Three teams changed their names for 2012: Team Lotus became known as Caterham (top) Renault was renamed as Lotus (middle) and Virgin Racing changed its name to Marussia (bottom). Teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. The FIA published a provisional entry list on 30 November 2011, and the grid was finalised on 17 February.
#F1 2012 drivers
The following twelve teams and twenty-five race drivers competed in the 2012 Formula One World Championship. The Red Bull RB8 is the car entered by defending World Constructors' Champion Red Bull, and which won the World Constructors' Championship in 2012.
The calendar for the season included twenty races, breaking the previous record of nineteen, which was first set in 2005.
In addition to seeing seven different drivers win the first seven races, the 2012 season broke several records. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull Racing secured their third consecutive title when Sebastian Vettel finished second at the United States Grand Prix.
#F1 2012 driver
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 just the third driver in the sport's sixty-three-year history to do so. Vettel entered the final race of the season with a thirteen-point lead over Alonso. 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. However, costly first-lap retirements in Belgium and Japan allowed his rivals to catch up, and defending World Champion Sebastian Vettel – like Alonso, a two-time title winner – took the lead in the sixteenth race of the season. 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. It was not until the European Grand Prix in June that a driver, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, won his second race of the year, and with it, emerged as a championship contender. The early season was tumultuous, with seven different drivers winning the first seven races of the championship a record for the series. After being cancelled in 2011 due to civil protests, the Bahrain Grand Prix also returned to the calendar. The 2012 season saw the return of the United States Grand Prix, which was held at the Circuit of the Americas, a purpose-built circuit in Austin, Texas. The championship was contested over twenty rounds, which started in Australia on 18 March and ended in Brazil on 25 November.
#F1 2012 series
It featured the 63rd FIA Formula One World Championship, a motor racing series for Formula One cars, recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) – the governing body of motorsport – as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.
The 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 66th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Once we have this information, a gamepad support file will be created and emailed to you.Kimi Räikkönen finished the season in third place on his return to F1, driving for Lotus F1. If your gamepad is not on the list, email and our support team will reply to you with a request for information about your device.
#F1 2012 software
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#F1 2012 install
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