| 2012 Indian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 17 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 28 October 2012 | ||||
| Official name | 2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix | ||||
| Location |
Buddh International Circuit Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.125 km (3.185 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 60 laps, 307.249 km (190.916 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Fine, Dry, a little hazy and a little dusty[2] Air Temp 30 °C (86 °F)[2] Track Temp 36 °C (97 °F) dropping to 31 °C (88 °F)[2] | ||||
| Attendance | 65,000[3] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:25.283 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:28.203 on lap 60 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2012 Indian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix)[1] was a Formula One motor race held on 28 October 2012 at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.[4] The race was the seventeenth round of the 2012 championship, and marked the second running of the Indian Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel started the race from pole position.[5] Vettel won the race for the second consecutive year,[6] but despite leading every lap of the race, he was denied a Grand Chelem when Jenson Button set the fastest lap of the race. The organisers of the race invited sport shooter Gagan Narang, who won a bronze medal for India at the London Olympics, to wave the chequered flag.[7]
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- ^ "Indian Grand Prix: Organisers upbeat despite attendance dip". The Indian Express. 29 October 2012.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ Tremayne, Sam (27 October 2012). "Vettel leads all-Red Bull front row in India". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (28 October 2012). "2012 Indian Grand Prix result". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "A tribute to a champion". The Hindu. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.