Race 20 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1]
Date
25 November 2012
Official name
Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2012
Location
Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.309 km (2.677 miles)
Distance
71 laps, 305.909 km (190.083 miles)
Weather
Race start: drops of rain, light rain shower getting heavier at the end.[2]
Air Temp 19 °C (66 °F)[2]
Track Temp 21 °C (70 °F)[2]
Pole position
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Time
1:12.458
Fastest lap
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Time
1:18.069 on lap 38
Podium
First
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
Third
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2012)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, on 25 November 2012.[3] The race was the twentieth and final round of the 2012 Formula One World Championship, and marked the forty-first running of the Brazilian Grand Prix. The race was won by Jenson Button driving for McLaren, scoring the 15th and last victory of his Formula One career, as well as McLaren's last Grand Prix victory until the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, as well as the last win for a British McLaren driver until Lando Norris won the 2024 Miami Grand Prix.
It was at this race that Sebastian Vettel won the 2012 World Drivers' Championship, his third title in a row. Fernando Alonso finished second in both the race and the championship and had the provisional championship lead at a late stage of the race, before Vettel moved up the order to have a three-point cushion. The race also marked the 306th and final one for Michael Schumacher, after he announced his retirement for the second time.
^ ab"Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2012". Formula One. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
^ abc"FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO PETROBRAS DO BRASIL 2012 (Race)". f1standings.net. F1Standings. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
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