Lewis Hamilton on pole for the sixth consecutive race

Lewis Hamilton scores pole at Belgium F1 Grand Prix and led a 1-2 for Mercedes. This was the sixth consecutive pole position and matches the record of Michael Schumacher from 2000/2001.

Lewis Hamilton scored a 1 m 47.197 seconds run to the pole. His teammate Nico Rosberg scored a 1m 47.665 seconds which was a massive 0.468 seconds slower. In F1 half a second difference is huge.

Valtteri Bottas of Williams was third with a time of 1m 48.537 and was closely followed by Romain Grosjean of Lotus with a time of 1m 48. 561 for P4 and Sergio Perez of Force India with a time of 1m 48.599 for P5.

Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull came up with a time of 1m 48.639 and will start on 6th. He was followed by Felipe Massa with 1m 48.685.

Pastor Maldonado of Lotus followed with a time of 1m 48.754 and will start 8th. Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari was P9 with a time of 1m 48. 825

Carlos Sainz was P10 with 1m 49.771

Nico Hulkenberg of Force India was P11. He is followed by Daniil Kvyat of Red Bull. Marcus Ericsson of Sauber was P13. Kimi Raikkonen who was recently confirmed to be retained by Ferrari for next year was P14. Max Verstappen of Toro Rosso is going to serve a 10 place penalty and score a P15.

Felipe Nasr of Sauber was P17. Jenson Button and Fernando will start from the back of the grid due to engine penalties but they score P17 and P18. Will Stevens of Marussia and his team-mate Roberto Merhi came in at 19 and 20.

Lewis Hamilton wins Canadian F1 Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton nicely started the race and eased into the lead whereas Nico Rosberg and Kimi Raikkonen battled behind for the second spot. After a few laps, Raikkonen had a spin and was overtaken by Valtteri Bottas and Nico Rosberg concentrated on fighting with Lewis Hamilton. Though there was an interesting battle between the two Mercedes cars, Lewis Hamilton did just enough to keep ahead of Nico Rosberg and win the Canadian F1 Grand Prix 2015 by 2.2 seconds.

Valtteri Bottas of Williams came in third despite a late surge my Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari and was 40.6 seconds behind Hamilton. Kimi Raikkonen was 4th and 45.6 seconds behind the race winner. Sebastian Vettel came in 5th and 4.2 seconds behind Kimi.

Felipe Massa of Williams was 6th. He was followed by Pastor Maldonado of Lotus in 7th.

Nico Hulkenberg of Force India was a lap down and finished in 8th position. Daniil Kvyat of Red Bull was 9th and Romain Grosjean of Lotus was 10th.

Sergio Perez of Force India was 11th and outside the points paying positions. Carlos Sainz of Toro Rosso was 12th. He was followed by Daniel Ricciardo of his sister team Red Bull.

Marcus Ericsson of Sauber was 14th. Max Verstappen of Toro Rosso was 15th.

Felipe Nasr was 16th and two laps down. Will Stevens of Marusia Manor Racing was 17th. Will Stevens was 4 laps down.

Roberto Merhi of Manor Racing retired along with the two McLarens.

Fernando Alonso was not in a happy mood during the Canadian Grand Prix. His radio message “we are looking like amateurs” shows that he has finally lost patience with the tortoise like car that McLaren has produced along with Honda engine. Later like him, his team-mate Jenson Button too retired from the race.

F1 Canadian Grand Prix 2015 Driver Standings

Hamilton on Pole in Wet Sanghai F1 Qualifying

Hamilton blitzes the opposition in a wet Sanghai F1 Grand Prix qualifying

Lewis Hamilton had enough pace to be half a second ahead of second placed Daniel Ricciardo of Redbull and was 1.2s faster than his own teammate Nico Rosberg of Mercedes who qualified in P4.

Lewis Hamilton later said that his Pole position time of 01m:53.860s could have been even lower had he not made a mistake in Turn 10. With the race day on Sunday likely to be a dry race, Lewis Hamilton could have much more pace than the second and third placed RedBulls and definitely open up a huge gap with others.

Nico Rosberg - who is currently leading the drivers championship due to winning the opening race while Hamilton had an engine problem – made a mistake in Turn 14 and then a spin in the final corner and will now start behind the RedBulls of Ricciardo and Vettel. Unless he overtakes these two cars soon, challenging Lewis Hamilton would remain a pipe dream.

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, the reigning World Champion, again qualified behind his team mate Daniel Ricciardo. The gap of half a second between them shows that this year, Ricciardo may have the better of Vettel. It is not everyday that a four time world champion gets beaten by his teammate every race. However, that is what is happening this year so far.

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari after his impressive P1 position in the first practice on Friday, qualified in P5 here. However, his teammate Kimi Raikkonen could only qualify at 11th position. The new Ferrari chief would like both these drivers further ahead in the field. Unless Ferrari goes for a drastic change in their approach, this years championship may be over for them.

The Williams duo of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas scored P6 and P7. It appears that Williams car is not good in rain. However, tomorrow being a dry race, the Williams drivers may do better.

Nico Hulkenberg of Force India qualified in P8 followed by Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso.

In a major surprise, Romain Grosjean of Lotus could move into the top ten shoot out. Though it may be due to rain, however, given the perilous situation of Lotus in the previous races where it struggled to complete a race, this is indeed good news.

Jenson Button of McLaren could only come in at P12 with his teammate Kevin Magnussen at P15.

Danil Kvyat of Toro Rosso scored P13. Adrian Sutil of Sauber was P14.

Sergio Perez coming from the high of being in the podium in the previous race, could only qualify at P16. Esteban Gutierrez of Sauber was at P17.

Kamui Kobayashi of Caterham could score the 18th position followed by Jules Bianchi of Marussia in 19th, Marcus Ericsson of Caterham in 20th and Max Chilton of Marussia in 21st. Pastor Maldonado has a sensor problem from the funny crash he had during practice and couldn’t take part in the qualifying. He may race at the discretion of the Stewards.

Sanghai F1 Grand Prix Qualifying Positions

1.         Lewis Hamilton          Mercedes

2.         Daniel Ricciardo        Red Bull

3.         Sebastian Vettel        Red Bull

4.         Nico Rosberg              Mercedes

5.         Fernando Alonso       Ferrari

6.         Felipe Massa              Williams

7.         Valtteri Bottas            Williams

8.         Nico Hulkenberg       Force India

9.         Jean-Eric Vergne       Toro Rosso

10.       Romain Grosjean       Lotus

11.       Kimi Raikkonen         Ferrari

12.       Jenson Button            McLaren

13.       Danil Kvyat                Toro Rosso

14.       Adrian Sutil                Sauber

15.       Kevin Magnussen     McLaren

16.       Sergio Perez               Force India

17.       Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber

18.       Kamui Kobayashi      Caterham

19.       Jules Bianchi              Marussia

20.       Marcus Ericsson        Caterham

21.       Max Chilton               Marussia

22.       Pastor Maldonado     Lotus

Belgian Grand Prix Revised Grid

Belgian Grand Prix Revised Grid 2012

There have been many penalties and it required the Grid positions to be revised.

There were two penalties for Gear box change handed over to Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber. Nico Rosberg qualified at P18 and dropped down 5 places due to the gear box change and will now start at 23rd.

Mark Webber qualified at 7th and due to the Gearbox change will now start at P12 just ahead of Michael Schumacher.

Pastor Maldonado had qualified at P3. However he was penalised for blocking Nico Hulkenberg during Q1. So Maldonado will now start at 6th just before Lewis Hamilton. This makes it interesting as Kimi Raikkonen who had qualified at P4 will now start at P3 and from the cleaner side of the grid. All eyes will be on him, as he has traditionally done well in Spa. Can he race ahead and beat Button and Kobayashi and get the first win this year?

The Revised Grid for the Belgian Grand Prix 2012 is as follows:

1. Jenson Button, McLaren
2. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber
3. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus
4. Sergio Perez, Sauber
5. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari
6. Pastor Maldonado, Williams
7. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
8. Romain Grosjean, Lotus
9. Paul di Resta, Force India
10. Sebastian Vettel, Redbull
11. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India
12. Mark Webber, Redbull
13. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes
14. Felipe Massa, Ferrari
15. Jean-Eric Vergne, Torro Rosso
16. Daniel Ricciardo, Torro Rosso
17. Bruno Senna, Williams
18. Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham
19. Vitaly Petrov, Caterham
20. Timo Glock, Marussia
21. Pedro de la Rosa, HRT
22. Charles Pic, Marussia
23. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
24. Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

The Belgian Grand Prix 2012 should be exciting to watch. 

Fernando Alonso on pole in Silverstone

Fernando Alonso or Ferrari scored the first pole for Ferrari since 2010 Singapore Grand Prix and was understandably happy. The qualifying in Silverstone was marred by delays due to rain. He clocked 1 min 51.746 seconds to get the pole position.

Mark Webber (1 min 51.793 s) of Red Bull scored P2 and Michael Schumacher (1 min 52.020 seconds) was P3. Michael Schumacher was also among the many drivers who had spun, but was way ahead of his much younger colleague Nico Rosberg, who ended up at 13th position.

Mark Webber's team mate Sebastian Vettel scored P4. Felipe Massa was P5. Kimi Raikkonen was the faster of the two Lotus cars and came in P6 with a time of 1 min 53.290 seconds. His team mate Romain Grosjean spun his car and was fortunate to make it to the Q3.

Pastor Maldonado was P7 with a time of 1 min 53.590 seconds and his williams team mate Bruno Senna scored P15 with a time of 1 min 57.426 seconds.

Lewis Hamilton was a disappointing P8 with 1 min 53.543 seconds. His team mate, Jenson Button was ten spots down at P18 with a time of 1.48.044 seconds. Both the McLaren cars had problems of getting correct temperatures to their tyres and had a disappointing qualifying. Nico Hulkenberg was P9 and his team mate Paul di Resta was P11.

It was a disappointing qualifying for Sauber team with Kobayashi and Perez at P12 and P17. Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso team were P14 and P16 before penalties.

Vitaly Petrov and Heikki Kovalainen were P19 and P20. Timo Glock was P21. Pedro de La Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan of HRT were P22 and P23. Charles Pic of Marussia was P24. He was the only driver to fail the 107% rule and was allowed to race at the discretion of the stewards.

Drivers Championship Standings after Valencia

Drivers' Championship Standings after European Grand Prix 2012

Pastor Maldonado hit Lewis Hamilton who was running second in the race with one and half laps before the end of the race to put him in the barriers and push him down the order in the drivers championship. With the win, Fernando Alonso has regained the lead from Lewis Hamilton.

Mark Webber jumped to number two position when he scored 4th in European Grand Prix in Valencia circuit. Kimi Raikkonen closed in on Nico Rosberg and is just 2 points behind him at 73.

Michael Schumacher moved to 13th position with 17 points. He had earlier scored 5 DNF's (Did Not Finish) out of 7 races and hence was languishing at 2 points. We expect Schumacher to make rapid strides now that his ill luck appears to be behind him.

Valencia
Ranking	Driver	Team	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	111
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	91
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	88
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	85
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	75
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	73
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	53
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	49
9	Sergio Perez	Sauber	39
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	29
11	Paul de Resta	Force India	27
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	21
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	17
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	17
15	Bruno Senna	Williams	16
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	11
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	4
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	2
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	0
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	0
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	0
22	Charles Pic	Marussia	0
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	0
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	0

Vettel scores pole in European Grand Prix 2012

Vettel on Pole in European Grand Prix 2012

Sebastian Vettel scored pole position in the European Grand Prix in the Valencia circuit today. In the qualifying which saw some of the big names missing to qualify for the Q3, Vettel chose to do one run towards the dying minutes and clinched the pole position. Lewis Hamilton of McLaren came second. Pastor Maldonado of Williams came third. Lotus which was widely believed to score the pole position will have its drivers start at 4th and 5th with Romain Grosjean beating his teammate Kimi Raikkonen by a mere 0.008 seconds. Nico Rosberg came 6th. Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber came on 7th.

Fernando Alonso came 11th folowed by Michael Schumacher on 12th position. The big surprise was the Force India cars with both of its drivers within the top 10. Nico Hulkenberg came in 8th, followed by Jenson  Button of McLaren in 9th and Paul di Resta of Force India in 10th.

Another big surprise was Mark Webber who was 19th. So Heikki Kovalainen of Caterham was 16th and could qualify for the Q2.

Both the HRTs ie. Pedro de La Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan of India came in ahead of the Marusia of Charles Pic. Timo Glock of Marussia could not run and will be able to race tomorrow on the discretion of the stewards.

Sl. Driver Team Time Laps 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull  1:38.086 15 laps 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren  1:38.410 17 laps 3 Pastor Maldonado Williams   1:38.475 21 laps 4 Romain Grosjean Lotus  1:38.505 16 laps 5 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus  1:38.513 16 laps 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes  1:38.623 17 laps 7 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber  1:38.741 12 laps 8 Nico Hulkenberg Force India  1:38.752 19 laps 9 Jenson Button McLaren  1:38.801 16 laps 10 Paul di Resta Force India  1:38.992 18 laps 11 Fernando Alonso Ferrari  1:38.707 14 laps 12 Michael Schumacher Mercedes  1:38.770 12 laps 17 Felipe Massa Ferrari  1:38.780 14 laps 14 Bruno Senna Williams   1:39.207 15 laps 15 Sergio Perez Sauber  1:39.358 14 laps 16 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham  1:40.295 11 laps 17 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso  1:40.358 12 laps 18 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso  1:40.203 9 laps 19 Mark Webber Red Bull  1:40.395 7 laps 20 Vitaly Petrov Caterham  1:40.457 8 laps 21 Pedro de la Rosa HRT  1:42.171 7 laps 22 Narain Karthikeyan HRT  1:42.527 8 laps 23 Charles Pic Marussia  1:42.675 10 laps 24 Timo Glock Marussia Q1 107% Time  1:45.742

F1 Drivers Championship after Montreal

F1 Drivers Championship standings after Canadian Grand Prix 2012

Lewis Hamilton after his splendid win in the Canadian Grand Prix 2012 has jumped to lead the race for the F1 Drivers Championship. He has 88 points and has a slender lead of 2 points over his nearest rival Fernando Alonso of Ferrari. Sebastian Vettel of Redbull is third with 85 points. Mark Webber is fourth at 79 points.

The drivers championship is very tightly fought this year as the previous seven races has got seven different winners. So this year it has become important to not only just win but get some points scoring positions as ultimately the total number of points counts. A single retirement is going to hurt badly.

Coming to retirements, the Mercedes car of Michael Schumacher has seen five retirements out of Seven races. Michael is driving like never before and unfortunately, his 2 points and 18th position in the grid is probably the lowest he has ever been.

Ranking	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	88
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	86
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	85
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	79
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	67
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	55
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	53
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	45
9	Sergio Perez	Sauber	37
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	29
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	21
12	Paul de Resta	Force India	21
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	15
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	11
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	7
16	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	4
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	2
18	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	2
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	0
20	Timo Glock	Marussia	0
21	Charles Pic	Marussia	0
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	0
23	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	0
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	0

Sebastian Vettel scores pole in Canadian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettels scores pole in Canadian Grand Prix Qualifying

Ahead of the Qualifying, the hub caps of RedBull cars were deemed to be illegal however, that didn't prevent him from scoring the pole position with a 1:13.784. He was the only one to go below 1:14 seconds. Giving him company in the first row was Lewis Hamilton of McLaren at 1:14.087

Michael Schumacher was driving fast but something happened in the second sector where he was seen raising his left hand and scored a P9 position.

Alonso and Webber will start in the second row in the grid followed by Nico Rosberg and Felipe Massa. Romain Grosjean and Paul di Resta will start in the 4th row.

The surprise performance in the Q1 in qualifying came from Pedro de La Rosa of HRT. He was widely believed to be trounced by Narain Karthikeyan. However, Pedro was 1:17.492 out qualifying Timo Glock and Charles Pic of Marussia as well as his team mate Narain Karthikeyan who came 24th with a time of 1:18.330 ie. 0.838 seconds slower. Interestingly the HRT cars recorded a very fast straight line times.


Maldonado had scored the fastest time in the sector 1 while trying to make into the Q3, but he pushed too hard and banged his car and it was all over for him. He scored 1:15.231 and had to settle for 17th position. Bruno Senna scored a 1:15.170. The extremely erratic Romain Grosjean who has been banging wheels with other drives this season has proved to be a good qualifier. He scored a seventh fastest time to qualify into the Q3. However, his Lotus team mate and former Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen had to settle for P12  with a time of 1:14.734

Qualifying Times and Grid Position:

Sl.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:13.784	16 laps
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:14.087	22 laps
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:14.151	23 laps
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:14.346	19 laps
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:14.411	25 laps
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:14.465	24 laps
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:14.645	28 laps
8	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:14.705	22 laps
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:14.812	18 laps
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:15.182	24 laps
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:14.688	21 laps
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	1:14.734	22 laps
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1:14.748	18 laps
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:15.078	21 laps
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	1:15.156	21 laps
16	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:15.170	20 laps
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:15.231	21 laps
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:16.263	12 laps
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:16.482	10 laps
20	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:16.602	12 laps
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:17.492	8 laps
22	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:17.901	10 laps
23	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:18.255	9 laps
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:18.330	9 laps
	Q1	107% Time	1:19.887

Schumacher is Back!

Michael Schumacher is Back on top, to the position he rightly belongs!

Michael Schumacher drove a phenomenal lap of 1:14.301 to score the pole position in Monaco Grand Prix 2012. The first since his come back in 2010. Surely, the stars are appearing to be turning over for the good for Michael Schumacher, but the dark clouds are still not over, as he was handed by the stewards in Spain due to his collision with Bruno Senna. Michael Schumacher will start on 6th due to the five place grid penalty.

Mark Webber of RedBull who came in P2 with a time of 1:14.381 will be elevated to P1 after Michael's Grid Penalty. Michael's misfortune has come as a stroke of good luck for his German teammate and rival Nico Rosberg who will be elevated from P3 to the first row with a P2 position. Nico Rosberg scored a time of 1:14.448. Lewis Hamilton scored a P4 1:14.583 where as his team mate Jenson Button could not qualify for the Q3 and scored a P13 position. Grosjean came in P5 with 1:14.639 and Alonso scored P6 with 1:14.948

Pastor Maldonado came in P9. However, he has been penalised 10 places for an earlier incident during free practice.

F1 Drivers Championship after Spain

F1 Drivers Championship after Spanish Grand Prix

Pastor Maldonado after his win in Spanish Grand Prix broke into the top ten. He is currently 9th in the championship race with 29 points. Fernando Alonso with the second position in Spain picked up 18 valuable points to tie up with Sebastian Vettel at 61 points on top of the table.

Lewis Hamilton with 53 points is currently third on the race. With the amount of blunders committed by his McLaren team, there is virtually no hope despite his individual brilliance.

Kimi Raikkonen is at 53 points. Due to a bad strategy by Lotus, Kimi could not challenge for the first position. He had a longer first stint and a short last stint. So it was difficult for him to challenge for the top two steps of the podium. At the end he was 3.8 seconds adrift of the first position and only 0.6s behind the second placed Fernando Alonso.

Ranking	Driver	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	61
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	61
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	53
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	49
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull	48
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	45
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	41
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	35
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	29
10	Sergio Perez	Sauber	22
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	19
12	Paul de Resta	Force India	15
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	14
14	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	4
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	3
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	2
17	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2
18	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	2
19	Timo Glock	Marussia	0
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	0
21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	0
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	0
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	0

Maldonado wins Spanish Grand Prix

Pastor Maldonado of Williams wins his maiden race in the Spanish Grand Prix. He is the 5th winner in as many races this season. Fernando Alonso came second with 3.1 seconds behind and Kimi Raikkonen a further 0.6 seconds adrift. Grosjean, Kobayashi, Vettel, Rosberg, Hamilton, Button and Hulkenberg completed the top 10 and the point scoring positions.

There were many casualties in the race. On lap 12 Michael Schumacher ploughed into the back of Bruno Senna when Senna missed the braking point inviting the ire of Schumacher who referred Senna as an idiot over a radio message. A fuming Michael Schumacher told Sky Sports F1 HD "I want the Stewards to clarify what happened. He moved to the right, but he shouldn't move back in the braking phase to the left that sharply. I am just behind him and I don't know how sharply he is going to move. So it was all very dangerous. We had a chance of good points today so it is doubly frustrating. I have to say I don't know what he was trying to prove but in Brazil last year he was driving into my car and today he was doing funny things."

Just before this incident Bruno Senna who is having a horrible weekend had come in contact with Grosjean. Schumacher immediately stopped and Senna stopped a further down. Narain Karthikeyan stopped at 22nd lap.

Vettel, Massa and de la Rosa were the only drivers having 4 pit stops. Hamilton was the only driver to be on a two stop strategy. Others were on a three stop strategy.

Grid Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	15
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	12
5	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	8
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6
8	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	2
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull
12	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso
14	Paul de Resta	Force India
15	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham
17	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham
18	Timo Glock	Marussia
19	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT
	Sergio Perez	Sauber
	Charles Pic	Marussia
	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT
	Bruno Senna	Williams
	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes