2012 United States Grand Prix: Hamilton wins as Red Bull seals crown!

Lewis Hamilton secured his fourth win of the season after driving a fantastic race in the 2012 United States Grand Prix to finish ahead of championship rivals Sebastien Vettel and Fernando Alonso.

Hamilton lost second place to Webber at the start but managed to re-overtake during the early parts of the race, he then charged towards Vettel, and took the lead on lap 42.

Webber retired due to a KERS failure, therefore handing third place to Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso who drove a lonely race alongside teammate Felipe Massa who settled for fourth.

Jenson Button came from 12th on grid to take fifth for McLaren, ahead of Lotus duo Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.

Nico Hulkenberg crossed the finish line in eighth for Force India, followed by Williams drivers Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna; the pair clashed near the end of the race on turn 1, but came both out fine.

Red Bull goes into Brazil with the World Constructors’ Championship in their pocket, but the Drivers’ fight remains open between Sebastien Vettel and Fernando Alonso.

 

 Pos Driver Team Time
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           1h35:55.269
 2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     0.600
 3.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    39.200
 4.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    46.000
 5.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    56.400
 6.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +  1:04.400
 7.  Grosjean      Lotus-Renault              +  1:10.300
 8.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +  1:13.700
 9.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +  1:14.500
10.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +  1:15.100
11.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:24.300
12.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:24.800
13.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +  1:25.500
14.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
15.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
16.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +     1 lap
17.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
18.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
19.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
20.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +    2 laps
21.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
22.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps