamilton	4	3	1	3	3	7	5	3	2	Ret	1	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	1	Ret	16	Ret	DSQ	Ret	3	2	2	7	7	4	2	Ret							299
3	Pastor Maldonado	20	Ret	4	Ret	1	21	2	2	10	Ret	11	11	Ret	Ret	12	4	Ret	Ret	5	14	5	Ret	5	1	1	3	1	6	1	19							238
4	Nathan McKane	8	6	9	8	5	2	3	8	1	Ret	14	15	Ret	21	Ret	3	5	Ret	7	3	21	6	4	5	7	5	2	2	24	1							227
5	Evgeny Restov	Ret	4	10	11	Ret	4	6	5	11	1	4	Ret	9	3	2	10	Ret	Ret	8	9	6	3	Ret	24	4	2	21	7	5	Ret							190
6	Jenson Button	6	1	2	9	6	8	7	24	3	13	8	4	Ret	2	13	9	Ret	8	EX	EX	DSQ	Ret	1	6	10	20	3	8	Ret	9							182
7	Jarno Trulli							1	4			5	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	3	19	10	1	Ret	12	11	1	Ret	3	23	2							176
8	Takuma Sato	11	Ret	19	15	Ret	16	4	23	Ret	2	7	3	2	7	1	12	2	Ret	2	16	4	12	EX	EX	8	21	9	23	19	16							147
9	James James Davies	2	13	Ret	Ret	4	14	20	7	5	Ret	EX	EX	7	8	8	Ret	8	7	11	2	Ret	5	8	16	5	19	18	5	6	6							132
10	Romain Grosjean	Ret	Ret	15	2	10	3	17	21	6	3	13	7	15	18	6	14	3	Ret	17	7	1	16	Ret	8	Ret	11	6	11	10	22							130
11	Nico Rosberg	7	14	6	19	9	6	14	20	12	4	2	9	11	14	Ret	13	Ret	1	6	6	12	15	19	17	3	Ret	16	10	16	17							113
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	12	9	12	10	8	18	10	6	9	Ret	3	10	13	13	5	2	EX	EX	24	4	14	2	18	15	13	13	15	21	4	4							113
13	Rubens Barrichello	Ret	5	11	17	13	12	13	14	22	14	10	17	4	15	10	Ret	7	6	4	8	8	10	5	3	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	3							105
14	Michael Schumacher	3	8	8	7	21	Ret	12	9	4	5	16	13	5	21	Ret	11	Ret	3	INJ	INJ	7	9	20	7	6	8	10	16	Ret	15							105
15	Robert Kubica	17	Ret	7	1	7	11	16	6	19	Ret	EX	EX	16	5	16	1	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	16	7	16	20	14	23	Ret	14	21	13							86
16	Fernando Alonso															3	7	6	Ret	9	22	Ret	8	12	22	Ret	4	4	Ret	7	8							69
17	Davide Valsecchi	15	Ret	14	4	19	17	15	11	14	6	Ret	5	14	10	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	4	7	14	12	6	11	Ret	17	11							61
18	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	16	15	Ret	19	23	10	17	22	3	20	9	16	9	4	13	Ret	3	14	Ret	18	22	14	19	18	22	7							53
19	Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler	13	7	Ret	16	Ret	22	11	15	17	Ret	15	Ret	8	17	EX	EX	4	Ret			Ret	16	9	11	23	Ret	5	17	12	5							44
20	Shinobu Katayama	5	17	13	5	14	Ret	18	Ret	15	7	6	8	20	16	17	22																					38
21	John Bean	18	15	18	21	15	20	23	25*	16	11	22	20	Ret	11	14	17	10	5	23	15	2	Ret	10	23	21	12	22	20	13	12							30
22	Sergio Pérez	19	10	21	Ret	Ret	9	9	18	8	9	18	12	6	Ret	7	15	Ret	9	15	20	Ret	17	15	19	15	18	13	9	11	Ret							29
23	Paul Di Resta									13	12	EX	EX	Ret	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	12	13	Ret	19	11	13	Ret	17	8	22	9	Ret							28
24	Robert Wickens	9	11	5	6	12	13	8	12	Ret	Ret	12	23	10	9	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	22	11																	27
25	Esteban Guerrieri	14	Ret	3	Ret	11	19	EX	EX	7	Ret													Ret	Ret													22
26	Vitaly Petrov											Ret	16	19	19	15	20	Ret	2	18	10	15	Ret	13	10	18	9	12	12	14	14							22
27	Nicolás Fontana	10	12	16	13	20	23	21	16	Ret	8	19	18	17	6	Ret	18	Ret	10	19	12	17	11	17	25	17	16	14	13	18	18							14
28	Paulo Serafim	16	18	20	14	Ret	5	19	13	21	Ret	20	19	12	12	Ret	Ret	EX	EX	14	17	15	18	14	9	19	22	17	19	15	20							12
29	Jean-Éric Vergne																			10	5																	11
30	Daniel Melrose											21	7																									6
31	James Davies											9	14																									2
32	Mizuki Ukawa	21	19	17	22	17	10	22	22			23	21																									1
33	Miloš Pavlović	Ret	16	22	20	18	Ret	Ret	17	18	Ret							Ret	Ret	21	Ret	18	20	21	21	20	15	23	15	20	21							0
34	Nikola Nikolov																			25	18																	0
35	Li Qi																			20	21																	0
36	Max Chilton																	Ret	Ret																			0

Constructor Standings

Pos	Team	#	BAH		MAL		JPN		KOR		TUR		EUR		MON		GBR		CAN		USA		GER		ESP		ITA		ABU		IND		URU		BRA		SIN		Points
1	Red Bull-Honda	5	6	1	2	9	6	8	7	24	3	13	8	4	Ret	2	13	9	Ret	8	10	5	DSQ	Ret	1	6	10	20	3	8	Ret	9							492
		6	4	3	1	3	3	7	5	3	2	Ret	1	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	1	Ret	16	Ret	DSQ	Ret	3	2	2	7	7	4	2	Ret
2	Sauber-Ferrari	14	20	Ret	4	Ret	1	21	2	2	10	Ret	11	11	Ret	Ret	12	4	Ret	Ret	5	14	5	Ret	5	1	1	3	1	6	1	19							428
		15	Ret	4	10	11	Ret	4	6	5	11	1	4	Ret	9	3	2	10	11	Ret	8	9	6	3	Ret	24	4	2	21	7	5	Ret
3	McLaren-Honda	7	1	2	Ret	12	2	1	Ret	1	20	Ret	Ret	1	18	1	4	19	Ret	Ret	1	1	13	Ret	2	4	16	10	20	1	3	10							424
		8	12	9	12	10	8	18	10	8	9	Ret	3	10	13	13	5	2	4	Ret	24	4	14	2	18	15	13	13	15	21	4	4
4	Williams-Honda	18	14	Ret	3	Ret	11	19	1	4	Ret	2	5	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	3	19	10	1	Ret	12	11	1	Ret	3	23	2							348
		19	11	Ret	19	15	Ret	16	4	23	7	Ret	7	3	2	7	1	12	2	Ret	2	16	4	12	Ret	Ret	8	21	9	23	19	16
5	Ferrari	3	8	6	9	8	5	2	3	8	1	Ret	14	15	Ret	21	Ret	3	5	Ret	7	3	21	6	4	5	7	5	2	2	24	1							295
		4	9	11	5	6	12	13	8	12	Ret	Ret	12	23	10	9	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	22	11	Ret	16	9	11	23	Ret	5	17	12	5
6	Renault	11	Ret	Ret	15	2	10	3	17	21	6	3	13	7	15	18	6	14	3	Ret	17	7	1	16	Ret	8	Ret	11	6	11	10	22							209
		12	13	7	Ret	16	Ret	22	11	15	17	Ret	15	Ret	8	17	3	7	6	Ret	9	22	Ret	8	12	22	Ret	4	4	Ret	7	8
7	Brabham-Hyundai	22	3	8	8	7	21	Ret	12	9	4	5	16	13	5	21	Ret	11	Ret	3	25	18	7	9	20	7	6	8	10	16	Ret	15							210
		23	Ret	5	11	17	13	12	13	14	22	14	10	17	4	15	10	Ret	7	6	4	8	8	10	5	3	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	3
8	Mercedes	1	17	Ret	7	1	7	11	16	6	19	Ret	9	14	16	5	16	1	Ret	Ret	20	21	16	7	16	20	14	23	Ret	14	21	13							195
		2	7	14	6	19	9	6	14	20	12	4	2	9	11	14	Ret	13	Ret	1	6	6	12	15	19	17	3	Ret	16	10	16	17
9	Lola-Renault	24	2	13	Ret	Ret	4	14	20	7	5	Ret	9	14	7	8	8	Ret	8	7	11	2	Ret	5	8	16	5	19	18	5	6	6							148
		25	10	12	16	13	20	23	21	16	Ret	8	19	18	17	6	Ret	18	Ret	10	19	12	17	11	17	25	17	16	14	13	18	18
10	Marussia-Renault	26	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	16	15	Ret	19	23	10	17	22	3	20	9	16	9	4	13	Ret	3	14	Ret	18	22	14	19	18	22	7							83
		27	18	15	18	21	15	20	23	25	16	11	22	20	Ret	11	14	17	10	5	23	15	2	Ret	10	23	21	12	22	20	13	12
11	Force India-Hyundai	16	15	Ret	14	4	19	17	15	11	14	6	Ret	5	14	10	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	4	7	14	12	6	11	Ret	17	11							79
		17	16	18	20	14	Ret	5	19	13	21	Ret	20	19	12	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	17	15	18	14	9	19	22	17	19	15	20
12	Stefan-Hyundai	9	5	17	13	5	14	Ret	18	Ret	15	7	6	8	20	16	17	22	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	18	20	21	21	20	15	23	15	20	21							59
		10	Ret	16	22	20	18	Ret	Ret	17	18	Ret	Ret	16	19	19	15	20	Ret	2	18	10	15	Ret	13	10	18	9	12	12	14	14
13	KQ-Hyundai	20	19	10	21	Ret	Ret	9	9	18	8	9	18	12	6	Ret	7	15	Ret	9	15	20	Ret	17	15	19	15	18	13	9	11	Ret							58
		21	21	19	17	22	17	10	22	22	13	12	23	21	Ret	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	12	13	Ret	19	11	13	Ret	17	8	22	9	Ret