- Winner
- Kimi Räikkönen
- Team
- Lotus F1 Team
- Top listed
- Kimi Räikkönen, Fernando Alonso, and Sebastian Vettel
- Race date
- November 4, 2012
- Pole
- Lewis Hamilton
- Fastest lap
- Sebastian Vettel
- Classified drivers
- 24
- Circuit
- Yas Marina Circuit
The decisive result
Kimi Räikkönen finished first for Lotus F1 Team. Fernando Alonso is listed 2 for Ferrari, with Sebastian Vettel 3 for Red Bull.
Grid to finish
Kamui Kobayashi from P15 to P6 (+9), Timo Glock from P21 to P14 (+7), and Bruno Senna from P14 to P8 (+6) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Lewis Hamilton started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 17 Finished, 4 Collision, 1 Engine, 1 Fuel pressure, and 1 Hydraulics. Sebastian Vettel holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:43.964 on lap 54. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.