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2012 F1 Championship: When Was the Title Clinched?

Sebastian Vettel won the 2012 Drivers' Championship. Here is when each title was settled and who was knocked out along the way.

Sebastian Vettel clinched the 2012 Drivers' Championship in the final race of the season, the Brazilian Grand Prix (round 20 of 20).

Champion
Sebastian Vettel
Clinched at
Brazilian Grand PrixRound 20 of 20
Race weekends left
0Decided in the last race
Final points
2813 ahead of Fernando Alonso

How the Lead Grew

The points between first and second after each race or sprint. The green marker is the weekend nobody could catch Sebastian Vettel.

Who Dropped Out, and When

A driver is out when no set of results in the races left could make them champion.

  1. Italian Grand PrixRound 13
    Timo Glock, Charles Pic, Heikki Kovalainen, Vitaly Petrov, Narain Karthikeyan, Pedro de la Rosa and Jérôme d'Ambrosio
  2. Singapore Grand PrixRound 14
    Michael Schumacher, Kamui Kobayashi, Nico Hulkenberg, Pastor Maldonado, Bruno Senna, Jean-Éric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo
  3. Japanese Grand PrixRound 15
    Sergio Perez and Paul di Resta
  4. Korean Grand PrixRound 16
    Nico Rosberg, Romain Grosjean and Felipe Massa
  5. Indian Grand PrixRound 17
    Jenson Button
  6. Abu Dhabi Grand PrixRound 18
    Kimi Räikkönen, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton
  7. Brazilian Grand PrixRound 20
    Fernando Alonso
  8. Brazilian Grand Prix
    Sebastian Vettel is champion.

When did Sebastian Vettel clinch the 2012 Drivers' Championship?

Sebastian Vettel clinched the 2012 Drivers' Championship in the final race of the season, the Brazilian Grand Prix (round 20 of 20).

When did Red Bull clinch the 2012 Constructors' Championship?

Red Bull clinched the 2012 Constructors' Championship at the United States Grand Prix (round 19 of 20), with 1 race weekend still to come.

When was the first driver eliminated from the 2012 title fight?

The first drivers who could no longer win the 2012 Drivers' Championship, even with everything going their way, were Timo Glock, Charles Pic, Heikki Kovalainen, Vitaly Petrov, Narain Karthikeyan, Pedro de la Rosa and Jérôme d'Ambrosio, after the Italian Grand Prix (round 13).

Who was the last driver to have a chance of beating Sebastian Vettel in 2012?

Fernando Alonso stayed mathematically alive longest, until the Brazilian Grand Prix (round 20).