2012 Brazilian Grand Prix fastest laps

Nico Hulkenberg wasn’t the only driver who impressed with his speed in the wet conditions – Jean-Eric Vergne did as well.

Brazilian Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2012drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71
Lewis Hamilton	86.332	81.858	81.979	82.868	83.543	85.427	85.872	87.698	88.641	95.253	103.045	86.187	86.741	88.681	89.675	89.467	89.322	93.314	100.436	81.674	80.677	82.739	99.708	84.085	117.164	116.896	121.387	118.035	120.709	85.524	82.665	80.704	79.804	78.737	78.303	78.3	78.265	78.069	78.176	78.327	78.658	78.981	80.174	80.328	80.358	79.56	79.995	79.88	79.798	80.432	80.317	79.919	81.939	85.737
Jenson Button	86.961	82.051	82.072	82.984	83.155	84.771	86.544	86.218	87.795	89.842	89.246	87.242	87.883	90.947	91.435	88.73	85.966	84.537	83.28	81.676	81.641	79.88	93.573	121.988	125.192	118.309	125.963	118.109	120.998	85.591	83.468	81.099	80.09	78.757	78.787	78.475	78.108	78.185	78.362	78.34	78.671	79.312	80.018	80.085	80.547	80.245	80.683	80.569	80.303	80.629	81.343	80.037	81.794	84.295	91	89.94	100.055	102.002	87.903	86.86	88.128	87.691	88.347	87.849	89.245	88.473	88.198	88.79	90.74	100.184	150.47
Mark Webber	88.422	82.783	83.121	83.438	85.329	87.49	97.36	87.954	95.443	101.775	86.202	89.626	89.462	91.879	89.685	88.948	88.933	88.296	92.463	99.971	80.804	90.641	104.157	83.707	88.303	110.07	118.386	117.729	118.355	90.037	82.492	81.012	81.379	79.546	79.512	81.289	79.162	78.914	78.903	79.398	79.774	79.386	83.572	81.344	81.631	80.977	81.146	82.416	81.901	81.765	81.294	81.853	85.837	92.608	97.003	100.106	85.927	86.987	87.454	87.764	88.211	87.784	87.763	87.448	88.338	88.166	88.835	87.824	88.717	102.66	128.725
Sebastian Vettel	99.703	81.316	81.742	82.554	84.313	84.714	86.032	89.701	90.824	97.826	101.012	88.178	89.61	89.142	89.223	87.609	87.948	87.761	90.758	99.987	81.715	89.474	102.938	86.87	92.999	110.408	118.317	117.953	119.979	86.093	82.921	81.654	80.64	80.764	79.346	79.09	79.273	79.524	79.364	79.49	79.991	79.64	80.757	81.825	81.716	80.381	81.876	82.026	81.507	82.279	82.853	86.144	102.653	98.183	106.661	85.78	85.866	86.927	87.895	88.139	87.448	88.035	87.85	88.827	87.897	86.969	87.571	87.861	88.283	98.974	120.53
Felipe Massa	88.414	83.765	82.355	83.724	85.079	86.86	87.323	89.325	90.974	92.362	91.949	89.931	93.238	97.114	106.001	102.904	85.605	85.889	91.332	99.98	80.428	94.734	100.381	81.083	81.914	108.205	119.28	117.59	114.639	85.548	83.088	81.19	80.274	79.788	78.885	78.988	78.879	79.886	78.977	79.303	79.204	79.388	80.216	80.743	80.698	80.289	80.725	80.948	81.049	81.512	81.045	81.257	84.333	88.536	98.494	100.552	86.105	88.174	90.198	90.146	91.172	90.785	88.683	88.2	89.337	89.491	88.614	88.596	88.166	101.72	130.711
Nico Hulkenberg	88.832	82.262	82.467	83.256	83.384	84.76	85.814	87.08	88.483	89.673	88.349	86.348	88.704	89.442	91.226	88.09	85.991	84.218	82.437	81.694	81.175	79.938	94.127	121.466	124.988	118.195	126.615	117.881	121.549	85.065	81.686	80.701	79.533	78.823	78.524	78.396	78.25	78.21	78.332	78.303	78.769	78.914	80.797	80.184	80.576	79.423	79.928	83.177	80.403	80.101	80.019	79.664	81.56	84.691	102.571	89.278	107.969	109.607	94.295	87.655	87.979	88.023	88.025	88.089	87.914	88.274	89.221	87.881	88.315	102.182	128.613
Fernando Alonso	88.548	81.908	82.14	83.73	86.146	86.968	86.669	87.326	88.995	99.105	102.623	88.201	88.692	90.208	89.33	89.481	88.964	93.769	102.311	82.203	81.442	89.722	102.052	86.879	93.947	111.701	118.485	117.991	120.424	85.739	82.734	82.12	80.182	79.193	78.728	78.623	78.702	78.738	78.886	78.733	78.884	79.655	80.232	80.729	80.926	80.019	80.65	81.001	80.355	82.172	81.185	81.226	84.831	88.293	93.343	99.551	102.547	88.35	89.307	88.813	88.682	88.23	88.662	87.806	88.376	89.424	87.933	87.997	88.76	104.053	131.08
Kimi Raikkonen	90.963	83.208	82.072	83.45	90.182	100.246	87.374	88.762	89.799	90.017	92.714	93.403	94.036	90.864	91.511	89.864	88.735	88.638	92.862	102.035	80.55	93.107	100.667	81.303	82.936	110.257	120.187	117.035	115.659	86.158	83.148	82.063	82.868	79.444	80.383	79.953	80.32	80.5	80.693	79.491	79.571	80.021	80.7	80.992	81.737	81.155	81.535	82.251	82.141	82.925	82.172	116.618	102.194	114.234	86.968	87.472	87.268	88.514	89.796	88.686	88.82	88.52	88.603	89.628	88.767	88.947	89.28	89.784	96.948	149.918
Nico Rosberg	92.227	82.821	82.527	83.492	83.954	86.715	88.641	90.616	96.893	102.821	86.97	89.607	90.517	93.181	92.439	89.82	89.657	93.198	105.039	123.357	110.75	102.52	89.063	91.52	114.092	94.732	87.437	85.143	96.576	86.632	83.341	82.863	81.537	81.541	80.916	81.124	80.811	80.266	80.548	80.731	81.165	82.222	81.888	82.482	82.667	83.044	85.713	84.387	85.435	92.647	110.659	85.891	90.329	89.948	90.976	91.909	94.19	95.304	92.699	95.3	92.77	94.366	96.899	93.101	95.047	93.265	94.014	96.724	105.492	107.184
Paul di Resta	90.124	82.796	82.312	83.649	84.745	87.184	88.691	91.007	91.037	98.152	106.867	86.858	90.22	90.112	90.524	89.695	90.016	93.317	100.266	83.173	80.713	90.465	104.108	83.851	86.885	110.009	119.422	117.273	117.444	86.443	83.101	83.173	81.027	79.649	79.714	87.145	79.33	79.515	79.314	79.578	79.546	79.992	80.451	81.021	81.766	80.777	82.007	81.668	82.132	82.774	82.791	82.972	85.982	91.188	89.323	91.162	113.331	103.579	87.252	87.37	87.477	87.374	87.739	88.39	88.037	88.436	89.401	88.026
Bruno Senna
Sergio Perez
Michael Schumacher	93.2	82.877	82.59	83.298	102.939	110.622	92.729	102.792	104.284	87.13	88.428	90.941	89.593	90.465	90.494	89.774	93.129	101.438	83.519	82	80.491	100.974	89.977	116.207	117.184	93.144	88.4	87.13	98.61	85.847	81.991	81.735	81.618	80.26	80.329	80.286	80.158	80.661	81.913	80.793	80.863	80.925	82.375	81.728	81.962	80.586	81.711	81.98	81.812	81.87	81.619	82.786	87.189	97.901	101.196	87.097	87.724	88.099	88.383	89.09	89.389	89.056	89.583	90.761	90.194	89.309	89.405	89.353	90.654	99.561	110.452
Kamui Kobayashi	92.223	82.605	81.952	83.287	84.124	86.525	88.428	94.933	106.996	86.566	87.836	88.838	90.61	90.755	90.082	89.675	88.326	92.409	104.083	81.698	80.441	91.05	101.217	87.041	93.273	110.012	118.757	117.627	119.277	85.747	82.757	81.4	81.186	79.823	78.973	79.169	80.199	79.647	79.292	79.268	79.652	80.058	80.967	81.737	81.385	80.458	81.804	81.351	81.072	81.662	81.583	81.72	84.212	118.365	112.286	87.44	86.813	87.364	87.639	88.488	88.758	88.777	88.335	88.548	88.53	88.954	89.393	88.943	102.457	107.621	109.427
Daniel Ricciardo	93.165	83.059	82.548	83.361	83.587	85.203	90.447	89.8	98.167	103.033	88.631	90.415	91.367	90.954	91.643	90.338	89.51	89.463	93.003	99.467	81.35	92.35	100.911	83.819	83.321	110.052	119.788	117.208	115.602	86.5	83.1	81.605	80.581	80.205	79.734	79.308	79.499	79.864	79.962	80.081	81.089	80.702	81.628	82.06	81.884	80.987	81.61	82.358	82.197	83.105	86.801	104.413	88.899	95.216	94.785	105.263	105.691	88.819	88.975	88.658	93.93	107.97	90.306	89.887	90.005	89.897	91.012	90.552	108.177	114.11
Pastor Maldonado	90.97
Jean-Eric Vergne	96.216	82.989	82.584	84.576	84.305	85.331	87.757	87.91	91.43	92.33	91.55	89.485	91.876	95.977	105.269	102.662	86.651	87.38	88.319	93.533	97.991	101.042	102.989	117.567	116.819	92.918	86.104	86.184	118.364	102.907	81.181	81.277	79.723	79.591	79.146	79.242	79.291	79.425	78.983	79.584	79.636	79.979	81.706	80.464	80.284	80.964	82.559	80.947	80.864	81.504	81.679	81.98	84.895	93.471	89.521	99.884	103.531	87.099	86.729	87.851	87.588	87.462	87.794	88.531	88.608	89.207	90.626	89.407	91.027	108.143	108.911
Romain Grosjean	95.416	82.184	82.286	83.579	83.14
Vitaly Petrov	94.404	82.878	82.515	83.638	86.151	86.021	87.805	90.764	90.966	93.276	91.372	91.267	94.372	104.484	103.873	87.5	89.234	89.884	94.518	105.629	80.981	101.135	100.176	115.902	118.134	92.48	87.952	87.715	99.019	86.247	84.615	82.959	81.226	80.845	80.64	80.858	80.653	80.636	80.528	80.743	80.789	81.492	81.896	82.455	82.438	88.42	85.096	84.436	83.474	85.13	83.993	87.59	94.501	103.989	102.908	89.105	89.984	90.294	90.111	90.96	90.654	90.404	90.659	91.12	92.421	93.909	92.024	91.168	97.803	126.69
Heikki Kovalainen	95.308	83.42	82.662	83.714	85.536	85.028	87.765	88.647	91.402	93.53	91.212	89.414	95.894	99.406	102.22	104.666	86.697	87.931	93.497	118.105	82.453	100.528	85.597	116.774	116.81	93.269	87.641	87.58	97.998	86.192	84.079	83.906	81.335	80.802	80.704	81.229	84.768	98.018	79.256	79.482	80.241	80.836	81.271	81.84	82.687	80.846	82.886	82.488	81.99	83.222	83.306	85.628	90.026	95.804	95.062	113.41	106.899	89.226	94.381	106.119	91.676	91.064	93.196	90.92	91.317	91.03	91.674	91.089	106.675	106.261
Timo Glock	95.808	83.273	82.586	84.78	85.105	85.379	87.603	88.341	91.704	93.66	91.985	89.051	93.856	105.501	104.636	86.594	87.031	88.13	93.033	99.361	81.549	97.583	107.903	121.846	118.297	91.089	87.23	86.254	104.018	86.35	96.464	100.479	80.363	79.686	79.759	80.051	79.731	80.821	80.276	80.068	80.113	81.33	80.923	81.49	81.261	84.065	82.556	82.136	82.128	82.315	81.881	85.432	89.491	98.214	96.412	115.055	110.429	91.151	90.668	91.387	94.328	92.263	91.404	93.65	92.285	92.031	93.864	96.536	105.781	108.371
Charles Pic	97.495	83.433	83.306	83.418	85.416	84.968	87.638	89.57	91.628	93.234	92.844	92.614	113.832	107.996	89.076	88.4	88.114	89.443	89.433	97.24	102.973	101.868	86.221	113.165	116.52	92.109	88.468	86.834	97.768	86.405	84.201	82.733	81.357	80.563	80.9	80.31	81.393	80.503	80.625	80.705	80.821	81.006	82.208	82.469	82.301	82.282	82.539	82.515	82.946	83.311	83.727	84.585	89.032	99.148	103.765	108.463	89.831	92.672	91.747	91.061	90.958	90.65	90.542	91.719	96.428	93.348	91.866	92.25	97.726	124.971
Narain Karthikeyan	98.972	85.444	83.479	83.092	83.346	84.89	87.683	89.689	90.735	93.162	92.768	97.274	101.811	111.845	90.571	90.527	90.812	93.557	91.782	97.659	107.883	104.75	94.779	90.571	114.685	94.15	87.617	85.214	97.368	86.779	85.287	83.303	82.463	81.922	81.753	81.873	81.781	81.628	81.746	81.544	82.028	83.006	82.758	84.082	84.252	84.09	85.674	84.651	85.48	89.561	90.75	114.594	105.79	100.284	123.384	115.26	95.481	90.506	90.454	91.038	92.647	90.734	97.04	91.513	95.427	93.144	93.825	106.597	106.537
Pedro de la Rosa	97.008	83.459	83.103	83.574	84.844	85.64	87.424	89.969	91.35	93.501	93.022	94.246	99.006	109.271	108.523	88.604	89.242	88.514	96.647	106.629	83.247	105.078	86.974	105.419	116.355	94.294	87.572	85.376	97.546	86.656	84.106	84.016	81.805	81.432	81.156	81.311	81.085	81.34	81.352	81.812	82.314	82.754	83.436	83.75	83.944	83.204	84.147	86.353	84.788	89.985	108.636	89.202	102.397	98.298	114.223	107.92	89.778	90.327	90.822	90.48	90.067	91.439	92.77	91.124	91.053	90.963	91.707	105.561	131.506

One driver who shone in the damp conditions was Nico Hulkenberg, in similar circumstances to those he set pole position at the same circuit two years ago.

Another who impressed was Jean-Eric Vergne, who was among the quickest drivers on the track late in the race when the rain returned.

Kimi Raikkonen’s unsuccessful attempt to return to the circuit using an old section of track on lap 53 cost him over half a minute.

Brazilian Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1’18.069		38
2	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1’18.108	0.039	37
3	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1’18.210	0.141	38
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’18.623	0.554	36
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1’18.879	0.810	37
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1’18.903	0.834	39
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1’18.973	0.904	35
8	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’18.983	0.914	39
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’19.090	1.021	36
10	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1’19.256	1.187	39
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’19.308	1.239	36
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1’19.314	1.245	39
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1’19.444	1.375	34
14	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1’19.686	1.617	34
15	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1’20.158	2.089	37
16	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’20.266	2.197	38
17	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1’20.310	2.241	36
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1’20.528	2.459	39
19	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1’21.085	3.016	37
20	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1’21.544	3.475	40
21	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1’22.184	4.115	2
22	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1’30.970	12.901	1
23	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari
24	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault

The fastest laps table reveals how badly Sebastian Vettel’s car was affected by the damage it incurred on the first lap – he was a second off the pace when the track was at its best.

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12 comments on “2012 Brazilian Grand Prix fastest laps”

Mallesh Magdum (@malleshmagdum)
26th November 2012, 10:23

Force India really lost a golden opportunity here. Hope they have a faster car next year with the extra GBP50m infusion
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
26th November 2012, 10:40

Good stuff from Button and Hulkenberg to stay out on dry tyres and do respectable lap times in the couple of laps when inters were faster.

Lewis finally got his fastest lap this year, but I think that will be scant consolation.
Atticus (@atticus-2)
26th November 2012, 11:39

@keithcollantine You mentioned in the race review that the unusually cool conditions might have helped Vettel conserving his damaged car. Adrian Newey said he assumed the exhaust of the car would melt in a few laps and blow the engine up.

Ultimately, it did not happen, but do you think it would have happened had it not been for the lowly temperatures? Also, just how small the margin was even this way? I mean just how close could Vettel have been to elimination?
1. Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
  26th November 2012, 13:44
  
  @atticus-2 Not only thanks to cool conditions but also to the rain. As shown in the article, Vettel pace was quite slow when the track was drying. And knewing a bit about thermal exchange, it’s sure that water is more efficient to cool the concerned spot than just air, probably what’s saved his race if there was a risk of melting as suggested
2. AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
  29th November 2012, 18:33
  
  @atticus-2 Also, they did heavily modify his ECU to try and keep the exhaust cool. It’s a shame really that we’ll never know!
juan fanger (@juan-fanger)
26th November 2012, 11:48

Kimi’s excursion meant he finished a lap down – was that the only lap he failed to complete all year?
1. juan fanger (@juan-fanger)
  26th November 2012, 11:52
  
  Just read in another story it is true. Sad for Kimi :(
Himmat
26th November 2012, 16:29

Hack Kovy’s lap is mighty impressive too!!
Fernando Cruz
26th November 2012, 17:04

Bruno Senna was another capable of doing very well under the rain, as he proved in Malaysia, where he was as fast as Alonso, Hamilton and Perez in damp conditions. What a shame Vettel put him out of the race in the first lap, as he could have been one of the protagonists, at least fighting for a podium. Also Hulkenberg deserved to win the race and didn’t deserve the penalty he received. If there was no penalty for Vettel there shouln’t be any to Hulkenberg either, as they were both (Vettel/Senna and Hulkenberg/Hamilton) racing incidents.
sumedh
26th November 2012, 17:14

Is there an onboard of Vettel of the first 7 laps? I am sure it is gonna be exciting to see him pass people left right centre. I think those 7 laps will have gone a long way in convincing the naysayers that Vettel is indeed worthy of his third title.

Come to think of it, how will the ranking for the top 3 drivers be done? Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton, Raikkonen have been pretty equal all year.
socksolid (@socksolid)
27th November 2012, 1:12

Kovalainen 10th? That’s just amazingly impressive!
Mark (@marlarkey)
27th November 2012, 8:00

Kobayashi deserves to be driving next year, can’t believe he doesn’t have a seat