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Year V · Issue 9 · September 3, 2012 – October 1, 2012

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Article of the month – 2012 Singapore Grand Prix

The 2012 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix) is a

2012 season. The race was the thirteenth time that a Singapore Grand Prix

has been held, and the fifth time it was a round of the Formula One World Championship.

Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole. Sebastian Vettel won the race, his second of the season, after Hamilton's gearbox failed early in the race.

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Position	Driver	Team	Points

1st	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	194
2nd	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	165
3rd	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	149
4th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	142
5th	Mark Webber	Red Bull	132
6th	Jenson Button	McLaren	119
7th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	93
8th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	82
9th	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	66
10th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	51
11th	Paul di Resta	Force India	44
12th	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	43
13th	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	35
14th	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	31
15th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	29
16th	Bruno Senna	Williams	25
17th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	8
18th	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	6
19th	Timo Glock	Marussia	0
20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	0
21st	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	0
22nd	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Lotus	0
23rd	Charles Pic	Marussia	0
24th	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	0
25th	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	0

Position	Constructor	Entered Chassis	Points

1st	Red Bull Racing	RB8	297
2nd	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	MP4-27	261
3rd	Scuderia Ferrari	F2012	245
4th	Lotus F1 Team	E20	231
5th	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W03	136
6th	Sauber F1 Team	C31	101
7th	Sahara Force India F1 Team	VJM05	75
8th	Williams F1 Team	FW34	54
9th	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	14
10th	Marussia F1 Team	MR01	0
11th	Caterham F1 Team	CT01	0
12th	HRT F1 Team	F112	0

See

2012 Formula One season

for more information

Italian Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Race Time
1st	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:19:41.221
2nd	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	+ 4.356
3rd	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 20.594
4th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 29.667
5th	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	+ 30.881
6th	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+ 31.259
7th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 33.550
8th	Paul di Resta	Force India	+ 41.057
9th	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	+ 43.898
10th	Bruno Senna	Williams	+ 48.144
Fastest Lap: Nico Rosberg 1:27.239, on lap 53

Italian Grid Line up	Driver	Constructor	Time
Row one	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:24.010
	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:24.133
Row two	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:24.247
	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:24.540
Row three	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:24.802
	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:24.833
Row four	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:24.855
	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:25.109
Row five	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:24.304*
	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:25.678

* Di Resta originally qualified fourth, but was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. Gearbox penalty for Di Resta at Force India
Friday Practice 1 – Schumacher starts well at Monza
Friday Practice 2 – Hamilton ahead as McLaren edge Ferrari
Saturday Practice – Hamilton by a thousandth
Qualifying – McLaren lock out front row with Hamilton pole
Race – Hamilton supreme at Monza, as Perez shines again

Singapore Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Race Time
1st	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	2:00:26.144
2nd	Jenson Button	McLaren	+ 8.959
3rd	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 15.227
4th	Paul di Resta	Force India	+ 19.063
5th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 34.784
6th	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	+ 35.759
7th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	+ 36.698
8th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 42.829
9th	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	+ 45.820
10th	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	+ 50.619†
Fastest Lap: Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) 1:51.033, on lap 52

Singapore Grid Line up	Driver	Constructor	Time
Row one	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:46.362
	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:46.804
Row two	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:46.905
	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:46.939
Row three	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:47.216
	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:47.241
Row four	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:47.475
	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:47.788
Row five	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	No time*
	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	No time*

Race reduced from 61 laps to 59 laps due to the two-hour time limit.
* Both Mercedes cars failed to record a flying lap time during Q3. Thus, they were ranked in car number order.
† Mark Webber (10th, + 47.175) was given a 20-second time penalty post-race for "gaining an advantage by going off the track" when passing Kamui Kobayashi. Webber loses point after post-race penalty
Friday Practice 1 – Vettel off to a flyer in Singapore
Friday Practice 2 – Vettel dominates day one in Singapore
Saturday Practice – Vettel makes it three from three
Qualifying – Hamilton blasts to Singapore pole
Race – Resurgent Vettel wins action-packed Singapore round

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