2012 United States Grand Prix lap charts

Spins proved costly for Romain Grosjean and Paul di Resta, but the Lotus driver made it back into the points.

United States 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
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	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Lewis Hamilton	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mark Webber	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Kimi Raikkonen	4	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Michael Schumacher	5	5	7	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Nico Hulkenberg	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	13	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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
Fernando Alonso	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	6	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Romain Grosjean	8	8	6	6	6	6	10	12	13	15	22	22	21	20	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Pastor Maldonado	9	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Bruno Senna	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Felipe Massa	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Jenson Button	12	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Paul di Resta	13	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Jean-Eric Vergne	14	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16
Sergio Perez	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Kamui Kobayashi	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	22	21	21	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Nico Rosberg	17	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Daniel Ricciardo	18	20	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	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
Timo Glock	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Charles Pic	20	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	17	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Vitaly Petrov	21	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Heikki Kovalainen	22	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Pedro de la Rosa	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Narain Karthikeyan	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

It was a case of what might have been for several drivers at the Circuit of the Americas.

First among which was Romain Grosjean, who inherited Fernando Alonso’s eighth place on the grid and was up to six by lap three. A spin and an early pit stop dropped him to 22nd, but he demonstrated great pace and finished the race behind his team mate.

Paul di Resta was another driver whose race was spoiled by a spin. His was more costly, forcing him to make an extra pit stop and leaving him out of the points.

“I was fighting a lot of oversteer in the car and made an error in turn 19, lost the rear, and spun,” he said. “I was just trying a bit too hard to keep the cars behind me.”

The Caterham versus Marussia battle took an interesting turn as the two MR01s qualified ahead. But Vitaly Petrov passed them pair of them at the start as Timo Glock struggled, and Heikki Kovalainen also demoted the lead Caterham partly thanks to his KERS advantage.

United States 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
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	0.906	1.343	1.205	1.309	1.266	1.416	1	1.375	1.248	1.376	1.581	1.451	1.67	1.822	0.675
Lewis Hamilton	1.738	2.778	2.702	2.607	2.792	2.653	2.275	2.19	1.619	1.5	1.509	1.6	1.494	1.265	0.956	1.065	1.476	2.595	3.281	4.143	21.145	2.157	1.927	2.376	2.003	1.835	1.589	2.446	2.586	2.542	2.155	1.672	1.276	0.628	0.998	1.111	1.048	0.95	1.066	0.689	0.839	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Webber	0.737	1.458	1.881	3.373	4.219	4.506	4.614	5.14	5.353	6.02	6.477	7.062	7.083	7.408	7.634	9.698
Kimi Raikkonen	6.425	12.195	12.552	12.883	13.532	14.417	15.545	16.007	16.589	18.426	20.328	22.88	23.386	22.906	22.738	22.843	22.561	22.167	21.314	20.27	18.936	1.002	1.441	3.671	27.923	29.554	32.419	34.333	37.581	38.471	38.452	38.505	38.703	38.701	39.886	40.685	41.622	42.675	44.962	45.947	47.004	47.235	48.321	49.874	52.136	53.207	54.725	55.313	57.335	60.721	62.372	63.844	64.458	65.281	65.445	64.425
Michael Schumacher	5.58	11.829	13.915	16.876	19.579	22.582	26.533	29.261	31.617	35.608	37.32	39.09	42.861	45.534	68.373	70.014	70.754	71.635	72.373	72.709	73.026	55.416	56.475	57.488	58.94	61.238	63.073	65.129	66.873	68.666	69.87	70.918	72.449	73.368	76.532	78.531	81.66	83.918	85.471	107.385	109.531	109.923	111.123	112.227	113.161	113.806	114.774	115.013	116.184	116.983	118.884	120.174	121.474	122.484	123.842
Nico Hulkenberg	5.857	8.362	8.91	10.206	11.719	12.983	14.132	15.084	16.071	18.027	19.918	22.592	25.817	27.024	29.392	31.311	33.401	53.468	52.821	51.975	50.486	32.332	34.742	36.144	37.324	38.886	40.474	42.253	44.258	45.506	46.4	47.008	47.987	48.594	49.586	50.608	51.644	52.976	54.308	54.705	55.493	55.133	56.704	58.175	58.983	59.813	61.004	61.669	63.711	64.615	66.025	67.51	68.346	70.118	72.824	73.792
Fernando Alonso	2.782	5.353	5.568	6.424	7.155	7.824	8.399	8.896	9.079	9.514	10.124	10.699	11.219	10.91	12.391	13.05	13.729	14.074	14.797	15.98	38.491	21.393	23.062	23.66	24.195	24.807	25.855	26.929	27.736	28.227	28.778	28.75	28.926	28.779	29.582	30.126	30.536	31.043	31.602	31.297	31.434	30.85	31.566	32.097	31.803	32.872	33.514	33.422	34.433	34.616	34.65	35.739	37.216	38.756	40.051	39.229
Romain Grosjean	7.193	10.698	10.484	10.702	12.138	22.908	27.513	30.808	35.015	54.987	54.859	55.784	55.846	56.898	56.595	56.593	56.072	54.982	54.118	52.571	51.348	33.053	33.481	33.661	34.259	35.51	36.391	38.832	40.255	41.106	41.659	42.095	42.62	42.437	43.245	44.347	44.685	46.831	47.972	48.164	48.947	49.089	50.689	51.86	53.25	54.305	55.566	57.129	59.064	61.316	64.116	65.367	66.816	68.475	69.391	70.313
Pastor Maldonado	11.49	14.709	17.535	19.047	21.846	24.773	28.469	32.093	34.115	36.113	38.171	39.752	41.083	41.134	41.645	41.565	41.517	41.998	41.623	41.072	40.81	42.025	42.462	43.28	44.055	45.419	46.9	49.615	52.323	53.165	54.934	54.99	55.524	55.572	56.185	57.034	57.224	57.414	57.756	57.518	58.707	57.891	58.956	60.833	62.283	62.818	63.972	64.152	65.319	66.201	67.604	68.783	69.29	70.683	73.626	74.525
Bruno Senna	11.062	14.248	16.009	18.423	21.06	23.498	26.974	28.035	28.616	28.738	29.049	30.423	32.079	33.007	33.971	35.394	36.646	37.332	37.589	40.064	57.695	39.324	38.672	38.701	39.067	39.769	41.46	43.044	44.996	46.398	47.15	47.863	49.009	49.633	51.02	51.7	52.615	54.205	54.99	55.821	56.593	55.992	57.412	60.247	61.331	61.72	62.604	62.821	64.679	65.623	67.114	69.633	70.166	71.736	74.29	75.133
Felipe Massa	8.971	13.07	15.013	17.298	19.993	22.398	23.678	24.478	24.874	25.55	26.142	26.845	27.326	27.69	28.223	28.048	27.854	27.236	26.243	25.051	23.546	5.024	5.514	6.26	7.353	9.058	32.024	35.738	38.401	39.319	39.636	39.628	40.278	40.078	41.206	42.029	42.475	43.138	43.552	42.947	42.669	41.566	42.23	42.691	43.404	43.827	45.332	45.538	46.111	46.235	47.41	47.401	47.239	47.069	47.105	46.013
Jenson Button	12.999	15.548	16.545	19.449	22.143	24.129	27.791	29.696	31.917	32.598	32.769	33.3	33.489	33.512	34.392	36.05	37.266	37.851	38.26	38.508	38.959	21.887	21.884	21.184	20.971	22.171	24.618	25.427	25.788	25.809	25.861	25.785	25.723	25.732	25.997	45.418	45.256	45.887	45.98	46.544	47.652	48.064	49.1	50.553	51.253	51.034	51.499	51.103	51.824	51.808	52.417	52.996	53.029	53.266	54.507	56.432
Paul di Resta	8.052	12.538	14.572	15.978	18.244	19.856	21.121	22.601	23.661	24.955	27.161	29.145	30.644	31.375	32.475	33.684	34.794	35.584	35.938	36.453	37.875	40.437	41.412	42.188	43.128	44.55	46.138	49.155	60.415	63.576	85.668	87.718	89.488	90.457	92.392	94.114	95.739	97.515	99.047	102.864	104.464	105.12	106.686	108.357	109.951	111.399	112.743	113.707	115.214	116.444	118.115	119.449	120.682	121.769	122.654
Jean-Eric Vergne	13.99	17.617	19.152	20.223	22.745	26.825	29.489	33.305	35.466	36.696	38.726	40.32	43.483	46.778
Sergio Perez	10.351	13.437	15.573	17.817	20.555	23.125	25.177	26.192	26.668	27.066	27.778	29.765	31.347	32.082	33.322	34.813	36.009	36.645	36.881	37.829	40.017	24.266	45.489	46.613	47.525	48.412	49.299	50.797	52.819	54.159	55.612	56.898	57.548	58.02	59.177	60.848	61.942	63.108	64.736	65.841	67.015	67.119	68.871	70.228	72.21	73.73	74.765	75.361	76.398	76.937	77.665	78.36	78.849	79.951	82.115	84.341
Kamui Kobayashi	14.826	19.411	20.583	23.267	25.689	28.406	30.836	34.471	36.867	38.568	40.181	43.72	45.556	69.618	71.344	72.549	73.242	73.789	74.487	74.788	74.706	57.118	58.404	59.697	61.124	63.037	65.248	67.283	68.761	70.306	71.378	72.128	73.242	73.871	77.168	79.557	82.131	84.643	86.006	86.443	87.549	87.777	89.421	90.666	92.693	94.682	96.485	97.086	100.419	106.084	107.232	107.915	109.302	112.348	112.954
Nico Rosberg	12.519	16.924	20.014	21.322	23.941	27.353	30.039	33.745	36.042	37.617	39.201	41.158	43.842	45.902	46.203	46.405	46.671	46.637	46.747	46.577	45.949	28.107	28.869	29.71	31.186	33.009	35.308	38.47	42.497	43.995	45.173	45.827	46.986	47.745	70.944	72.797	73.614	74.427	75.107	74.508	74.799	74.324	75.126	75.969	77.203	79.456	80.392	80.265	80.811	80.963	81.097	81.547	81.914	82.739	83.972	85.51
Daniel Ricciardo	16.183	19.957	21.061	21.782	23.18	25.627	28.771	31.26	33.055	34.193	34.937	36.008	36.82	37.147	37.309	37.788	38.445	39.193	39.219	39.372	40.59	22.626	23.823	24.762	27.058	28.82	30.836	33.579	36.051	38.557	61.231	62.547	64.549	64.908	66.302	67.496	68.399	69.3	70.16	70.444	71.691	71.46	72.709	73.771	75.296	76.208	77	77.261	78.124	78.606	79.257	80.031	80.591	81.713	83.398	84.871
Timo Glock	15.96	22.567	24.608	27.04	30.397	33.279	36.302	39.4	43.335	47.898	50.841	53.845	57.243	59.933	62.476	64.777	67.293	69.062	70.678	71.969	73.67	77.943	79.988	82.45	85.178	87.988	91.102	94.927	97.97	100.869	105.326	108.455	111.33	113.102	115.928	118.8	121.497	124.094	126.525	128.31	131.068	133.652	136.987	139.813	143.369	148.006	151.67	155.086	161.343	165.984	171.922	175.305	178.46	182.758	188.668
Charles Pic	17.884	23.544	27.626	31.695	35.175	38.13	41.106	43.914	47.198	50.465	53.418	57.483	60.608	63.155	69.279	72.214	76.005	78.454	80.242	81.941	83.317	67.538	69.921	72.559	75.393	79.733	106.84	110.809	114.343	117.747	120.648	123.914	127.465	132.764	136.322	139.974	145.004	151.152	154.644	159.975	163.624	165.707	169.989	176.945	182.44	185.794	189.462	192.336	195.724	198.688	204.482	208.62	213.992	216.56
Vitaly Petrov	15.561	21.746	23.936	26.11	28.89	31.966	34.814	37.494	40.329	43.275	45.471	48.317	50.929	52.691	55.108	58.449	60.734	62.554	64.315	65.874	66.861	51.056	54.119	77.059	79.453	82.319	85.093	87.951	90.496	93.339	96.292	98.926	103.635	106.182	109.416	112.414	114.815	118.453	121.088	122.747	125.632	127.424	130.579	134.865	138.48	142.381	146.249	150.255	154.49	158.064	162.071	166.649	172.855	176.884	179.999
Heikki Kovalainen	17.658	24.535	27.375	29.743	32.652	34.825	37.123	39.889	43.974	47.116	49.686	52.475	55.4	58.194	60.657	63.044	65.142	67.117	69.203	71.1	72.521	76.687	79.069	81.406	83.861	86.493	89.252	92.261	95.023	97.782	100.349	105.52	108.477	110.757	113.619	116.311	118.988	121.725	124.365	126.417	129.284	131.001	135.672	138.968	142.719	147.435	150.685	154.554	159.142	161.848	168.227	174.136	177.828	181.239	187.65
Pedro de la Rosa	18.606	25.8	30.499	34.875	39.48	43.361	47.151	50.953	54.982	58.855	62.582	67.337	71.429	74.999	78.558	82.299	85.688	89.266	92.173	95.537	98.483	84.198	89.201	94.912	123.341	130.373	135.017	145.87	151.875	156.587	162.163	165.956	170.409	174.237	178.631	184.794	188.959	194.052	198.504	202.212	209.274	213.633	218.057	222.235	227.328	231.671	237.537	241.243	247.797	253.076	257.97	262.478	267.727	272.498
Narain Karthikeyan	19.039	26.46	31	35.742	40.289	44.34	48.172	51.848	56.067	60.408	64.203	68.265	72.397	76.092	80.399	83.841	86.993	90.788	93.888	96.967	99.495	84.934	90.04	95.118	101.086	132.176	142.28	148.845	153.668	159.514	163.664	168.126	171.816	175.158	182	187.181	192.319	196.564	200.896	208.222	213.877	217.302	221.824	226.802	230.96	237.204	242.241	246.124	253.596	258.673	262.887	268.443	278.402	284.377

Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel left the field a long way behind. Mark Webber looked unlikely to give chase in his car and Jenson Button, though quick, was compromised by his starting position. A KERS problem kept him from catching Massa at the end.

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7 comments on “2012 United States Grand Prix lap charts”

Tango (@tango)
19th November 2012, 13:06
Grosjean went faster than the lead for 2/3 of the race. Wow. He really has to get his act together !
1. TotalMoonRace
  19th November 2012, 13:24
  he pitted for hard rubber earlier and run on clean air…………..
2. franktuesday
  19th November 2012, 20:50
  What? Grosjean had a total of 9 laps in which he reduced the gap to the leader (3, 11, 15, 17-21, 34). 7 of those were after his pit, but before the leaders pit. 1 was on lap 3, and 1 was when Vettel had a slow lap (lap 34).
M30
19th November 2012, 17:28
Massa was faster than Alonso and Button, he deserved a podium.
1. lubhz (@lubhz)
  19th November 2012, 21:38
  Exactly, MAS was held by RIC and HAI for 11 laps, otherwise would threatens ALO later on.
2. Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
  19th November 2012, 22:13
  Sadly, Ferrari would never let that happen (I think they rather confirmed that when Massa took a gearbox penalty to directly benefit Alonso).
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
20th November 2012, 23:55
Even though KERS got the better of Marussia, it seems they kept a good pace with Caterham. Should be a nice battle next year when they have KERS as well.