| 2012 Singapore Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 14 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 23 September 2012 | ||||
| Official name | 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix[1] | ||||
| Location |
Marina Bay Street Circuit Marina Bay, Singapore | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 5.073 km (3.152 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 59 laps, 299.170 km (185.896 miles) | ||||
| Scheduled distance | 61 laps, 309.316 km (192.201 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Hot and humid[2] Air Temp 29 °C (84 °F)[2] Track Temp 31 °C (88 °F)[2] | ||||
| Attendance |
252,951 (3-Day Total) 84,317 (3-Day Average) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:46.362 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:51.033 on lap 52 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2012 Singapore Grand Prix (officially the 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore on 23 September 2012 as the fourteenth round of the 2012 season.[3] The race was the thirteenth time that a Singapore Grand Prix has been held, and the fifth time it was a round of the Formula One World Championship.
Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole.[4] Sebastian Vettel won the race, his second of the season, after Hamilton's gearbox failed early in the race.[5]
- ^ "2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix". Formula One. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ a b c "2012 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Race)". f1standings.net. F1Standings. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (22 September 2012). "Hamilton on pole as Maldonado shines in Singapore". F1 Fanaitc. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "Vettel wins as Hamilton retires". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.