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Dhabi 2012 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gran Premio di Abu Dhabi 2012" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012._gada_Ab%C5%AB_Dab%C4%AB_Grand_Prix" title="2012. gada Abū Dabī Grand Prix – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="2012. gada Abū Dabī Grand Prix" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_m._Abu_Dabio_Grand_Prix" title="2012 m. 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Abu Dabio Grand Prix" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012-es_Formula%E2%80%931_abu-dzabi_nagyd%C3%ADj" title="2012-es Formula–1 abu-dzabi nagydíj – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="2012-es Formula–1 abu-dzabi nagydíj" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_Abu_Dhabi_2012" title="Grand Prix Abu Dhabi 2012 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Grand Prix Abu Dhabi 2012" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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Championship">2012 Formula One World Championship</a><table style="width: 100%; background: transparent;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left;"><b>← </b><a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Indian Grand Prix">Previous race</a></td><td style="text-align: right;"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2012 United States Grand Prix">Next race</a><b> →</b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Circuit_Yas-Island.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Track layout of the Yas Marina Circuit." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Circuit_Yas-Island.svg/220px-Circuit_Yas-Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Circuit_Yas-Island.svg/330px-Circuit_Yas-Island.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Yas_Marina_Circuit" title="Yas Marina Circuit">Yas Marina Circuit</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Yas_Island" title="Yas Island">Yas Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a>, United Arab Emirates</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Permanent racing facility</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course length</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 5.554 km (3.451 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Distance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 55 laps, 305.355 km (189.739 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Weather</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <p>Dry<sup id="cite_ref-weather_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Air Temp 29 °C (84 °F)<sup id="cite_ref-weather_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <br />Track Temp 34 °C (93 °F) dropping to 29 °C (84 °F)<sup id="cite_ref-weather_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span 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style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 1:40.630</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Fastest_lap" title="Fastest lap">Fastest lap</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 1:43.964 on lap 54</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Podium#In_motorsport" title="Podium">Podium</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">First</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" 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text-align:center;background-color:#efefef;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">Lap leaders</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align: center;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_rr741kmtids1vk6ve1ju7l6muwmymgb"></map><img usemap="#timeline_rr741kmtids1vk6ve1ju7l6muwmymgb" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/rr741kmtids1vk6ve1ju7l6muwmymgb.png" /></div></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Motor car race</div> <p>The <b>2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix</b> (formally the <b>2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> motor race held on 4 November 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Yas_Marina_Circuit" title="Yas Marina Circuit">Yas Marina Circuit</a>, <a 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It was the eighteenth round of the <a href="/wiki/2012_Formula_One_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Formula One season">2012 Formula One season</a> and the fourth <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">Abu Dhabi Grand Prix</a>. The 55-lap race was won by <a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a> driver <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> after starting from fourth position. <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> finished second in a <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> with his championship rival <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> third for <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a>, having started from the pit lane. </p><p>The victory was Räikkönen's first of the season, his first since he returned to Formula One at the start of the year, and his first since the <a href="/wiki/2009_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2009 Belgian Grand Prix">2009 Belgian Grand Prix</a>. It was the first time a Lotus had won a race since <a href="/wiki/Ayrton_Senna" title="Ayrton Senna">Ayrton Senna</a>'s victory in <a href="/wiki/1987_Detroit_Grand_Prix" title="1987 Detroit Grand Prix">Detroit</a> in 1987. Alonso's second place allowed him to narrow the gap to Vettel in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers%27_Champions" title="List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions">Drivers' Championship</a> to ten points. Räikkönen's radio communications during the race were widely reported, particularly his comment to his engineer on lap 23: “Just leave me alone, I know what I'm doing.” </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Report">Report</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Grand Prix was contested by twelve teams with two drivers each. The teams (also known as <a href="/wiki/Formula_One#Constructors" title="Formula One">constructors</a>) were <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a>, <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caterham_F1" title="Caterham F1">Caterham</a>, <a href="/wiki/HRT_Formula_1_Team" title="HRT Formula 1 Team">HRT</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marussia_F1" title="Marussia F1">Marussia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-f1racing_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f1racing-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Formula_One_tyre" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula One tyre">Tyre</a> supplier <a href="/wiki/Pirelli" title="Pirelli">Pirelli</a> brought two types of tyre to the race; two dry compounds (soft "options" and medium "primes"). The Medium compound was distinguished by a white-band with the Soft compound being denoted by a yellow-band.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rules of the 2012 Grands Prix stipulated that all cars should use both types of tyre during the race unless the driver used any one of the two wet-weather compounds.<sup id="cite_ref-f1regulations_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f1regulations-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each driver was limited to eleven sets of dry tyres for the weekend. The <a href="/wiki/Drag_reduction_system" title="Drag reduction system">drag reduction system</a> (DRS) had two activation zones for the race; one was on the straight between turns seven and eight and the second on the straight linking turns ten and eleven.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Heading into the eighteenth race of the season, Red Bull driver <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> led the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers%27_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Formula One World Drivers' champions">Drivers' Championship</a> with 240 <a href="/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Championship_points_scoring_systems" title="List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems">points</a>, ahead of championship rival <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> on 227 points and <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> with 173. Vettel's teammate <a href="/wiki/Mark_Webber_(racing_driver)" title="Mark Webber (racing driver)">Mark Webber</a> was in fourth place on 167 points and <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> was a close fifth on 165 points.<sup id="cite_ref-points_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-points-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Red Bull were leading the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Constructors%27_Champions" title="List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions">Constructors' Championship</a> with 407 points; Ferrari (316 points) and McLaren (306) were vying for second place. Lotus were fourth on 288 points and Mercedes were a further one-hundred and fifty two points adrift in fifth.<sup id="cite_ref-points_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-points-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The championship had so far been tumultuous, with seven different drivers winning the first seven races of the season. Räikkonen, his Lotus teammate <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a> had finished in second and both <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kamui_Kobayashi" title="Kamui Kobayashi">Kamui Kobayashi</a> had finished in third.<sup id="cite_ref-points_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-points-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After finishing in second place behind Vettel in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Indian Grand Prix">Indian Grand Prix</a> Alonso stated it was crucial that he stayed within reach of the Red Bull team and hoped his Ferrari team would finish strongly and not become inflicted with mechanical failures.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite winning the last four Grands Prix Vettel felt that his lead in the Drivers' Championship remained "vulnerable" and did not believe his Red Bull team had proven themselves as the fastest in the field.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some teams made modifications to their cars in preparation for the event. Williams drivers <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Senna" title="Bruno Senna">Bruno Senna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pastor_Maldonado" title="Pastor Maldonado">Pastor Maldonado</a> tested a new front wing during the Friday practice sessions which had three small flaps on its upper section but opted to run an older specification for qualifying and the race.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ferrari introduced upgrades for the <a href="/wiki/Ferrari_F2012" title="Ferrari F2012">F2012</a> as part of a strategy to remain in contention for the championship. The upgrades included a new front-wing which had new main planes. flap and endplates installed along with a revised front wing and the car's forward bargeboards were modified.<sup id="cite_ref-f1racing_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f1racing-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ferrari were allowed to break one of their four allocated curfews on the Thursday night before the race to allow mechanics to fit the updates onto the team's car.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team broke their second curfew one day later when a team member walked into the Ferrari garage early by mistake and did not work on both cars.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mercedes continued to evaluate a new "double DRS" system.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Force India introduced a new chassis for <a href="/wiki/Paul_di_Resta" title="Paul di Resta">Paul di Resta</a> who had struggled with handling issues with his previous <a href="/wiki/Monocoque" title="Monocoque">monocoque</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Caterham revised their chassis which had modified exhausts, bodywork, new front brake ducts, revisions to their floor, diffuser and front wing to stay with Marussia in their battle for tenth place in the Constructors' Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-f1racing_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f1racing-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Practice_and_qualifying">Practice and qualifying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Practice and qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three practice sessions (two on Friday and a third on Saturday) were held before the main Sunday race. The Friday afternoon and evening sessions each lasted ninety minutes. The third session was held on Saturday afternoon and lasted an hour.<sup id="cite_ref-f1regulations_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f1regulations-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conditions were hot and dry for the Friday practice sessions with air and track temperatures falling as sunset emerged meaning lap times were faster in the evening. Drivers had to cope with a <a href="/wiki/Headwind_and_tailwind" title="Headwind and tailwind">tailwind</a> between turns eight and nine.<sup id="cite_ref-practice2gp_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-practice2gp-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hamilton set the pace in the first practice session with a lap of one minute and 43.285 seconds on medium compound tyres, three-tenths of a second quicker than teammate <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a> in second. Vettel was third fastest with his Red Bull teammate Webber in fifth; they were sandwiched by Alonso. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a>, Maldonado, <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a> and Räikkönen rounded out the top ten fastest drivers of the session.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pérez ran wide at the <a href="/wiki/Pit_lane" class="mw-redirect" title="Pit lane">pit lane</a> entry onto the <a href="/wiki/Run-off_area" title="Run-off area">run-off area</a> whilst turning right and attempting a full-speed race entry but avoided contact with the barriers with twelve minutes of the session remaining.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second practice session, Vettel set the fastest lap of the day with a time of one minute and 41.751 seconds which was recorded late in the session; Hamilton finished with the second-fastest time and traded the fastest lap with Vettel. His teammate Button was third quickest, with Webber fourth despite losing time towards the end of the ninety-minute period with a <a href="/wiki/Kinetic_energy_recovery_system" title="Kinetic energy recovery system">kinetic energy recovery system</a> (KERS) cooling leak. Grosjean was fifth and his Lotus teammate Räikkönen took sixth. The two Ferrari drivers were seventh and eighth (with Alonso ahead of Massa). Maldonado and Pérez followed in the top ten.<sup id="cite_ref-practice2gp_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-practice2gp-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Conditions remained hot and dry for the Saturday afternoon practice session. Hamilton set the fastest lap of the third session at one minute and 42.130 seconds on soft compound tyres, nearly three-tenths of a second faster than teammate Button. Vettel was in his garage for fifty-five minutes because his mechanics rectified a problem with his brake callipers; he managed to do one flying lap with the fastest time in the track's second sector to secure the third quickest-time overall. Vettel's time meant his teammate Webber was fourth and <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a> fifth. Grosjean was sixth in the faster of the two Lotus cars despite losing track time as his brakes were bled in the pit lane. Maldonado took seventh having led the timesheets early in the session. Alonso, Räikkönen and di Resta completed the top ten ahead of qualifying. At the end of the session, Webber was driving slowly into the pit lane when Räikkönen closed towards the Red Bull driver who took evasive action to avoid a collision.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:40%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>“Those extra three-tenths came from my family! Our car works incredibly well around here. Our aero package really suits this track; the set-up was perfect, and everything came together perfectly for qualifying. My lap felt really great - I enjoyed it so much. I love this track! Still, I'm realistic: the race tomorrow is going to be tough. At the start, it's down to the team to make sure the clutch performs perfectly because the getaway will be incredibly important. Our race pace is very strong, but so is Red Bull's - and staying ahead will be tough, particularly with the double DRS zones. I really want to finish on a high for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. I’ll give it everything I’ve got tomorrow.” </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a>, commenting on taking <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-qualiquotes_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qualiquotes-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>The qualifying session held on Saturday evening was split into three parts. The first part ran for twenty minutes and eliminated the cars that finished the session eighteenth or lower from qualifying. During this session, the <a href="/wiki/107%25_rule" title="107% rule">107% rule</a> was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107% of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. The second part of qualifying lasted fifteen minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions eleven to seventeen. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth and decided <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a>. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to change tyres before the race; these started the race fitted with the tyres with which they set their quickest lap times.<sup id="cite_ref-f1regulations_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f1regulations-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conditions for the qualifying periods were hot; the air temperature was between 29–30 °C (84–86 °F) and the track temperature was 31 °C (88 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-autosportquali_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportquali-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hamilton set the fastest time in all three sessions and clinched his sixth pole position of the season with a lap of one minute and 40.630 seconds. He was joined on the front row of the <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_motorsport_terms#G" title="Glossary of motorsport terms">grid</a> by Webber who recorded a time three-tenths of a second off Hamilton's pace.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vettel secured third position but was ordered by Red Bull via radio to stop on his <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_motorsport_terms#I" title="Glossary of motorsport terms">in-lap</a> because his car was running low on fuel. Officials from Formula One's governing body the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_l%27Automobile" title="Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile">Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile</a> were unable to extract a one-litre fuel sample required for analysis and Vettel was moved to the back of the grid.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, every driver who qualified behind Vettel was promoted one position. Maldonado inherited third and avoided elimination in the second part of qualifying and adjusted his balance for the final part of the session. Räikkönen started fourth and said his qualifying session was "good".<sup id="cite_ref-qualiquotes_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qualiquotes-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race">Race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Abu_Dhabi_GP_Winner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/2012_Abu_Dhabi_GP_Winner.jpg/220px-2012_Abu_Dhabi_GP_Winner.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/2012_Abu_Dhabi_GP_Winner.jpg/330px-2012_Abu_Dhabi_GP_Winner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/2012_Abu_Dhabi_GP_Winner.jpg/440px-2012_Abu_Dhabi_GP_Winner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> won his (and Lotus') only victory of the season.</figcaption></figure> <p>The race started at 17:00 <a href="/wiki/UTC%2B04:00" title="UTC+04:00">GST</a> (<a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+4). The conditions on the grid were dry before the race; the air temperature ranged between 29–30 °C (84–86 °F) and the track temperature was between 29–34 °C (84–93 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-weather_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the drivers started on the soft compound tyres with Vettel, Schumacher and Senna starting on medium compound tyres.<sup id="cite_ref-skyvet_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skyvet-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Red Bull elected to start Vettel in the pit lane after taking his car out of <a href="/wiki/Parc_ferm%C3%A9" title="Parc fermé">parc fermé</a> and changed his gear ratios along with his suspension as well as the creation of a low-drag aerodynamic setup to allow overtaking easier for the driver.<sup id="cite_ref-f1racing_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f1racing-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-skyvet_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skyvet-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gpreport_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpreport-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> de la Rosa did the same when a thread on a rear tyre blanket got tangled on his car at the start of the <a href="/wiki/Parade_lap" title="Parade lap">formation lap</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-racequotes_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-racequotes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the five red lights went out to signal the start of the race, Hamilton maintained his pole position advantage heading into the first corner. Räikkönen made a quick start and passed Webber and Maldonado to run in second. Force India teammates Hülkenberg and di Resta, along with Grosjean and Senna tangled heading into the first corner. Hülkenberg was forced to retire, while di Resta and Grosjean pitted at the end of the first lap for repairs; Grosjean for a replacement for a right-front punctured tyre.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alonso made a good start when he passed Button and overtook Webber after he got a run on the Red Bull after leaving turn nine.<sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the completion of the first lap, Hamilton led from Räikkönen, Maldonado, Alonso, Webber, Button, Massa, Kobayashi, Pérez, Schumacher, Ricciardo, Rosberg, Vergne, Glock, Kovalainen, Petrov, Pic, Karthikeyan, Senna, Vettel, de la Rosa, Grosjean and di Resta.<sup id="cite_ref-lapchart_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lapchart-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hamilton complained of cold tyres and locked up heading into turn eight on lap two allowing Räikkönen to gain advantage but Hamilton withstood pressure from the Lotus driver to retain the lead.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-racequotes_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-racequotes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vettel had made early progress passing the HRT's, Marussia and Caterhams, but his early progress came at the expense of his right-front wing endplate when he made contact with Senna's left-rear at turn eight switchback on the same lap. Hamilton regained the optimum temperature needed for his tyres and began to pull away from Räikkönen after setting a <a href="/wiki/Fastest_lap" title="Fastest lap">fastest lap</a> of the race.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alonso closed the gap to Maldonado in second place with the use of DRS in the main straights but was unable to close sufficiently to feign an overtaking manoeuvre because the Williams was fast in a straight line.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vettel chose not to pit for the time being, as the race was interrupted by the intervention of the <a href="/wiki/Safety_car" title="Safety car">safety car</a> on lap nine.<sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rosberg was in the process of overtaking Karthikeyan when Karthikeyan's car began to fail due to a loss of hydraulic pressure which caused his steering to become heavy.<sup id="cite_ref-racequotes_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-racequotes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rosberg, caught unaware of Karthikeyan's troubles, hit the back of the HRT and was launched into the barrier, scattering debris onto the circuit in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rosberg and Karthikeyan were unhurt.<sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the safety car period, Vettel was forced to pit when he swerved to avoid Ricciardo and crashed into the polystyrene bollard marking the start of the first DRS zone, further damaging his wing.<sup id="cite_ref-skyvet_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skyvet-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Red Bull took the opportunity to pit him early, with the downside being that Vettel would have to do 42 laps on the soft tyre, if he were not to stop again, when supplier Pirelli predicted they could only do 36. Vettel's car was also fitted with a replacement front wing.<sup id="cite_ref-gpnotes_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpnotes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Racing resumed at the end of lap 14 when the safety car drove into the pit lane with Hamilton leading Räikkönen. Alonso drove slower than Webber, allowing the Red Bull driver to pull alongside Alonso, but the Ferrari driver maintained third position. Vettel moved up to 19th place after he overtook di Resta and de la Rosa.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hamilton again started to pull away from Räikkönen. Vettel started to battle Grosjean for 17th position and during an overtaking manoeuvre, Vettel drove off the racing line and onto the run-off area, and was required to give 17th back to Grosjean to avoid being issued with a penalty. Vettel came back onto the circuit and passed Grosjean to take over the position.<sup id="cite_ref-gpnotes_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpnotes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alonso began to close the gap to Maldonado who was running slower allowing Räikkonen to extend his hold over second place.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vergne allowed Vettel to move into eleventh on lap 20.<sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hamilton slowed and pulled over to the side of the track with a fuel pressure problem on the same lap, handing the lead to Räikkönen.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-racequotes_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-racequotes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alonso passed Maldonado in the second DRS zone by using his KERS system heading into the chicane to move into second one lap later.<sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gpnotes_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpnotes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Webber attempted to pass Maldonado by taking the outside line on lap 23, but the two drivers made contact with Webber spinning onto the run-off area. Both drivers were able to continue and Webber fell down to seventh.<sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gpnotes_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpnotes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Räikkönen's engineer gave him information over the radio about the gap to second-place Alonso, he responded "Just leave me alone, I know what I'm doing". He later gave his Lotus team T-shirts with the phrase on, after it was widely covered in the media.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the following lap Maldonado was passed by Button (who took the inside line) for third position,<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gpnotes_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpnotes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Vettel moved into the points-scoring positions by passing Ricciardo for tenth on the same lap.<sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pérez moved in front of Massa for fifth on lap 25, while Vettel passed Schumacher for eighth place on the next lap. Kobayashi made the first scheduled pit stop for tyres on the 26th lap.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Webber employed his DRS system on lap 26 on the straight linking turns ten and eleven in an attempt to overtake Massa, and ran on the outside line side-by-side with Massa. Webber ran wide onto the run-off area, and made contact with Massa who was sent into a spin after hitting the <a href="/wiki/Curb" title="Curb">kerb</a> at turn twelve.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Massa and Schumacher pitted on lap 27 and rejoined in 14th and 15th positions respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alonso pitted for medium compounds tyres on lap 29 and remerged in seventh behind Vettel.<sup id="cite_ref-gpnotes_30-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpnotes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On lap 30, Pérez passed Maldonado with the assistance of DRS for fourth place. Maldonado made his pit stop on the same lap and Webber was ordered not to battle Vettel for position. Red Bull called Webber into the pit lane for medium compound tyres on lap 31 allowing Vettel into second. Räikkönen pitted from the lead on lap 32 for medium compound tyres and remained in the lead with Vettel close behind.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gpnotes_30-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpnotes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Button closed the gap between himself and Alonso (after setting a new fastest lap–a 1:46.495–on lap 32) by lap 33 and feigned an overtake at turn 21 but had slight oversteer. Räikkönen began to extend the time gap between himself and Vettel on lap 34 who was preserving the lifespan of his soft compound tyres. Grosjean, fifth, had worn tyres and was caught by di Resta, Pérez and Webber.<sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vettel was called into the pit lane by Red Bull for their mechanics to fit a new set of soft tyres and remerged in fourth in front of Grosjean.<sup id="cite_ref-gpnotes_30-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpnotes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On lap 39 di Resta forced Pérez wide at turn 13; as Pérez rejoined the circuit, he cut back across the front of Grosjean and the two made contact at the next corner, which in turn forced Grosjean into the path of Webber who was attempting to drive on the inside line and the pair collided.<sup id="cite_ref-racequotes_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-racequotes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grosjean and Webber retired because of damage to their cars and the debris on-track from the accident called for the second safety car period of the race. The safety remained out for three laps, during which marshals cleared the track of debris. Pérez was given a <a href="/wiki/Formula_One_regulations#Penalties" title="Formula One regulations">ten-second stop-go penalty</a> by the stewards on the 42nd lap for which he served three laps later. Räikkönen began to rebuild his lead over Alonso once the safety car came in on the end of lap 42. Alonso was also being harried by Button; Button himself was being harried by Vettel in fourth. Vettel was in the tow of Button heading towards turn eight and got a run on the McLaren driver driving into turn eleven but was unable to pass. Button and Vettel's duel allowed Alonso to break free, and he started chasing down Räikkönen in the last five laps. Vettel tried again on lap 48 and took the outside line to attempt a pass heading into turn eleven, but Button defended his position. Four laps later Vettel lined up another passing manoeuvre on Button (who went wide heading into turn ten) by employing his DRS in the run up to turn eleven and passed the McLaren driver around the outside to take over third place.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dtrace_28-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtrace-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alonso drew to within 1.9 seconds of Räikkönen on lap 53, but was unable to get close enough to challenge the Lotus driver,<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who held on to secure his first victory of the season (and Lotus’ first ever), and became the eighth driver to win a race in the 2012 season. Alonso was second, 0.8 seconds behind Räikkönen with Vettel third. Button finished fourth.<sup id="cite_ref-gpnotes_30-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpnotes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maldonado took fifth despite not being able to use his car's KERS after the first safety car period.<sup id="cite_ref-racequotes_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-racequotes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was seven seconds ahead of a close group comprising Kobayashi, Massa, Senna and di Resta.<sup id="cite_ref-gpnotes_30-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpnotes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Massa closed on the Sauber driver late in the race,<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was affected by an issue with downshifting and was unable to fully recharge his KERS,<sup id="cite_ref-racequotes_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-racequotes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Senna and di Resta reduced the time gap to Massa who maintained their positions throughout the remainder of the race. Ricciardo held off Schumacher in the final five laps to secure the final points-scoring position in tenth. Vergne was classified in twelfth place, with Kovalainen, Glock, Pérez, Petrov and de la Rosa the last of the classified finishers.<sup id="cite_ref-autosportrace_24-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autosportrace-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-race">Post-race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and in a later press conference. Räikkonen said that he was "very happy" for the Lotus team and himself after a difficult second half of the season. He also stated the development of his car helped to increase his straight line speed although he later revealed that he was using the same car from the <a href="/wiki/2012_Korean_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Korean Grand Prix">Korean Grand Prix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pressconf_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressconf-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alonso was pleased with his second-place result but also felt Ferrari was not the most competitive team over the race weekend. He also felt the modifications that Ferrari brought helped him to become quicker.<sup id="cite_ref-pressconf_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressconf-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vettel said that despite starting the race from the pit lane he still believed he could finish in the top three. He also denied that his result was a "surprise" to him and Red Bull as he believed that he was fast enough to catch up to the leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-pressconf_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressconf-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the podium interviews which were conducted by former driver and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sport" title="BBC Sport">BBC</a> commentator <a href="/wiki/David_Coulthard" title="David Coulthard">David Coulthard</a>, Räikkönen and Vettel swore. The swearing which was broadcast on live television prompted an apology from Vettel, and led to the FIA director of communications Norman Howell to write a letter to the teams at the request of FIA president <a href="/wiki/Jean_Todt" title="Jean Todt">Jean Todt</a> reminding drivers over the issue and stated disciplinary action would be enacted in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hamilton said that he was disappointed after the race, having been the leader until he retired with a loss of fuel pressure on lap 20. The McLaren driver stated: "I'm gutted; I'd had really good pace all weekend and I feel certain we could have won today."<sup id="cite_ref-espnham_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espnham-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, he also said that he would like to try and win the final two races of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-espnham_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espnham-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ricciardo said he was mystified as to how Vettel hit a trackside polystyrene board during the safety car period, "I have to look and see if I did anything wrong but he should be watching me. Everyone was doing the same thing, it's exactly what you do under the safety car."<sup id="cite_ref-RICVETPolystrene_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RICVETPolystrene-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vettel later represented the incident as less important and admitted that Ricciardo caught him off guard, "Maybe I should have paid more attention but I went to the right and I wasn't very lucky that there was the DRS board, which I took head-on."<sup id="cite_ref-RICVETPolystrene_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RICVETPolystrene-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualifying">Qualifying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%"> <tbody><tr> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Qualifying position">Pos.</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Number">No.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Constructor </th> <th>Part 1 </th> <th>Part 2 </th> <th>Part 3 </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Final grid position">Grid</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td><b>1:41.497</b> </td> <td><b>1:40.901</b> </td> <td><b>1:40.630</b> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Webber_(racing_driver)" title="Mark Webber (racing driver)">Mark Webber</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:41.933 </td> <td>1:41.277 </td> <td>1:40.978 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>18 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pastor_Maldonado" title="Pastor Maldonado">Pastor Maldonado</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams F1">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:41.981 </td> <td>1:41.907 </td> <td>1:41.226 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>9 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:42.222 </td> <td>1:41.532 </td> <td>1:41.260 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:42.342 </td> <td>1:41.873 </td> <td>1:41.290 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:41.939 </td> <td>1:41.514 </td> <td>1:41.582 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>8 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:41.926 </td> <td>1:41.698 </td> <td>1:41.603 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>6 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:41.974 </td> <td>1:41.846 </td> <td>1:41.723 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>10 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:42.624 </td> <td>1:42.084 </td> <td> </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>11 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_di_Resta" title="Paul di Resta">Paul di Resta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:42.572 </td> <td>1:42.218 </td> <td> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img 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width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Senna" title="Bruno Senna">Bruno Senna</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams F1">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:43.298 </td> <td>1:42.330 </td> <td> </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>14 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kamui_Kobayashi" title="Kamui Kobayashi">Kamui Kobayashi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:43.582 </td> <td>1:42.606 </td> <td> </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td>16 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:43.280 </td> <td>1:42.765 </td> <td> </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td>17 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jean-%C3%89ric_Vergne" title="Jean-Éric Vergne">Jean-Éric Vergne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:44.058 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td>20 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Heikki_Kovalainen" title="Heikki Kovalainen">Heikki Kovalainen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caterham_F1" title="Caterham F1">Caterham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:44.956 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td>25 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pic" title="Charles Pic">Charles Pic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marussia_F1" title="Marussia F1">Marussia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>1:45.089 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td>21 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vitaly_Petrov" title="Vitaly Petrov">Vitaly Petrov</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caterham_F1" title="Caterham F1">Caterham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:45.151 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td>24 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Timo_Glock" title="Timo Glock">Timo Glock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marussia_F1" title="Marussia F1">Marussia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>1:45.426 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td>22 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pedro_de_la_Rosa" title="Pedro de la Rosa">Pedro de la Rosa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HRT_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="HRT F1">HRT</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>1:45.766 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td>23 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Narain_Karthikeyan" title="Narain Karthikeyan">Narain Karthikeyan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HRT_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="HRT F1">HRT</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>1:46.382 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Excluded">EX</span> </th> <td>1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:42.160 </td> <td>1:41.511 </td> <td>1:41.073 </td> <td>PL<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/107%25_rule" title="107% rule">107% time</a>: 1:48.601 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-HAM_pole_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HAM_pole-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><b><a href="#ref_1">^1</a></b></span> – Sebastian Vettel, who set a 1:41.073 qualifying time in Q3 and subsequently would have started from third position, was excluded from the qualifying results for violating the rules by not having enough fuel to return to the pits. However, the stewards allowed him to start the race from the last grid position. Red Bull opted to make set-up changes before the race, violating parc fermé regulations, which meant that Sebastian Vettel had to start from the pit lane.<sup id="cite_ref-VET_PIT_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VET_PIT-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_2">Race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos </th> <th>No </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Constructor </th> <th>Laps </th> <th>Time/Retired </th> <th>Grid </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>9 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>1:45:58.667 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><b>25</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>5 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+0.852 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><b>18</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>1 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+4.163 </td> <td>PL </td> <td><b>15</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>3 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+7.787 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>18 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pastor_Maldonado" title="Pastor Maldonado">Pastor Maldonado</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Williams_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams F1">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+13.007 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>14 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kamui_Kobayashi" title="Kamui Kobayashi">Kamui Kobayashi</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+20.076 </td> <td>15 </td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>6 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+22.896 </td> <td>8 </td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>19 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Senna" title="Bruno Senna">Bruno Senna</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Williams_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams F1">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+23.542 </td> <td>14 </td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>11 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_di_Resta" title="Paul di Resta">Paul di Resta</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+24.160 </td> <td>12 </td> <td><b>2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>16 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+27.463 </td> <td>16 </td> <td><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+28.075 </td> <td>13 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>17 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jean-%C3%89ric_Vergne" title="Jean-Éric Vergne">Jean-Éric Vergne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+34.906 </td> <td>17 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>20 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Heikki_Kovalainen" title="Heikki Kovalainen">Heikki Kovalainen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caterham_F1" title="Caterham F1">Caterham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+47.764 </td> <td>18 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td>24 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Timo_Glock" title="Timo Glock">Timo Glock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marussia_F1" title="Marussia F1">Marussia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+56.473 </td> <td>21 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>15 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+56.768 </td> <td>11 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td>21 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vitaly_Petrov" title="Vitaly Petrov">Vitaly Petrov</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caterham_F1" title="Caterham F1">Caterham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+1:04.595 </td> <td>20 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td>22 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pedro_de_la_Rosa" title="Pedro de la Rosa">Pedro de la Rosa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HRT_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="HRT F1">HRT</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>+1:11.778 </td> <td>PL<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">1</a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>25 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pic" title="Charles Pic">Charles Pic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marussia_F1" title="Marussia F1">Marussia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>41 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>19 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>10 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>37 </td> <td>Collision </td> <td>9 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Webber_(racing_driver)" title="Mark Webber (racing driver)">Mark Webber</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>37 </td> <td>Collision </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>Fuel pressure </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>23 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Narain_Karthikeyan" title="Narain Karthikeyan">Narain Karthikeyan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HRT_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="HRT F1">HRT</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>Hydraulics/Collision </td> <td>23 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>8 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>Collision </td> <td>7 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>12 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>Collision </td> <td>10 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Notes:</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_2"><b><a href="#ref_2">^1</a></b></span> – <a href="/wiki/Pedro_de_la_Rosa" title="Pedro de la Rosa">Pedro de la Rosa</a> failed to start the formation lap when a cord from one of his tyre blankets became caught up in the wheel, and he therefore started in the pit lane behind <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championship_standings_after_the_race">Championship standings after the race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Championship standings after the race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Drivers' Championship standings</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Position">Pos.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a>*</b> </td> <td align="left">255 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a>*</b> </td> <td align="left">245 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td align="left">198 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Webber_(racing_driver)" title="Mark Webber (racing driver)">Mark Webber</a> </td> <td align="left">167 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> </td> <td align="left">165 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-Championship_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Championship-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Constructors' Championship standings</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Position">Pos.</span> </th> <th>Constructor </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a>*</b> </td> <td align="left">422 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a>*</b> </td> <td align="left">340 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="left">318 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td align="left">288 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="left">136 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-Championship_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Championship-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <ul><li><small><b>Note</b>: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.</small></li> <li><small>Teams and drivers in bold and with an asterisk had a mathematical possibility of winning the title.</small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Yas_Marina_Circuit_V8_Supercar_Event" title="2012 Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event">2012 Yas 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href="/wiki/2014_German_Grand_Prix" title="2014 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2014 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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href="/wiki/2015_British_Grand_Prix" title="2015 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2015 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Mexican_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Mexican Grand Prix">MEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Abu Dhabi Grand 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title="2017 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix">AZE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_British_Grand_Prix" title="2017 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Japanese_Grand_Prix" 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