<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:creativeCommons="http://backend.userland.com/creativeCommonsRssModule" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog</title> <link>http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk</link> <description>Formula 1 news, comment, analysis, video and more from F1 Fanatic</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:01:19 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2</generator> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/f1fanatic" /><feedburner:info uri="f1fanatic" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><image><link>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</link><url>http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif</url><title>Some Rights Reserved</title></image><feedburner:emailServiceId>f1fanatic</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item> <title>McLaren admits it “squandered” chance for titles | F1 Fanatic round-up</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/f1fanatic/~3/m093t7T0qMo/</link> <comments>http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/21/f1-fanatic-roundup-2111/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:01:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Keith Collantine</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[F1 Fanatic round-up]]></category> <category><![CDATA[f1 fanatic round-up]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/?p=65985</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/21/f1-fanatic-roundup-2111/">McLaren admits it &#8220;squandered&#8221; chance for titles</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>In the round-up: McLaren "squandered" title chances • Button doesn't expect Perez to be quick from the off • "It's been a good season" says Rosberg</p></p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/21/f1-fanatic-roundup-2111/">McLaren admits it &#8220;squandered&#8221; chance for titles</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/21/f1-fanatic-roundup-2111/">McLaren admits it &#8220;squandered&#8221; chance for titles</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/23/2012-singapore-grand-prix-pictures/formula-one-world-championship-rd14-singapore-grand-prix-race-marina-bay-street-circuit-singapore-sunday-23-september-2012-16/" rel="attachment wp-att-64652"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mcla-hami-sing-20123-470x313.jpg" alt="Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Marina Bay, 2012" title="Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Marina Bay, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-64652" /></a>In the round-up: McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh admits the team&#8217;s operation mistakes and reliability problems cost them a chance at the championships.</p> <h3>Links</h3> <p>Top F1 links from the past 24 hours:</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104429">McLaren &#8216;squandered title chance&#8217; (Autosport)</a></strong></p> <p>Martin Whitmarsh: &#8220;We have underperformed. We haven&#8217;t done a good enough job in a number of different ways, but we&#8217;ve had a quick car and that is an achievement.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/12479/8262311/Jenson-Button-predicts-early-struggles-for-Sergio-Perez-at-McLaren-next-year">Button &#8211; Perez could struggle (Sky)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;We will see what happens. I have a feeling he will be competitive but of course he doesn&#8217;t have the experience. I don&#8217;t think he will be fighting at the front at the start of next season but we might be surprised at the first race.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://en.espnf1.com/mercedes/motorsport/story/94450.html">Still been a good season &#8211; Rosberg (ESPN)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;Unfortunately we got in to some difficulties and now at the end of the season we&#8217;re struggling a little bit. But still, all in all it&#8217;s been a good season because we&#8217;re moving forward and that&#8217;s nice to see, and that&#8217;s very encouraging also for the future.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a href="http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/a-mexican-standoff/" target="_blank">A Mexican standoff (Joe Saward)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;The initial suggestion was that the race could take place at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City in June, to replace the postponed New Jersey race, but the various consortia bidding for the work all apparently agree that it is impossible to do all that is needed in the six months available, even if there is endless money.&#8221;</p> <ul> <li><a href="/2012/02/15/mexicos-interlagos-perfect-f1/">Why ‘Mexico’s Interlagos’ would be perfect for F1</a></li> </ul> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewishamilton/9689106/Lewis-Hamilton-US-Grand-Prix-win-proves-Im-still-one-of-F1s-best-drivers-after-beating-Sebastian-Vettel.html">Hamilton: I&#8217;m still one of the best (The Telegraph)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;I think I stamped my mark on the sport and showed I have the status that the others do. Even though I am not competing for first or second in the championship I still hold that drive. I just beat the supposed best.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.ferrari.com/english/formula1/news/headlines/Pages/121120-alonso-tweeting-safely-in-new-york.aspx" target="_blank">Alonso tweeting safely in New York (Ferrari)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;I chose to sign up to Twitter because I can manage my relationship with my supporters on my own. I really like loading up photos and usually, I manage to express myself better with a photo than with the 140 characters.&#8221;</p> <ul> <li>Find more official F1 accounts to follow in the <a href="/f1-information/f1-twitter/" title="F1 Twitter directory">F1 Twitter Directory</a></li> </ul> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.indystar.com/racingexpert/2012/11/20/nov-20-on-austin-and-leigh-diffey/">Nov. 20: On Austin and Leigh Diffey (IndyStar)</a></strong></p> <p>Curt Cavin: &#8220;I’d say the future [of F1 in America] is the same as it was in Indianapolis, meaning that COTA will continue as a host site so long as it can sell the tickets and the sponsorship to make it pay the sanctioning fee. Indianapolis might still be going if Bernie Ecclestone hadn’t requested more money and fans not soured on the event following the tyre debacle.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/cff1">CFF1 18 Nov 12: The US Grand Prix (Chequered Flag Formula 1)</a></strong></p> <p>Anthony Hamilton: &#8220;It hasn’t been so much [me] not being part of the set-up, it’s been Lewis having his own space, us having our own space, and Lewis is now going to have his own space next year. It’s what kids do isn’t it?&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2012/11/14087.html">The Inside Line &#8211; on Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen (F1)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;Q: What do you admire?<br /> KR: Those boys from 1960s and early ‘70s in F1. Drivers made from steel in cars made of wood.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a href="http://gigaom.com/cloud/holy-cow-the-formula-1-races-have-a-ton-of-tech-inside/" target="_blank"><a href="http://gigaom.com/cloud/holy-cow-the-formula-1-races-have-a-ton-of-tech-inside/">Holy cow, the Formula 1 races have a ton of tech inside (Giga Om)</a></a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;The video feeds from the track to the rest of the viewing world is handled by satellite, but [Tata Communications vice president of strategic alliances and sponsorships] Mehul Kapadia is hoping that soon that will change. Tata is one of the largest IP backbone companies in the world and is hoping that after this year it can help transition the F1 world from satellite to fibre.&#8221;</p> <h3>Tweets</h3> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="480"><p>On my way to Ground Zero, for an event/presentation with our sponsor Kaspersky! And this afternoon will close the session at Wall Street..;)</p> <p>&mdash; Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/alo_oficial/status/270912098584915968" data-datetime="2012-11-20T15:30:52+00:00">November 20, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p><a name="commentoftheday"></a></p> <h3>Comment of the day</h3> <p>Jono (<a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/me262/' rel='nofollow'>@me262</a>) has a thought on who should buy HRT:</p> <blockquote><p>Adrian Newey should show everyone how it&#8217;s done and purchase HRT and be elbowing it out with McLaren and Ferrari in two years!<br /> <em>Jono (<a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/me262/' rel='nofollow'>@me262</a>)</em></p></blockquote> <h3>From the forum</h3> <ul> <li>Terrific <a href="/groups/formula-three/forum/topic/2012-macau-grand-prix/?topic_page=3&#038;num=15#post-80240">video from the F3 Macau Grand Prix</a></li> <li>More on <a href="/groups/british-touring-car-championship/forum/topic/btcc-adds-soft-tyre-gimmick/">the BTCC&#8217;s soft tyre gimmick</a></li> <li><a href="/groups/f1/forum/topic/bbcs-top-20-f1-drivers-ever-list/?topic_page=25&#038;num=15">The BBC&#8217;s top F1 drivers list</a> is complete</li> </ul> <h3>Happy birthday!</h3> <p>Happy birthday to Polishboy808!</p> <p>If you want a birthday shout-out tell us when yours is by <a href="/credits-and-contacts/contact-f1fanatic">emailling me</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/f1fanatic_co_uk">using Twitter</a> or <a href="/2009/03/06/what-was-the-f1-news-on-your-birthday/">adding to the list here</a>.</p> <p><a name="onthisday"></a></p> <h3>On this day in F1</h3> <p>Italian F1 driver Felice Bonetto died on this day in 1953. He was competing in the Carrera Panamericana when he crashed in the Mexican village of Silao.</p> <p>Bonetto raced for Alfa Romeo and Maserati, scoring two podium finishes with third place at Monza in 1951 (shared with <a title="Giuseppe Farina" href="/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-f/giuseppi-nino-farina/">Giuseppe Farina</a>) and Zandvoort in 1953.</p> <p><small><em>Image © Singapore GP/Sutton</em></small></p> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/21/f1-fanatic-roundup-2111/">McLaren admits it &#8220;squandered&#8221; chance for titles</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. 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If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Lewis Hamilton says he wants to leave McLaren on a high with victory in this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix.</p></p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/hamilton-brazil-victory-perfect-farewell/">Hamilton: First Brazil win would be &#8220;perfect farewell&#8221;</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/hamilton-brazil-victory-perfect-farewell/">Hamilton: First Brazil win would be &#8220;perfect farewell&#8221;</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/18/2012-united-states-grand-prix-qualifying-pictures/motorsports-fia-formula-one-world-championship-2012-grand-prix-of-united-states-18/" rel="attachment wp-att-66725"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mcla-hami-cota-2012-3-470x313.jpg" alt="Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66725" /></a><a title="Lewis Hamilton" href="/lewis-hamilton/">Lewis Hamilton</a> says he wants to leave McLaren on a high with victory in this weekend&#8217;s Brazilian Grand Prix.</p> <p>Hamilton will make his 110th and final start for McLaren before moving to Mercedes in the off-season.</p> <p>&#8220;Brazil has been the scene of some epic races for me during my time at Vodafone McLaren Merecedes and, for many reasons, this weekend will be a very big race for me,&#8221; said Hamilton.</p> <p>&#8220;I <a href="/2007/10/21/brazilian-gp-2007-review-raikkonen-champion-by-a-point/http://" title="2007 Brazilian Grand Prix review: Raikkonen claims title by a point as Hamilton hits trouble">nearly won the title here in 2007</a>, <a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/11/02/lewis-hamilton-is-champion-in-epic-climax-to-final-race-2008-brazilian-gp/" title="2008 Brazilian Grand Prix review: Lewis Hamilton is champion in epic climax to final race">clinched it on the final turn in 2008</a> and drove like crazy to <a href="/2009/10/19/webber-wins-in-style-as-button-races-to-title-brazilian-grand-prix-race-report/" title="2009 Brazilian Grand Prix review: Webber wins in style as Button races to title">finish on the podium in 2009</a>. But I’ve never won: and that’s what I’ll be aiming to do this time around.</p> <p>&#8220;As my final race behind the wheel of a McLaren, I vow to the whole team that I’ll give it my all on every single lap. My win in Austin last week was one of the races of my life, and I’d love to take victory in Brazil this weekend to give the team the perfect farewell present.&#8221;</p> <p>Hamilton is not in contention for the championship this year but praised title rivals <a title="Sebastian Vettel" href="/sebastian-vettel/">Sebastian Vettel</a> and Fernando Alonso:</p> <p>&#8220;It’s a very finely poised battle, and neither Sebastian nor Fernando can afford to relax for a moment. They are both fantastic drivers, and both have driven superbly all season. Now, we’ll see who takes the final honours – I hope it’s an epic contest.”</p> <p>Team principal Martin Whitmarsh added: &#8220;This weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix will bring the curtain down on another fascinating and exciting world championship. Additionally, it’ll be Lewis’s final race for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes – the end of a long, and successful, chapter in the team’s history.</p> <p>&#8220;I think our win in Austin last weekend has buoyed the team after a couple of disappointing races, and has shown that, in terms of raw speed, the MP4-27 wants for nothing. That’s an encouraging message to be sending home to our engineers and designers for the winter, and also a positive for our drivers, who know that they’ll likely be equipped with race-winning machinery for the Interlagos weekend.</p> <p>&#8220;The Formula One world championship couldn’t ask for a more epic backdrop to the title decider than the sweeps and valleys of Interlagos. There’s little to choose between the performances of Sebastian and Fernando this season, and all I hope for is a fair and true contest on Sunday.&#8221;</p> <h4>2012 Brazilian Grand Prix</h4> <p><ul class="lcp_catlist"><li class = current ><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/hamilton-brazil-victory-perfect-farewell/" title="Hamilton: First Brazil win would be "perfect farewell"">Hamilton: First Brazil win would be "perfect farewell"</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/10/16/pirelli-hardest-tyres-united-states-gp/" title="Pirelli to use hardest tyres for United States GP">Pirelli to use hardest tyres for United States GP</a> </li></ul><strong><a href="/category/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-brazilian-grand-prix/">Browse all 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix articles</a></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/hamilton-brazil-victory-perfect-farewell/">Hamilton: First Brazil win would be &#8220;perfect farewell&#8221;</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. 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If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Ten of the best pictures which tell the story of the United States Grand Prix.</p></p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/top-ten-pictures-2012-united-states-grand-prix/">Top ten pictures from the 2012 United States GP</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/top-ten-pictures-2012-united-states-grand-prix/">Top ten pictures from the 2012 United States GP</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Ten of the best pictures which tell the story of the United States Grand Prix.</p> <h3>Mark Webber, Friday practice</h3> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/redb-webb-cota-2012-22.jpg"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/redb-webb-cota-2012-22-886x581.jpg" alt="Mark Webber, Red Bull, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Mark Webber, Red Bull, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-66870" /></a></p> <p>The Circuit of the Americas caught driver after driver out on Friday with is slippery surface. Among them was <a title="Mark Webber" href="/mark-webber/">Mark Webber</a>, who had this harmless spin off the track.</p> <h3>Michael Schumacher, Friday practice</h3> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/merc-schu-cota-20122.jpg"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/merc-schu-cota-20122-886x590.jpg" alt="Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-66868" /></a></p> <p><a title="Michael Schumacher" href="/michael-schumacher/">Michael Schumacher</a> explored the new track but this was his one and only appearance at the Circuit of the Americas as he retires after the next race in Brazil.</p> <p>The track&#8217;s run-off areas originally featured a patriotic combinations of stars and stripes, but the stars were removed prior to the race weekend after broadcasters said they would be distracting.</p> <h3>Romain Grosjean, Saturday</h3> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lotu-gros-cota-2012-31.jpg"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lotu-gros-cota-2012-31-886x590.jpg" alt="Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-66709" /></a></p> <p><a title="Romain Grosjean" href="/romain-grosjean/">Romain Grosjean</a> was back on form in qualifying, beating team mate Kimi Raikkonen to fourth on the grid.</p> <p>Unfortunately his hard work was undone by a gearbox change penalty and then a spin during the race. He finished seventh.</p> <h3>Felipe Massa, Saturday</h3> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ferr-mass-cota-2012-1.jpg"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ferr-mass-cota-2012-1-886x590.jpg" alt="Felipe Massa, Ferrari, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Felipe Massa, Ferrari, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-66755" /></a></p> <p>After conducting practice starts with both cars Ferrari concluded they did not want <a title="Fernando Alonso" href="/fernando-alonso/">Fernando Alonso</a> starting from the dirty side of the grid in his eighth position.</p> <p>The team <a href="/2012/11/18/alonso-moves-clean-side-massa-takes-gearbox-penalty/" title="Alonso moves forward as Massa takes penalty">took the controversial decision to deliberately incur a gearbox penalty</a> for <a title="Felipe Massa" href="/felipe-massa/">Felipe Massa</a>, dropping him from sixth to eleventh, promoting Alonso to seventh place and the clean side of the grid. </p> <h3>Fan, Circuit of the Americas</h3> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/fan-cota-2012.jpg"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/fan-cota-2012-886x590.jpg" alt="Fan, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Fan, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-66866" /></a></p> <p>Just one of the hundreds of thousands of Formula One fans who turned up to see the return of Grand Prix racing in America. His headgear reveals he&#8217;s been to a few previous F1 races in America and the Indianapolis 500, and made visits to Ferrari&#8217;s home grounds at Monza and Imola.</p> <h3>Start, United States Grand Prix</h3> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/start-cota-2012.jpg"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/start-cota-2012-886x459.jpg" alt="Start, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Start, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-66871" /></a></p> <p>The effect of starting on the dirty side of the grid was immediately apparent. As the cars headed to turn one those who started on the left already had the drivers who had lined up behind and to their right alongside them. However Grosjean made a decent start from the eighth position Alonso had vacated.</p> <h3>Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna, United States Grand Prix</h3> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/will-mald-cota-2012-31.jpg"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/will-mald-cota-2012-31-886x590.jpg" alt="Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna, Williams, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna, Williams, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-66873" /></a></p> <p><a title="Williams" href="/f1-information/f1-teams/williams/">Williams</a> team mates Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna diced for position at turn one.</p> <h3>Leiws Hamilton, United States Grand Prix</h3> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mcla-hami-cota-2012-43.jpg"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mcla-hami-cota-2012-43-886x590.jpg" alt="Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-66867" /></a></p> <p><a title="Lewis Hamilton" href="/lewis-hamilton/">Lewis Hamilton</a> seized his opportunity to win the United States Grand Prix when Sebastian Vettel was briefly delayed by the lapped Narain Kathikeyan.</p> <p>Like <a title="Mika Hakkinen" href="/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-h/mika-hakkinen/">Mika Hakkinen</a> before him, Hamilton won his penultimate race for McLaren in the USA before leaving the team.</p> <h3>Mario Andretti, United States Grand Prix</h3> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vett-andr-hami-alon-cota-2012.jpg"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vett-andr-hami-alon-cota-2012-886x588.jpg" alt="Sebastian Vettel, Mario Andretti, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Sebastian Vettel, Mario Andretti, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-66872" /></a></p> <p>Fittingly, 1978 world champion and Circuit of the Americas ambassador <a title="Mario Andretti" href="/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-a/mario-andretti/">Mario Andretti</a> joined the all-champions podium after the race. And he donned one of Pirelli&#8217;s Stetson hats as well.</p> <h3>Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso, United States Grand Prix</h3> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/redb-cota-2012-11.jpg"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/redb-cota-2012-11-886x590.jpg" alt="Red Bull, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Red Bull, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-66869" /></a></p> <p><a href="/2012/11/18/red-bull-clinch-constructors-title-victory-row/" title="Red Bull win third constructors’ title in a row">Red Bull clinched the constructors&#8217; championship</a> in America but the drivers&#8217; championship shootout is set for next Sunday in the Brazilian Grand Prix.</p> <h4>More United States Grand Prix pictures</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/2012/11/15/2012-united-states-grand-prix-thursday-pictures/">2012 United States Grand Prix Thursday pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/2012/11/16/2012-united-states-grand-prix-practice-pictures/">2012 United States Grand Prix practice in pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/2012/11/18/2012-united-states-grand-prix-qualifying-pictures/">2012 United States Grand Prix qualifying in pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/2012/11/18/2012-united-states-grand-prix-pictures/">2012 United States Grand Prix in pictures</a></li> </ul> <h4>Share your United States Grand Prix pictures and video</h4> <p>Were you at the Circuit of the Americas last weekend? 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If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Four drivers tied for the top score in the United States Grand Prix round of the Predictions Championship.</p></p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/photozen-wins-penultimate-predictions-championship/">Photozen wins USA Predictions Championship round</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/photozen-wins-penultimate-predictions-championship/">Photozen wins USA Predictions Championship round</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/18/2012-united-states-grand-prix-pictures/gp-usa-f12012-26/" rel="attachment wp-att-66858"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vett-whit-hami-alon-cota-2012-2-470x313.jpg" alt="Sebastian Vettel, Martin Whitmarsh, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Sebastian Vettel, Martin Whitmarsh, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66858" /></a>Four drivers tied for the top score in the United States Grand Prix round of the Predictions Championship.</p> <p>After the pole position time tie-breaker was applied <a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/photozen/' rel='nofollow'>@Photozen</a> came out on top ahead of <a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/cmikef1/' rel='nofollow'>@CMikeF1</a> and Yayra A (<a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/xdugu19/' rel='nofollow'>@xdugu19</a>). Congratulations to those three who respectively win a 1976 Autocourse eBook, a Grand Prix Heroes DVD and an F1 poster from PJ Tierney.</p> <p>Commiserations to <a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/3dom/' rel='nofollow'>@3dom</a> who scared the top score but didn&#8217;t win a prize this time.</p> <p>With one race remaining <a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/carpy3/' rel='nofollow'>@Carpy3</a> holds a useful 14-point lead. But there are 74 different players who could win the championship outright in Brazil and lots more runners-up prizes to be won as well.</p> <p>See the updated points standings in full here:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/predictions-championship/f1-fanatic-predictions-championship-standings/">Updated Predictions Championship standings</a></li> </ul> <p>Here are the predictions from the top-scoring players in this round:</p> <div class="motorracingleague-race-results wrap"><h3>F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship 2012 - United States</h3><table class="motorracingleague motorracingleague_results" ><thead> <tr> <th class="motorracingleague_player" scope="col">Player</th><th scope="col">Pole Time</th><th scope="col">Pole</th><th>1.</th><th>2.</th><th>3.</th><th>4.</th><th>5.</th><th scope="col">Points</th></tr></thead> <tbody><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>xdugu19</td><td>01:36.093</td> <td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>photozen</td><td>01:35.921</td> <td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>3dom</td><td>01:36.241</td> <td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>cmikef1</td><td>01:35.385</td> <td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>LuvinF1</td><td>01:37.000</td> <td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>leepat0302</td><td>01:34.999</td> <td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>Mina</td><td>01:35.900</td> <td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Felipe Massa'>MAS</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>JS</td><td>01:36.997</td> <td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Felipe Massa'>MAS</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>Elreno</td><td>01:36.327</td> <td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>pauldstar</td><td>01:35.015</td> <td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>IsaacTham</td><td>01:35.200</td> <td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Jenson Button'>BUT</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><th scope='row' class='motorracingleague_player'>LookingSpiffy</td><td>01:35.128</td> <td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Lewis Hamilton'>HAM</td><td title='Sebastian Vettel'>VET</td><td title='Fernando Alonso'>ALO</td><td title='Mark Webber'>WEB</td><td title='Felipe Massa'>MAS</td><td>21</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Remember the last race of the season is this weekend. You can enter your predictions below and edit them whenever you like before the start of the qualifying.</p> <h3>2012 F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship overall prizes</h3> <div class="alignright"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/silverstone.gif" alt="" title="" width="208" height="117" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-43681" /></div> <p><strong>Grand prize: Two grandstands tickets to the 2013 British Grand Prix</strong></p> <p>The person who scores the most points over the whole season will win two grandstand tickets to the 2013 British Grand Prix at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.silverstone.co.uk/">Silverstone</a>.</p> <p>The grand prize winner will receive tickets to all three days of the event with reserved seating for the race.</p> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.silverstone.co.uk/events/2011-Formula-1-Santander-British-Grand-Prix1/">Buy British Grand Prix tickets via the Silverstone website</a> or call the ticket hotline on 0844 3728 300</li> </ul> <div class="alignright"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/robijbema.jpg" alt="Car-a-Day painting by Rob Ijbema" title="" width="208" height="117" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-43684" /></div> <p><strong>Second place prize: An F1 painting of your choice</strong></p> <p>The second place finisher will win a Formula 1 painting by Rob Ijbema.</p> <p>You get to choose which F1 driver, present or past, will feature in the painting.</p> <p>Or you can pick one of the other motor racing paintings on Rob&#8217;s site:</p> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://car-a-day.blogspot.com/">Car-a-day</a></li> </ul> <div class="alignright"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/racecarengineering.jpg" alt="Racecar Engineering" title="Racecar Engineering" width="208" height="276" class="size-full wp-image-56617" /></div> <p><strong>Runner-up prize: Racecar Engineering subscriptions</strong></p> <p>The five players with the next highest scores (positions three to seven) will each win a year&#8217;s subscription to Racecar Engineering magazine.</p> <p>Racecar Engineering is the world’s leading motorsport technology magazine. Every issue is packed with in-depth features, interviews and analysis from Formula One, Le Mans and all forms racing and rallying.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.racecar-engineering.com/subscribe" target="_blank">Exclusive offer: save up to £33 when you subscribe to Racecar Engineering</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Runner-up prize: Autocourse calendars</strong></p> <p>The five players with the next highest scores (positions eight to 12) will each win a 2013 Autocourse calendar.</p> <p>The Autocourse Grand Prix calendar contains images taken during the season of all the major players competing in the Formula One World Championship.</p> <p>The images are high resolution and taken by one of the world&#8217;s leading Grand Prix photographers, the calendar is printed on art quality paper and comes with a stiffened backing board and shrink wrapped for protection.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.autocourse.com/products/autocourse-calendar-2012/" target="_blank">Autocourse Grand Prix calendar</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>More prizes to be announced</strong></p> <p>Further prizes will be announced during the season.</p> <h3>2012 F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship race prizes</h3> <div class="alignright"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/autocourse_1971_ebook.jpg" alt="1971 Autocourse ebook" title="1971 Autocourse ebook" width="208" height="295" class="size-full wp-image-56618" /></div> <p><strong>Race winner&#8217;s prize: Autocourse eBooks</strong></p> <p>The highest scorer in each race will win an Autocourse eBook. The 1971 edition will be the first prize up for grabs, and later players will have the chance to win 1972 to 1976 editions.</p> <p>The Autocourse eBooks are faithful reproductions of the original annuals in digital form. The colour, clarity of images and text have been improved to modern standards, but the content remains in original format.</p> <p>Autocourse has become the definitive record of Formula One racing the world over and early editions are collector’s items, which regularly trade for hundreds of pounds.</p> <ul> <li>The 1971 Autocourse eBook is available from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.autocourse.com">www.autocourse.com</a> for £19.99 with free postage/packing to UK customers.</li> </ul> <p><strong>First runner-up prize: Grand Prix Heroes DVD</strong></p> <p><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/grand-prix-heroes-208.jpg" alt="Grand Prix Heroes DVDs" title="Grand Prix Heroes DVDs" class="alignright size-full wp-image-58403" />The second-placed player in each race will win their choice of one of Duke Video&#8217;s new Grand Prix Heroes DVDs (pictured top).</p> <p>Videos are available on such famous F1 figures as Niki Lauda, James Hunt, Mika Hakkinen, Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Jody Scheckter, Ronnie Peterson, Peter Revson and Frank Williams.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.dukevideo.com" target="_blank">Duke Video</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Second runner-up prize: F1 posters by PJ Tierney</strong></p> <p><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pj-tierney-f1-posters-208.jpg" alt="PJ Tierney F1 posters" title="PJ Tierney F1 posters" class="alignright size-full wp-image-58402" />The third-placed player in each race will win one of PJ Tierney&#8217;s excellent unofficial Formula 1 posters.</p> <p>You can view PJ&#8217;s posters along with his other work on his website:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://pjtierney.net/" target="_blank">PJ Tierney</a></li> </ul> <h3>How to enter</h3> <p>To enter, predict the pole sitter and the top five finishers in the race. You can also enter a prediction for the pole position lap time &#8211; this may be used as a tie-breaker.</p> <p>Enter your pole position lap time prediction as follows: <strong>MM:SS.ccc</strong></p> <p>For example, for a lap of one minute, 23.456 seconds you would enter <strong>01:23.456</strong></p> <p>You need to <strong>log in using an F1 Fanatic account</strong> to make your prediction. </p> <p>If you haven&#8217;t got one yet the sign-up process is quick, simple and entirely free: <a href="/f1fsignup/">sign up here now</a>.</p> <p>After entering your prediction, you will receive an email confirming your entry. If this does not happen, or you are concerned your prediction has not been received, please <a href="/credits-and-contacts/contact-f1fanatic">get in touch using the contact form</a>.</p> <h3>Enter your predictions</h3> <a href="#" name="mrlpaneltop"></a><div class="motorracingleague-post wrap"><div id="motorracingleague_notice"><p class="motorracingleague_error">You must be logged in</p></div><div id="motorracingleague_entry_form_7"><form id="motorracingleague_form" method="" action=""><fieldset><legend>Entry for F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship 2012</legend><div class="motorracingleague_clock" id="motorracingleague_clock_7">clock</div> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- var mrl_cd7 = new motorracingleague_countdown('mrl_cd7'); mrl_cd7.Div = "motorracingleague_clock_7"; mrl_cd7.TargetDate = "11/24/2012 04:00:00 PM"; mrl_cd7.ServerDate = "11/21/2012 01:19:11 AM"; mrl_cd7.DisplayFormat = "Next prediction deadline in %%D%%d, %%H%%h, %%M%%m, %%S%%s"; mrl_cd7.FinishStr = "Too Late - Prediction deadline passed"; mrl_cd7.Setup(); //--> </script> <table class="motorracingleague_entry_table"><tr><td>Race:</td><td><select name='mrl_race' id='mrl_race'><option value='81'>Brazil</option></select></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><label for="motorracingleague_pole_lap_time">Pole Time</label></td><td><input type="text" name="motorracingleague_pole_lap_time" id="motorracingleague_pole_lap_time" value="" size="10" /></td></tr><tr><td>Pole</td><td><select name="mrl_participant[0]" id="mrl_participant0"><option value="-1"></option><option value="152">Bruno Senna</option><option value="158">Charles Pic</option><option value="150">Daniel Ricciardo</option><option value="131">Felipe Massa</option><option value="130">Fernando Alonso</option><option value="145">Heikki Kovalainen</option><option value="156">Jean-Eric Vergne</option><option value="129">Jenson Button</option><option value="159">Jerome D\'Ambrosio</option><option value="140">Kamui Kobayashi</option><option value="153">Kimi Raikkonen</option><option value="128">Lewis Hamilton</option><option value="127">Mark Webber</option><option value="132">Michael Schumacher</option><option value="146">Narain Karthikeyan</option><option value="155">Nico Hulkenberg</option><option value="133">Nico Rosberg</option><option value="137">Pastor Maldonado</option><option value="139">Paul di Resta</option><option value="157">Pedro de la Rosa</option><option value="154">Romain Grosjean</option><option value="126">Sebastian Vettel</option><option value="141">Sergio Perez</option><option value="148">Timo Glock</option><option value="135">Vitaly Petrov</option></select><br /> </td></tr><tr><td>Position 1</td><td><select name="mrl_participant[1]" id="mrl_participant1"><option value="-1"></option><option value="152">Bruno Senna</option><option value="158">Charles Pic</option><option value="150">Daniel Ricciardo</option><option value="131">Felipe Massa</option><option value="130">Fernando Alonso</option><option value="145">Heikki Kovalainen</option><option value="156">Jean-Eric Vergne</option><option value="129">Jenson Button</option><option value="159">Jerome D\'Ambrosio</option><option value="140">Kamui Kobayashi</option><option value="153">Kimi Raikkonen</option><option value="128">Lewis Hamilton</option><option value="127">Mark Webber</option><option value="132">Michael Schumacher</option><option value="146">Narain Karthikeyan</option><option value="155">Nico Hulkenberg</option><option value="133">Nico Rosberg</option><option value="137">Pastor Maldonado</option><option value="139">Paul di Resta</option><option value="157">Pedro de la Rosa</option><option value="154">Romain Grosjean</option><option value="126">Sebastian Vettel</option><option value="141">Sergio Perez</option><option value="148">Timo Glock</option><option value="135">Vitaly Petrov</option></select><br /> </td></tr><tr><td>Position 2</td><td><select name="mrl_participant[2]" id="mrl_participant2"><option value="-1"></option><option value="152">Bruno Senna</option><option value="158">Charles Pic</option><option value="150">Daniel Ricciardo</option><option value="131">Felipe Massa</option><option value="130">Fernando Alonso</option><option value="145">Heikki Kovalainen</option><option value="156">Jean-Eric Vergne</option><option value="129">Jenson Button</option><option value="159">Jerome D\'Ambrosio</option><option value="140">Kamui Kobayashi</option><option value="153">Kimi Raikkonen</option><option value="128">Lewis Hamilton</option><option value="127">Mark Webber</option><option value="132">Michael Schumacher</option><option value="146">Narain Karthikeyan</option><option value="155">Nico Hulkenberg</option><option value="133">Nico Rosberg</option><option value="137">Pastor Maldonado</option><option value="139">Paul di Resta</option><option value="157">Pedro de la Rosa</option><option value="154">Romain Grosjean</option><option value="126">Sebastian Vettel</option><option value="141">Sergio Perez</option><option value="148">Timo Glock</option><option value="135">Vitaly Petrov</option></select><br /> </td></tr><tr><td>Position 3</td><td><select name="mrl_participant[3]" id="mrl_participant3"><option value="-1"></option><option value="152">Bruno Senna</option><option value="158">Charles Pic</option><option value="150">Daniel Ricciardo</option><option value="131">Felipe Massa</option><option value="130">Fernando Alonso</option><option value="145">Heikki Kovalainen</option><option value="156">Jean-Eric Vergne</option><option value="129">Jenson Button</option><option value="159">Jerome D\'Ambrosio</option><option value="140">Kamui Kobayashi</option><option value="153">Kimi Raikkonen</option><option value="128">Lewis Hamilton</option><option value="127">Mark Webber</option><option value="132">Michael Schumacher</option><option value="146">Narain Karthikeyan</option><option value="155">Nico Hulkenberg</option><option value="133">Nico Rosberg</option><option value="137">Pastor Maldonado</option><option value="139">Paul di Resta</option><option value="157">Pedro de la Rosa</option><option value="154">Romain Grosjean</option><option value="126">Sebastian Vettel</option><option value="141">Sergio Perez</option><option value="148">Timo Glock</option><option value="135">Vitaly Petrov</option></select><br /> </td></tr><tr><td>Position 4</td><td><select name="mrl_participant[4]" id="mrl_participant4"><option value="-1"></option><option value="152">Bruno Senna</option><option value="158">Charles Pic</option><option value="150">Daniel Ricciardo</option><option value="131">Felipe Massa</option><option value="130">Fernando Alonso</option><option value="145">Heikki Kovalainen</option><option value="156">Jean-Eric Vergne</option><option value="129">Jenson Button</option><option value="159">Jerome D\'Ambrosio</option><option value="140">Kamui Kobayashi</option><option value="153">Kimi Raikkonen</option><option value="128">Lewis Hamilton</option><option value="127">Mark Webber</option><option value="132">Michael Schumacher</option><option value="146">Narain Karthikeyan</option><option value="155">Nico Hulkenberg</option><option value="133">Nico Rosberg</option><option value="137">Pastor Maldonado</option><option value="139">Paul di Resta</option><option value="157">Pedro de la Rosa</option><option value="154">Romain Grosjean</option><option value="126">Sebastian Vettel</option><option value="141">Sergio Perez</option><option value="148">Timo Glock</option><option value="135">Vitaly Petrov</option></select><br /> </td></tr><tr><td>Position 5</td><td><select name="mrl_participant[5]" id="mrl_participant5"><option value="-1"></option><option value="152">Bruno Senna</option><option value="158">Charles Pic</option><option value="150">Daniel Ricciardo</option><option value="131">Felipe Massa</option><option value="130">Fernando Alonso</option><option value="145">Heikki Kovalainen</option><option value="156">Jean-Eric Vergne</option><option value="129">Jenson Button</option><option value="159">Jerome D\'Ambrosio</option><option value="140">Kamui Kobayashi</option><option value="153">Kimi Raikkonen</option><option value="128">Lewis Hamilton</option><option value="127">Mark Webber</option><option value="132">Michael Schumacher</option><option value="146">Narain Karthikeyan</option><option value="155">Nico Hulkenberg</option><option value="133">Nico Rosberg</option><option value="137">Pastor Maldonado</option><option value="139">Paul di Resta</option><option value="157">Pedro de la Rosa</option><option value="154">Romain Grosjean</option><option value="126">Sebastian Vettel</option><option value="141">Sergio Perez</option><option value="148">Timo Glock</option><option value="135">Vitaly Petrov</option></select><br /> </td></tr></table><input type="hidden" id="motorracingleague_comp_id" name="motorracingleague_comp_id" value="7" /><input type="submit" id="motorracingleague-add" name="Submit" value="Add Prediction"/><div class="motorracingleague_optin"> <input style="vertical-align:middle" type="checkbox" name="motorracingleague_optin" id="motorracingleague_optin" /> <label for="motorracingleague_optin">Tick this box if you are happy to receive emails from F1 Fanatic's partners.</label> </div></fieldset></form></div><div style="display:none" id="motorracingleague_entry_results_7"></div></div> <h4>2012 United States Grand Prix</h4> <p><ul class="lcp_catlist"><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/top-ten-pictures-2012-united-states-grand-prix/" title="Top ten pictures from the 2012 United States GP">Top ten pictures from the 2012 United States GP</a> </li><li class = current ><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/photozen-wins-penultimate-predictions-championship/" title="Photozen wins USA Predictions Championship round">Photozen wins USA Predictions Championship round</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/grosjean-warns-rivals-wont-leave-door-open/" 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If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Romain Grosjean warned his F1 rivals he will not back down in wheel-to-wheel racing despite his ban earlier this year for causing a crash in Belgium.</p></p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/grosjean-warns-rivals-wont-leave-door-open/">Grosjean warns rivals &#8220;I won’t leave the door open&#8221;</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/grosjean-warns-rivals-wont-leave-door-open/">Grosjean warns rivals &#8220;I won’t leave the door open&#8221;</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/16/2012-united-states-grand-prix-practice-pictures/lotu-gros-cota-2012-1/" rel="attachment wp-att-66707"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lotu-gros-cota-2012-1-470x313.jpg" alt="Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66707" /></a><a title="Romain Grosjean" href="/romain-grosjean/">Romain Grosjean</a> warned his F1 rivals he will not back down in wheel-to-wheel racing despite his ban earlier this year for causing a crash in Belgium.</p> <p>&#8220;I’ve learnt that you can over-compensate by trying to avoid any potential incident,&#8221; said Grosjean ahead of the final race of the season in Brazil.</p> <p>&#8220;We’re all racers on track so that’s what you do. I don’t want the reputation of being an easy touch and I’m certainly not an open door on track; I’ll fight for every position. I’ve left a memo: I won’t leave the door open, and I’m looking to race.&#8221;</p> <p>Grosjean recovered to finish seventh in the USA after spinning off early in the race. &#8220;It was hard after the spin coming back through the pack, but I knew it was possible to do it,&#8221; he said.</p> <p>&#8220;We had to set a good pace but also take care of everything on the car; including the tyres to try not to finish on the rims! It worked and I think we made another good improvement in Austin. We should hopefully take our qualifying and race pace to Brazil.&#8221;</p> <p>His race got off to a strong start when he passed team mate <a title="Kimi Raikkonen" href="/kimi-raikkonen/">Kimi Raikkonen</a> who was battling with Michael Schumacher. &#8220;With eight world titles between them it felt pretty good,&#8221; said Grosjean.</p> <p>&#8220;Kimi had a go at Michael through turn 11, then had a bad exit whereas I had a good one. Michael pushed Kimi out to the right meaning I could go for the opening on the left.</p> <p>&#8220;It was not the hardest overtaking manoeuvre of the year, but I was in the right place at the right time and I’m told it looked pretty good on TV. The race itself was good; the car showed strong pace, although there were a couple of frustrations when I got stuck behind a Force India and then spun on lap seven.&#8221;</p> <h4>2012 United States Grand Prix</h4> <p><ul class="lcp_catlist"><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/top-ten-pictures-2012-united-states-grand-prix/" title="Top ten pictures from the 2012 United States GP">Top ten pictures from the 2012 United States GP</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/photozen-wins-penultimate-predictions-championship/" title="Photozen wins USA Predictions Championship round">Photozen wins USA Predictions Championship round</a> </li><li class = current ><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/grosjean-warns-rivals-wont-leave-door-open/" title="Grosjean warns rivals "I won’t leave the door open"">Grosjean warns rivals "I won’t leave the door open"</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/2012-united-states-grand-prix-weekend-tweets/" title="2012 United States Grand Prix weekend in Tweets">2012 United States Grand Prix weekend in Tweets</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-driver-weekend/" title="Vote for your United States GP driver of the weekend">Vote for your United States GP driver of the weekend</a> </li></ul><strong><a href="/category/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-united-states-grand-prix-2012-f1-calendar/">Browse all 2012 United States Grand Prix articles</a></strong></p> <p><small><em>Image © Lotus F1 Team/LAT</em></small></p> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/grosjean-warns-rivals-wont-leave-door-open/">Grosjean warns rivals &#8220;I won’t leave the door open&#8221;</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. 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If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Red Bull celebrate their constructors' championship win, F1 discovers its new home in the USA and more Tweets from the United States Grand Prix weekend.</p></p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/2012-united-states-grand-prix-weekend-tweets/">2012 United States Grand Prix weekend in Tweets</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/2012-united-states-grand-prix-weekend-tweets/">2012 United States Grand Prix weekend in Tweets</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Red Bull celebrate their constructors&#8217; championship win, F1 discovers its new home in the USA and more Tweets from the United States Grand Prix weekend.</p> <h3>Thursday</h3> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Austin">#Austin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23F1">#F1</a> we just went for a couple of laps running around the circuit and it looks really good! Great layout with elevations! Good job.</p> <p>&mdash; Xevi Pujolar (@xevipujolar) <a href="https://twitter.com/xevipujolar/status/268877288714678272" data-datetime="2012-11-15T00:45:15+00:00">November 15, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Great team mclaren BBQ this evening. The armadillo racing and line dancing were novel! Thanks to everyone for organising it, great fun.</p> <p>&mdash; michael collier (@mikeycollier) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikeycollier/status/268933873092669440" data-datetime="2012-11-15T04:30:06+00:00">November 15, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>It is funny @<a href="https://twitter.com/f1">f1</a> choose @<a href="https://twitter.com/nascar">nascar</a> season finale to return to USA Bad timing Mr.E fire your marketing department for the Gr8 advice</p> <p>&mdash; Max Papis (@maxpapis) <a href="https://twitter.com/maxpapis/status/269123146597146624" data-datetime="2012-11-15T17:02:12+00:00">November 15, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <h3>Friday</h3> <p>The drivers had their first chance to drive the new track on Friday. Sebastian Vettel overcame a water pump failure in second practice to top the times sheets in both sessions. </p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Early start here in Indy&#8230;. Excited to be heading to Austin to support @<a href="https://twitter.com/pauldirestaf1">pauldirestaf1</a> ,catch up with friends and watch some F1.</p> <p>&mdash; Dario Franchitti (@dariofranchitti) <a href="https://twitter.com/dariofranchitti/status/269404030093111296" data-datetime="2012-11-16T11:38:20+00:00">November 16, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The teams would have liked deeper-depth garages but for the fans it&#8217;s fun to see the fuel/tyre areas out the back.Thanks COTA!&#8230;</p> <p>&mdash; Peter Windsor (@PeterDWindsor) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeterDWindsor/status/269415380525670400" data-datetime="2012-11-16T12:23:26+00:00">November 16, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Not much love on Twitter for COTA&#8217;s pitlane siren!</p> <p>&mdash; McLaren (@TheFifthDriver) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFifthDriver/status/269459621486399488" data-datetime="2012-11-16T15:19:14+00:00">November 16, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Di Resta doesn&#8217;t want to talk about his car&#8217;s balance on the radio. He&#8217;s told to &#8220;for the benefit of the team and those in the factory.&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23F1">#F1</a></p> <p>&mdash; F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) <a href="https://twitter.com/f1fanaticlive/status/269478615387885569" data-datetime="2012-11-16T16:34:43+00:00">November 16, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Brilliant Friday attendance figure of 65,000 at @<a href="https://twitter.com/circuitamericas">circuitamericas</a>. That&#8217;s 15,000 more than the capacity of Yas Marina&#8230; <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23F1">#F1</a></p> <p>&mdash; F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) <a href="https://twitter.com/f1fanatic_co_uk/status/269604542033825792" data-datetime="2012-11-17T00:55:06+00:00">November 17, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <h3>Saturday</h3> <p>Vettel continued his dominance with a faultless pole lap while Alonso struggled to ninth place. Jenson Button retired from qualifying after a mechanical failure in Q2.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Perez&#8217;s 86-year-old Granny is coming to watch him this weekend. Reckon he should tidy up his act before she arrives&#8230; Yikes!</p> <p>&mdash; Sarah Holt (@sarahholtf1) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahholtf1/status/269824580477145088" data-datetime="2012-11-17T15:29:27+00:00">November 17, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>👍That was great! Thanks to all your Support! Most of you did a good bet! But tomorrow is Even more important! We&#8217;re hot!!!</p> <p>&mdash; Florian Eschrich (@Real_Flo) <a href="https://twitter.com/Real_Flo/status/269883218604478464" data-datetime="2012-11-17T19:22:28+00:00">November 17, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Great qualy result for @<a href="https://twitter.com/marussia_f1team">marussia_f1team</a>!Had a great lap bit a shame at the end with yellow flags think could have improved even more.</p> <p>&mdash; Timo Glock (@realTimoGlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/realTimoGlock/status/269964589997912064" data-datetime="2012-11-18T00:45:48+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Quali today as expected, struggling to get the tyres working on short runs but tomorrow we will beat both Marussias, we are the better team</p> <p>&mdash; Heikki Kovalainen (@H_Kovalainen) <a href="https://twitter.com/H_Kovalainen/status/269891232698875904" data-datetime="2012-11-17T19:54:18+00:00">November 17, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <h3>Sunday</h3> <p>Race day at the Circuit of the Americas got off to a controversial start as Ferrari announced they would deliberately incur a gearbox change penalty on Felipe Massa&#8217;s car, sending him back five places on the grid but moving Alonso up one. Lewis Hamilton narrowly beat Vettel in the race after the Red Bull driver lost momentum while lapping Narain Karthikeyan.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>At a VIP dinner last night an American woman asked me&#8221;where are you from?&#8221; I said Australia, she said &#8220;wow your English is amazing&#8221;</p> <p>&mdash; Mark Webber (<a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/aussiegrit/' rel='nofollow'>@AussieGrit</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/AussieGrit/status/270157468666040320" data-datetime="2012-11-18T13:32:14+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Getting ready for team photo. That tells you that the season comes to an end!!</p> <p>&mdash; Timo Glock (@realTimoGlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/realTimoGlock/status/270193924621082626" data-datetime="2012-11-18T15:57:06+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Nothing would give me more pleasure than seeing Red Bull opening Webber&#8217;s gearbox. Come on guys, do it! Ferrari, man up and go RACING</p> <p>&mdash; Rene Dias Torcato (@rdtorcato) <a href="https://twitter.com/rdtorcato/status/270222985342877696" data-datetime="2012-11-18T17:52:34+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Bit off for FOM to not play the full Vettel message on the main feed. They did the same with Webber in Abu Dhabi. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23F1">#F1</a></p> <p>&mdash; F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) <a href="https://twitter.com/f1fanatic_co_uk/status/270260255798202368" data-datetime="2012-11-18T20:20:40+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Vettel says he was held up by a backmarker which helped Hamilton pass. &#8220;It was Karthikeyan&#8217;s fault.&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23F1">#F1</a></p> <p>&mdash; F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) <a href="https://twitter.com/f1fanaticlive/status/270259521727913984" data-datetime="2012-11-18T20:17:45+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Good start, then good clean fight with Lewis(who was quick), then loads of alarms for a few laps, then bang. Now off for burger.</p> <p>&mdash; Mark Webber (<a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/aussiegrit/' rel='nofollow'>@AussieGrit</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/AussieGrit/status/270343508316020736" data-datetime="2012-11-19T01:51:29+00:00">November 19, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Awesome win for Lewis! Loving the podium hats <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23AustinGP">#AustinGP</a> <a href="http://t.co/YraDqznc" title="http://twitter.com/BigFil_f1/status/270273302759608321/photo/1">twitter.com/BigFil_f1/stat…</a></p> <p>&mdash; Filippo Sapia (@BigFil_f1) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigFil_f1/status/270273302759608321" data-datetime="2012-11-18T21:12:31+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23F1">#F1</a> Great moment after race when Bernie came to Christian Horner and thanked him for ensuring that we have a showdown in Brazil&#8230;</p> <p>&mdash; Adam Cooper (@adamcooperf1) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamcooperf1/status/270324356029222912" data-datetime="2012-11-19T00:35:23+00:00">November 19, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Race is over with P3 and P4. A very solid race from Fernando, a fantastic one from Felipe!</p> <p>&mdash; Scuderia Ferrari (@InsideFerrari) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideFerrari/status/270265353752428545" data-datetime="2012-11-18T20:40:56+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Back at the hotel. Wow &#8211; AMAZING traffic management. Congrats Austin. You guys kicked ass. A spectacular and well-deserved success.</p> <p>&mdash; Gary Hartstein (@f1doc) <a href="https://twitter.com/f1doc/status/270290769447903232" data-datetime="2012-11-18T22:21:55+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Very good job from the drivers, mechanics and engineers. Recovered from yesterday&#8217;s events and put both cars ahead of the of opposition.</p> <p>&mdash; Gianluca Pisanello (@gpq1971) <a href="https://twitter.com/gpq1971/status/270305407656939520" data-datetime="2012-11-18T23:20:05+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Another top drive through the field from @<a href="https://twitter.com/jensonbutton">jensonbutton</a> today, what could have been if not for the quali issues yesterday.</p> <p>&mdash; Chris Buncombe (@Chris_Buncombe) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Buncombe/status/270339237403054081" data-datetime="2012-11-19T01:34:31+00:00">November 19, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Crowd was epic. Wicked turnout. Thanks to everyone who came. Hope y&#8217;all enjoyed it! <a href="http://t.co/VRJeZ0zt" title="http://twitter.com/danielricciardo/status/270333823424794624/photo/1">twitter.com/danielricciard…</a></p> <p>&mdash; Daniel Ricciardo (@danielricciardo) <a href="https://twitter.com/danielricciardo/status/270333823424794624" data-datetime="2012-11-19T01:13:01+00:00">November 19, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We are in that line, separates winning and losing, be good or magical, dream or reality, is a thin line, and became familiar to us recently.</p> <p>&mdash; Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/alo_oficial/status/270285497321021440" data-datetime="2012-11-18T22:00:58+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Well done to Red Bull for their World Championship&#8230;. great effort guys!</p> <p>&mdash; Paul Seaby (@Seabs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Seabs/status/270290181561651200" data-datetime="2012-11-18T22:19:35+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Thank you all for tweets! just clocked up my 10th <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23F1">#F1</a> world championship!</p> <p>&mdash; Kenny Handkammer (@Chiefboltkennyh) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefboltkennyh/status/270288521456123904" data-datetime="2012-11-18T22:12:59+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Oh yeah!!! <a href="http://t.co/6FuIYScL" title="http://twitter.com/leestevo1/status/270285832211021824/photo/1">twitter.com/leestevo1/stat…</a></p> <p>&mdash; Lee Stevenson (@leestevo1) <a href="https://twitter.com/leestevo1/status/270285832211021824" data-datetime="2012-11-18T22:02:19+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <h3>F1 Twitter Directory</h3> <p>Looking for official F1 Twitter accounts to follow? Need to look up some of the names above? Check out the F1 Fanatic Twitter Directory:</p> <ul> <li><a title="F1 Twitter directory" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-twitter/">F1 Twitter directory</a></li> </ul> <h4>2012 United States Grand Prix</h4> <p><ul class="lcp_catlist"><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/top-ten-pictures-2012-united-states-grand-prix/" title="Top ten pictures from the 2012 United States GP">Top ten pictures from the 2012 United States GP</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/photozen-wins-penultimate-predictions-championship/" title="Photozen wins USA Predictions Championship round">Photozen wins USA Predictions Championship round</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/grosjean-warns-rivals-wont-leave-door-open/" title="Grosjean warns rivals "I won’t leave the door open"">Grosjean warns rivals "I won’t leave the door open"</a> </li><li class = current ><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/2012-united-states-grand-prix-weekend-tweets/" title="2012 United States Grand Prix weekend in Tweets">2012 United States Grand Prix weekend in Tweets</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-driver-weekend/" title="Vote for your United States GP driver of the weekend">Vote for your United States GP driver of the weekend</a> </li></ul><strong><a href="/category/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-united-states-grand-prix-2012-f1-calendar/">Browse all 2012 United States Grand Prix articles</a></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/2012-united-states-grand-prix-weekend-tweets/">2012 United States Grand Prix weekend in Tweets</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. 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If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>In the round-up: Daimler becomes full owner of Mercedes F1 Team • Red Bull to change alternator specification • Dennis on Hamilton's McLaren exit</p></p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/f1-fanatic-roundup-20-11/">Daimler buys Aabar&#8217;s stake in Mercedes F1 team</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. 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If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/04/2012-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-pictures/motorsports-fia-formula-one-world-championship-2012-grand-prix-of-abu-dhabi-45/" rel="attachment wp-att-66305"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/merc-schu-yasm-2012-2-470x313.jpg" alt="Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2012" title="Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66305" /></a>In the round-up: Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler now has full ownership of its Grand Prix team.</p> <h3>Links</h3> <p>Top F1 links from the past 24 hours:</p> <p><strong><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/formulaone-mercedes-idUKL5E8MJ95G20121119">Daimler buys full control of Mercedes team (Reuters)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;German luxury carmaker Daimler has taken full control of the Mercedes Formula One motor racing team after buying a 40 percent stake owned by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Aabar Investments.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104409">Red Bull will use new-spec alternator (Autosport)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;[Renault head of trackside operations Remi] Taffin added that the fact that Renault&#8217;s other teams had successfully used the revised newer specification of alternator last weekend meant that Red Bull should have no concerns about its reliability for Brazil.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/12479/8259451/Ron-Dennis-hints-failure-to-agree-on-sponsor-commitments-led-to-Lewis-Hamilton-s-exit">Dennis opens up on Hamilton (Sky)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;Although Dennis did little to stop speculation that relations with [Lewis Hamilton's management team] XIX had however soured through the saga, wryly suggesting that &#8216;Simon [Fuller] only pops up when we win&#8217;, he insisted that he hopes Hamilton continues to enjoy success in his career going forward and that he personally was &#8216;not upset&#8217;.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-2235204/Bernie-Ecclestone-expects-F1-thrive-Austin.html">Ecclestone expects Formula One to thrive in Austin after successful inaugural Grand Prix (Daily Mail)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;The second year is always difficult. You get a big crowd for a new event, but here you can see they are behind us, which is good.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20391729">Ferrari getting left behind (BBC)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;My focus would be on the diffuser. They could adjust the way it behaves and small alterations will change it dramatically. I&#8217;ve done that myself in the past using body filler, believe it or not.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motorsport/formulaonediary/9688743/F1-diary-United-States-Grand-Prix.html" target="_blank">F1 diary: United States Grand Prix (The Telegraph)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;Red Bull is asked whether it thought of sacrificing Mark Webber in a similar manner, to move Alonso back across to the dirtier part of the track. &#8216;We never considered it,&#8217; says team principal Christian Horner. &#8216;If everybody did it, the next thing you know Alonso might have ended up on the front row.&#8217;&#8221; </p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://adamcooperf1.com/2012/11/19/martin-whitmarsh-i-dont-want-to-make-it-easy-for-him-to-leave-this-team/">Martin Whitmarsh: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to make it easy for him to leave this team&#8230;&#8221; (Adam Cooper)</a></strong></p> <p>“His second ever win was in the States obviously and I remember that very well, and we had a great time after that. We’ve had some amazing highs together. I don’t want to make it easy for him to leave this team, but at the moment let’s focus and see if we can get the win in Brazil.”</p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/95527.html">2013 tyres will change aero &#8211; Pirelli (ESPN)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;We know that the changes we&#8217;ve made will have an influence on things like aerodynamics for the teams; it will deflect more, the rear tyre in particular.&#8221;</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-19/formula-one-valued-at-10-billion-in-ecclestone-suit.html" target="_blank">Formula One Valued at $10 Billion in Ecclestone Suit (Bloomberg)</a></strong></p> <p>&#8220;Formula One racing was valued at $10 billion by Bluewaters Communications Holdings LLC in a lawsuit that seeks $650 million from Bernie Ecclestone for diverting the sale of a stake in the company to a lower bidder.&#8221;</p> <h3>Tweets</h3> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="480"><p>Le golf avec Jacques Laffite, c&#8217;est du sport&#8230; <a href="http://t.co/jyKuRz17" title="http://twitter.com/JeanEricVergne/status/270603042389364736/photo/1">twitter.com/JeanEricVergne…</a></p> <p>&mdash; Jean-Eric Vergne (@JeanEricVergne) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeanEricVergne/status/270603042389364736" data-datetime="2012-11-19T19:02:47+00:00">November 19, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p><a name="commentoftheday"></a></p> <h3>Comment of the day</h3> <p>With 26 Grand Prix victories from 100 starts, <a title="Sebastian Vettel" href="/sebastian-vettel/">Sebastian Vettel</a> is one win behind Michael Schumacher at the same point in their careers. Thoughts from <a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/bananarama/' rel='nofollow'>@Bananarama</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Interesting to see how hard it will be for Vettel to match Schumacher&#8217;s records. Even though he has had tremendous success so far, he will likely even have to improve his race to win ratio to get ahead on wins (I just guess that he won’t do much more than 300 races) and it is hard to imagine he will always be in a team as competitive as Red Bull in the last few years (though not impossible if he always makes perfect career decisions).</p> <p>His strength in qualifying might get him ahead in those statistics, though, if his cars allow it. Then again, even if he doesn’t match any of those statistics, he already is one of the more (most) successful drivers ever. Good for him (bad for those I support).<br /> <em><a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/bananarama/' rel='nofollow'>@Bananarama</a></em></p></blockquote> <h3>From the forum</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/groups/f1/forum/topic/us-gp-awards/">United States Grand Prix awards</a></li> <li>Was the 2009 season more interesting <a href="/groups/f1/forum/topic/2009-season-back-to-front/"></a></li> <li><a href='http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/members/jpf1/' rel='nofollow'>@JPF1</a> has questions on <a href="/groups/going-to-the-spanish-grand-prix-at-circuit-de-catalunya/forum/topic/how-to-get-to-circuit-de-catalunya/#post-80087">how to get to the Circuit de Catalunya</a> and <a href="/groups/going-to-the-spanish-grand-prix-at-circuit-de-catalunya/forum/topic/best-seats-at-circuit-de-catalunya/#post-80084">where are the best seats</a></li> </ul> <h3>Happy birthday!</h3> <p>No F1 Fanatic birthdays today.</p> <p>If you want a birthday shout-out tell us when yours is by <a href="/credits-and-contacts/contact-f1fanatic">emailling me</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/f1fanatic_co_uk">using Twitter</a> or <a href="/2009/03/06/what-was-the-f1-news-on-your-birthday/">adding to the list here</a>.</p> <p><a name="onthisday"></a></p> <h3>On this day in F1</h3> <p>The only United States Grand Prix to be held at Riverside took place on this day in 1960 and was won by <a title="Stirling Moss" href="/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-m/sir-stirling-moss/">Stirling Moss</a>.</p> <p>Team mate Innes Ireland made it a one-two for <a title="Lotus" href="/f1-information/f1-teams/lotus/">Lotus</a> ahead of Bruce McLaren&#8217;s Cooper. Ferrari did not enter the race.</p> <p>The circuit has since been demolished and a shopping mall now stands where it used to be:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/2008/01/08/f1-circuits-history-part-4-1958-60/#riverside" title="F1 circuits history Part 4: 1958-1960 - Riverside">F1 circuits history Part 4: 1958-1960 &#8211; Riverside</a></li> </ul> <p><small><em>Image © Daimler/Hoch Zwei</em></small></p> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/f1-fanatic-roundup-20-11/">Daimler buys Aabar&#8217;s stake in Mercedes F1 team</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. 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If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Compare all the drivers' performances and vote for who you think was the best driver of the United States Grand Prix weekend.</p></p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-driver-weekend/">Vote for your United States GP driver of the weekend</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-driver-weekend/">Vote for your United States GP driver of the weekend</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/18/2012-united-states-grand-prix-pictures/b-start-cota-2012-4-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-66794"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/b-start-cota-2012-4-3-470x313.jpg" alt="Start, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Start, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66794" /></a>Which F1 driver had the best race weekend at the Circuit of the Americas?</p> <p>Compare all the drivers&#8217; performances below and vote for who you think was the best driver of the United States Grand Prix weekend.</p> <h3>United States Grand Prix driver-by-driver</h3> <h4>Red Bull</h4> <p><strong>Sebastian Vettel</strong> &#8211; Led the way in practice but Hamilton kept Vettel honest in qualifying. He was unable to draw clear of the McLaren in the race but his poor straight-line speed left him vulnerable to catching a lapped car in the twisty section before the main straight. When Hamilton seized his chance Vettel defended as firmly as he could before giving best to the McLaren, and crossed the finishing line still right on his tail.</p> <p><strong>Mark Webber</strong> &#8211; Unhappy with the lack of grip offered by circuit and tyres, Webber was well off Vettel&#8217;s pace in practice and qualifying. He briefly ran second before Hamilton demoted him to third, and then suffered another of Red Bull&#8217;s alternator failures. Remarkably for a driver whose name was once synonymous with this sort of misfortune, this was his first mechanically-included retirement since Singapore 2009.</p> <h4>McLaren</h4> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/18/2012-united-states-grand-prix-pictures/mcla-hami-cota-2012-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-66808"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mcla-hami-cota-2012-41-470x312.jpg" alt="Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66808" /></a><strong>Jenson Button</strong> &#8211; It was Button&#8217;s turn to have the share of McLaren&#8217;s technical problems in America. A throttle pedal problem caused his elimination in Q2 and he lined up on the dirty side of the grid in 12th. His recovery drive to fifth included gritty passes on Schumacher and Raikkonen, but he was unable to use maximum KERS in the closing stages as he tried to gain on Massa.</p> <p><strong>Lewis Hamilton</strong> &#8211; Picked up where he left off when his car broke down in Abu Dhabi, splitting the Red Bulls to start on the front row of the grid with Vettel. He was predictably passed by Webber from the clean side of the grid at the start, but soon re-passed that Red Bull and went after the other one. His lap times dropped sharply at the end of the first stint but he came on strong in the second. When Karthikeyan presented the opportunity for him to pass Vettel he didn&#8217;t waste it, and was alert to Vettel&#8217;s firm-but-fair defending.</p> <h4>Ferrari</h4> <p><strong>Fernando Alonso</strong> &#8211; A curious performance from Alonso who looked in good shape during practice then slumped to ninth in qualifying, beaten on merit by Massa for the first time since Korea last year. Grosjean&#8217;s gearbox penalty meant he would start eighth but Ferrari opted to sacrifice Massa to move Alonso further forward again and onto the clean side of the grid. That netted him fourth by turn one which became third when Webber retired.</p> <p><strong>Felipe Massa</strong> &#8211; Had it not been for Ferrari&#8217;s &#8216;Alonso first&#8217; tactics it&#8217;s likely Massa would have had the beating of him here. He was quicker in qualifying and <a href="/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-fastest-laps/" title="2012 United States Grand Prix fastest laps">his race pace was better too</a>. Ferrari made a better job of his pit stop than Alonso&#8217;s which briefly got him ahead of Raikkonen, and although the Lotus later passed Massa he was eventually able to claim the place back.</p> <h4>Mercedes</h4> <p><strong>Michael Schumacher</strong> &#8211; Fifth on the grid was a promising starting place for his penultimate Grand Prix. But he struggled with his tyres from the moment the lights went out and dropped like a stone: by lap ten he was 13th. Pitted twice and finished 16th, behind his team mate who had started six rows behind him.</p> <p><strong>Nico Rosberg</strong> &#8211; Mercedes seemed to treat the weekend as an extended test session with Rosberg switching back to their pre-Coanda exhaust layout. He was last in Q2 and only moved up to 13th during the race as Mercedes extended their point-less streak to five races. &#8220;We have learned some important lessons for next year and that&#8217;s what counts at the moment,&#8221; he said.</p> <h4>Lotus</h4> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/18/2012-united-states-grand-prix-pictures/lotu-raik-cota-2012-1-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-66834"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lotu-raik-cota-2012-12-470x313.jpg" alt="Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66834" /></a><strong>Kimi Raikkonen</strong> &#8211; Both Lotuses started on the dirty side of the grid, Raikkonen inheriting Grosjean&#8217;s fourth place thanks to his team mate&#8217;s gearbox change penalty. Having lost three places at the start Raikkonen made a steady recovery in the opening stint, passing Schumacher and Hulkenberg. He closed on Alonso but a slow pit stop by his team cost him a chance to get past. He said a fall in ambient temperatures during the second half of the race caused a loss of pace on his hard tyres and after that he fell prey to Massa and Button, ending up sixth.</p> <p><strong>Romain Grosjean</strong> &#8211; Out-qualified Raikkonen and although he was demoted by a gearbox change penalty he was back in front by lap two, opportunistically passing his team mate and Schumacher. But he spun while chasing Hulkenberg and dropped to 13th before making an early pit stop. A strong stint on hard tyres allowed him to recover seventh place.</p> <h4>Force India</h4> <p><strong>Paul di Resta</strong> &#8211; Di Resta was <a href="https://twitter.com/f1fanaticlive/status/269478615387885569" target="_blank">curiously reluctant to share his debriefs over the intra-team radio</a> but it didn&#8217;t help him stop Hulkenberg from out-qualifying him for the fifth race in a row. He made it up to fifth before a spin forced him to make an extra pit stop and killed any hope of a points finish.</p> <p><strong>Nico Hulkenberg</strong> &#8211; Hulkenberg was &#8216;relegated&#8217; from seventh and the clean side of the grid to sixth and the dirty side by Massa&#8217;s team-inflicted penalty. He held his position at the start before passing Schumacher, but he couldn&#8217;t keep the Lotuses behind and was passed by both of them, finishing eighth.</p> <h4>Sauber</h4> <p><strong>Kamui Kobayashi</strong> &#8211; The combination of the tyre-kind Sauber and the gripless surface proved a challenge Kobayashi could not overcome. &#8220;For the entire weekend here I had warm up problems and didn’t get the tyres to work,&#8221; he said after finishing 14th. &#8220;We have to find out why this was.&#8221;</p> <p><strong>Sergio Perez</strong> &#8211; A huge Mexican contingent was present to cheer Perez on, though for the fifth time this year he finished one place outside of the points. He reckoned a top ten finish would have been possible had his brake pedal not gone long: &#8220;I had big difficulties before every corner,&#8221; he said.</p> <h4>Toro Rosso</h4> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/18/2012-united-states-grand-prix-pictures/f1-grand-prix-of-usa-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-66813"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/toro-ricc-cota-2012-1-470x313.jpg" alt="Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66813" /></a><strong>Daniel Ricciardo</strong> &#8211; Ricciardo passed car after car at the start, taking the likes of Kobayashi, Rosberg, Vergne, Maldonado and Schumacher. He said if he had expected the hard tyre to work as well as it did he would have changed to it sooner. Having held fifth for three laps, racing with the likes of Raikkonen and Massa, his pit stop dropped him back to 12th, out of the points.</p> <p><strong>Jean-Eric Vergne</strong> &#8211; Made it into Q2 at the expense of his team mate. A lunge up the inside of turn one at the start didn&#8217;t pay off &#8211; he lost two places on the first lap &#8211; and a suspension problem ended his race early on. </p> <h4>Williams</h4> <p><strong>Pastor Maldonado</strong> &#8211; The Williams pair shared row five but surprisingly Maldonado ended lap one behind his team mate, who had started on the unfavourable side. After losing a lengthy tussle with Button he was also passed by Ricciardo, but a well-timed pit stop pulled him back into contention and a muscular pass on his team mate put him back where he started at the chequered flag.</p> <p><strong>Bruno Senna</strong> &#8211; Started tenth and finished there after being passed by his team mate with five laps to go. &#8220;Unfortunately we came out of the pits behind Hulkenberg which was frustrating as he was just quick enough exiting turn 11 each lap and we couldn’t overtake him which damaged my tyres allowing Pastor to catch us both,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I knew Pastor would make a move and I wasn’t going to close the door as we needed the points for the team.&#8221;</p> <h4>Caterham</h4> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/16/2012-united-states-grand-prix-practice-pictures/cate-petr-cota-2012-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-66654"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cate-petr-cota-2012-2-470x313.jpg" alt="Vitaly Petrov, Caterham, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Vitaly Petrov, Caterham, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66654" /></a><strong>Heikki Kovalainen</strong> &#8211; Battled with Pic at the start but he eventually overcame both KERS-less Marussias. The stewards examined his pass on Glock but decided the move was fair. &#8220;I’ve had issues all weekend with getting heat into the front tyres and it was the same again today for the first few laps,&#8221; said Kovalainen.</p> <p><strong>Vitaly Petrov</strong> &#8211; Got ahead of both Marussias at the start which was vital as they had decent pace &#8211; Glock eventually finished just eight seconds behind him.</p> <h4>HRT</h4> <p><strong>Pedro de la Rosa</strong> &#8211; It was the usual story for HRT, albeit it with slightly less running than usual in practice. These were euphemistically referred to as &#8220;short programs&#8221; but the reappearance of Ma Qing Hua in Karthikeyan&#8217;s car indicates that the <a href="/2012/11/12/hrt-put-sale-thesan-capital/" title="HRT put up for sale by Thesan Capital">up-for-sale</a> team is seriously strapped for cash. De la Rosa brought the car home, albeit almost a full minute behind the next runner.</p> <p><strong>Narain Karthikeyan</strong> &#8211; Having missed first practice and had little running the second, Karthikeyan looked like he mist be at risk of not qualifying. He made it onto the grid, though much to Vettel&#8217;s chagrin after a delay behind the HRT on lap 42 cost him the lead. But Karthikeyan&#8217;s driving was within the rules.</p> <h4>Marussia</h4> <p><strong>Timo Glock</strong> &#8211; Marussia were very pleased to have both cars in front of the Caterhams in qualifying, led by Glock. But Petrov was soon past them at the start: &#8220;The first lap was a bit all over the place; I lost the car twice,&#8221; said Glock. Kovalainen later passed him too and the team&#8217;s attempt to re-pass him via the pits was thwarted when Kovalainen came in on the same lap.</p> <p><strong>Charles Pic</strong> &#8211; Picked up front wing damage on the first lap and slipped out of contention in the team&#8217;s battle with Caterham.</p> <h3>Qualifying and race results summary</h3> <table class=thin> <tr> <th></th> <th>Started</th> <th>Gap to team mate</th> <th>Laps leading team mate</th> <th>Pitted</th> <th>Finished</th> <th>Gap to team mate</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Sebastian Vettel" href="/sebastian-vettel/">Sebastian Vettel</a></td> <td>1st</td> <td>-0.517s</td> <td>16/16</td> <td>1</td> <td>2nd</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Mark Webber" href="/mark-webber/">Mark Webber</a></td> <td>3rd</td> <td>+0.517s</td> <td>0/16</td> <td>0</td> <td> <td></td> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Jenson Button" href="/jenson-button/">Jenson Button</a></td> <td>12th</td> <td>+0.821s</td> <td>0/56</td> <td>1</td> <td>5th</td> <td>+56.432s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Lewis Hamilton" href="/lewis-hamilton/">Lewis Hamilton</a></td> <td>2nd</td> <td>-0.821s</td> <td>56/56</td> <td>1</td> <td>1st</td> <td>-56.432s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Fernando Alonso" href="/fernando-alonso/">Fernando Alonso</a></td> <td>7th</td> <td>+0.363s</td> <td>50/56</td> <td>1</td> <td>3rd</td> <td>-6.784s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Felipe Massa" href="/felipe-massa/">Felipe Massa</a></td> <td>11th</td> <td>-0.363s</td> <td>6/56</td> <td>1</td> <td>4th</td> <td>+6.784s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Michael Schumacher" href="/michael-schumacher/">Michael Schumacher</a></td> <td>5th</td> <td>-1.399s</td> <td>14/55</td> <td>2</td> <td>16th</td> <td>Not on same lap</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Nico Rosberg" href="/nico-rosberg/">Nico Rosberg</a></td> <td>17th</td> <td>+1.399s</td> <td>41/55</td> <td>1</td> <td>13th</td> <td>Not on same lap</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Kimi Raikkonen" href="/kimi-raikkonen/">Kimi Raikkonen</a></td> <td>4th</td> <td>+0.121s</td> <td>52/56</td> <td>1</td> <td>6th</td> <td>-5.888s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Romain Grosjean" href="/romain-grosjean/">Romain Grosjean</a></td> <td>8th</td> <td>-0.121s</td> <td>4/56</td> <td>1</td> <td>7th</td> <td>+5.888s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Paul di Resta" href="/paul-di-resta/">Paul di Resta</a></td> <td>13th</td> <td>+0.599s</td> <td>4/55</td> <td>2</td> <td>15th</td> <td>Not on same lap</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Nico Hulkenberg" href="/nico-hulkenberg/">Nico Hulkenberg</a></td> <td>6th</td> <td>-0.599s</td> <td>51/55</td> <td>1</td> <td>8th</td> <td>Not on same lap</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Kamui Kobayashi" href="/kamui-kobayashi/">Kamui Kobayashi</a></td> <td>16th</td> <td>+0.231s</td> <td>0/55</td> <td>1</td> <td>14th</td> <td>Not on same lap</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Sergio Perez" href="/sergio-perez/">Sergio Perez</a></td> <td>15th</td> <td>-0.231s</td> <td>55/55</td> <td>1</td> <td>11th</td> <td>Not on same lap</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Daniel Ricciardo" href="/daniel-ricciardo/">Daniel Ricciardo</a></td> <td>18th</td> <td>+0.68s</td> <td>9/14</td> <td>1</td> <td>12th</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Jean-Eric Vergne" href="/jean-eric-vergne/">Jean-Eric Vergne</a></td> <td>14th</td> <td>-0.68s</td> <td>5/14</td> <td>0</td> <td> <td></td> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Pastor Maldonado" href="/pastor-maldonado/">Pastor Maldonado</a></td> <td>9th</td> <td>-0.593s</td> <td>6/56</td> <td>1</td> <td>9th</td> <td>-0.608s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Bruno Senna" href="/bruno-senna/">Bruno Senna</a></td> <td>10th</td> <td>+0.593s</td> <td>50/56</td> <td>1</td> <td>10th</td> <td>+0.608s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Heikki Kovalainen" href="/heikki-kovalainen/">Heikki Kovalainen</a></td> <td>22nd</td> <td>+0.357s</td> <td>0/55</td> <td>1</td> <td>18th</td> <td>+7.651s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Vitaly Petrov" href="/vitaly-petrov/">Vitaly Petrov</a></td> <td>21st</td> <td>-0.357s</td> <td>55/55</td> <td>1</td> <td>17th</td> <td>-7.651s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Pedro de la Rosa" href="/pedro-de-la-rosa/">Pedro de la Rosa</a></td> <td>23rd</td> <td>-0.729s</td> <td>53/54</td> <td>1</td> <td>21st</td> <td>-11.879s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Narain Karthikeyan" href="/narain-karthikeyan/">Narain Karthikeyan</a></td> <td>24th</td> <td>+0.729s</td> <td>1/54</td> <td>1</td> <td>22nd</td> <td>+11.879s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Timo Glock" href="/timo-glock/">Timo Glock</a></td> <td>19th</td> <td>-0.608s</td> <td>49/54</td> <td>1</td> <td>19th</td> <td>Not on same lap</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a title="Charles Pic" href="/charles-pic/">Charles Pic</a></td> <td>20th</td> <td>+0.608s</td> <td>5/54</td> <td>1</td> <td>20th</td> <td>Not on same lap</td> </tr> </table> <h3>Review the race data</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-fastest-laps/">2012 United States Grand Prix fastest laps</a></li> <li><a href="/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-lap-charts/">2012 United States Grand Prix lap charts</a></li> <li><a href="/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-tyre-strategies-pit-stops/">2012 United States GP tyre strategies and pit stops</a></li> </ul> <h3>Vote for your driver of the weekend</h3> <p>Which driver do you think did the best job this weekend?</p> <p>Cast your vote below and explain your choice in the comments.</p> Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. <p>An F1 Fanatic account is required in order to vote. 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If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Unusually, Felipe Massa was the quicker of the two Ferraris at the Circuit of the Americas and matched Sebastian Vettel's lap times at the end of the race.</p></p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-fastest-laps/">2012 United States Grand Prix fastest laps</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-fastest-laps/">2012 United States Grand Prix fastest laps</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Unusually, <a title="Felipe Massa" href="/felipe-massa/">Felipe Massa</a> was the quicker of the two Ferraris at the Circuit of the Americas and matched Sebastian Vettel&#8217;s lap times at the end of the race.</p> <h3>United States Grand Prix lap times</h3> <p>All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):</p> <p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/js/charts.js"></script></p> <div class="spreadsheetinfo"> <span class="coloursurl">http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2012drivercolours.csv</span></p> <table class="spreadsheetdata"> <tr> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>19</td> <td>20</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>23</td> <td>24</td> <td>25</td> <td>26</td> <td>27</td> <td>28</td> <td>29</td> <td>30</td> <td>31</td> <td>32</td> <td>33</td> <td>34</td> <td>35</td> <td>36</td> <td>37</td> <td>38</td> <td>39</td> <td>40</td> <td>41</td> <td>42</td> <td>43</td> <td>44</td> <td>45</td> <td>46</td> <td>47</td> <td>48</td> <td>49</td> <td>50</td> <td>51</td> <td>52</td> <td>53</td> <td>54</td> <td>55</td> <td>56</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sebastian Vettel</td> <td>107.821</td> <td>106.344</td> <td>106.716</td> <td>105.592</td> <td>104.598</td> <td>104.432</td> <td>103.992</td> <td>103.879</td> <td>103.85</td> <td>103.802</td> <td>103.668</td> <td>103.181</td> <td>103.578</td> <td>104.143</td> <td>103.889</td> <td>103.944</td> <td>103.84</td> <td>103.548</td> <td>104.154</td> <td>104.228</td> <td>104.757</td> <td>121.742</td> <td>103.042</td> <td>102.707</td> <td>102.199</td> <td>102.22</td> <td>101.998</td> <td>101.847</td> <td>101.81</td> <td>101.877</td> <td>102.019</td> <td>102.008</td> <td>101.688</td> <td>102.15</td> <td>100.969</td> <td>100.911</td> <td>101.132</td> <td>101.059</td> <td>100.925</td> <td>101.539</td> <td>100.85</td> <td>102.746</td> <td>100.677</td> <td>100.382</td> <td>100.539</td> <td>100.506</td> <td>100.556</td> <td>100.653</td> <td>100.686</td> <td>100.239</td> <td>100.422</td> <td>100.468</td> <td>100.082</td> <td>100.132</td> <td>99.861</td> <td>99.347</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lewis Hamilton</td> <td>109.559</td> <td>107.384</td> <td>106.64</td> <td>105.497</td> <td>104.783</td> <td>104.293</td> <td>103.614</td> <td>103.794</td> <td>103.279</td> <td>103.683</td> <td>103.677</td> <td>103.272</td> <td>103.472</td> <td>103.914</td> <td>103.58</td> <td>104.053</td> <td>104.251</td> <td>104.667</td> <td>104.84</td> <td>105.09</td> <td>121.759</td> <td>102.754</td> <td>102.812</td> <td>103.156</td> <td>101.826</td> <td>102.052</td> <td>101.752</td> <td>102.704</td> <td>101.95</td> <td>101.833</td> <td>101.632</td> <td>101.525</td> <td>101.292</td> <td>101.502</td> <td>101.339</td> <td>101.024</td> <td>101.069</td> <td>100.961</td> <td>101.041</td> <td>101.162</td> <td>101</td> <td>101.001</td> <td>100.24</td> <td>100.52</td> <td>100.435</td> <td>100.549</td> <td>100.406</td> <td>101.069</td> <td>100.311</td> <td>100.366</td> <td>100.294</td> <td>100.263</td> <td>100.212</td> <td>99.913</td> <td>99.709</td> <td>100.494</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mark Webber</td> <td>108.558</td> <td>107.065</td> <td>107.139</td> <td>107.084</td> <td>105.444</td> <td>104.719</td> <td>104.1</td> <td>104.405</td> <td>104.063</td> <td>104.469</td> <td>104.125</td> <td>103.766</td> <td>103.599</td> <td>104.468</td> <td>104.115</td> <td>106.008</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kimi Raikkonen</td> <td>114.246</td> <td>112.114</td> <td>107.073</td> <td>105.923</td> <td>105.247</td> <td>105.317</td> <td>105.12</td> <td>104.341</td> <td>104.432</td> <td>105.639</td> <td>105.57</td> <td>105.733</td> <td>104.084</td> <td>103.663</td> <td>103.721</td> <td>104.049</td> <td>103.558</td> <td>103.154</td> <td>103.301</td> <td>103.184</td> <td>103.423</td> <td>103.808</td> <td>103.481</td> <td>104.937</td> <td>126.451</td> <td>103.851</td> <td>104.863</td> <td>103.761</td> <td>105.058</td> <td>102.767</td> <td>102</td> <td>102.061</td> <td>101.886</td> <td>102.148</td> <td>102.154</td> <td>101.71</td> <td>102.069</td> <td>102.112</td> <td>103.212</td> <td>102.524</td> <td>101.907</td> <td>102.071</td> <td>101.326</td> <td>102.073</td> <td>102.697</td> <td>101.62</td> <td>101.924</td> <td>101.657</td> <td>102.333</td> <td>103.752</td> <td>101.945</td> <td>101.735</td> <td>100.826</td> <td>100.736</td> <td>99.873</td> <td>99.474</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Michael Schumacher</td> <td>113.401</td> <td>112.593</td> <td>108.802</td> <td>108.553</td> <td>107.301</td> <td>107.435</td> <td>107.943</td> <td>106.607</td> <td>106.206</td> <td>107.793</td> <td>105.38</td> <td>104.951</td> <td>107.349</td> <td>106.816</td> <td>126.728</td> <td>105.585</td> <td>104.58</td> <td>104.429</td> <td>104.892</td> <td>104.564</td> <td>105.074</td> <td>104.132</td> <td>104.101</td> <td>103.72</td> <td>103.651</td> <td>104.518</td> <td>103.833</td> <td>103.903</td> <td>103.554</td> <td>103.67</td> <td>103.223</td> <td>103.056</td> <td>103.219</td> <td>103.069</td> <td>104.133</td> <td>102.91</td> <td>104.261</td> <td>103.317</td> <td>102.478</td> <td>123.453</td> <td>102.996</td> <td>102.232</td> <td>101.44</td> <td>101.624</td> <td>101.369</td> <td>101.194</td> <td>101.374</td> <td>101.308</td> <td>101.482</td> <td>101.165</td> <td>102.195</td> <td>101.553</td> <td>101.512</td> <td>100.923</td> <td>101.067</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nico Hulkenberg</td> <td>113.678</td> <td>108.849</td> <td>107.264</td> <td>106.888</td> <td>106.111</td> <td>105.696</td> <td>105.141</td> <td>104.831</td> <td>104.837</td> <td>105.758</td> <td>105.559</td> <td>105.855</td> <td>106.803</td> <td>105.35</td> <td>106.257</td> <td>105.863</td> <td>105.93</td> <td>123.615</td> <td>103.507</td> <td>103.382</td> <td>103.268</td> <td>103.588</td> <td>105.452</td> <td>104.109</td> <td>103.379</td> <td>103.782</td> <td>103.586</td> <td>103.626</td> <td>103.815</td> <td>103.125</td> <td>102.913</td> <td>102.616</td> <td>102.667</td> <td>102.757</td> <td>101.961</td> <td>101.933</td> <td>102.168</td> <td>102.391</td> <td>102.257</td> <td>101.936</td> <td>101.638</td> <td>101.48</td> <td>101.811</td> <td>101.991</td> <td>101.243</td> <td>101.379</td> <td>101.597</td> <td>101.734</td> <td>102.353</td> <td>101.27</td> <td>101.704</td> <td>101.748</td> <td>101.048</td> <td>101.685</td> <td>102.415</td> <td>101.462</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fernando Alonso</td> <td>110.603</td> <td>108.915</td> <td>106.931</td> <td>106.448</td> <td>105.329</td> <td>105.101</td> <td>104.567</td> <td>104.376</td> <td>104.033</td> <td>104.237</td> <td>104.278</td> <td>103.756</td> <td>104.098</td> <td>103.834</td> <td>105.37</td> <td>104.603</td> <td>104.519</td> <td>103.893</td> <td>104.877</td> <td>105.411</td> <td>127.268</td> <td>104.644</td> <td>104.711</td> <td>103.305</td> <td>102.734</td> <td>102.832</td> <td>103.046</td> <td>102.921</td> <td>102.617</td> <td>102.368</td> <td>102.57</td> <td>101.98</td> <td>101.864</td> <td>102.003</td> <td>101.772</td> <td>101.455</td> <td>101.542</td> <td>101.566</td> <td>101.484</td> <td>101.234</td> <td>100.987</td> <td>101.256</td> <td>100.956</td> <td>101.051</td> <td>100.141</td> <td>101.618</td> <td>101.048</td> <td>100.977</td> <td>101.322</td> <td>100.549</td> <td>100.328</td> <td>101.352</td> <td>101.689</td> <td>101.453</td> <td>101.004</td> <td>99.672</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Romain Grosjean</td> <td>115.014</td> <td>109.849</td> <td>106.502</td> <td>105.81</td> <td>106.034</td> <td>115.202</td> <td>108.597</td> <td>107.174</td> <td>108.057</td> <td>123.774</td> <td>103.54</td> <td>104.106</td> <td>103.64</td> <td>105.195</td> <td>103.586</td> <td>103.942</td> <td>103.319</td> <td>102.458</td> <td>103.29</td> <td>102.681</td> <td>103.534</td> <td>103.447</td> <td>103.47</td> <td>102.887</td> <td>102.797</td> <td>103.471</td> <td>102.879</td> <td>104.288</td> <td>103.233</td> <td>102.728</td> <td>102.572</td> <td>102.444</td> <td>102.213</td> <td>101.967</td> <td>101.777</td> <td>102.013</td> <td>101.47</td> <td>103.205</td> <td>102.066</td> <td>101.731</td> <td>101.633</td> <td>101.982</td> <td>101.84</td> <td>101.691</td> <td>101.825</td> <td>101.604</td> <td>101.667</td> <td>102.632</td> <td>102.246</td> <td>102.618</td> <td>103.094</td> <td>101.514</td> <td>101.661</td> <td>101.572</td> <td>100.625</td> <td>101.416</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pastor Maldonado</td> <td>119.311</td> <td>109.563</td> <td>109.542</td> <td>107.104</td> <td>107.397</td> <td>107.359</td> <td>107.688</td> <td>107.503</td> <td>105.872</td> <td>105.8</td> <td>105.726</td> <td>104.762</td> <td>104.909</td> <td>104.194</td> <td>104.4</td> <td>103.864</td> <td>103.792</td> <td>104.029</td> <td>103.779</td> <td>103.677</td> <td>104.495</td> <td>122.957</td> <td>103.479</td> <td>103.525</td> <td>102.974</td> <td>103.584</td> <td>103.479</td> <td>104.562</td> <td>104.518</td> <td>102.719</td> <td>103.788</td> <td>102.064</td> <td>102.222</td> <td>102.198</td> <td>101.582</td> <td>101.76</td> <td>101.322</td> <td>101.249</td> <td>101.267</td> <td>101.301</td> <td>102.039</td> <td>101.024</td> <td>101.305</td> <td>102.397</td> <td>101.885</td> <td>101.084</td> <td>101.56</td> <td>101.249</td> <td>101.478</td> <td>101.248</td> <td>101.697</td> <td>101.442</td> <td>100.719</td> <td>101.306</td> <td>102.652</td> <td>101.393</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bruno Senna</td> <td>118.883</td> <td>109.53</td> <td>108.477</td> <td>108.006</td> <td>107.235</td> <td>106.87</td> <td>107.468</td> <td>104.94</td> <td>104.431</td> <td>103.924</td> <td>103.979</td> <td>104.555</td> <td>105.234</td> <td>105.071</td> <td>104.853</td> <td>105.367</td> <td>105.092</td> <td>104.234</td> <td>104.411</td> <td>106.703</td> <td>122.388</td> <td>103.371</td> <td>102.39</td> <td>102.736</td> <td>102.565</td> <td>102.922</td> <td>103.689</td> <td>103.431</td> <td>103.762</td> <td>103.279</td> <td>102.771</td> <td>102.721</td> <td>102.834</td> <td>102.774</td> <td>102.356</td> <td>101.591</td> <td>102.047</td> <td>102.649</td> <td>101.71</td> <td>102.37</td> <td>101.622</td> <td>101.239</td> <td>101.66</td> <td>103.355</td> <td>101.519</td> <td>100.938</td> <td>101.29</td> <td>101.286</td> <td>102.169</td> <td>101.31</td> <td>101.785</td> <td>102.782</td> <td>100.745</td> <td>101.483</td> <td>102.263</td> <td>101.337</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Felipe Massa</td> <td>116.792</td> <td>110.443</td> <td>108.659</td> <td>107.877</td> <td>107.293</td> <td>106.837</td> <td>105.272</td> <td>104.679</td> <td>104.246</td> <td>104.478</td> <td>104.26</td> <td>103.884</td> <td>104.059</td> <td>104.507</td> <td>104.422</td> <td>103.769</td> <td>103.646</td> <td>102.93</td> <td>103.161</td> <td>103.036</td> <td>103.252</td> <td>103.22</td> <td>103.532</td> <td>103.453</td> <td>103.292</td> <td>103.925</td> <td>124.964</td> <td>105.561</td> <td>104.473</td> <td>102.795</td> <td>102.336</td> <td>102</td> <td>102.338</td> <td>101.95</td> <td>102.097</td> <td>101.734</td> <td>101.578</td> <td>101.722</td> <td>101.339</td> <td>100.934</td> <td>100.572</td> <td>100.737</td> <td>100.904</td> <td>100.981</td> <td>101.148</td> <td>100.972</td> <td>101.911</td> <td>101.275</td> <td>100.884</td> <td>100.49</td> <td>101.469</td> <td>100.254</td> <td>100.05</td> <td>99.743</td> <td>99.745</td> <td>99.402</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jenson Button</td> <td>120.82</td> <td>108.893</td> <td>107.713</td> <td>108.496</td> <td>107.292</td> <td>106.418</td> <td>107.654</td> <td>105.784</td> <td>106.071</td> <td>104.483</td> <td>103.839</td> <td>103.712</td> <td>103.767</td> <td>104.166</td> <td>104.769</td> <td>105.602</td> <td>105.056</td> <td>104.133</td> <td>104.563</td> <td>104.476</td> <td>105.208</td> <td>104.67</td> <td>103.039</td> <td>102.007</td> <td>101.986</td> <td>103.42</td> <td>104.445</td> <td>102.656</td> <td>102.171</td> <td>101.898</td> <td>102.071</td> <td>101.932</td> <td>101.626</td> <td>102.159</td> <td>101.234</td> <td>120.332</td> <td>100.97</td> <td>101.69</td> <td>101.018</td> <td>102.103</td> <td>101.958</td> <td>102.252</td> <td>101.276</td> <td>101.973</td> <td>101.135</td> <td>100.33</td> <td>100.871</td> <td>100.673</td> <td>101.032</td> <td>100.35</td> <td>100.903</td> <td>100.842</td> <td>100.245</td> <td>100.15</td> <td>100.95</td> <td>102.419</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Paul di Resta</td> <td>115.873</td> <td>110.83</td> <td>108.75</td> <td>106.998</td> <td>106.864</td> <td>106.044</td> <td>105.257</td> <td>105.359</td> <td>104.91</td> <td>105.096</td> <td>105.874</td> <td>105.165</td> <td>105.077</td> <td>104.874</td> <td>104.989</td> <td>105.153</td> <td>104.95</td> <td>104.338</td> <td>104.508</td> <td>104.743</td> <td>106.179</td> <td>124.304</td> <td>104.017</td> <td>103.483</td> <td>103.139</td> <td>103.642</td> <td>103.586</td> <td>104.864</td> <td>113.07</td> <td>105.038</td> <td>124.111</td> <td>104.058</td> <td>103.458</td> <td>103.119</td> <td>102.904</td> <td>102.633</td> <td>102.757</td> <td>102.835</td> <td>102.457</td> <td>105.356</td> <td>102.45</td> <td>102.496</td> <td>101.806</td> <td>102.191</td> <td>102.029</td> <td>101.997</td> <td>101.75</td> <td>102.033</td> <td>101.818</td> <td>101.596</td> <td>101.965</td> <td>101.597</td> <td>101.445</td> <td>101</td> <td>100.594</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jean-Eric Vergne</td> <td>121.811</td> <td>109.971</td> <td>108.251</td> <td>106.663</td> <td>107.12</td> <td>108.512</td> <td>106.656</td> <td>107.695</td> <td>106.011</td> <td>105.032</td> <td>105.698</td> <td>104.775</td> <td>106.741</td> <td>107.438</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sergio Perez</td> <td>118.172</td> <td>109.43</td> <td>108.852</td> <td>107.836</td> <td>107.336</td> <td>107.002</td> <td>106.044</td> <td>104.894</td> <td>104.326</td> <td>104.2</td> <td>104.38</td> <td>105.168</td> <td>105.16</td> <td>104.878</td> <td>105.129</td> <td>105.435</td> <td>105.036</td> <td>104.184</td> <td>104.39</td> <td>105.176</td> <td>106.945</td> <td>105.991</td> <td>124.265</td> <td>103.831</td> <td>103.111</td> <td>103.107</td> <td>102.885</td> <td>103.345</td> <td>103.832</td> <td>103.217</td> <td>103.472</td> <td>103.294</td> <td>102.338</td> <td>102.622</td> <td>102.126</td> <td>102.582</td> <td>102.226</td> <td>102.225</td> <td>102.553</td> <td>102.644</td> <td>102.024</td> <td>101.944</td> <td>101.992</td> <td>101.877</td> <td>102.417</td> <td>102.069</td> <td>101.441</td> <td>101.665</td> <td>101.348</td> <td>100.905</td> <td>101.022</td> <td>100.958</td> <td>100.701</td> <td>101.015</td> <td>101.873</td> <td>102.72</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kamui Kobayashi</td> <td>122.647</td> <td>110.929</td> <td>107.888</td> <td>108.276</td> <td>107.02</td> <td>107.149</td> <td>106.422</td> <td>107.514</td> <td>106.246</td> <td>105.503</td> <td>105.281</td> <td>106.72</td> <td>105.414</td> <td>128.205</td> <td>105.615</td> <td>105.149</td> <td>104.533</td> <td>104.095</td> <td>104.852</td> <td>104.529</td> <td>104.675</td> <td>104.154</td> <td>104.328</td> <td>104</td> <td>103.626</td> <td>104.133</td> <td>104.209</td> <td>103.882</td> <td>103.288</td> <td>103.422</td> <td>103.091</td> <td>102.758</td> <td>102.802</td> <td>102.779</td> <td>104.266</td> <td>103.3</td> <td>103.706</td> <td>103.571</td> <td>102.288</td> <td>101.976</td> <td>101.956</td> <td>102.068</td> <td>101.884</td> <td>101.765</td> <td>102.462</td> <td>102.538</td> <td>102.209</td> <td>101.67</td> <td>103.644</td> <td>106.031</td> <td>101.442</td> <td>100.946</td> <td>101.599</td> <td>102.959</td> <td>100.315</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nico Rosberg</td> <td>120.34</td> <td>110.749</td> <td>109.806</td> <td>106.9</td> <td>107.217</td> <td>107.844</td> <td>106.678</td> <td>107.585</td> <td>106.147</td> <td>105.377</td> <td>105.252</td> <td>105.138</td> <td>106.262</td> <td>106.203</td> <td>104.19</td> <td>104.146</td> <td>104.106</td> <td>103.514</td> <td>104.264</td> <td>104.058</td> <td>104.129</td> <td>103.9</td> <td>103.804</td> <td>103.548</td> <td>103.675</td> <td>104.043</td> <td>104.297</td> <td>105.009</td> <td>105.837</td> <td>103.375</td> <td>103.197</td> <td>102.662</td> <td>102.847</td> <td>102.909</td> <td>124.168</td> <td>102.764</td> <td>101.949</td> <td>101.872</td> <td>101.605</td> <td>100.94</td> <td>101.141</td> <td>101.365</td> <td>101.042</td> <td>101.363</td> <td>101.669</td> <td>102.802</td> <td>101.342</td> <td>100.942</td> <td>100.857</td> <td>100.518</td> <td>100.428</td> <td>100.713</td> <td>100.579</td> <td>100.738</td> <td>100.942</td> <td>102.032</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Daniel Ricciardo</td> <td>124.004</td> <td>110.118</td> <td>107.82</td> <td>106.313</td> <td>105.996</td> <td>106.879</td> <td>107.136</td> <td>106.368</td> <td>105.645</td> <td>104.94</td> <td>104.412</td> <td>104.252</td> <td>104.39</td> <td>104.47</td> <td>104.051</td> <td>104.423</td> <td>104.497</td> <td>104.296</td> <td>104.18</td> <td>104.381</td> <td>105.975</td> <td>103.778</td> <td>104.239</td> <td>103.646</td> <td>104.495</td> <td>103.982</td> <td>104.014</td> <td>104.59</td> <td>104.282</td> <td>104.383</td> <td>124.693</td> <td>103.324</td> <td>103.69</td> <td>102.509</td> <td>102.363</td> <td>102.105</td> <td>102.035</td> <td>101.96</td> <td>101.785</td> <td>101.823</td> <td>102.097</td> <td>101.609</td> <td>101.489</td> <td>101.582</td> <td>101.96</td> <td>101.461</td> <td>101.198</td> <td>101.33</td> <td>101.174</td> <td>100.848</td> <td>100.945</td> <td>101.037</td> <td>100.772</td> <td>101.035</td> <td>101.394</td> <td>101.967</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Timo Glock</td> <td>123.781</td> <td>112.951</td> <td>108.757</td> <td>108.024</td> <td>107.955</td> <td>107.314</td> <td>107.015</td> <td>106.977</td> <td>107.785</td> <td>108.365</td> <td>106.611</td> <td>106.185</td> <td>106.976</td> <td>106.833</td> <td>106.432</td> <td>106.245</td> <td>106.356</td> <td>105.317</td> <td>105.77</td> <td>105.519</td> <td>106.458</td> <td>126.015</td> <td>105.087</td> <td>105.169</td> <td>104.927</td> <td>105.03</td> <td>105.112</td> <td>105.672</td> <td>104.853</td> <td>104.776</td> <td>106.476</td> <td>105.137</td> <td>104.563</td> <td>103.922</td> <td>103.795</td> <td>103.783</td> <td>103.829</td> <td>103.656</td> <td>103.356</td> <td>103.324</td> <td>103.608</td> <td>104.424</td> <td>103.575</td> <td>103.346</td> <td>103.991</td> <td>105.186</td> <td>104.07</td> <td>104.485</td> <td>106.568</td> <td>105.007</td> <td>106.232</td> <td>103.646</td> <td>103.367</td> <td>104.211</td> <td>105.619</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Charles Pic</td> <td>125.705</td> <td>112.004</td> <td>110.798</td> <td>109.661</td> <td>108.078</td> <td>107.387</td> <td>106.968</td> <td>106.687</td> <td>107.134</td> <td>107.069</td> <td>106.621</td> <td>107.246</td> <td>106.703</td> <td>106.69</td> <td>110.013</td> <td>106.879</td> <td>107.631</td> <td>105.997</td> <td>105.942</td> <td>105.927</td> <td>106.133</td> <td>105.963</td> <td>105.425</td> <td>105.345</td> <td>105.033</td> <td>106.56</td> <td>129.105</td> <td>105.816</td> <td>105.344</td> <td>105.281</td> <td>104.92</td> <td>105.274</td> <td>105.239</td> <td>107.449</td> <td>104.527</td> <td>104.563</td> <td>106.162</td> <td>107.207</td> <td>104.417</td> <td>106.87</td> <td>104.499</td> <td>103.923</td> <td>104.522</td> <td>107.476</td> <td>105.93</td> <td>103.903</td> <td>104.074</td> <td>103.943</td> <td>103.699</td> <td>103.33</td> <td>106.088</td> <td>104.401</td> <td>105.584</td> <td>102.481</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vitaly Petrov</td> <td>123.382</td> <td>112.529</td> <td>108.906</td> <td>107.766</td> <td>107.378</td> <td>107.508</td> <td>106.84</td> <td>106.559</td> <td>106.685</td> <td>106.748</td> <td>105.864</td> <td>106.027</td> <td>106.19</td> <td>105.905</td> <td>106.306</td> <td>107.285</td> <td>106.125</td> <td>105.368</td> <td>105.915</td> <td>105.787</td> <td>105.744</td> <td>105.937</td> <td>106.105</td> <td>125.647</td> <td>104.593</td> <td>105.086</td> <td>104.772</td> <td>104.705</td> <td>104.355</td> <td>104.72</td> <td>104.972</td> <td>104.642</td> <td>106.397</td> <td>104.697</td> <td>104.203</td> <td>103.909</td> <td>103.533</td> <td>104.697</td> <td>103.56</td> <td>103.198</td> <td>103.735</td> <td>103.632</td> <td>103.395</td> <td>104.806</td> <td>104.05</td> <td>104.45</td> <td>104.274</td> <td>105.075</td> <td>104.546</td> <td>103.94</td> <td>104.301</td> <td>104.841</td> <td>106.418</td> <td>103.942</td> <td>102.824</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Heikki Kovalainen</td> <td>125.479</td> <td>113.221</td> <td>109.556</td> <td>107.96</td> <td>107.507</td> <td>106.605</td> <td>106.29</td> <td>106.645</td> <td>107.935</td> <td>106.944</td> <td>106.238</td> <td>105.97</td> <td>106.503</td> <td>106.937</td> <td>106.352</td> <td>106.331</td> <td>105.938</td> <td>105.523</td> <td>106.24</td> <td>106.125</td> <td>106.178</td> <td>125.908</td> <td>105.424</td> <td>105.044</td> <td>104.654</td> <td>104.852</td> <td>104.757</td> <td>104.856</td> <td>104.572</td> <td>104.636</td> <td>104.586</td> <td>107.179</td> <td>104.645</td> <td>104.43</td> <td>103.831</td> <td>103.603</td> <td>103.809</td> <td>103.796</td> <td>103.565</td> <td>103.591</td> <td>103.717</td> <td>103.557</td> <td>104.911</td> <td>103.816</td> <td>104.186</td> <td>105.265</td> <td>103.656</td> <td>104.938</td> <td>104.899</td> <td>103.072</td> <td>106.673</td> <td>106.172</td> <td>103.904</td> <td>103.324</td> <td>106.12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pedro de la Rosa</td> <td>126.427</td> <td>113.538</td> <td>111.415</td> <td>109.968</td> <td>109.203</td> <td>108.313</td> <td>107.782</td> <td>107.681</td> <td>107.879</td> <td>107.675</td> <td>107.395</td> <td>107.936</td> <td>107.67</td> <td>107.713</td> <td>107.448</td> <td>107.685</td> <td>107.229</td> <td>107.126</td> <td>107.061</td> <td>107.592</td> <td>107.703</td> <td>107.457</td> <td>108.045</td> <td>108.418</td> <td>130.628</td> <td>109.252</td> <td>106.642</td> <td>112.7</td> <td>107.815</td> <td>106.589</td> <td>107.595</td> <td>105.801</td> <td>106.141</td> <td>105.978</td> <td>105.363</td> <td>107.074</td> <td>105.297</td> <td>106.152</td> <td>105.377</td> <td>105.247</td> <td>107.912</td> <td>106.199</td> <td>104.664</td> <td>104.698</td> <td>105.528</td> <td>104.892</td> <td>106.272</td> <td>104.775</td> <td>106.865</td> <td>105.645</td> <td>105.188</td> <td>104.771</td> <td>105.461</td> <td>104.684</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Narain Karthikeyan</td> <td>126.86</td> <td>113.765</td> <td>111.256</td> <td>110.334</td> <td>109.145</td> <td>108.483</td> <td>107.824</td> <td>107.555</td> <td>108.069</td> <td>108.143</td> <td>107.463</td> <td>107.243</td> <td>107.71</td> <td>107.838</td> <td>108.196</td> <td>107.386</td> <td>106.992</td> <td>107.343</td> <td>107.254</td> <td>107.307</td> <td>107.285</td> <td>107.181</td> <td>108.148</td> <td>107.785</td> <td>108.167</td> <td>133.31</td> <td>112.102</td> <td>108.412</td> <td>106.633</td> <td>107.723</td> <td>106.169</td> <td>106.47</td> <td>105.378</td> <td>105.492</td> <td>107.811</td> <td>106.092</td> <td>106.27</td> <td>105.304</td> <td>105.257</td> <td>108.865</td> <td>106.505</td> <td>105.265</td> <td>104.762</td> <td>105.498</td> <td>104.593</td> <td>106.793</td> <td>105.443</td> <td>104.952</td> <td>107.783</td> <td>105.443</td> <td>104.508</td> <td>105.819</td> <td>110.171</td> <td>105.888</td> </tr> </table> </div> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/18/2012-united-states-grand-prix-pictures/gp-usa-f12012-24/" rel="attachment wp-att-66830"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ferr-mass-cota-2012-21-470x313.jpg" alt="Felipe Massa, Ferrari, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Felipe Massa, Ferrari, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66830" /></a>There haven&#8217;t been many races this year where <a title="Fernando Alonso" href="/fernando-alonso/">Fernando Alonso</a> was slower than his team mate, but this was definitely one.</p> <p>Massa out-qualified Alonso by over three-tenths of a second &#8211; the first time he has done so on merit all year (Alonso had a technical problem during qualifying at Monza).</p> <p>As the graph above shows during the race Massa&#8217;s car was often the quicker of the two when not in traffic, particularly towards the end of the stints.</p> <p>But Ferrari&#8217;s decision to <a href="/2012/11/18/alonso-moves-clean-side-massa-takes-gearbox-penalty/" title="Alonso moves forward as Massa takes penalty">sacrifice Massa&#8217;s starting position to move Alonso up one place</a> was another reminder that he is unlikely to be allowed to finish in front of his team mate.</p> <p>Tyre warm-up was a particular problem for the Ferrari drivers, as can be seen from their slower times at the start of each stint. But at the end of the race Massa was lapping as quickly as Vettel.</p> <h3>United States Grand Prix fastest laps</h3> <p>Each driver&#8217;s fastest lap:</p> <table class=thin> <tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Driver</th> <th>Car</th> <th>Fastest lap</th> <th>Gap</th> <th>On lap</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a title="Sebastian Vettel" href="/sebastian-vettel/">Sebastian Vettel</a></td> <td>Red Bull-Renault</td> <td>1&#8217;39.347</td> <td></td> <td>56</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a title="Felipe Massa" href="/felipe-massa/">Felipe Massa</a></td> <td>Ferrari</td> <td>1&#8217;39.402</td> <td>0.055</td> <td>56</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a title="Kimi Raikkonen" href="/kimi-raikkonen/">Kimi Raikkonen</a></td> <td>Lotus-Renault</td> <td>1&#8217;39.474</td> <td>0.127</td> <td>56</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a title="Fernando Alonso" href="/fernando-alonso/">Fernando Alonso</a></td> <td>Ferrari</td> <td>1&#8217;39.672</td> <td>0.325</td> <td>56</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a title="Lewis Hamilton" href="/lewis-hamilton/">Lewis Hamilton</a></td> <td>McLaren-Mercedes</td> <td>1&#8217;39.709</td> <td>0.362</td> <td>55</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a title="Jenson Button" href="/jenson-button/">Jenson Button</a></td> <td>McLaren-Mercedes</td> <td>1&#8217;40.150</td> <td>0.803</td> <td>54</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a title="Kamui Kobayashi" href="/kamui-kobayashi/">Kamui Kobayashi</a></td> <td>Sauber-Ferrari</td> <td>1&#8217;40.315</td> <td>0.968</td> <td>55</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a title="Nico Rosberg" href="/nico-rosberg/">Nico Rosberg</a></td> <td>Mercedes</td> <td>1&#8217;40.428</td> <td>1.081</td> <td>51</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a title="Paul di Resta" href="/paul-di-resta/">Paul di Resta</a></td> <td>Force India-Mercedes</td> <td>1&#8217;40.594</td> <td>1.247</td> <td>55</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a title="Romain Grosjean" href="/romain-grosjean/">Romain Grosjean</a></td> <td>Lotus-Renault</td> <td>1&#8217;40.625</td> <td>1.278</td> <td>55</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a title="Sergio Perez" href="/sergio-perez/">Sergio Perez</a></td> <td>Sauber-Ferrari</td> <td>1&#8217;40.701</td> <td>1.354</td> <td>53</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a title="Pastor Maldonado" href="/pastor-maldonado/">Pastor Maldonado</a></td> <td>Williams-Renault</td> <td>1&#8217;40.719</td> <td>1.372</td> <td>53</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a title="Bruno Senna" href="/bruno-senna/">Bruno Senna</a></td> <td>Williams-Renault</td> <td>1&#8217;40.745</td> <td>1.398</td> <td>53</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a title="Daniel Ricciardo" href="/daniel-ricciardo/">Daniel Ricciardo</a></td> <td>Toro Rosso-Ferrari</td> <td>1&#8217;40.772</td> <td>1.425</td> <td>53</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a title="Michael Schumacher" href="/michael-schumacher/">Michael Schumacher</a></td> <td>Mercedes</td> <td>1&#8217;40.923</td> <td>1.576</td> <td>54</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a title="Nico Hulkenberg" href="/nico-hulkenberg/">Nico Hulkenberg</a></td> <td>Force India-Mercedes</td> <td>1&#8217;41.048</td> <td>1.701</td> <td>53</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a title="Charles Pic" href="/charles-pic/">Charles Pic</a></td> <td>Marussia-Cosworth</td> <td>1&#8217;42.481</td> <td>3.134</td> <td>54</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><a title="Vitaly Petrov" href="/vitaly-petrov/">Vitaly Petrov</a></td> <td>Caterham-Renault</td> <td>1&#8217;42.824</td> <td>3.477</td> <td>55</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td><a title="Heikki Kovalainen" href="/heikki-kovalainen/">Heikki Kovalainen</a></td> <td>Caterham-Renault</td> <td>1&#8217;43.072</td> <td>3.725</td> <td>50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td><a title="Timo Glock" href="/timo-glock/">Timo Glock</a></td> <td>Marussia-Cosworth</td> <td>1&#8217;43.324</td> <td>3.977</td> <td>40</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td><a title="Mark Webber" href="/mark-webber/">Mark Webber</a></td> <td>Red Bull-Renault</td> <td>1&#8217;43.599</td> <td>4.252</td> <td>13</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td><a title="Narain Karthikeyan" href="/narain-karthikeyan/">Narain Karthikeyan</a></td> <td>HRT-Cosworth</td> <td>1&#8217;44.508</td> <td>5.161</td> <td>51</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td><a title="Pedro de la Rosa" href="/pedro-de-la-rosa/">Pedro de la Rosa</a></td> <td>HRT-Cosworth</td> <td>1&#8217;44.664</td> <td>5.317</td> <td>43</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td><a title="Jean-Eric Vergne" href="/jean-eric-vergne/">Jean-Eric Vergne</a></td> <td>Toro Rosso-Ferrari</td> <td>1&#8217;44.775</td> <td>5.428</td> <td>12</td> </tr> </table> <p>Vettel set the fastest lap for the sixth time this year, with Massa second-quickest. </p> <h4>2012 United States Grand Prix</h4> <p><ul class="lcp_catlist"><li><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/20/top-ten-pictures-2012-united-states-grand-prix/" title="Top ten pictures from the 2012 United States GP">Top ten pictures from the 2012 United States GP</a> </li><li><a 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If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Spins proved costly for Romain Grosjean and Paul di Resta, but the Lotus driver made it back into the points.</p></p><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-lap-charts/">2012 United States Grand Prix lap charts</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/19/2012-united-states-grand-prix-lap-charts/">2012 United States Grand Prix lap charts</a> is an original article from <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong>. If this article has been published anywhere other than <strong><a title="F1 Fanatic" href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk">F1 Fanatic</a></strong> it is an infringement of copyright.</p><p>Spins proved costly for Romain Grosjean and Paul di Resta, but the Lotus driver made it back into the points.</p> <h3>United States Grand Prix lap chart</h3> <p>The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:</p> <p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/js/charts.js"></script></p> <div class="spreadsheetinfo"> <span class="coloursurl">http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2012drivercolours.csv</span></p> <table class="spreadsheetdata"> <tr> <td></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>19</td> <td>20</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>23</td> <td>24</td> <td>25</td> <td>26</td> <td>27</td> <td>28</td> <td>29</td> <td>30</td> <td>31</td> <td>32</td> <td>33</td> <td>34</td> <td>35</td> <td>36</td> <td>37</td> <td>38</td> <td>39</td> <td>40</td> <td>41</td> <td>42</td> <td>43</td> <td>44</td> <td>45</td> <td>46</td> <td>47</td> <td>48</td> <td>49</td> <td>50</td> <td>51</td> <td>52</td> <td>53</td> <td>54</td> <td>55</td> <td>56</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sebastian Vettel</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lewis Hamilton</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mark Webber</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kimi Raikkonen</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Michael Schumacher</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>17</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nico Hulkenberg</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fernando Alonso</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Romain Grosjean</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>15</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>20</td> <td>18</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pastor Maldonado</td> <td>9</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bruno Senna</td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>14</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Felipe Massa</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jenson Button</td> <td>12</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Paul di Resta</td> <td>13</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jean-Eric Vergne</td> <td>14</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sergio Perez</td> <td>15</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kamui Kobayashi</td> <td>16</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nico Rosberg</td> <td>17</td> <td>14</td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Daniel Ricciardo</td> <td>18</td> <td>20</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>17</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Timo Glock</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>21</td> <td>20</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Charles Pic</td> <td>20</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vitaly Petrov</td> <td>21</td> <td>18</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>17</td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Heikki Kovalainen</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pedro de la Rosa</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Narain Karthikeyan</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> </tr> </table> </div> <p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/11/18/2012-united-states-grand-prix-pictures/lotu-gros-cota-2012-2-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-66833"><img src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lotu-gros-cota-2012-21-470x313.jpg" alt="Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" title="Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Circuit of the Americas, 2012" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-66833" /></a>It was a case of what might have been for several drivers at the Circuit of the Americas.</p> <p>First among which was <a title="Romain Grosjean" href="/romain-grosjean/">Romain Grosjean</a>, who inherited Fernando Alonso&#8217;s eighth place on the grid and was up to six by lap three. A spin and an early pit stop dropped him to 22nd, but he demonstrated great pace and finished the race behind his team mate.</p> <p><a title="Paul di Resta" href="/paul-di-resta/">Paul di Resta</a> was another driver whose race was spoiled by a spin. His was more costly, forcing him to make an extra pit stop and leaving him out of the points.</p> <p>&#8220;I was fighting a lot of oversteer in the car and made an error in turn 19, lost the rear, and spun,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I was just trying a bit too hard to keep the cars behind me.&#8221;</p> <p>The <a title="Caterham" href="/f1-information/f1-teams/caterham/">Caterham</a> versus Marussia battle took an interesting turn as the two MR01s qualified ahead. But Vitaly Petrov passed them pair of them at the start as Timo Glock struggled, and Heikki Kovalainen also demoted the lead Caterham partly thanks to his KERS advantage.</p> <h3>United States Grand Prix race chart</h3> <p>The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:</p> <p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/js/charts.js"></script></p> <div class="spreadsheetinfo"> <span class="coloursurl">http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2012drivercolours.csv</span></p> <table class="spreadsheetdata"> <tr> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>19</td> <td>20</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>23</td> <td>24</td> <td>25</td> <td>26</td> <td>27</td> <td>28</td> <td>29</td> <td>30</td> <td>31</td> <td>32</td> <td>33</td> <td>34</td> <td>35</td> <td>36</td> <td>37</td> <td>38</td> <td>39</td> <td>40</td> <td>41</td> <td>42</td> <td>43</td> <td>44</td> <td>45</td> <td>46</td> <td>47</td> <td>48</td> <td>49</td> <td>50</td> <td>51</td> <td>52</td> <td>53</td> <td>54</td> <td>55</td> <td>56</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sebastian Vettel</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.906</td> <td>1.343</td> <td>1.205</td> <td>1.309</td> <td>1.266</td> <td>1.416</td> <td>1</td> <td>1.375</td> <td>1.248</td> <td>1.376</td> <td>1.581</td> <td>1.451</td> <td>1.67</td> <td>1.822</td> <td>0.675</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lewis Hamilton</td> <td>1.738</td> <td>2.778</td> <td>2.702</td> <td>2.607</td> <td>2.792</td> <td>2.653</td> <td>2.275</td> <td>2.19</td> <td>1.619</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>1.509</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>1.494</td> <td>1.265</td> <td>0.956</td> <td>1.065</td> <td>1.476</td> <td>2.595</td> <td>3.281</td> <td>4.143</td> <td>21.145</td> <td>2.157</td> <td>1.927</td> <td>2.376</td> <td>2.003</td> <td>1.835</td> <td>1.589</td> <td>2.446</td> <td>2.586</td> <td>2.542</td> <td>2.155</td> <td>1.672</td> <td>1.276</td> <td>0.628</td> <td>0.998</td> <td>1.111</td> <td>1.048</td> <td>0.95</td> <td>1.066</td> <td>0.689</td> <td>0.839</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mark Webber</td> <td>0.737</td> <td>1.458</td> <td>1.881</td> <td>3.373</td> <td>4.219</td> <td>4.506</td> <td>4.614</td> <td>5.14</td> <td>5.353</td> <td>6.02</td> <td>6.477</td> <td>7.062</td> <td>7.083</td> <td>7.408</td> <td>7.634</td> <td>9.698</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kimi Raikkonen</td> <td>6.425</td> <td>12.195</td> <td>12.552</td> <td>12.883</td> <td>13.532</td> <td>14.417</td> <td>15.545</td> <td>16.007</td> <td>16.589</td> <td>18.426</td> <td>20.328</td> <td>22.88</td> <td>23.386</td> <td>22.906</td> <td>22.738</td> <td>22.843</td> <td>22.561</td> <td>22.167</td> <td>21.314</td> <td>20.27</td> <td>18.936</td> <td>1.002</td> <td>1.441</td> <td>3.671</td> <td>27.923</td> <td>29.554</td> <td>32.419</td> <td>34.333</td> <td>37.581</td> <td>38.471</td> <td>38.452</td> <td>38.505</td> <td>38.703</td> <td>38.701</td> <td>39.886</td> <td>40.685</td> <td>41.622</td> <td>42.675</td> <td>44.962</td> <td>45.947</td> <td>47.004</td> <td>47.235</td> <td>48.321</td> <td>49.874</td> <td>52.136</td> <td>53.207</td> <td>54.725</td> <td>55.313</td> <td>57.335</td> <td>60.721</td> <td>62.372</td> <td>63.844</td> <td>64.458</td> <td>65.281</td> <td>65.445</td> <td>64.425</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Michael Schumacher</td> <td>5.58</td> <td>11.829</td> <td>13.915</td> <td>16.876</td> <td>19.579</td> <td>22.582</td> <td>26.533</td> <td>29.261</td> <td>31.617</td> <td>35.608</td> <td>37.32</td> <td>39.09</td> <td>42.861</td> <td>45.534</td> <td>68.373</td> <td>70.014</td> <td>70.754</td> <td>71.635</td> <td>72.373</td> <td>72.709</td> <td>73.026</td> <td>55.416</td> <td>56.475</td> <td>57.488</td> <td>58.94</td> <td>61.238</td> <td>63.073</td> <td>65.129</td> <td>66.873</td> <td>68.666</td> <td>69.87</td> <td>70.918</td> <td>72.449</td> <td>73.368</td> <td>76.532</td> <td>78.531</td> <td>81.66</td> <td>83.918</td> <td>85.471</td> <td>107.385</td> <td>109.531</td> <td>109.923</td> <td>111.123</td> <td>112.227</td> <td>113.161</td> <td>113.806</td> <td>114.774</td> <td>115.013</td> <td>116.184</td> <td>116.983</td> <td>118.884</td> <td>120.174</td> <td>121.474</td> <td>122.484</td> <td>123.842</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nico Hulkenberg</td> <td>5.857</td> <td>8.362</td> <td>8.91</td> <td>10.206</td> <td>11.719</td> <td>12.983</td> <td>14.132</td> <td>15.084</td> <td>16.071</td> <td>18.027</td> <td>19.918</td> <td>22.592</td> <td>25.817</td> <td>27.024</td> <td>29.392</td> <td>31.311</td> <td>33.401</td> <td>53.468</td> <td>52.821</td> <td>51.975</td> <td>50.486</td> <td>32.332</td> <td>34.742</td> <td>36.144</td> <td>37.324</td> <td>38.886</td> <td>40.474</td> <td>42.253</td> <td>44.258</td> <td>45.506</td> <td>46.4</td> <td>47.008</td> <td>47.987</td> <td>48.594</td> <td>49.586</td> <td>50.608</td> <td>51.644</td> <td>52.976</td> <td>54.308</td> <td>54.705</td> <td>55.493</td> <td>55.133</td> <td>56.704</td> <td>58.175</td> <td>58.983</td> <td>59.813</td> <td>61.004</td> <td>61.669</td> <td>63.711</td> <td>64.615</td> <td>66.025</td> <td>67.51</td> <td>68.346</td> <td>70.118</td> <td>72.824</td> <td>73.792</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fernando Alonso</td> <td>2.782</td> <td>5.353</td> <td>5.568</td> <td>6.424</td> <td>7.155</td> <td>7.824</td> <td>8.399</td> <td>8.896</td> <td>9.079</td> <td>9.514</td> <td>10.124</td> <td>10.699</td> <td>11.219</td> <td>10.91</td> <td>12.391</td> <td>13.05</td> <td>13.729</td> <td>14.074</td> <td>14.797</td> <td>15.98</td> <td>38.491</td> <td>21.393</td> <td>23.062</td> <td>23.66</td> <td>24.195</td> <td>24.807</td> <td>25.855</td> <td>26.929</td> <td>27.736</td> <td>28.227</td> <td>28.778</td> <td>28.75</td> <td>28.926</td> <td>28.779</td> <td>29.582</td> <td>30.126</td> <td>30.536</td> <td>31.043</td> <td>31.602</td> <td>31.297</td> <td>31.434</td> <td>30.85</td> <td>31.566</td> <td>32.097</td> <td>31.803</td> <td>32.872</td> <td>33.514</td> <td>33.422</td> <td>34.433</td> <td>34.616</td> <td>34.65</td> <td>35.739</td> <td>37.216</td> <td>38.756</td> <td>40.051</td> <td>39.229</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Romain Grosjean</td> <td>7.193</td> <td>10.698</td> <td>10.484</td> <td>10.702</td> <td>12.138</td> <td>22.908</td> <td>27.513</td> <td>30.808</td> <td>35.015</td> <td>54.987</td> <td>54.859</td> <td>55.784</td> <td>55.846</td> <td>56.898</td> <td>56.595</td> <td>56.593</td> <td>56.072</td> <td>54.982</td> <td>54.118</td> <td>52.571</td> <td>51.348</td> <td>33.053</td> <td>33.481</td> <td>33.661</td> <td>34.259</td> <td>35.51</td> <td>36.391</td> <td>38.832</td> <td>40.255</td> <td>41.106</td> <td>41.659</td> <td>42.095</td> <td>42.62</td> <td>42.437</td> <td>43.245</td> <td>44.347</td> <td>44.685</td> <td>46.831</td> <td>47.972</td> <td>48.164</td> <td>48.947</td> <td>49.089</td> <td>50.689</td> <td>51.86</td> <td>53.25</td> <td>54.305</td> <td>55.566</td> <td>57.129</td> <td>59.064</td> <td>61.316</td> <td>64.116</td> <td>65.367</td> <td>66.816</td> <td>68.475</td> <td>69.391</td> <td>70.313</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pastor Maldonado</td> <td>11.49</td> <td>14.709</td> <td>17.535</td> <td>19.047</td> <td>21.846</td> <td>24.773</td> <td>28.469</td> <td>32.093</td> <td>34.115</td> <td>36.113</td> <td>38.171</td> <td>39.752</td> <td>41.083</td> <td>41.134</td> <td>41.645</td> <td>41.565</td> <td>41.517</td> <td>41.998</td> <td>41.623</td> <td>41.072</td> <td>40.81</td> <td>42.025</td> <td>42.462</td> <td>43.28</td> <td>44.055</td> <td>45.419</td> <td>46.9</td> <td>49.615</td> <td>52.323</td> <td>53.165</td> <td>54.934</td> <td>54.99</td> <td>55.524</td> <td>55.572</td> <td>56.185</td> <td>57.034</td> <td>57.224</td> <td>57.414</td> <td>57.756</td> <td>57.518</td> <td>58.707</td> <td>57.891</td> <td>58.956</td> <td>60.833</td> <td>62.283</td> <td>62.818</td> <td>63.972</td> <td>64.152</td> <td>65.319</td> <td>66.201</td> <td>67.604</td> <td>68.783</td> <td>69.29</td> <td>70.683</td> <td>73.626</td> <td>74.525</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bruno Senna</td> <td>11.062</td> <td>14.248</td> <td>16.009</td> <td>18.423</td> <td>21.06</td> <td>23.498</td> <td>26.974</td> <td>28.035</td> <td>28.616</td> <td>28.738</td> <td>29.049</td> <td>30.423</td> <td>32.079</td> <td>33.007</td> <td>33.971</td> <td>35.394</td> <td>36.646</td> <td>37.332</td> <td>37.589</td> <td>40.064</td> <td>57.695</td> <td>39.324</td> <td>38.672</td> <td>38.701</td> <td>39.067</td> <td>39.769</td> <td>41.46</td> <td>43.044</td> <td>44.996</td> <td>46.398</td> <td>47.15</td> <td>47.863</td> <td>49.009</td> <td>49.633</td> <td>51.02</td> <td>51.7</td> <td>52.615</td> <td>54.205</td> <td>54.99</td> <td>55.821</td> <td>56.593</td> <td>55.992</td> <td>57.412</td> <td>60.247</td> <td>61.331</td> <td>61.72</td> <td>62.604</td> <td>62.821</td> <td>64.679</td> <td>65.623</td> <td>67.114</td> <td>69.633</td> <td>70.166</td> <td>71.736</td> <td>74.29</td> <td>75.133</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Felipe Massa</td> <td>8.971</td> <td>13.07</td> <td>15.013</td> <td>17.298</td> <td>19.993</td> <td>22.398</td> <td>23.678</td> <td>24.478</td> <td>24.874</td> <td>25.55</td> <td>26.142</td> <td>26.845</td> <td>27.326</td> <td>27.69</td> <td>28.223</td> <td>28.048</td> <td>27.854</td> <td>27.236</td> <td>26.243</td> <td>25.051</td> <td>23.546</td> <td>5.024</td> <td>5.514</td> <td>6.26</td> <td>7.353</td> <td>9.058</td> <td>32.024</td> <td>35.738</td> <td>38.401</td> <td>39.319</td> <td>39.636</td> <td>39.628</td> <td>40.278</td> <td>40.078</td> <td>41.206</td> <td>42.029</td> <td>42.475</td> <td>43.138</td> <td>43.552</td> <td>42.947</td> <td>42.669</td> <td>41.566</td> <td>42.23</td> <td>42.691</td> <td>43.404</td> <td>43.827</td> <td>45.332</td> <td>45.538</td> <td>46.111</td> <td>46.235</td> <td>47.41</td> <td>47.401</td> <td>47.239</td> <td>47.069</td> <td>47.105</td> <td>46.013</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jenson Button</td> <td>12.999</td> <td>15.548</td> <td>16.545</td> <td>19.449</td> <td>22.143</td> <td>24.129</td> <td>27.791</td> <td>29.696</td> <td>31.917</td> <td>32.598</td> <td>32.769</td> <td>33.3</td> <td>33.489</td> <td>33.512</td> <td>34.392</td> <td>36.05</td> <td>37.266</td> <td>37.851</td> <td>38.26</td> <td>38.508</td> <td>38.959</td> <td>21.887</td> <td>21.884</td> <td>21.184</td> <td>20.971</td> <td>22.171</td> <td>24.618</td> <td>25.427</td> <td>25.788</td> <td>25.809</td> <td>25.861</td> <td>25.785</td> <td>25.723</td> <td>25.732</td> <td>25.997</td> <td>45.418</td> <td>45.256</td> <td>45.887</td> <td>45.98</td> <td>46.544</td> <td>47.652</td> <td>48.064</td> <td>49.1</td> <td>50.553</td> <td>51.253</td> <td>51.034</td> <td>51.499</td> <td>51.103</td> <td>51.824</td> <td>51.808</td> <td>52.417</td> <td>52.996</td> <td>53.029</td> <td>53.266</td> <td>54.507</td> <td>56.432</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Paul di Resta</td> <td>8.052</td> <td>12.538</td> <td>14.572</td> <td>15.978</td> <td>18.244</td> <td>19.856</td> <td>21.121</td> <td>22.601</td> <td>23.661</td> <td>24.955</td> <td>27.161</td> <td>29.145</td> <td>30.644</td> <td>31.375</td> <td>32.475</td> <td>33.684</td> <td>34.794</td> <td>35.584</td> <td>35.938</td> <td>36.453</td> <td>37.875</td> <td>40.437</td> <td>41.412</td> <td>42.188</td> <td>43.128</td> <td>44.55</td> <td>46.138</td> <td>49.155</td> <td>60.415</td> <td>63.576</td> <td>85.668</td> <td>87.718</td> <td>89.488</td> <td>90.457</td> <td>92.392</td> <td>94.114</td> <td>95.739</td> <td>97.515</td> <td>99.047</td> <td>102.864</td> <td>104.464</td> <td>105.12</td> <td>106.686</td> <td>108.357</td> <td>109.951</td> <td>111.399</td> <td>112.743</td> <td>113.707</td> <td>115.214</td> <td>116.444</td> <td>118.115</td> <td>119.449</td> <td>120.682</td> <td>121.769</td> <td>122.654</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jean-Eric Vergne</td> <td>13.99</td> <td>17.617</td> <td>19.152</td> <td>20.223</td> <td>22.745</td> <td>26.825</td> <td>29.489</td> <td>33.305</td> <td>35.466</td> <td>36.696</td> <td>38.726</td> <td>40.32</td> <td>43.483</td> <td>46.778</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sergio Perez</td> <td>10.351</td> <td>13.437</td> <td>15.573</td> <td>17.817</td> <td>20.555</td> <td>23.125</td> <td>25.177</td> <td>26.192</td> <td>26.668</td> <td>27.066</td> <td>27.778</td> <td>29.765</td> <td>31.347</td> <td>32.082</td> <td>33.322</td> <td>34.813</td> <td>36.009</td> <td>36.645</td> <td>36.881</td> <td>37.829</td> <td>40.017</td> <td>24.266</td> <td>45.489</td> <td>46.613</td> <td>47.525</td> <td>48.412</td> <td>49.299</td> <td>50.797</td> <td>52.819</td> <td>54.159</td> <td>55.612</td> <td>56.898</td> <td>57.548</td> <td>58.02</td> <td>59.177</td> <td>60.848</td> <td>61.942</td> <td>63.108</td> <td>64.736</td> <td>65.841</td> <td>67.015</td> <td>67.119</td> <td>68.871</td> <td>70.228</td> <td>72.21</td> <td>73.73</td> <td>74.765</td> <td>75.361</td> <td>76.398</td> <td>76.937</td> <td>77.665</td> <td>78.36</td> <td>78.849</td> <td>79.951</td> <td>82.115</td> <td>84.341</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kamui Kobayashi</td> <td>14.826</td> <td>19.411</td> <td>20.583</td> <td>23.267</td> <td>25.689</td> <td>28.406</td> <td>30.836</td> <td>34.471</td> <td>36.867</td> <td>38.568</td> <td>40.181</td> <td>43.72</td> <td>45.556</td> <td>69.618</td> <td>71.344</td> <td>72.549</td> <td>73.242</td> <td>73.789</td> <td>74.487</td> <td>74.788</td> <td>74.706</td> <td>57.118</td> <td>58.404</td> <td>59.697</td> <td>61.124</td> <td>63.037</td> <td>65.248</td> <td>67.283</td> <td>68.761</td> <td>70.306</td> <td>71.378</td> <td>72.128</td> <td>73.242</td> <td>73.871</td> <td>77.168</td> <td>79.557</td> <td>82.131</td> <td>84.643</td> <td>86.006</td> <td>86.443</td> <td>87.549</td> <td>87.777</td> <td>89.421</td> <td>90.666</td> <td>92.693</td> <td>94.682</td> <td>96.485</td> <td>97.086</td> <td>100.419</td> <td>106.084</td> <td>107.232</td> <td>107.915</td> <td>109.302</td> <td>112.348</td> <td>112.954</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nico Rosberg</td> <td>12.519</td> <td>16.924</td> <td>20.014</td> <td>21.322</td> <td>23.941</td> <td>27.353</td> <td>30.039</td> <td>33.745</td> <td>36.042</td> <td>37.617</td> <td>39.201</td> <td>41.158</td> <td>43.842</td> <td>45.902</td> <td>46.203</td> <td>46.405</td> <td>46.671</td> <td>46.637</td> <td>46.747</td> <td>46.577</td> <td>45.949</td> <td>28.107</td> <td>28.869</td> <td>29.71</td> <td>31.186</td> <td>33.009</td> <td>35.308</td> <td>38.47</td> <td>42.497</td> <td>43.995</td> <td>45.173</td> <td>45.827</td> <td>46.986</td> <td>47.745</td> <td>70.944</td> <td>72.797</td> <td>73.614</td> <td>74.427</td> <td>75.107</td> <td>74.508</td> <td>74.799</td> <td>74.324</td> <td>75.126</td> <td>75.969</td> <td>77.203</td> <td>79.456</td> <td>80.392</td> <td>80.265</td> <td>80.811</td> <td>80.963</td> <td>81.097</td> <td>81.547</td> <td>81.914</td> <td>82.739</td> <td>83.972</td> <td>85.51</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Daniel Ricciardo</td> <td>16.183</td> <td>19.957</td> <td>21.061</td> <td>21.782</td> <td>23.18</td> <td>25.627</td> <td>28.771</td> <td>31.26</td> <td>33.055</td> <td>34.193</td> <td>34.937</td> <td>36.008</td> <td>36.82</td> <td>37.147</td> <td>37.309</td> <td>37.788</td> <td>38.445</td> <td>39.193</td> <td>39.219</td> <td>39.372</td> <td>40.59</td> <td>22.626</td> <td>23.823</td> <td>24.762</td> <td>27.058</td> <td>28.82</td> <td>30.836</td> <td>33.579</td> <td>36.051</td> <td>38.557</td> <td>61.231</td> <td>62.547</td> <td>64.549</td> <td>64.908</td> <td>66.302</td> <td>67.496</td> <td>68.399</td> <td>69.3</td> <td>70.16</td> <td>70.444</td> <td>71.691</td> <td>71.46</td> <td>72.709</td> <td>73.771</td> <td>75.296</td> <td>76.208</td> <td>77</td> <td>77.261</td> <td>78.124</td> <td>78.606</td> <td>79.257</td> <td>80.031</td> <td>80.591</td> <td>81.713</td> <td>83.398</td> <td>84.871</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Timo Glock</td> <td>15.96</td> <td>22.567</td> <td>24.608</td> <td>27.04</td> <td>30.397</td> <td>33.279</td> <td>36.302</td> <td>39.4</td> <td>43.335</td> <td>47.898</td> <td>50.841</td> <td>53.845</td> <td>57.243</td> <td>59.933</td> <td>62.476</td> <td>64.777</td> <td>67.293</td> <td>69.062</td> <td>70.678</td> <td>71.969</td> <td>73.67</td> <td>77.943</td> <td>79.988</td> <td>82.45</td> <td>85.178</td> <td>87.988</td> <td>91.102</td> <td>94.927</td> <td>97.97</td> <td>100.869</td> <td>105.326</td> <td>108.455</td> <td>111.33</td> <td>113.102</td> <td>115.928</td> <td>118.8</td> <td>121.497</td> <td>124.094</td> <td>126.525</td> <td>128.31</td> <td>131.068</td> <td>133.652</td> <td>136.987</td> <td>139.813</td> <td>143.369</td> <td>148.006</td> <td>151.67</td> <td>155.086</td> <td>161.343</td> <td>165.984</td> <td>171.922</td> <td>175.305</td> <td>178.46</td> <td>182.758</td> <td>188.668</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Charles Pic</td> <td>17.884</td> <td>23.544</td> <td>27.626</td> <td>31.695</td> <td>35.175</td> <td>38.13</td> <td>41.106</td> <td>43.914</td> <td>47.198</td> <td>50.465</td> <td>53.418</td> <td>57.483</td> <td>60.608</td> <td>63.155</td> <td>69.279</td> <td>72.214</td> <td>76.005</td> <td>78.454</td> <td>80.242</td> <td>81.941</td> <td>83.317</td> <td>67.538</td> <td>69.921</td> <td>72.559</td> <td>75.393</td> <td>79.733</td> <td>106.84</td> <td>110.809</td> <td>114.343</td> <td>117.747</td> <td>120.648</td> <td>123.914</td> <td>127.465</td> <td>132.764</td> <td>136.322</td> <td>139.974</td> <td>145.004</td> <td>151.152</td> <td>154.644</td> <td>159.975</td> <td>163.624</td> <td>165.707</td> <td>169.989</td> <td>176.945</td> <td>182.44</td> <td>185.794</td> <td>189.462</td> <td>192.336</td> <td>195.724</td> <td>198.688</td> <td>204.482</td> <td>208.62</td> <td>213.992</td> <td>216.56</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vitaly Petrov</td> <td>15.561</td> <td>21.746</td> <td>23.936</td> <td>26.11</td> <td>28.89</td> <td>31.966</td> <td>34.814</td> <td>37.494</td> <td>40.329</td> <td>43.275</td> <td>45.471</td> <td>48.317</td> <td>50.929</td> <td>52.691</td> <td>55.108</td> <td>58.449</td> <td>60.734</td> <td>62.554</td> <td>64.315</td> <td>65.874</td> <td>66.861</td> <td>51.056</td> <td>54.119</td> <td>77.059</td> <td>79.453</td> <td>82.319</td> <td>85.093</td> <td>87.951</td> <td>90.496</td> <td>93.339</td> <td>96.292</td> <td>98.926</td> <td>103.635</td> <td>106.182</td> <td>109.416</td> <td>112.414</td> <td>114.815</td> <td>118.453</td> <td>121.088</td> <td>122.747</td> <td>125.632</td> <td>127.424</td> <td>130.579</td> <td>134.865</td> <td>138.48</td> <td>142.381</td> <td>146.249</td> <td>150.255</td> <td>154.49</td> <td>158.064</td> <td>162.071</td> <td>166.649</td> <td>172.855</td> <td>176.884</td> <td>179.999</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Heikki Kovalainen</td> <td>17.658</td> <td>24.535</td> <td>27.375</td> <td>29.743</td> <td>32.652</td> <td>34.825</td> <td>37.123</td> <td>39.889</td> <td>43.974</td> <td>47.116</td> <td>49.686</td> <td>52.475</td> <td>55.4</td> <td>58.194</td> <td>60.657</td> <td>63.044</td> <td>65.142</td> <td>67.117</td> <td>69.203</td> <td>71.1</td> <td>72.521</td> <td>76.687</td> <td>79.069</td> <td>81.406</td> <td>83.861</td> <td>86.493</td> <td>89.252</td> <td>92.261</td> <td>95.023</td> <td>97.782</td> <td>100.349</td> <td>105.52</td> <td>108.477</td> <td>110.757</td> <td>113.619</td> <td>116.311</td> <td>118.988</td> <td>121.725</td> <td>124.365</td> <td>126.417</td> <td>129.284</td> <td>131.001</td> <td>135.672</td> <td>138.968</td> <td>142.719</td> <td>147.435</td> <td>150.685</td> <td>154.554</td> <td>159.142</td> <td>161.848</td> <td>168.227</td> <td>174.136</td> <td>177.828</td> <td>181.239</td> <td>187.65</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pedro de la Rosa</td> <td>18.606</td> <td>25.8</td> <td>30.499</td> <td>34.875</td> <td>39.48</td> <td>43.361</td> <td>47.151</td> <td>50.953</td> <td>54.982</td> <td>58.855</td> <td>62.582</td> <td>67.337</td> <td>71.429</td> <td>74.999</td> <td>78.558</td> <td>82.299</td> <td>85.688</td> <td>89.266</td> <td>92.173</td> <td>95.537</td> <td>98.483</td> <td>84.198</td> <td>89.201</td> <td>94.912</td> <td>123.341</td> <td>130.373</td> <td>135.017</td> <td>145.87</td> <td>151.875</td> <td>156.587</td> <td>162.163</td> <td>165.956</td> <td>170.409</td> <td>174.237</td> <td>178.631</td> <td>184.794</td> <td>188.959</td> <td>194.052</td> <td>198.504</td> <td>202.212</td> <td>209.274</td> <td>213.633</td> <td>218.057</td> <td>222.235</td> <td>227.328</td> <td>231.671</td> <td>237.537</td> <td>241.243</td> <td>247.797</td> <td>253.076</td> <td>257.97</td> <td>262.478</td> <td>267.727</td> <td>272.498</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Narain Karthikeyan</td> <td>19.039</td> <td>26.46</td> <td>31</td> <td>35.742</td> <td>40.289</td> <td>44.34</td> <td>48.172</td> <td>51.848</td> <td>56.067</td> <td>60.408</td> <td>64.203</td> <td>68.265</td> <td>72.397</td> <td>76.092</td> <td>80.399</td> <td>83.841</td> <td>86.993</td> <td>90.788</td> <td>93.888</td> <td>96.967</td> <td>99.495</td> <td>84.934</td> <td>90.04</td> <td>95.118</td> <td>101.086</td> <td>132.176</td> <td>142.28</td> <td>148.845</td> <td>153.668</td> <td>159.514</td> <td>163.664</td> <td>168.126</td> <td>171.816</td> <td>175.158</td> <td>182</td> <td>187.181</td> <td>192.319</td> <td>196.564</td> <td>200.896</td> <td>208.222</td> <td>213.877</td> <td>217.302</td> <td>221.824</td> <td>226.802</td> <td>230.96</td> <td>237.204</td> <td>242.241</td> <td>246.124</td> <td>253.596</td> <td>258.673</td> <td>262.887</td> <td>268.443</td> <td>278.402</td> <td>284.377</td> </tr> </table> </div> <p><a title="Lewis Hamilton" href="/lewis-hamilton/">Lewis Hamilton</a> and Sebastian Vettel left the field a long way behind. 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