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2012 / VETTEL

A scrolling recap of 2012 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Sebastian Vettel closed the year on 281 points, a 3-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 2012
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20
Sebastian Vettel	18	18	28	53	61	73	85	85	100	110	122	140	140	165	190	215	240	255	273	281
Fernando Alonso	10	35	37	43	61	76	86	111	129	154	164	164	179	194	194	209	227	245	260	278
Kimi Räikkönen	6	16	16	34	49	51	55	73	83	98	116	131	141	149	157	167	173	198	206	207
Lewis Hamilton	15	30	45	49	53	63	88	88	92	92	117	117	142	142	152	153	165	165	190	190
Jenson Button	25	25	43	43	45	45	45	49	50	68	76	101	101	119	131	131	141	153	163	188
Mark Webber	12	24	36	48	48	73	79	91	116	120	124	132	132	132	134	152	167	167	167	179
Felipe Massa	0	0	0	2	2	10	11	11	23	23	25	35	47	51	69	81	89	95	107	122
Romain Grosjean	0	0	8	23	35	35	53	53	61	61	76	76	76	82	82	88	90	90	96	96
Nico Rosberg	0	0	25	35	41	59	67	75	75	76	77	77	83	93	93	93	93	93	93	93
Sergio Pérez	4	22	22	22	22	22	37	39	39	47	47	47	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Red Bull–Renault ended on 460 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 2012
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	RED BULL–RENAULT	460
P2	FERRARI	400
P3	MCLAREN–MERCEDES	378
P4	LOTUS–RENAULT	303
P5	MERCEDES	142
P6	SAUBER–FERRARI	126
P7	FORCE INDIA–MERCEDES	109
P8	WILLIAMS–RENAULT	76
P9	TORO ROSSO–FERRARI	26
P10	CATERHAM–RENAULT	0
P11	MARUSSIA–COSWORTH	0
P12	HRT–COSWORTH	0

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

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DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 2012
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20
Sebastian Vettel	P2	P6	P5	P1	P1	P2	P3	P4	P3	P3	P3	P2	P4	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Fernando Alonso	P5	P1	P3	P5	P2	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Kimi Räikkönen	P7	P7	P8	P7	P4	P6	P6	P6	P5	P4	P5	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Lewis Hamilton	P3	P2	P1	P2	P3	P4	P1	P3	P4	P5	P4	P5	P2	P4	P4	P4	P5	P5	P4	P4
Jenson Button	P1	P3	P2	P4	P6	P7	P8	P8	P8	P7	P7	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P5
Mark Webber	P4	P4	P4	P3	P5	P3	P4	P2	P2	P2	P2	P3	P5	P5	P5	P5	P4	P4	P5	P6
Felipe Massa	—	P19	P18	P17	P17	P14	P14	P16	P13	P14	P14	P11	P10	P10	P9	P9	P9	P7	P7	P7
Romain Grosjean	—	—	P11	P8	P8	P8	P7	P7	P7	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P9	P8	P8
Nico Rosberg	P12	P15	P6	P6	P7	P5	P5	P5	P6	P6	P6	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P8	P9	P9
Sergio Pérez	P8	P5	P7	P9	P10	P10	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10
Nico Hülkenberg	—	P13	P16	P16	P15	P15	P15	P14	P16	P15	P16	P13	P14	P14	P14	P12	P12	P12	P12	P11
Kamui Kobayashi	P6	P9	P10	P12	P11	P12	P11	P12	P14	P10	P10	P12	P12	P13	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P12
Michael Schumacher	—	P14	P17	P18	P18	P18	P18	P13	P12	P12	P12	P10	P11	P12	P13	P14	P14	P15	P15	P13
Paul di Resta	P10	P10	P12	P10	P12	P11	P12	P11	P11	P13	P13	P15	P13	P11	P12	P13	P13	P13	P13	P14
Pastor Maldonado	P13	P16	P14	P14	P9	P9	P10	P10	P10	P11	P11	P14	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15	P14	P14	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

13 drivers stood on a podium.

8 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 AUSTRALI

1 BUTTON

2 VETTEL

3 HAMILTON

R02 MALAYSIA

1 ALONSO

2 PÉREZ

3 HAMILTON

R03 CHINA

1 ROSBERG

2 BUTTON

3 HAMILTON

R04 BAHRAIN

1 VETTEL

2 RÄIKKÖNEN

3 GROSJEAN

R05 SPAIN

1 MALDONADO

2 ALONSO

3 RÄIKKÖNEN

R06 MONACO

1 WEBBER

2 ROSBERG

3 ALONSO

R07 CANADA

1 HAMILTON

2 GROSJEAN

3 PÉREZ

R08 EUROPE

1 ALONSO

2 RÄIKKÖNEN

3 SCHUMACHER

R09 GREAT BR

1 WEBBER

2 ALONSO

3 VETTEL

R10 GERMANY

1 ALONSO

2 BUTTON

3 RÄIKKÖNEN

R11 HUNGARY

1 HAMILTON

2 RÄIKKÖNEN

3 GROSJEAN

R12 BELGIUM

1 BUTTON

2 VETTEL

3 RÄIKKÖNEN

R13 ITALY

1 HAMILTON

2 PÉREZ

3 ALONSO

R14 SINGAPOR

1 VETTEL

2 BUTTON

3 ALONSO

R15 JAPAN

1 VETTEL

2 MASSA

3 KOBAYASHI

R16 KOREA

1 VETTEL

2 WEBBER

3 ALONSO

R17 INDIA

1 VETTEL

2 ALONSO

3 WEBBER

R18 ABU DHAB

1 RÄIKKÖNEN

2 ALONSO

3 VETTEL

R19 UNITED S

1 HAMILTON

2 VETTEL

3 ALONSO

R20 BRAZIL

1 BUTTON

2 ALONSO

3 MASSA

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

20

DRIVERS

25

WINNERS

8

PODIUM·DRIVERS

13

POINTS·SHARED

2020

CHAMPION

Sebastian Vettel

281 PTS · 5 WINS

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ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · 2012 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix	BUTTON	VETTEL	HAMILTON
R02 · 2012 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix	ALONSO	PÉREZ	HAMILTON
R03 · 2012 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix	ROSBERG	BUTTON	HAMILTON
R04 · 2012 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	VETTEL	RÄIKKÖNEN	GROSJEAN
R05 · Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2012	Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2012	MALDONADO	ALONSO	RÄIKKÖNEN
R06 · Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2012	Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2012	WEBBER	ROSBERG	ALONSO
R07 · Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2012	Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2012	HAMILTON	GROSJEAN	PÉREZ
R08 · 2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe	2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe	ALONSO	RÄIKKÖNEN	SCHUMACHER
R09 · 2012 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix	WEBBER	ALONSO	VETTEL
R10 · Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012	Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012	ALONSO	BUTTON	RÄIKKÖNEN
R11 · Formula 1 Eni Magyar Nagydij 2012	Formula 1 Eni Magyar Nagydij 2012	HAMILTON	RÄIKKÖNEN	GROSJEAN
R12 · 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix	BUTTON	VETTEL	RÄIKKÖNEN
R13 · Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2012	Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2012	HAMILTON	PÉREZ	ALONSO
R14 · 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix	VETTEL	BUTTON	ALONSO
R15 · 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix	VETTEL	MASSA	KOBAYASHI
R16 · 2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix	VETTEL	WEBBER	ALONSO
R17 · 2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix	VETTEL	ALONSO	WEBBER
R18 · 2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	RÄIKKÖNEN	ALONSO	VETTEL
R19 · 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix	2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix	HAMILTON	VETTEL	ALONSO
R20 · Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2012	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2012	BUTTON	ALONSO	MASSA