Singapore GP 2012 Formula One Race Results

Lewis Hamilton ended his race from the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix with an early retirement due to a gearbox failure as Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel took the chequered flag for the second year running.

Italian GP Formula One Race Results

Lewsi Hamilton wins the Italian GP at Monza with a dominant race victory. Hamilton started the race on pole position, with a great start he quickly pulled out a decent lead to take the McLaren home for some much needed championship points. This became his 3rd win of the 2012 f1 season and the 20th of his career.

Spanish Formula One GP Results

Pastor Maldonado finished the Spanish GP in 1st position todat to become the fith driver to win in the first 5 races of the season and also becoming the first Venezuelan winner.

Malaysian GP, Sepang Circuit 2012 - Formula One

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari managed to hold off Sergio Perez in todays Malaysian GP to take the win.

With the race starting with torrential rain the race was finally stopped after just 6 laps when the red flags came out.  The race was held up for around 50 mins with a restart with the safety car deployed.

Brazilian GP - Formula One Results

Today was the final race of the 2011 formula one season at Brazils Interlagos circuit.

It was Webber who went on to win the last race of the season after overtaking Sebastian Vettel on the 40th lap as the world champion was suffering with gearbox issues.

New Sky Formula One Channel

Sky have confirmed plans for a new Formula One channel dedicated for the coverage of the sport.  This follows the controversial deal which saw Sky and the BBC share broadcasting rights for next seasons 2012 calendar.

The new channel sky sprts F1 will provide indepth coverage, we will see live practice and qualifying sessions, interviews and archive action.

Sky Sports F1 will be made available at no extra cost to all Sky TV customers signed up to both Sky Sports 1 and 2, or the HD pack of channels.

All races shown on the sky sports F1 channel will be viewable on the BBC in extended highlights.  The BBC will host the key formula one races such as the British GP at silverstone and also the Monaco GP.

BBC announce formula one races for 2012

The BBC has announced the 10 formula one races it will be broadcasting for the 2012 season as part of the joint broadcasting deal it has in play with Sky.

For the Formula One 2012 season the BBC will broadcast live coverage of the Grands Prix in
China (April 15),
Spain (May 13),
Monaco (May 27),
Europe (June 24),
Britain (July 8),
Belgium (September 2),
Singapore (April 23),
Korea (October 14),
Abu Dhabi (November 4),
Brazil (November 25).

This means alot of viewers without sky sports will miss out on key races including the opening race of the season at Melbourne.

For all the action not broadcasted live with the BBC they will show extended highlights of approximatly 75 minutes long.

Abu Dhabi GP Results - Formula One

In todays race at the Abu Dhabi GP, Lewis Hamilton took the victory.  Hamilton led the race from lap one having started in 2nd position on the grid after Sebatian Vettal suffered a puncture on the first lap, forcing him into retirement shortly after having damaging his wheel on the return to the pits.  From then on Hamilton looked under no real pressure from second position Alonso.

Jenson Button came in third having struggled during a long spell with no KERS.  Mark Webber managed fouth position after using a 3 stop stratagy which was managed after a slip up by Massa late on in the race.

1.	Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1h37:11.886
2.	Alonso	Ferrari-Ferrari	+ 8.457
3.	Button	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 25.881
4.	Webber	Red Bull-Renault	+ 35.784
5.	Massa	Ferrari-Ferrari	+ 50.578
6.	Rosberg	Mercedes-Mercedes	+ 52.317
7.	Shumacher	Mercedes-Mercedes	+ 1:15.964
8.	Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	+ 1:17.122
9.	Di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	+ 1:41.087
10.	Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	Lapped
11.	Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	Lapped
12.	Barrichello	Williams Cosworth	Lapped
13.	Petrov	Lotus-Renault GP Renault	Lapped
14.	Maldanado	Williams Cosworth	Lapped
15.	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	Lapped
16.	Senna	Lotus-Renault GP Renault	Lapped
17.	Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	Lapped
18.	Trulli	Lotus-Renault	Lapped
19.	Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	Lapped
20.	Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	Lapped
21.	Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	DNF
22.	Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	DNF
23.	D'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	DNF
24.	Vettell	Red Bull-Renault	DNF

Indian Grand Prix Results - Formula One

Redbulls Sebastian Vettel becomes the first driver to win the Indian GP.  Vettel led from the start with his only real competitor being Jenson Button who was on his tail for all of the race, and finished in second position ahead of Alonso.

Button made second spot after passing Webber and Alonso on the first lap of the race.

Once again Lewis Hamilton was in the wars when he and Massa collidied while Hamilton tried to overtake Massa.  But this time it was Felipe that was handed the punishment of a drive through penalty.  The collision caused Hamilton to lose a few places after having to make a pit stop to rectify the damage.

Things got even worse for Massa when he broke his suspension as he took one of the kerbs.

1.	Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1h30:35.002
2.	Button	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 8.433
3.	Alonso	Ferrari-Ferrari	+ 24.301
4.	Webber	Red Bull-Renault	+ 25.529
5.	Schumacher	Mercedes-Mercedes	+ 1:05.421
6.	Rosberg	Mercedes-Mercedes	+ 1:06.851
7.	Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 1:24.183
8.	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	Lapped
9.	Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	Lapped
10.	Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	Lapped
11.	Petrov	Lotus Renault GP-Renault	Lapped
12.	Senna	Lotus Renault GP-Renault	Lapped
13.	Di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	Lapped
14.	Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	Lapped
15.	Barrichello	Williams Cosworth	Lapped
16.	D'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	Lapped
17.	Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	Lapped
18.	Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	Lapped
19.	Trulli	Lotus-Renault	Lapped
20.	Massa	Ferrari-Ferrari	DNF
21.	Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	DNF
22.	Maldanado	Williams Cosworth	DNF
23.	Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	DNF
24.	Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	DNF

Korean Grand Prix Results - Formula One

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:38:01.994
2.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	+12.019
3.	Mark Webber	Red Bull	+12.477
4.	Jenson Button	McLaren	+14.694
5.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+15.689
6.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+25.133
7.	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	+49.538
8.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+54.053
9.	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	+1:02.762
10.	Paul di Resta	Force India	+1:08.602
11.	Adrian Sutil	Force India	+1:11.229
12.	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	+1:33.068
13.	Bruno Senna	Lotus Renault	+1 Lap
14.	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	+1 Lap
15.	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	+1 Lap
16.	Sergio Perez	Sauber	+1 Lap
17.	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	+1 Lap
18.	Timo Glock	Virgin	+1 Lap
19.	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	+1 Lap
20.	Jerome d` Ambrosio	Virgin	+1 Lap
21.	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	+3 Laps
Did not finish
22.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+25 Laps
23.	Vitaly Petrov	Lotus Renault	+39 Laps
24.	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+40 Laps

Japanese GP Suzuka Results - Formula One

Jenson Button holds on to win the Japanese Gp, with a late surge from Alsonso threatening to take the lead, but Button held on to produce the fastest laps of the GP with just a couple of laps remaining.  It was another great display by Button and once again used his tyres to great effect. Alonso finished in second position with Vettel only managing third spot but taking the drivers championship in the process.

Vettel only needed 1 point from this race to secure the championship for the second time.  There was at no point in the race that it looked like he would not gain that 1 point.

1.	Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1h30:53.427
2.	Alonso	Ferrari-Ferrari	+     1.160
3.	Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	+     2.006
4.	Webber	Red Bull-Renault	+     8.071
5.	Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	+    24.268
6.	Schumacher	Mercedes-Mercedes	+    27.120
7.	Massa	Ferrari-Ferrari	+    28.240
8.	Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	+    39.377
9.	Petrov	Lotus Renault GP-Renault	+    42.607
10.	Rosberg	Mercedes-Mercedes	+    44.322
11.	Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	+    54.447
12.	Di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	+  1:02.326
13.	Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	+  1:03.705
14.	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	+  1:04.194
15.	Maldonado	Williams Cosworth	+  1:06.623
16.	Senna	Lotus Renault GP-Renault	+  1:12.628
17.	Barrichello	Williams Cosworth	+  1:14.191
18.	Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	+  1:27.824
19.	Trulli	Lotus-Renault	+  1:36.140
20.	Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	+2 Laps
21.	D'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	+2 Laps
22.	Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	+2 Laps
23.	Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	+2 Laps
24.	Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	DNF

Japanese GP Qual results - Formula One

Vettel once again takes pole in sundays japanese grand prix at Suzuka to make it 5 poles in a row.  This puts Vettel in a great position to gain the 1 point he needs to win a back to back championship.  Only failing to score a point and Jenson Button winning the race will deny him of the championship in this race.

Jenson Button joins vettel on the front row having been just nine thousanths of a second behind.

Hamilton and Massa make up the second row on the grid, with then Alonso and Webber taking 5th and 6th positions.

Full results:

1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull-Renault 1min 30.466secs
2 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.475
3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.617
4 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:30.804
5 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:30.886
6 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:31.156
7 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:32.116
8 Bruno Senna (Bra) Renault 1:32.297
9 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 1:32.245
10 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) Sauber 1:32.380
11 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Mercedes 1:32.463
12 Paul Di Resta (Gbr) Force India-Mercedes 1:32.746
13 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams-Cosworth 1:33.079
14 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams-Cosworth 1:33.224
15 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:33.064
16 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:33.427
17 Sergio Perez (Mex) Sauber 1:34.704
18 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus-Renault 1:35.454
19 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus-Renault 1:35.514
20 Jerome d'Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin-Cosworth 1:36.439
21 Timo Glock (Ger) Virgin-Cosworth 1:36.507
22 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Hispania-Cosworth 1:37.846
DNQ:23 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP
24 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) Hispania-Cosworth

Singapore GP Results - Formula One

	Sebastian Vettel wins the Singapore grandprix with pretty much a flawless race. Vettel led from the start and was in first place comfortably for most of the race. There was a late surge of pace by Jenson Button towards the end of the race, but traffic held him back from catching vettel thus crossing the line in 2nd position. Vettels red bull team mate Mark Webber finished in 3rd Place. This win means Vettel just needs 1 point from the next 5 races to retain the title for the second season running. Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton was in the spotlight once more when he clipped the back of Massa's Ferrari causing the Ferrari a rear puncture, and also damaging hamiltons front wing. This left Hamilton with a drive through penalty. Michael Schumacher also was involved in a accident while fighting Sergio Perez for position, the seven-time World Champ carried too much speed as Perez braked early for the corner, which caused Schumacher to hit the back of the Sauber, launching the Mercedes into the air, which resulted into schumacher smashing into the barriers.
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault +1hr 59m 06.757s 2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +1.737s 3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault +29.279s 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari +55.449s 5. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes +1m 07.766s 6. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes +1m 51.067s 7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes +1 Lap 8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +1 Lap 9. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari +1 Lap 10. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari +1 Lap 11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth +1 Lap 12. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 Lap 13. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +1 Lap 14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari +2 Laps 15. Bruno Senna Lotus Renault GP-Renult +2 Laps 16. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault +2 Laps 17. Vitaly Petrov Lotus Renault GP-Renult +2 Laps 18. Jerome d’Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth +2 Laps 19. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth +4 Laps 20. Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth +4 Laps 21. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari +5 Laps 22. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault Not Classified 23. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes Not Classified 24. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth Not Classified

Singapore GP Qual Results - Formula One

Red Bull take the front row of the grid for tomorrows Singapore Gp. Vettel takes up pole position with his 11th pole of the season. Webber starts along side Vettel to make up the front row.

Jenson Button takes up 3rd place just squeezing out his team mate Hamilton by .005 of a second. This gives us a McLaran second row.

Row three is another double with Ferrari's Alonso lining up in 5th and Massa completing the top six.