The Red Bull RB8, released on February 6th, lead its team to the constructors' title. Replaced by Vitaly Petrov after first pre-season test Relegated to the team's test driverĬontract made redundant after Renault bought out by Lotus Replaced by Narain Karthikeyan before season started. Of the 24 drivers, seven have won at least one Formula One World Championship (Vettel, Alonso, Button, Hamilton, Rosberg, Schumacher and Räikkönen), one more than in 2011, and once again an all-time record. 13) competed in 2012, the same number as in 2011. Although this was not a formal protest, the FIA released an official statement rejecting Ferrari's claim, and deemed that the original result would stand.Ī total of 25 drivers, driving 24 cars (numbered 1–25, excl. By 29th November, Ferrari had queried the issue on advice from Ferrari fans on social networking sites. Ferrari would have until November 30th to make their appeal. If their claims were upheld, Vettel could be demoted to 8th by way of a 20-second time-penalty, which would gift Alonso the title by a single point. This evidence consists of footage of Vettel overtaking Jean-Éric Vergne under waved yellow flags in the early laps of the race. In the days following the Brazilian Grand Prix, news was announced that Ferrari had evidence with which to challenge the outcome of the race and, potentially, the championship. Red Bull's title challenge was a more comfortable affair, heading Alonso's Ferrari team by 60 points. Sebastian Vettel was defending the drivers' championship crown, while his team, Red Bull, was defending the constructors' title.īoth titles were retained, with Vettel taking the title by three points over an impressive Fernando Alonso, whose challenge was mostly unexpected after the pre-season, but he had led the championship until the sixteenth round. This season marked the return of the United States Grand Prix, and the race was held at a new circuit near Austin, Texas. It commenced in Australia on March 18, and concluded on November 25 in Brazil, after a record 20 races. It was the penultimate year of 2.4 litre V8 engines, which were replaced in 2014 with 1.6 litre V6 turbo engines. The 2012 Formula One Season was the 63rd season of Formula One. For the video game based on the 2012 season, see F1 2012 (video game). McLaren- Mercedes 378 points "F1 2012" redirects here.
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