- Winner
- Jenson Button
- Team
- McLaren
- Top listed
- Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, and Felipe Massa
- Race date
- November 25, 2012
- Pole
- Lewis Hamilton
- Fastest lap
- Lewis Hamilton
- Classified drivers
- 24
- Circuit
- Autódromo José Carlos Pace
The decisive result
Jenson Button finished first for McLaren. Fernando Alonso is listed 2 for Ferrari, with Felipe Massa 3 for Ferrari.
Grid to finish
Charles Pic from P22 to P12 (+10), Jean-Éric Vergne from P17 to P8 (+9), and Vitaly Petrov from P19 to P11 (+8) 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 9 Finished, 7 +1 lap, 3 Accident, 3 Collision, and 2 +2 laps. Lewis Hamilton holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:18.069 on lap 38. 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.