Singapore 2012 - Race results - A full length race at the Marina Bay circuit sees Vettel inherit the lead

Published 23 September 2012 by Christine

Lewis Hamilton led the way as the race in Singapore began, but gearbox trouble saw him retire from the race handing the lead to Sebastian Vettel. The Red Bull driver wasn't troubled to the end, but behind him, there were plenty of ragged drives. Two Safety Car periods were required after Narain Karthikeyan stranded his HRT under the grandstands, and after Michael Schumacher smashed into the back of Jean-Éric Vergne.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Stops
Best	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:51.033	Lap 52
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	2:00:26.144	2
2	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	+8.9	2
3	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	+15.2	2
4	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	+19.0	2
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	+34.7	2
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	+35.7	2
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	+36.6	2
8	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	+42.8	3
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+45.8	2
10	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	+50.6	2
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	+67.1	3
12	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	+91.9	2
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	+97.1	3
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	+99.4	3
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	+107.9	3
16	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	+132.8	2
17	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	+1 lap	3
18	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	+2 laps	3
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	+2 laps	4
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Lap 39	2
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Lap 39	2
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	Lap 37	4
DNF	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	Lap 33	1
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	Lap 23	1

1 places. Mark Webber - 20 seconds added to race time - left track and gained advantage.
1 places. Charles Pic - 20 seconds added to race time - overtaking under red flags (qualifying).