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Lewis Hamilton's 2012 season was his sixth season in Formula One.

He won four races in the season, in Canada, Hungary, Italy and America. He was fourth in the Driver's Championship, 17 points behind third place Kimi Räikkönen.

Information and statistics[]

Team McLaren-Mercedes
Car McLaren MP4-27
Number 4
Team-mate Jenson Button
Races 20
Starts 20
Pole positions 7
Front rows 11
Victories 4
Podia 7
Fastest laps 1
Laps raced 726
kms raced 3573.536
Races led 10
Laps led 232
kms led 1157
Doubles 2
Hat-tricks 0
Grand Chelems 0
Points 190
WDC Position 4th

Results[]

Round Grand Prix Team Car Grid Race Champ Pts Rank
1 Australian Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 1st 3rd 15 3rd
2 Malaysian Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 1st 3rd 30 2nd
3 Chinese Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 7th 3rd 45 1st
4 Bahrain Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 2nd 8th 49 2nd
5 Spanish Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 24th 8th 53 3rd
6 Monaco Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 3rd 5th 63 4th
7 Canadian Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 2nd 1st 88 1st
8 European Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 2nd 19th* 88 3rd
9 British Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 8th 8th 92 4th
10 German Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 7th Ret 92 5th
11 Hungarian Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 1st 1st 117 4th
12 Belgian Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 7th Ret 117 5th
13 Italian Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 1st 1st 142 2nd
14 Singapore Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 1st Ret 142 4th
15 Japanese Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 9th 5th 152 4th
16 Korean Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 3rd 10th 153 4th
17 Indian Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 3rd 4th 165 5th
18 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 1st Ret 165 5th
19 United States Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 2nd 1st 190 4th
20 Brazilian Grand Prix McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 1st Ret 190 4th

* Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed over 90% of the race-winners' distance.

Qualified 2nd, but was demoted five places for a gearbox change.

Originally set pole position, but was excluded from qualifying for not returning to pitlane under own power after setting his laptime.

Comparison[]

Points
Driver Pts
Maximum
325
1 - Fernando Alonso
278
2 - Kimi Räikkönen
207
3 - Lewis Hamilton
190
Wins
Driver Wins
Races
13
1 - Sebastian Vettel
5
2 - Lewis Hamilton
4
3 - Fernando Alonso
3
3 - Jenson Button
3
Pole Positions
Driver Poles
Races
13
1 - Lewis Hamilton
7
2 - Sebastian Vettel
6
3 - Fernando Alonso
2
Laps raced and lead
Statistic Laps
Total laps
1195
Laps raced
726
Laps led
232

Notes[]

V T E United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Seasons
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Season Reports
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Teams
McLaren (2007-2012) • Mercedes (2013–present)
Teammates
Fernando Alonso (2007) • Heikki Kovalainen (2008–2009) • Jenson Button (2010–2012) • Nico Rosberg (2013–2016) • Valtteri Bottas (2017-2021) • George Russell (2022-present)
Rivalries
Fernando AlonsoFelipe MassaNico Rosberg
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V T E 2012 Formula One Season
Teams Red Bull | McLaren | Ferrari | Mercedes | Lotus | Force India | Sauber | Toro Rosso | Williams | Caterham | HRT | Marussia
Engines Renault | Mercedes | Ferrari | Cosworth
Race Drivers Vettel | 2 Webber | 3 Button | 4 Hamilton | 5 Alonso | 6 Massa | 7 Schumacher | 8 Rosberg | 9 Räikkönen | 10 Grosjean | 10 D'Ambrosio | 11 Di Resta | 12 Hülkenberg | 14 Kobayashi | 15 Pérez | 16 Ricciardo | 17 Vergne | 18 Maldonado | 19 Senna | 20 Kovalainen | 21 Petrov | 22 De la Rosa | 23 Karthikeyan | 24 Glock | 25 Pic
Other Drivers Buemi | Paffett | Turvey | Rigon | Bird | Bianchi | Daly | Gutiérrez | Bottas | Wolff | Van der Garde | Rossi | González | Clos | Luizzi | de Villota | Chilton
Cars RB8 | MP4-27 | F2012 | F1 W03 | E20 | VJM05 | C31 | STR7 | FW34 | CT01 | F112 | MR01
Tyres Pirelli
Races Australia | Malaysia | China | Bahrain | Spain | Monaco | Canada | Europe | Britain | Germany | Hungary | Belgium | Italy | Singapore | Japan | Korea | India | Abu Dhabi | United States | Brazil
Team Reports Red Bull | McLaren | Ferrari | Mercedes | Lotus | Force India | Sauber | Toro Rosso | Williams | Caterham | HRT | Marussia
Driver Reports Vettel | Webber | Button | Hamilton | Alonso | Massa | Schumacher | Rosberg | Räikkönen | Grosjean | di Resta | Hülkenberg | Kobayashi | Pérez | Ricciardo | Vergne | Maldonado | Senna | Kovalainen | Petrov | de la Rosa | Karthikeyan | Karthikeyan | Glock | Pic
Tests Jerez | Barcelona 1 | Barcelona 2 | Mugello | Young Driver
See also 2011 Formula One Season | 2013 Formula One Season | Bahrain GP protests | Category


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