Drivers' championship 2012Final standings

2012Drivers’ championship

Sebastian Vettel took the 2012 title by 3 points from Alonso, with 5 wins.

2012 World Champion

Red Bull

281Points

5Wins

Round by round

Points after each round

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Round	Vettel	Alonso	Räikkönen	Hamilton	Button
R1 · Australian Grand Prix	18	10	6	15	25
R2 · Malaysian Grand Prix	18	35	16	30	25
R3 · Chinese Grand Prix	28	37	16	45	43
R4 · Bahrain Grand Prix	53	43	34	49	43
R5 · Spanish Grand Prix	61	61	49	53	45
R6 · Monaco Grand Prix	73	76	51	63	45
R7 · Canadian Grand Prix	85	86	55	88	45
R8 · European Grand Prix	85	111	73	88	49
R9 · British Grand Prix	100	129	83	92	50
R10 · German Grand Prix	110	154	98	92	68
R11 · Hungarian Grand Prix	122	164	116	117	76
R12 · Belgian Grand Prix	140	164	131	117	101
R13 · Italian Grand Prix	140	179	141	142	101
R14 · Singapore Grand Prix	165	194	149	142	119
R15 · Japanese Grand Prix	190	194	157	152	131
R16 · Korean Grand Prix	215	209	167	153	131
R17 · Indian Grand Prix	240	227	173	165	141
R18 · Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	255	245	198	165	153
R19 · United States Grand Prix	273	260	206	190	163
R20 · Brazilian Grand Prix	281	278	207	190	188

After round20 · Brazilian Grand Prix

Timing sheet

Official 2012 drivers’ championship table, after round 20 (Brazilian Grand Prix).

2012 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1 (champion)	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	Red Bull	5	Champion	281Champion
2	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	Ferrari	3	+3	278+3
3	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1	Lotus F1	1	+74	207+74
4	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	McLaren	4	+91	190+91
5up 1 since the previous round	Jenson Button McLaren	McLaren	3	+93	188+93
6down 1 since the previous round	Mark Webber Red Bull	Red Bull	2	+102	179+102
7	Felipe Massa Ferrari	Ferrari	0	+159	122+159
8	Romain Grosjean Lotus F1	Lotus F1	0	+185	96+185
9	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	Mercedes	1	+188	93+188
10	Sergio Pérez Sauber	Sauber	0	+215	66+215
11up 1 since the previous round	Nico Hülkenberg Force India	Force India	0	+218	63+218
12down 1 since the previous round	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	Sauber	0	+221	60+221
13up 2 since the previous round	Michael Schumacher Mercedes	Mercedes	0	+232	49+232
14down 1 since the previous round	Paul di Resta Force India	Force India	0	+235	46+235
15down 1 since the previous round	Pastor Maldonado Williams	Williams	1	+236	45+236
16	Bruno Senna Williams	Williams	0	+250	31+250
17	Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	0	+265	16+265
18	Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	0	+271	10+271
19	Vitaly Petrov Caterham	Caterham	0	+281	0+281
20	Timo Glock Marussia	Marussia	0	+281	0+281
21	Charles Pic Marussia	Marussia	0	+281	0+281
22	Heikki Kovalainen Caterham	Caterham	0	+281	0+281
23	Jérôme d'Ambrosio Lotus F1	Lotus F1	0	+281	0+281
24	Narain Karthikeyan HRT	HRT	0	+281	0+281
25	Pedro de la Rosa HRT	HRT	0	+281	0+281

Standings after round 20