Hamilton takes the lead from Vettel with a little over a dozen laps to go.
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Alonso
Hamilton takes the lead from Vettel with a little over a dozen laps to go.
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Alonso
Aaaaand Hamilton wins.
Looking on the bright side, at least Vettel finished the race. 0.675 seconds between them, while the gap between Vettel and Alonso was over 39 seconds.
Brazil will be exciting indeed.
Congrats to Hamilton. McLaren always proved to be best on harder tyre.
Excellent run by Alonso. Stupid Webber's car conked out again.
This will be a battle to the death comes Brazil. A brilliant season indeed!
2012 American GP Race Results
Pos. Driver Team Time
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:35:55.269
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +0.675
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +39.229
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari +46.013
5. Jenson Button McLaren +56.432
6. Kimi Räikkönen Lotus +1:04.425
7. Romain Grosjean Lotus +1:10.313
8. Nico Hülkenberg Force India +1:13.792
9. Pastor Maldonado Williams +1:14.525
10. Bruno Senna Williams +1:15.133
11. Sergio Perez Sauber +1:22.341
12. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso +1:24.871
13. Nico Rosberg Mercedes +1:25.510
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber +1 Lap
15. Paul di Resta Force India +1 Lap
16. Michael Schumacher Mercedes +1 Lap
17. Vitaly Petrov Caterham +1 Lap
18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham +1 Lap
19. Timo Glock Marussia +1 Lap
20. Charles Pic Marussia +2 Laps
21. Pedro de la Rosa HRT +2 Laps
22. Narain Karthikeyan HRT +2 Laps
Did not finish
23. Mark Webber Red Bull +40 Laps
24. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso +42 Laps
Mercedes GP, 13th and 16th,- diyan lilipat si LH next year...
Brazil is something, to stay awake.....
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Brazil 2012 is the same scenario as 2008. Massa must win the race to be crowned WC, and Lewis must not finish higher than 5th place.
Vettel heads to Brazil knowing that even if Alonso wins he still needs to finish only fourth to be champion. Alonso for his part knows that even if Vettel fails to finish he still needs to be third to overhaul his rival's total.
Yup, anything can happen in Brazil...
In the recent past,- FM lost the opportunity to win the WDC vs. LH. LH overtook TG in the last corner securing his first WDC... The sudden downpour changed the complexion of the endgame... (FM should have readily won the WDC that year, were it not for his car, suddenly stopping in the penultimate lap in Hungaroring; and his pitstop brouhaha in Singapore- both Ferrari's fault)
A year earlier,- LH lost the WDC to KR.... Thanks to FA, LH's dear teammate at McLaren, who forced him into a battle in the first corners of the first lap,- with LH "panicking" and allegedly resetting the car....
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Last edited by CVT; November 19th, 2012 at 02:36 PM.
Red Bull secure third constructors' title
Sebastian Vettel's second place in the United States Grand Prix was enough to secure Red Bull their third consecutive Constructors' Championship - putting them amongst an elite group of teams which have achieved the same feat.
Team principal Christian Horner thanked the entire Red Bull team back at its Milton Keynes factory where the cars are designed and built.
"It's incredible for the whole team to have won a third consecutive World Championship," he said.
"The Constructors' is what we use to measure ourselves against our competitors and, for every member of the team, it’s how we gauge our performance.
"The Drivers' obviously has the prestige and public following but within the team they carry equal importance. So, to have achieved a consecutive third World Championship, which only three other teams in the history of the sport have achieved, puts us into a very elite group and having done it in such a short space of time is testimony to all the members of the team.
"That's all the hard work, the long hours and dedication from every department. It’s a very proud moment for every single member of the team and Red Bull."
Source: Red Bull secure third constructors' title
I had this dream last night that Vettel qualified 7th and Alonso got pole. Woke up before I found out the results of the race though.![]()
Perhaps in Brazil, Red Bull should let Vettel use Weber's car for a change.![]()