2012 Indian Grand Prix lap charts

Mark Webber wasn’t the only driver to lose time and places because of a KERS failure – Heikki Kovalainen did too.

Indian Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2012drivercolours.csv

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mark Webber	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Lewis Hamilton	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Jenson Button	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Fernando Alonso	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Felipe Massa	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Kimi Raikkonen	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Sergio Perez	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	16	16	15	15	21	23
Pastor Maldonado	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	19	22	22	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Nico Rosberg	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Romain Grosjean	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Nico Hulkenberg	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Bruno Senna	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Michael Schumacher	14	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18
Daniel Ricciardo	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Paul di Resta	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Kamui Kobayashi	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Jean-Eric Vergne	18	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Vitaly Petrov	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Heikki Kovalainen	20	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Timo Glock	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20
Pedro de la Rosa	22	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Narain Karthikeyan	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21
Charles Pic	24	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19

Mark Webber lost second place after suffering a KERS glitch on his car. The damage it did to his car’s performance can be seen from around lap 45 on the graph below.

“It’s maybe hard for people watching to know what it affects on the car,” he said. “It’s power on the straight obviously, but also managing brake balances and those sort of things.”

“The guys were trying to help me get the KERS to recover and were talking with me on the radio. In addition, when you have a one-stop race, it’s always a chance you have a front-right lock up.

“As the fronts are very important you need to look after them which can affect the rhythm a little bit, but I tried to stay as cool as possible.”

After being passed by Fernando Alonso, Webber came under pressure from Lewis Hamilton, but had enough to hold the Mclaren driver off until the end.

Another driver struggling with a KERS problem was Heikki Kovalainen. “I had a good stop but about two thirds of the way through the race I had a KERS problem which meant I had to let Vitaly [Petrov] pass,” he said.

Indian Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2012drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Sebastian Vettel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Webber	1.273	1.689	2.141	2.275	2.486	2.373	2.717	2.767	3.082	3.073	3.431	3.648	3.63	3.604	3.696	3.824	4.28	4.47	4.751	5.206	5.455	7.138	8.404	8.997	9.53	10.105	10.256	10.682	11.276	14.628	30.261	30.33	28.169	11.838	11.813	12.041	12.449	11.884	11.466	11.147	11.095	10.933	10.428	10.281	10.176	11.029	10.976	13.087	13.142	13.911	14.102	13.85	13.992	13.659	13.783	14.035	13.61	13.038	12.375	13.217
Lewis Hamilton	4.379	5.907	6.342	7.669	8.313	8.859	9.566	10.168	10.773	11.088	12.425	13.012	13.726	14.795	15.737	16.126	16.491	17.06	17.711	19.067	18.953	19.834	20.59	21.009	21.038	22.127	22.17	22.039	21.36	21.372	19.833	22.809	37.677	20.552	20.669	21.442	21.101	20.059	19.915	19.37	19.367	19.429	18.968	18.734	18.413	17.954	17.179	17.354	17.11	16.964	16.716	16.009	15.557	15.449	15.397	15.485	14.888	14.076	13.52	13.909
Jenson Button	2.968	4.174	4.719	6.929	7.705	9.725	10.618	11.538	12.486	13.278	14.361	15.263	16.007	16.794	17.761	18.437	18.965	19.64	20.488	21.21	21.447	22.756	23.911	24.886	27.845	46.028	46.53	47.082	46.968	47.177	45.749	46.304	45.149	29.019	30.087	30.595	30.729	30.539	30.415	29.999	30.442	30.759	30.954	30.721	30.408	30.302	29.631	29.59	29.342	29.28	30.004	28.834	27.889	27.094	27.049	27.097	26.827	26.523	26.786	26.266
Fernando Alonso	3.585	5.02	5.447	6.092	6.377	6.189	6.416	6.841	7.364	7.425	7.92	8.146	8.261	8.256	8.522	8.777	8.891	8.912	9.208	9.209	8.757	9.47	10.234	10.97	11.299	11.972	12.202	13.001	15.556	32.812	31.102	31.087	28.982	12.698	12.894	13.474	13.412	13.013	12.707	12.839	13.151	13.179	12.73	12.209	11.941	12.039	11.938	11.972	11.362	11.265	11.124	10.253	9.897	9.581	9.891	10.883	10.638	10.25	9.53	9.437
Felipe Massa	4.881	6.536	7.341	8.43	9.229	10.299	11.284	12.113	13.347	14.027	15.097	16.221	16.984	18.022	18.975	19.538	20.443	20.954	21.796	22.594	23.636	24.949	26.263	27.453	28.682	30.532	32.015	35.415	53.454	53.795	52.393	52.443	50.803	34.731	35.552	36.347	36.575	36.7	36.669	36.972	37.629	38.441	38.195	38.161	38.766	39.347	40.506	41.841	42.178	42.812	43.201	42.751	42.845	42.829	43.399	44.195	44.289	44.028	43.619	44.674
Kimi Raikkonen	5.506	7.348	8.244	9.338	10.144	10.893	12.014	12.878	14.054	14.778	15.933	16.904	17.935	18.93	19.781	20.553	21.265	22.117	22.728	23.55	24.213	25.786	26.903	28.228	29.322	31.104	34.879	51.957	53.979	54.604	53.009	53.355	51.51	35.275	36.148	37.061	37.367	37.591	37.49	37.705	38.487	39.106	38.987	38.868	39.514	40.056	41.536	42.376	43.069	43.505	44.186	43.884	43.835	43.521	44.117	44.761	44.932	44.623	44.308	45.227
Sergio Perez	6.106	8.409	9.702	11.181	12.558	13.638	15.002	15.98	17.189	18.129	19.726	22.061	24.14	29.202	47.051	47.935	48.711	50.799	83.722	111.33
Pastor Maldonado	7.743	10.899	13.453	15.263	16.854	18.467	20.109	22.069	23.442	24.547	26.215	27.539	29.179	30.794	32.689	36.147	37.267	38.313	39.901	41.069	41.35	43.182	44.88	47.402	48.848	51.092	53.953	73.349	75.89	112.707	139.912	140.767	139.368	122.816	123.494	123.914	124.311	124.42	124.553	125.527	126.064	126.414	126.698	127.232	128.512	133.075	134.076	136.271	138.003	138.61	139.367	140.465	141.732	144.337	146.32	147.822	148.342	149.789	150.411
Nico Rosberg	7.347	10.251	12.457	14.526	16.091	17.41	19.048	21	22.561	23.734	25.331	26.782	28.321	29.734	31.171	32.499	33.664	34.909	36.076	37.303	38.468	40.738	43.401	45.65	47.241	49.473	52.37	71.456	72.538	74.063	73.767	74.659	73.773	59.112	60.703	62.37	63.694	64.917	65.546	66.264	67.287	67.966	68.126	68.414	69.284	70.432	70.743	71.794	73.069	74.283	76.574	76.789	77.628	78.115	79.146	80.116	80.266	80.284	80.084	81.694
Romain Grosjean	8.217	11.319	14.151	15.766	17.423	19.233	20.569	22.758	24.016	25.334	26.802	28.18	29.83	31.39	32.757	34.351	35.251	35.845	36.892	38.008	39.069	41.357	42.048	42.729	43.237	44.406	44.793	45.045	44.955	45.453	44.318	45.442	44.533	28.105	29.214	32.085	48.82	48.166	47.333	47.408	47.674	47.753	47.564	47.611	48.381	49.187	49.363	50.354	50.38	50.921	52.518	52.831	52.754	53.605	54.202	55.151	55.1	55.156	55.202	56.103
Nico Hulkenberg	6.887	9.171	10.808	12.122	13.784	14.939	16.178	17.438	18.395	19.442	20.58	22.658	24.813	25.415	26.257	26.991	27.668	28.3	29.601	30.497	30.858	32.297	33.572	34.746	35.953	37.592	38.9	42.382	60.854	61.909	60.802	61.397	59.492	42.697	43.463	44.192	44.793	44.702	44.749	44.884	45.644	46.147	46.329	46.85	47.706	48.53	48.766	49.509	49.621	50.242	51.964	51.988	52.218	52.857	53.579	54.452	54.496	54.585	54.491	54.998
Bruno Senna	9.054	12.132	15.085	16.731	18.328	19.669	21.393	23.449	24.913	26.104	27.715	29.021	30.506	32.056	33.467	35.399	36.161	36.889	37.887	39.001	39.834	42.196	44.099	46.422	48.01	52.787	71.674	74.332	76.23	78.842	78.643	79.911	79.124	62.955	64.541	65.686	66.177	67.203	66.995	67.583	68.474	68.861	69.178	69.334	70.109	71.255	71.677	72.65	73.966	75.051	75.664	75.634	76.524	76.49	76.701	76.957	76.517	75.869	75.267	74.975
Michael Schumacher	57.789	80.848	82.695	84.943	86.959	88.672	90.705	94.251	96.971	98.477	101.867	103.763	105.469	112.653	114.594	116.057	117.439	118.986	120.648	123.728	124.517	126.137	127.812	129.246	130.522	132.27	133.111	134.073	134.682	135.904	135.264	139.025	140.382	141.974	142.656	143.669	144.762	145.252	145.537	145.992	148.973	150.433	150.336	150.267	150.493	150.63	150.519	151.076	151.843	152.4	153.027	152.235	151.71	151.582	159.112
Daniel Ricciardo	10.234	14.09	17.049	19.507	21.697	24.032	26.288	28.427	30.487	32.395	34.685	36.761	38.852	41.141	43.358	45.717	47.89	50.479	53.907	55.78	57.268	59.913	62.591	64.72	66.468	68.607	72.556	93.521	94.299	95.669	94.858	95.393	94.115	77.706	78.532	79.392	79.668	79.684	80.086	79.969	80.636	81.214	81.337	81.089	81.506	82.166	81.855	82.648	82.723	83.377	83.665	83.741	83.824	84.033	84.524	85.088	84.955	84.706	84.56	86.064
Paul di Resta	9.507	12.88	15.825	17.884	19.996	21.572	23.518	25.287	27.076	28.603	30.566	32.621	34.491	35.95	37.628	39.37	41.047	42.569	44.473	46.29	47.428	49.232	51.179	52.863	54.859	56.727	58.488	62.367	83.344	85.039	85.026	85.393	84.268	68.535	69.678	71.064	72.763	73.189	73.776	74.457	76.013	76.764	77.024	77.128	77.724	78.402	78.314	79.334	80.201	80.785	81.234	81.13	81.176	81.393	82.031	82.413	82.554	82.9	82.294	82.815
Kamui Kobayashi	10.921	14.623	17.848	20.294	22.892	25.208	27.708	29.603	31.671	33.574	35.857	37.997	40.022	42.197	44.516	47.045	50.458	53.007	55.658	57.264	58.247	60.485	63.105	65.376	67.092	69.219	70.98	72.739	75.285	78.11	77.93	78.942	77.745	62.062	64.122	69.283	87.817	87.3	86.55	86.242	86.642	86.978	86.451	86.117	85.961	86.005	85.435	85.778	85.337	86.005	85.763	85.23	85.355	85.143	85.509	86.034	85.753	85.307	85.345	86.495
Jean-Eric Vergne	23.104	46.355	47.951	49.4	50.45	51.447	53.101	54.319	55.595	56.924	59.044	61.083	63.948	66.029	67.896	69.82	71.461	73.217	75.985	77.412	78.581	80.449	82.37	84.306	86.074	88.266	90.395	94.604	95.985	98.413	98.809	100.639	102.982	107.424	109.33	112.574	114.835	116.094	116.87	118.083	119.692	120.655	123.775	125.975	127.988	130.013	133.453	135.663	136.054	137.532	138.647	139.897	140.993	141.776	145.749	147.206	147.816	149.423	149.822
Vitaly Petrov	13.063	18.153	23.021	25.995	28.782	31.286	34.094	36.373	38.785	41.643	43.861	46.018	48.501	50.961	53.581	55.863	58.074	60.364	63.645	65.747	67.625	70.479	73.074	75.418	77.543	80.513	82.879	85.151	87.633	90.228	92.926	113.23	112.797	98.042	100.588	105.437	107.663	109.741	113.162	114.578	117.268	119.689	123.304	125.03	127.078	129.081	131.055	135.037	137.645	141.231	144.942	146.895	148.803	150.534	152.711	155.747	157.571	158.978	160.456
Heikki Kovalainen	12.054	15.743	18.765	21.417	24.215	26.701	29.411	31.748	34.056	36.321	38.985	41.389	43.945	46.464	49.09	51.287	53.625	55.816	58.769	60.618	62.097	64.789	67.254	69.917	72.496	75.225	77.127	79.781	81.464	83.861	84.471	89.699	110.918	96.539	98.977	101.96	106.325	108.362	112.363	115.731	118.707	123.383	126.028	131.964	134.785	137.306	142.517	145.632	147.787	149.99	152.388	154.589	156.238	157.748	160.079	162.455	163.668	167.359	169.127
Timo Glock	13.938	18.822	23.66	27.987	31.726	35.228	39.25	43.017	45.978	48.738	51.772	54.561	57.401	60.263	63.173	65.986	68.782	71.613	75.297	78.937	81.05	84.268	87.398	90.288	93.835	96.927	99.511	103.238	105.784	108.625	111.266	140.247	141.796	129.107	131.747	134.483	137.756	140.876	143.13	145.4	148.55	152.37	154.602	157.133	159.667	164.284	166.664	170.865	174.952	178.877	182.77	185.14	187.563	191.236	196.3	198.986	201.198	203.217
Pedro de la Rosa	11.65	17.432	22.689	27.38	31.151	34.712	38.645	42.432	47.54	51.73	55.655	59.779	63.567	68.402	72.003	75.492	79.123	82.717	86.565	90.209	94.579	98.474	104.452	108.231	112.915	117.368	120.967	124.654	128.281	131.928	133.58	139.652	160.519	146.563	149.711	153.042	157.611	160.956	163.103	167.035	170.533	174.484
Narain Karthikeyan	14.153	19.449	24.173	28.868	33.229	37.079	42.022	45.841	49.932	53.635	57.989	63.091	66.995	70.664	74.517	78.038	81.38	84.883	88.299	93.878	98.55	104.644	109.2	114.27	118.173	124.99	150.188	154.241	157.197	160.732	162.087	165.354	167.609	154.171	159.74	163.909	167.085	170.118	173.106	175.957	180.131	184.576	188.511	192.669	196.098	200.828	203.161	206.352	209.844	213.072	216.029	218.272	220.678	226.41	230.035	235.244	239.838	243.416
Charles Pic	12.696	17.774	21.28	24.127	26.792	29.342	32.474	35.23	37.934	41.016	45.243	48.183	51.17	53.728	56.369	58.991	61.622	64.402	67.536	70.043	72.239	75.229	77.96	80.502	82.869	85.653	88.014	93.307	115.476	117.613	118.027	119.809	122.555	108.661	111.175	115.011	117.489	119.931	122.714	124.955	130.011	133.081	135.072	137.344	142.051	144.126	146.113	148.99	151.534	154.671	157.333	159.12	161.199	162.948	165.141	168.749	172.246	176.974	179.305

It was not a good day for Lotus. Kimi Raikkonen spent every lap of the race starting at Felipe Massa’s rear wing: “I had a very good car today but I just couldn’t do anything with it as I was not able to pass on the straight.

“It was quite disappointing but that’s how it goes. We put ourselves in that position yesterday with the set-up we chose for qualifying and we paid the price today. We had the speed but not in the right place and when you are behind someone there’s not much you can do.”

Romain Grosjean was in a similar situation with Nico Hulkenberg at the end of the race. He was also delayed earlier in the race as trackside operations director Alan Permane explained: “Romain was held up for around four laps whilst Michael (Schumacher) received blue flags ahead of him.”

However the stewards decided Grosjean hadn’t been close enough to Schumacher to be held up by him, and did not penalise Schumacher.

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9 comments on “2012 Indian Grand Prix lap charts”

caci99 (@)
28th October 2012, 18:33

Oh my, Schumacher! I don’t want to look at that graph. The first part of the season looked so promising for you, but now …
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
28th October 2012, 19:16

I’m starting to get used to Vettel just being a flat line at the bottom of these graphs! This just shows how much quicker Vettel was as the others started to struggle on the soft tyres; that’s where he got his gap. Interesting to see how both McLaren’s were consistently fastest on the hard compound, if they could have had that pace on the soft tyre Vettel may have had a fight on his hands!
1. infy (@infy)
  28th October 2012, 22:38
  
  Alonso kept with him though. He lost time during battles but when in clean air he was setting equal times with Vettel.
crazy.mechanic (@akshay)
28th October 2012, 19:18

Sadly for Narain Karthikeyan his graph touches new heights!!!
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
28th October 2012, 19:32

If Kimi had a good car, they should have tried something different than follow Felipe closely for the entire duration of the race. If after 10 or so laps it would become apparent that it would be difficult to pass, he could have (for instance) dropped back a second or two, saved his tyres, and then come back at him at the end of the stint. By that time, Felipe was losing quite a lot of time (around 2 seconds a lap to Vettel), so with a good car on tyres with a little life in them, he should have been able to pass somewhere, or just run longer. It’s not the first time Kimi has complained this year about the impossibility of overtaking, but others seem to manage just fine.
1. Antonio Nartea (@tony031r)
  28th October 2012, 22:22
  
  @adrianmore
  
  If Kimi had a good car
  
  But he didn’t. And it’s his fault. After quali he said he asked the engineers to change something in the setup for Q3 and that made the Lotus lose almost all its grip and meant he had to stick with it for the duration of the race as well. It was his decision and it was a wrong one. And it wasn’t the only one. Not stealing sixth from Massa after the pit stops could also be inputed to him, not being patient enough and attacking the before the DRS zone.
  
  It’s true that his Lotus being dead last in the speed traps didn’t help but I’m afraid it was “misjudgement weekend” for Kimi anyway. Every driver has one once in a while…
Oblong_Cheese (@oblong_cheese)
28th October 2012, 21:36

Is it a reflection upon Ricciardo’s (great) performance or Kobayashi’s (poor) performance that the latter was kept behind by the former?
1. nackavich (@nackavich)
  29th October 2012, 7:32
  
  @oblong_cheese The Toro Rosso was basically the quickest in a straight line so that helped. There have been a few times this season that Ricciardo has gotten his car further up the grid and has had to defend pretty hard from faster cars, so he’s had some practice at it!
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
29th October 2012, 13:12

Aw, I thought Petrov finished above Kovalainen on merit.