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2012 Brazil Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Interlagos circuit. Full information

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2012 Brazil Grand Prix

2012 Brazil Grand Prix is 878th Formula 1 race. Passed at the Interlagos circuit. Lewis Hamilton won the pole position, Jenson Button won this race. This was his 15th victory. Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 71 laps (306 km).

Previous race: 2012 USA Grand Prix
Next race: 2013 Australia Grand Prix

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2012 Brazil Grand Prix

182nd victory for the McLaren team
15th victory for the Jenson Button
49th podium for the Jenson Button
86th podium for the Fernando Alonso
35th podium for the Felipe Massa

Jenson Button - Winner of the 2012 Brazil Grand Prix

2012 Brazil Grand Prix

McLaren MP4-27 - 2012 Brazil Grand Prix winner

2012 Brazil Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Jenson Button	25.00	1h 45m 22.656s ( 174.179 km/h )	71	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
2	Fernando Alonso	18.00	1h 45m 25.410s ( +02.754s )	71	Scuderia Ferrari
3	Felipe Massa	15.00	1h 45m 26.271s ( +03.615s )	71	Scuderia Ferrari
4	Mark Webber	12.00	1h 45m 27.592s ( +04.936s )	71	Red Bull Racing
5	Nico Hulkenberg	10.00	1h 45m 28.364s ( +05.708s )	71	Sahara Force India F1 Team
6	Sebastian Vettel	8.00	1h 45m 32.109s ( +09.453s )	71	Red Bull Racing
7	Michael Schumacher	6.00	1h 45m 34.563s ( +11.907s )	71	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	4.00	1h 45m 51.309s ( +28.653s )	71	Scuderia Toro Rosso
9	Kamui Kobayashi	2.00	1h 45m 53.906s ( +31.250s )	71	Sauber F1 Team
10	Kimi Raikkonen	1.00		70	Lotus F1 Team
11	Vitaly Petrov	0		70	Caterham F1 Team
12	Charles Pic	0		70	Marussia F1 Team
13	Daniel Ricciardo	0		70	Scuderia Toro Rosso
14	Heikki Kovalainen	0		70	Caterham F1 Team
15	Nico Rosberg	0		70	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
16	Timo Glock	0		70	Marussia F1 Team
17	Pedro De La Rosa	0		69	HRT F1 Team
18	Narain Karthikeyan	0		69	HRT F1 Team
19	Paul Di Resta	0	Accident	68	Sahara Force India F1 Team
ab	Lewis Hamilton	0	Collision	54	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
ab	Romain Grosjean	0	Accident	5	Lotus F1 Team
ab	Pastor Maldonado	0	Accident	1	Williams F1 Team
ab	Sergio Perez	0	Collision	0	Sauber F1 Team
ab	Bruno Senna	0	Collision	0	Williams F1 Team

Qualifying Results for the 2012 Brazil Grand Prix on the Interlagos circuit

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	Lewis Hamilton	1'12''458	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
2	Jenson Button	1'12''513	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
3	Mark Webber	1'12''581	Red Bull Racing
4	Sebastian Vettel	1'12''760	Red Bull Racing
5	Felipe Massa	1'12''987	Scuderia Ferrari
6	Pastor Maldonado	1'13''174	Williams F1 Team
7	Nico Hulkenberg	1'13''206	Sahara Force India F1 Team
8	Fernando Alonso	1'13''253	Scuderia Ferrari
9	Kimi Raikkonen	1'13''298	Lotus F1 Team
10	Nico Rosberg	1'13''489	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
11	Paul Di Resta	1'14''121	Sahara Force India F1 Team
12	Bruno Senna	1'14''219	Williams F1 Team
13	Sergio Perez	1'14''234	Sauber F1 Team
14	Michael Schumacher	1'14''334	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
15	Kamui Kobayashi	1'14''380	Sauber F1 Team
16	Daniel Ricciardo	1'14''574	Scuderia Toro Rosso
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	1'14''619	Scuderia Toro Rosso
18	Romain Grosjean	1'16''967	Lotus F1 Team
19	Vitaly Petrov	1'17''073	Caterham F1 Team
20	Heikki Kovalainen	1'17''086	Caterham F1 Team
21	Timo Glock	1'17''508	Marussia F1 Team
22	Charles Pic	1'18''104	Marussia F1 Team
23	Narain Karthikeyan	1'19''576	HRT F1 Team
24	Pedro De La Rosa	1'19''699	HRT F1 Team