2012 Brazilian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 20 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 25 November 2012 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2012 | ||
| Location | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.309 km (2.677 mi) | ||
| Distance | 71 laps, 305.909 km (190.067 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Race start: drops of rain, light rain shower getting heavier at the end. Air Temp 19 °C (66 °F) Track Temp 21 °C (70 °F) |
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:12.458 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:18.069 on lap 38 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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Race start: drops of rain, light rain shower getting heavier at the end. Air Temp 19 °C (66 °F)
The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2012) was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil on 25 November 2012. The race was the twentieth and final round of the 2012 Formula One World Championship, and marked the forty-first running of the Brazilian Grand Prix. The race was won by Jenson Button driving for McLaren.
It was at this race that Sebastian Vettel won the 2012 World Drivers' Championship, his third title in a row. Fernando Alonso finished second in both the race and the championship, and had the provisional championship lead at a late stage of the race, before Vettel moved up the order to have a three-point cushion. The race also marked the last race for Michael Schumacher, after he announced his retirement for the second time.
The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix marked Michael Schumacher's final race before his second retirement and was also the last race for Bruno Senna and the HRT Formula 1 Team. HRT in their history did not score a point, and withdrew because of financial issues.
Tyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with early prototypes of their 2013 compounds during Friday practice for testing and review.
Pirelli brought its silver-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, as opposed to the previous year when they brought the medium and soft compound dry tyres.
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