[250] Following an aborted start triggered by Michael Schumacher lining up in the wrong grid position and then shutting his engine off in the confusion,[251][252] Hamilton and Grosjean lead the field away. Mit Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Räikkönen, Michael Schumacher und Sebastian Vettel nahmen sechs Fahrer an der Weltmeisterschaft 2012 teil, welche die WM bereits jeweils mindestens einmal gewonnen, insgesamt bereits 14 Titel errungen und außerdem alle Weltmeisterschaften seit der Saison 2000 gewonnen hatten. [34], The season only saw one driver change, which was brought about when Lotus driver Romain Grosjean was found by race stewards to be responsible for causing a multi-car pile-up at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix. Hier finden Sie den aktuellen Stand der Formel-1-WM 2019 - die Fahrerwertung in der Formel-1-Weltmeisterschaft [232], Difficult conditions greeted the teams upon their arrival at the Silverstone Circuit,[233] as parts of the Midlands received a month's rainfall in the space of two days. Räikkönen held on to secure his – and Lotus F1's – first victory of the season. [218] Nevertheless, Sebastian Vettel comfortably took pole position by three-tenths of a second. [193] Pirelli would later diagnose the problems with the tyre compounds as originating from developing them on a testing chassis that was two years out-of-date at the time. Sebastian Vettel later claimed that this was a ploy by McLaren to force both him and Alonso to drive defensively against Hamilton, slowing them down enough to allow team-mate Jenson Button to leap-frog them at the second round of stops;[245] Vettel lost a position to Button, but Alonso was unaffected, as Ferrari pitted him before Hamilton could interfere with his race. He was saved by the second appearance of the safety car moments later, brought about when di Resta forced Sergio Pérez wide; as Pérez rejoined the circuit, he cut back across the front of Grosjean and the two made contact, which in turn forced Grosjean into the path of Mark Webber. After prematurely moving Jenson Button onto a three-stop strategy, McLaren gave Hamilton the order to hold position as the tight confines of the Hungaroring circuit forced the teams to try to make up positions in the pits. Limited running in practice and a wet qualifying session meant that teams had to improvise their strategies at the Hockenheimring. Despite this, Sutil rejoined Force India for the 2013 season. In January 2012, the FIA banned the use of "reactive ride-height". [239] The result meant Webber closed to within thirteen points of Alonso's championship lead, with both drivers breaking away from third-placed Vettel. However, costly first-lap retirements in Belgium and Japan allowed his rivals to catch up, and defending World Champion Sebastian Vettel – like Alonso, a two-time title winner – took the lead in the sixteenth race of the season. Fernando Alonso controlled much of the race from pole position, only relinquishing the lead when he pitted, and he went on to take his third victory of the season. [254] Hamilton's victory brought with it twenty-five points that put him back in championship contention, while a late decision by Red Bull to move Mark Webber onto a three-stop strategy saw the Australian slip further behind Fernando Alonso, as the Spaniard extended his championship lead to forty points. Michael Schumacher set the fastest time, but a five-place grid penalty[203] left him sixth overall. Official list of F1 standings for the 2012 season - filter by driver or team (constructor) to see current World Championship standings. März bis zum 27. [63], Scuderia Toro Rosso did not retain Jaime Alguersuari or Sébastien Buemi, instead choosing to replace them with Daniel Ricciardo and 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series runner-up Jean-Éric Vergne. [156] Sebastian Vettel finished outside the points after making contact with Karthikeyan and developing a puncture. Senna retired on the spot, as did Sergio Pérez, who was caught in the crossfire. Offizielle Homepage DJK Ingolstadt - Abteilung Fußball - V3.5 [71] Charles Pic – who placed fourth in the 2011 GP2 Series driving for Addax – joined Marussia, replacing d'Ambrosio. DNQ = Did Not Qualify, DNS = Did Not Start, Ret = Retired, DSQ = Disqualified, NC = Not Classified. [305] Webber held off a late challenge from Lewis Hamilton to complete the podium. Vettel had twenty seconds added to his race time as a penalty, demoting him to fifth overall. Any driver in the pit lane when a race is suspended was permitted to return to the circuit and take up the position on the grid that they were running in at the time of the suspension. [144] McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh later admitted that Button was "more than marginal" on fuel after the team made a mistake in calculating their fuel loads for the race, forcing Button to use a "severe fuel-saving mode" from the eighth lap of the race. [322] Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner later admitted that the team's perpetual alternator problems were a serious concern with just one race left in the championship, a World Championship at stake and very little time to diagnose and correct the problem. Peter Sauber formally stepped down from his position as team principal of Sauber F1 in the week before the Korean Grand Prix, appointing the team's CEO, Monisha Kaltenborn as his successor. Die Motoren werden bei Mercedes AMG HPP in Brixworth gefertigt und auch an Kundenteams geliefert. [34] He later joined Lotus F1 as their third driver. [339][340] Both Ferrari and Red Bull Racing announced that they were satisfied with the ruling, thereby preserving Vettel's championship.[341][342]. MONTHLY PG 64-22 BINDER ADJUSTMENT: The March 2015 Average F.O.B. Vettel entered the final race of the season with a thirteen-point lead over Alonso. [188] Red Bull Racing and Lotus team principals Christian Horner and Éric Boullier were also critical of the test as they felt that the costs of conducting in-season testing outweighed any benefits, with Horner stating his opposition to continuing mid-season testing in the future. F1 2012 is a video game developed by Codemasters based on the 2012 Formula One season'. All rights reserved. He chose not to pit for the time being, as the race was interrupted by the intervention of the safety car. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1570701821262-0');}); … Vettel quickly converted pole position into a steady race lead as Lewis Hamilton fought to regain second place from Mark Webber. [274], As the teams returned to Asia, the focus shifted to the championship race. [195] Hamilton was later excluded from the qualifying results after his car did not have enough fuel to return to the pits for scrutineering, promoting Maldonado to pole position[196] and moving Hamilton to the back of the grid. Heikki Kovalainen qualified sixteenth, the second time Caterham (and its predecessor, Team Lotus) advanced beyond the first qualifying period in dry conditions. This rule was introduced in response to the rain-interrupted. Lewis Hamilton finished eighth, once again hampered by slow pit stops. The following twelve teams and twenty-five race drivers competed in the 2012 Formula One World Championship. 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[62] Sutil was found guilty, and was sentenced to an eighteen-month suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay a €200,000 fine. De… [179][180][181][182], Starting on 1 May, the teams conducted a three-day test at the Mugello Circuit in Italy ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. [44], Williams announced that they would be using Renault engines for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, with an option to use Renault engines again in 2014 under the next generation of engine regulations. [64][65] Alguersuari was offered a seat at HRT, but turned it down[66] and instead joined tyre supplier Pirelli as their test driver, developing tyre compounds for use in racing alongside former Virgin Racing driver Lucas di Grassi. At the meeting for the Formula One Commission in Geneva in November 2011, the use of. [286], With Alonso retiring and Vettel taking a full twenty-five points for victory,[287] the championship fight became as close as it had been all season long. [215] Grosjean's second place saw Lotus take third place in the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari. Ferrari wrote to the FIA, requesting clarification on the matter. [190], Following criticism over the sensitivity of their tyre compounds,[190][191][192] tyre supplier Pirelli announced changes to their tyre allocation for the Spanish Grand Prix, making pit strategy the focal point of the Grand Prix. Vettel pulled away once more, but his lead was short-lived as he lost drive and his engine shut down on lap 33. Faced with several constructors applying for name changes, At the final meeting of the World Motorsports Commission in December 2011, a series of amendments to the sporting regulations were published. Alonso found himself third at the restart and pounced on a mistake by second-placed Romain Grosjean to lead the chase against Vettel. [55] Both Lotus's trackside operations director Alan Permane and Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber questioned the value of testing at the Mugello circuit as the characteristics of the circuit were unlike any of the circuits the championship was due to visit after the test,[185][186] while Caterham driver Vitaly Petrov was critical of the choice of Mugello as a testing venue as he felt it was not safe enough for Formula One. Three teams changed their names for 2012: "We are all terrified that somebody will unlock the secret and win everything. Confusion briefly reigned when Hamilton, in seventeenth place at the time, began lapping faster than the leaders and sought to unlap himself. This was the last season for 7-times world champion, Michael Schumacher as he announced his retirement from Formula One for the second time, after the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix. ", "It really pisses me off, to be honest, because the car has passed every single technical regulation after the race. Alonso maintained his hold on the championship lead for the next seven races, taking his third win in Germany and finishing on the podium in the United Kingdom, Italy and Singapore. [164], In the face of ongoing media speculation and public pressure to cancel the race due to ongoing political instability in Bahrain,[165][166] the FIA released a statement at the Chinese Grand Prix confirming that the Bahrain Grand Prix would go ahead as planned. At the launch of the HRT F112 in March, Liuzzi was confirmed as one of the team's testing and reserve drivers alongside both former GP2 Series driver Dani Clos and Ma Qinghua, the first ever Chinese driver to step into a Formula 1 car.