2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 18 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 4 November 2012 | ||
| Official name | 2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.554 km (3.451 mi) | ||
| Distance | 55 laps, 305.355 km (189.739 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Dry Air Temp 29 °C (84 °F) Track Temp 34 °C (93 °F) dropping to 29 °C (84 °F) |
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:40.630 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Sebastian Vettel
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Red Bull-Renault | |
| Time | 1:43.964 on lap 54 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Renault | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Red Bull-Renault | ||
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Dry Air Temp 29 °C (84 °F)
The 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 November 2012 at the Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was the eighteenth round of the 2012 Formula One season and the fourth Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 55-lap race was won by Lotus driver Kimi Räikkönen after starting from fourth position. Fernando Alonso finished second in a Ferrari with his championship rival Sebastian Vettel third for Red Bull.
The victory was Räikkönen's first of the season and his first since he returned to Formula One at the start of the year. Alonso's second place allowed him to narrow the gap to Vettel in the Drivers' Championship to ten points.
The Grand Prix was contested by twelve teams with two drivers each. The teams (also known as constructors) were Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes, Lotus, Force India, Sauber, Torro Rosso, Williams, Caterham, HRT and Marussia.Tyre supplier Pirelli brought two types to tyre to the race; two dry compounds (soft "options" and medium "primes"). The Medium compound was distinguished by a white-band with the Soft compound being denoted by a yellow-band. The rules of the 2012 Grands Prix stipulated that all cars should use both types of tyre during the race unless the driver used any one of the two wet-weather compounds. Each driver was limited to eleven sets of dry tyres for the weekend. The drag reduction system (DRS) had two activation zones for the race; one was on the straight between turns seven and eight and the second on the straight linking turns ten and eleven.
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