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The early season was tumultuous, with seven different drivers winning the first seven races of the championship; a record for the series. It was not until the
European Grand Prix in June that a driver,
Ferrari'sFernando Alonso, won his second race of the year, and with it, emerged as a championship contender. Alonso maintained his hold on the championship lead for the next seven races, taking his third win in
Germany and finishing on the podium in the
United Kingdom,
Italy and
Singapore. However, costly first-lap retirements in
Belgium and
Japan allowed his rivals to catch up, and defending
World ChampionSebastian Vettel — like Alonso, a two-time winner — took the lead in the
sixteenth race of the season. Vettel, too, encountered difficulties throughout the season; contact with a backmarker left him to finish outside the points in
Malaysia, while alternator failures at the European and Italian Grands Prix cost him valuable points and exclusion from qualifying in
Abu Dhabi led him to start from the pit lane. Vettel entered
the final race of the season with a thirteen-point lead over Alonso. Alonso needed a podium finish to stand any chance of becoming
World Drivers' Champion, but in a race of attrition that finished under the safety car, Vettel finished in sixth place, scoring enough points to win his third consecutive championship, becoming the third driver to do so. In the
World Constructors' Championship,
Red Bull Racing secured their third consecutive title when Sebastian Vettel finished second at the
United States Grand Prix.
In addition to seeing seven drivers win the first seven races, the 2012 season broke several records. The calendar for the season included twenty races, breaking the previous record of nineteen, which was first set in
2005. Six current or former
World Drivers' Champions — Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso,
Jenson Button,
Lewis Hamilton,
Kimi Räikkönen, and
Michael Schumacher — started the season, breaking the record of five established in
1970.
* Felipe Massa (7th, 1:36.937; 6th after Grosjean penalty) was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
Late Massa grid penalty promotes Alonso
* Race finished under neutralised safety car conditions.
† Pastor Maldonado (6th; 1:13.174) was given a ten-place grid penalty for receiving his third reprimand of the season. This was due to missing the weigh-bridge during qualifying.
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