2012 Singapore Grand Prix

The 2012 Singapore Grand Prix (officially the 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore on 23 September 2012 as the fourteenth round of the 2012 season. The race was the thirteenth time that a Singapore Grand Prix has been held, and the fifth time it was a round of the Formula One World Championship.

2012 Singapore Grand Prix
Race 14 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship
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Marina Bay Street Circuit
Race details
Date 23 September 2012
Official name 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix
Location Marina Bay Street Circuit
Marina Bay, Singapore
Course Street circuit
Course length 5.073 km (3.152 miles)
Distance 59 laps, 299.170 km (185.896 miles)
Scheduled distance 61 laps, 309.316 km (192.201 miles)
Weather Hot and humid
Air Temp 29 °C (84 °F)
Track Temp 31 °C (88 °F)
Attendance 252,951 (3-Day Total)
84,317 (3-Day Average)
Pole position
Driver
  • Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:46.362
Fastest lap
Driver Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes
Time 1:51.033 on lap 52
Podium
First
  • Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole. Sebastian Vettel won the race, his second of the season, after Hamilton's gearbox failed early in the race.

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