The Story Of The Most DRAMATIC Formula 1 Season Ever (2012)

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, considered by many to be the greatest Formula One

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of the illustrious sport. The season included seven different winners in the first seven races. Niko's first victory. Michaels' ghost pole. Webber's final victory. The miracle of Maldonado in Spain. the last title fight his real final chance MacLaren's last victory the

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season also saw the return of a former world champion in 2007 Kimi räikkönen Today's battle-hardened veterans were forged like Pérez, Ricardo Grosjean and Hülkenberg, all They managed to get to the top Especially in 2012 of all that there were six world champions on the grid at exactly the same time, the drama started even in the pre-season where Ferrari didn't look like them and McLaren looked like the car to beat that year.

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by looking at the first round in Australia. Ferrari's pre-season carried over to the first round in Australia, where they qualified 12th and 16th on the grid. Also consistent with pre-season testing, McLaren locked down the front row with Lewis Hamilton taking pole and Jenson. Button Right behind him Button's weekend only got much better when he overtook Lewis Hamilton at the first corner, the 2009 world drivers' champion. He n

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looked back and took victory in that first race. It wasn't the best start after getting pole position for Hamilton when he crashed. back to p3 After being passed by Vettel following a VSC, the top five was completed with Mark Webber taking p4 and Alonso taking p5 in round two Malaysia Drivers encountered heavy rain at the Malaysian Grand Prix Similar to Hamilton's dominance at McLaren 2019 he still again locked down the front row as Lewis Hamilton took his second consecutive pole.

This is also the round where we start to notice that Lewis is having trouble in the pits and it will be a constant theme - a late pit stop left Lewis out of contention to win. This race after the rain actually stopped the Grand Prix and restarted it. Fernando Alonso inherited that leadership and an unlikely candidate emerged in Malaysia. We see Sergio Pérez actually get to second place chasing Fernando Alonso and he wasn't just behind Alonso and chasing him. He was gaining on her. The track was clearly drying out and Daniel Ricciardo actually caused a massive wave of pit stops.

Sergio found himself at the end of that wave of pit stops and it hurt, he was now about five seconds behind Alonso. But it was not like that. N

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mind Sergio in the rain started to catch up with Alonso once again And it looked like he was probably going to catch him and then a simple mistake ruined his potential to get his first victory in the race There were seven laps left to go He actually went off the road curve in the curve. 14 and he lost a lot of time that he never really got back. Alonso took his first win of the season and although he wasn't in 1st place, Sergio was still on the podium in 2nd place, taking home plenty of points that will certainly help. surpassed him throughout the season Hamilton completed the podium at the Malaysian Grand Prix when Mark Weber finished in fourth position and Kimi Räikkönen in fifth position.

So after two rounds of Formula 1 racing, we have two different Formula One race winners in the next race on the Formula One calendar. We saw the emergence of another young talent, a future world champion, we are talking of course , by Nico Rosberg, where he obtains his first pole and his first victory in the third round China Even before the Chinese Grand Prix began, Lotus and Formula One had officially filed a complaint with the FIA ​​returned to pre-season testing about Mercedes rear spoiler Basically what this statement meant was that Mercedes had created the f-duct effect. This would exponentially improve the DRS mechanisms as it would channel air towards the front of the car, the FIA ​​eventually overruled the entire objection and decided just before the Chinese Grand Prix that Mercedes had had a legal car all along.

So what debunks the claims Mercedes was allowed to run normally without altering the car with a mini thought? It was a dual DRS car and it was immediately apparent that Schumacher and Rosberg were going to be fast on this track. Rosberg ended up making the first push for him and it translated into his first win. Rosberg was helped by the fact that Hamilton had just received a gearbox infringement and was knocked down promoting Michael Schumacher to p2. Michael ultimately couldn't convert this as he ended up withdrawing from the race with issues that looked a lot like Haas 2018, where he couldn't straighten out his high round. but Rosberg was not out of the woods yet.

Jenson Button was chasing him and rushing him. And just when it looked like Jenson Button was going to catch Nico Rosberg. Consistent with McLaren's problems all year in the pit lane, Jenson Button was a victim of his garage ending up making a mistake and costing him quite a bit of time. Kimi Räikkönen was running. Well, he was on par and on good pace with second place. He wore out his tires and lost 11 places in a single lap and this really woke up the Rosberg garage. Rosberg began to conserve his tyres, but was now under attack from Button, who was recovering from that horrible error in the pits, a gap feud between the two McLaren cars allowed Rosberg to conserve his tyres, make it to the end of the race. race and take P1.

Button came back to take P2 and we see Hamilton actually take the third position in a row from him. podium and his third consecutive third place and this consistency of being on the podium actually after the third round of the Chinese Grand Prix put him in first place in the Formula One Championship. Buttons' performance and his comeback was enough good enough to put him in second position in Formula One. Championship With Fernando Alonso really chasing him in p3 after having finished ninth in the Grand Prix and not to be overshadowed, Roman Grosjean saw himself score his first points for the who obtained p6 in the Chinese Grand Prix, losing three rounds of Formula One. three different winners of the race as if the stakes couldn't be higher as if the drama couldn't be higher for Bahrain.

Protests have occurred daily in Shiite villages around Bahrain's capital and clashes have intensified in the run-up. to the Formula One Grand Prix this weekend, an event that these protesters see as a publicity stunt for the country's rulers to make it appear that the nation is more united than it really is despite the geopolitical tensions and all the criticism that the FIA ​​and Fort were Overall, the one that hosted the races in Bahrain, many people thought that Bahrain internally was using the race as a way of saying that the country is safe and that everything is fine, which caused many protests, protests very, very dangerous for everyone involved for the pilots. for the entire team for pure safety and damage control.

It was thought that the FAA would give up on the Bahrain round, but they ended up racing anyway. And this time it was Red Bull's turn to respond, as the reigning world champion had yet to do anything. win a Grand Prix and respond They did it Sebastian Vettel took pole in Bahrain and ended up taking the victory in Bahrain he faced relentlessly and continued to be pressured by Kimi räikkönen the 2007 world champion Kimi had a chance and to this day people talk about what a double move to defend it with a boat But it turns out that everything is illegal, everything is safe Sebastian Vettel took the victory Kimi Räikkönen took second position and Roman Grosjean took third position Hamilton was in a distant eighth place, once again plagued by the inability of his pit crew to get him out of the garage quickly and Webber didn't necessarily do an incredible job all season in terms of winning races.

He did achieve another fourth place which, combined with Sebastian Vettel's victory, puts Red Bull at the top of the Constructors' Championship ahead of McLaren, which was a great deal for Lotus. Their performance at the Bahrain Grand Prix put them in third place in the Constructors' Championship and although many people in certain circles in certain corners of the internet may argue about Vettel's decision to move and defend his position with Rykon and try to overtake to its people. What is

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talked about is Formula One's decision to even race in Bahrain knowing what was happening Geopolitically knowing what it meant for the people of Bahrain if they ended up racing there It was simply a move that is still talked about and criticizes a lot, but the show must go on So it's four different races for different winners and we go to the fifth round five Spain As we continue the controversy Lewis Hamilton took pole position But just after finishing his lap his car stopped, he was Of course Hamilton was not running on enough fuel.

Pastor Maldonado was waiting in the wings as he qualified p2, but inherited pole position after Hamilton took the penalty and was sent to the back of the grid, joining Maldonado on the front row was Fernando Alonso, who is not the best person to see below. For you, you've been racing and starting well all season and Williams had yet to see a Grand Prix win in over 100 Grand Prix starts. It is no surprise that Fernando Alonso, double world champion, used his Ferrari to take control of the race in the first corner. Maldonado was forced to chase Alonso until he began the round of pit stops.

After the pit stops exit, it was clear. Maldonado was going to take the lead. In fact, he ended up maintaining this advantage by becoming the first Venezuelan driver to win a Grand Prix after 130 Grand Prix starts. Williams returned to the top of the podium. They have not done so since Pablo Montoya won in Brazil in 2004, a total of three world titles joining Maldonado at the top of the podium. Kimi Räikkönen came third with Fernando Alonso in second and, as we track the championship, the other drivers did well. Recoveries Lewis Hamilton after his penalty in the qualifying session starting 24th on the grid He made his way back to eighth position Sebastian Vettel actually had a drive-through penalty and some problems with his car But he finally overtook Rosberg in the final stage of the race raced to give him 6th place with Rosberg splitting the two.

That 6th place finish by the veterans will actually maintain their championship lead for the Formula One season after a bit of shuffling through the Formula One standings. We see a fifth winner and a fifth Grand Prix before we can start. In the races we see even more controversy as there is a massive fire in the garage of the recent winners, as Williams has to put out this giant fire that is engulfing everything in their garage, all in the myths of a Formula Grand Prix season An extremely controversial and highly disputed one. We see the entire community come together.

Everyone on the grid is doing their best, getting what they can, grabbing fire extinguishers and helping Williams, not as a competitor, but rather as a loving community. It was his actions, the quick actions of everyone on the grid, that helped achieve this. A fire broke out that ended up saving lives. Probably even Williams' season, as they were able to shut him down in the sixth round. Monaco. In keeping with the entire season so far, Monaco started with controversy as grid members protested the RB8 on parts of their track. Red Bull took a risk here. They knew that protests were going to materialize at least after the race.

It was a bet they had to make if they did it. Webber and Vettel would be disqualified from the race. But if they started from the back of the grid, they would be fine. and no matter what the decision was, Red Bull decided to race anyway, not respect the protest and stay where they were qualified. Now all that was left to do was for the Red Bull drivers to deliver and that's exactly what they did despite Schumacher actually finishing the qualifying session. As the fastest man on the timesheets, his five-place grid penalty placed him in sixth position for the start of the Grand Prix.

Which was great news for RB 8, as Mark Weber moved up to first position and pole, similar to Ricardo's efforts to hold on. In its 2018 victory in Monaco, Weber's one-make RB 8, although unrelated to the engine, was really struggling with the tires. If it had been any other circuit, there is no way it would have taken that spot. But he did and it was a close race as they went bumper to bumper p1 p2 p3 with Webber maintaining his position closely followed by Nico Rosberg and just behind him to be just shy of Alonso's podium finish in Monaco Alonzo actually kept him on p3 and in the championship and on the Constructors side.

After the protest that was initially raised at the start of the Grand Prix was not followed up, it turned out that Red Bullactually held first place in round 7 of the Canadian championship. Al

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comically, the FIA ​​before the Canadian Grand Prix. even start Declare that the RV-8 In fact in Monaco was using an illegal floor But it didn't matter because they were still able to retain the points they had won, which doesn't make much sense, anyway Redbull continued with the No ground, they ended up changing exactly what Charlie Whiting had expressed. They needed to change, but Vettel still took pole by a comfortable margin.

Even though Redbull had gained an early lead, it was clear that Lewis Hamilton's McLaren and Fernando Alonso's Ferrari were looking quite daring, the top three drivers made pit stops at around the same time and it looked like they were all going to follow exactly the same. same strategy. But it turns out that Red Bull and Ferrari decided to become a one-stop strategy. Taking into account the situation with tire life, Lewis Hamilton continued with his original strategy. In the end, the two-stop strategy was the right one, of course because he ended up chasing quite easily the car of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso, who was overtaken by Fernando Alonso.

Not only for the Lotus of Groma and Rajan, but also for Sergio Pérez, despite Hamilton's victory in Canada, he was still experiencing some problems in the pit lane. So it's worth noting as this would continue throughout the season and the plot becomes even more complicated as John's p2 grows. The effort actually put the Lotus in p2 ahead of the Ferrari now in the Constructors' Championship. With seven races less, we have seven different winners. And here is what the drivers' championship will look like after those seven races if Hamilton and p1 with 88 points Alonso right behind him with 86 points Vettel follows with 85 points and Webber, who has had a difficult season so far, still in the chase with 79 points Nico Rosberg in Mercedes with 67 points in the eighth round Valencia Sebastian Vettel seemed up to the task of taking the championship in this race During qualifying throughout the weekend during the start of the race It seemed like he could escape and just disappearing something he was doing In 2011, Vettel was very lucky and avoided early incidents in a first lap incident.

Then he was not helped by the fact that there was a virtual security cart employee. But even after that, he walked away 20 seconds as soon as we thought. that the 2011 championship car had returned, disaster struck just as it was starting its broken alternator and on lap 33 it was out of the Grand Prix, leaving Alonso in sole leadership and in front by quite a wide margin, Roman Grosjean , which had been rising. Lately he began to chase the two-time world champion and on lap 40 his left alternator broke. Lewis Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen on Maldonado in that order chasing Alonso When it was clear that Kimi Räikkönen was going to pass It was only a matter of time before Maldonado could pass Lewis Hamilton.

His tires were dying and Maldonado was faster. It became clear that he was frustrated by the fact that he was not overtaking Hamilton and precious time was slipping away and he was fighting for that podium spot. That reared its ugly head and they made contact with each other. Another Maldonado received a drive-through penalty after the race and Lewis was eliminated from the race, with Maldonado's nose breaking in that incident as this happens. The carnage on the front is happening. Schumacher and Webber are fighting their way through. The whole group if they hadn't been so ruthless about this.

They wouldn't have been able to place where they did as Michael Schumacher took his first podium finish since 2006 and Mark Webber finished fourth, which are very valuable points in this type of battle. It was a very emotional victory for Fernando Alonso. You must remember that this is one of the fiercest battles we have seen in the history of Formula One. He is the first multiple Grand Prix winner of the entire year 2012. This is his home race in Valencia. He earned his initial 11th place on the grid by fighting his way to this victory and winning it and on top of that Vettel's retirement put him in fourth place.

So now Fernando Alonso was 26 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel at round nine at Silverstone. It was time for Mark Weber to step back into the spotlight. Alonzo's initial lead, although it proved difficult for him, Alonso decided to drive on harder tires and switch to soft ones. Compounds later What was to Alonso's detriment in the British Grand Prix Mark Weber chose to finish on hard tyres. That gave him a big lap lead with just five laps to go. Mark Weber makes a beautiful pass on the outside along Wellington. right and remained in this position until the end; his victory at Silverstone put him within a dozen of Alonso's championship lead.

Had over the field, those two started to pull away from Sebastian Vettel who was chasing third place at the time on lap 10. Germany Hockenheim gave the entire grid another good show as we saw Fernando Alonso controlling most of the race and qualified on pole. More bad news for Hamilton, although on lap 3 he suffered a puncture and had to pit early, leaving Jenson Button to hope. From McLaren on his back as he chased current leader Fernando Alonso with Sebastian Vettel a lot in this race. He was chasing Jenson Button trying to get past and he did. He managed to overtake him at the hairpin, the problem was that this was considered an illegal overtake by the FAA since he had all four tires outside the circuit, so he was given a 20-second penalty, which ended up classifying him in fifth. place.

Button promotion to second place and put Kimi on another podium in p3 for To make matters even worse, the RB's eights were once again? Accused by the FIA ​​of having some type of illegal alteration to the vehicle at the time. The RB 8 was thought to have some type of legal engine mapping after the race. This was determined not to be the case, but it is worth noting. pointing out the fact that this is yet another accusation: the Red Bull car. So now that we're halfway through the season, let's stop and take a look at where we are in the standings.

We see that Fernando Alonso has a lead of 34 points. The next closest driver is Mark Webber's Red Bull, after that we have Sebastian Vettel. that he is 10 points behind his teammate. The driver who was falling behind at this point entering round eleven was Louis Hamilton if he wanted to stay in contention. He needed to do something and he needs to do it right now. Hungry Round 11 Just as he began to rule out Lewis Hamilton for the 2012 title chase, he stepped forward, hungry, and took a first place finish after taking pole at the Hungarian Grand Prix. He ended up holding that position for the entire race.

The only time the lead really changed was when Kimi Räikkönen took control during his pit stop strategy, which he executed to perfection, producing another double podium for Lotus with Roman resenting finishing p3. Even though Alonso failed to win in Hungary, he still found himself distanced from the next closest driver as he was 40 points ahead of Mark Webber at round 12 in Belgium After a relatively quiet last couple of Grands Prix in terms of action in the track, we see one of the most famous in terms of carnage and chaos and pure and utter pandemonium. The start in Spa is started by Roman Grosjean making contact with Lewis Hamilton thinking it is clear.

Certainly he was not, he withdrew immediately. Lewis, Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Sergio Pérez had a great impact. Impact and implications in the championship race. Button ended up controlling that race. Sebastian Vettel despite being in 10th place fought his way back to position 2. Kimi Räikkönen's Lotus made some questionable decisions as his pit stop strategy left him where he started in position 3. The chaos that caused John. By the way, he had started actually left the door open for some pretty notable results, as we saw Nico Hulkenberg finish p4 in that race. Jenson Buttons' victory that day did a lot for him in the championship race, but it also did a lot for Sebastian Vettel, who had been quietly racking up points throughout all these races and another P too, especially as Lanza retired in the first lap after that incident that left Sebastian Vettel 24 points behind Fernando Alonso.

For causing one of the most eventful Prix starts we have ever seen. seen in Formula One Roman Grazia and received a race suspension Which at the time was quite rare to get and he took it very hard But for obvious reasons, also considering that he himself was running quite well in the championship race. He was quoted as saying that he was sure. I was in front of him. So a small mistake caused a big incident. I didn't change my line. I went from left to right. I really didn't want to put anyone up against the wall.

I'm not here to stop the race at the first turn. I'm so sorry and I'm glad no one was hurt, but I have to say it's a very, very difficult decision. to listen to round 13 Italy We finish the European tour in Monza Of course, Felipe Massa, who has been relatively quiet all season, had an important role to play in this particular qualifying session. He owed Fernando Alonso the slipstream, of course. This didn't go well. As planned, Fernando Alonso suffered a stabilizer bar failure in the qualifying session. This forced him to qualify and start with Nagar in tenth position, but the problems did not end there for Ferrari.

In fact, they lost the ability to communicate with the pit wall. It also related to their telemetry data. Alonso actually took another podium and finished the race in p3. There was really only one driver who gave Hamilton any trouble after he won pole and Monza and of course it was Sergio Perez who was destined to get him on the podium once again for the third time that season. Perez actually started outside the points behind Fernando Alonso, but he put on the hard tires and got to work and his persistence in setting those fast times reduced the time. he led and it pushed him to the front of the grid And just when McLaren thought they were going to see a double podium, Jenson Button actually experienced a fuel pressure problem.

He was eliminated from the race at that very moment and Sebastian Vettel's confrontations with the FAA began. He did not finish as he received a drive-through penalty for pushing Fernando Alonso off the track. Although it didn't really matter too much because Sebastian Vettel experienced another alternator failure like he did a couple of free races ago. Seb wasn't the only one. The Red Bull car withdrew from Monza that day Mark Webber was forced to retire The double retirement of the Red Bull team seriously affected the chances of both Especially Seb's ability to come back and fight in his drivers' championship This seemed like the beginning of the end for him, when Lewis Hamilton jumped not only Kimi Räikkönen but also Sebastian Vettel and took second place in the drivers' championship as far as the constructors' championship is concerned.

Hamilton's finish actually pushed McLaren closer to Red Bull in the Constructors' Championship. The real controversy was over the fact that Lewis Hamilton had just taken another victory with McLaren but was still recovering from his decision to tweet telemetry data from the last race. It was when he was upset that Button had a different qualifying setup and significantly better pace during qualifying. Well, technical problems combined with the fact that the pit crew couldn't make it happen. All of this was building up for Hamilton. There was already speculation that he was talking to Mercedes about leaving McLaren and replacing Schumacher.

But if you weren't really sure despite even winning Monza after that tweet. He still never really recovered from revealing your telemetry data to your entire public audience. That's out of the question and would never happen today, but that was really the last straw for the entire already thin relationship. ice while We close the books on the European stretcher races that end in Monza We open a new chapter in the 2012 Formula 1 calendar It is at this moment when the championship swings violently in favor of Sebastian Vettel in his streak of four races where he achieves 100 points for the Championship.

This is not only useful for his position in the drivers' championship, but crushes all of his competitors in the 2012 season. He starts the age to stretch two races in the Singapore Grand Prix at around 14 years old. Sebastian's hopes for a title in 2012. We were helped a lot by the fact that even in Singapore Hamilton took pole. He got off to a good start but suffered a gearbox problem while leading the race. This was another McLaren issue that really showed back home that Luis was making the right decision by leaving.McLaren and interestingly this Grand Prix was cut short due to the timeline, something we don't see very often but it is due to so many restarts and safety cars.

Sebastian Vettel was certainly helped by that after inheriting the lead from Hamilton and owning everyone. of the restarts Sebastian Vettel took his first victory since the Bahrain Grand Prix But he couldn't get rid of Alonso yet, Alonso got on the podium with him after the Singapore Grand Prix in third with Jenson Button splitting the two Paul de Resta had a incredible result in fourth position with Rosberg following right behind him with the lottos going six and seven in a row, Kimi leading Roman and Vettel begins to reduce this advantage in which Fernando Alonso has been comfortably sitting with 194 points after the Grand Prix. 165 with Kimi Räikkönen now surpassing Hamilton with 149 compared to Luis is 142 Mark Weber climbs to the top 5 with 132 points Hamilton's gearbox failure is responsible for the two positions shift up by Sebastian Vettel and down seen by Lewis Hamilton If Vettel was going to use At any time he was going to use the Singapore Grand Prix as a launching stone for his fight for the championship title to start right now and that he does.

Riding too high from Singapore, the Japanese Grand Prix turned out to be no different for veterans, especially in the fact that Alonso had finally started to see some bad luck of his own, his twenty-nine point lead was no longer so comfortable and he was in a dangerous position, as he first laughed and quit due to an incident as if Mark Webber's title fight couldn't be more unfortunate or unlikely, he was a victim of what Roman Grosjean was gaining a reputation for doing, taking out to the race people despite a rather boisterous Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel stayed focused and took another grand slam and added. that added to his tally when he took pole position Led every lap Won the race and set the fastest lap time of the race joining Vettel on the podium at the Japanese Grand Prix where he achieved Philippe Mass's first podium in the 2012 season and also Kobayashi's first podium in his career Zeb's 25 points in Japan or the break with the championship, as he was now closer than we had seen all season after Fernando took the empty handed, his lead has now been reduced to four points over Sebastian Vettel 194 to 190 Kimi räikkönen held steady at 157 Lewis Hamilton's ten points were good to take him to 152 still behind Kimi and Mark Webber fell even further back to 130 for RB's eights continued to show their pace as we advanced to round 16, Korea And while All the Veterans had all the momentum, it was Mark Webber who took pole in Korea.

Sebastian Vettel at that moment seemed unbeatable, he surpassed his teammates and never looked back. Taking another win, another 25 championship points in Korea McLaren has another horrible weekend, with Lewis Hamilton suffering an anti-roll bar failure and Jenson Button retiring early from the race due to another incident on the first lap. It was that incident that actually led to an extended safety car. That became a tire issue. management after a front row block by the Red Bulls They finished on the podium One after seeing the pair of Ferrari drivers in three four with Alonso taking third place on the podium, the championship was now in the hands of Sebastian Vettel, who enjoyed a six-point lead over Fernando Alonso with 215 versus 209 respectively.

Kimi's conservative race kept him in third place with 167 points while Hamilton could only rally Lona's points to 153 points, but a point had Mark Webber on 152 Another weekend presented another opportunity for Sebastian Vettel to show his dominance over the field and continue his streak as we head into round 17 India Despite Ferrari's recently announced plan that they would introduce improvements to the Ferrari package at every race for the rest of the year. It doesn't matter because in India Vettel continued to win and it would have been his third one-second Grand Slam in just two races, but Jenson Button denied him by taking the fastest lap and while Alonzo's driving remained impressive in second position.

There are still seven more points that he lost to Vettel, which leaves him 13 points behind Sebastian Vettel, now with Kimi Räikkönen in third place with 173 points, Mark Webber with 167 and Lewis Hamilton, although he got the last place on that podium that day. up to 165, two points behind the performance of his teammate Alonso. That day was important for the Constructors' Championship as it was able to continue to further strengthen Ferrari's second place as they move on to the next round with 316 points to McClaren's 306, while Red Bull escaped with 407 points. , the last Grands Prix were very impressive for Sebastian Vettel.

Yes, but he didn't have to overcome much in terms of bad luck. But all that was going to change in Abu Dhabi. He liked Hamilton a few races ago to win the qualifying session, but it turns out he didn't have enough fuel so he was relegated to the back of the grid. Red Bull decided to take this opportunity to just go ahead, add parts and launch it from the pit lane. They thought that Abu Dhabi is not really known for being able to overtake. So if we're going to try to get these points, we really need to add things to this car and improve the aero package. you could also receive the full penalty starting from the pit lane.

Not only did the substitutes not drive to score points. It was good enough for the podium as he drove to p3. This was even after a nun plane had stopped due to some tire problems, some damage that had happened to its front wing. Sebastian really showed that it's not just about luck. He was taking his luck into his own hands and was scoring those points in another race, another mechanical failure that Luis had from the leading position. I'm talking about how lucky Hamilton and McLaren were all year. They really were a championship-winning car, just another heartbreaking blow for Hamilton as he had to retire and retire despite Alonso only being good enough for fifth on Saturday.

In fact, he finished on the podium in p2 in the race. The championship is now down to just two contenders: Sebastian Vettel with 255 points. Well, Fernando Alonso chased him down with a gap of just 210 in 2:45. And while the title fight was incredibly entertaining for Mira, it overshadowed the fact that Kimi Räikkönen had an incredible race to win that Grand Prix and, despite winning, was mathematically out of contention for the championship at p3 with 198 points. . We are heading to the new circuit of the Americas in the United States. Grand Prix of the nineteenth round. The most impressive thing about Alonso was the fact that Sebastian Vettel qualified on pole.

This race could have ended in his mind, but he continued to stay, be persistent and fight, and Ferrari were very wise and showed how clever they were with the fact that Felipe Massa actually qualified p2. But they deliberately broke the seal on his gearbox, giving him a The penalty moved him back five places and promoted Alonso from p8 to p7 because the Circuit of the Americas was new, uniform grid starts Ferrari hoped to get off to a start. really bad because they were out of Racing on Alonso benefited from that and they got it right like his now.

The seventh-place star on the grid actually gave him a significantly better start, which actually translated into a third-place finish. Only to be overtaken by Sebastian Vettel, who lost a place after his pole to Lewis Hamilton, who finished first. Two men abandoned Two World Championships for both. them in a single Grand Prix to show who is better in 2012. We reach round 20 Brazil The 2012 season ended just as it began with Lewis and Hamilton easily taking pole position followed by Jenson Button in a front row lockout just behind They where Red Bull couple and three and four in the qualifying session and while there was a Ferrari right behind Vettel and p5.

It was not Fernando Alonso. He actually qualified well enough for eighth place. None of the title fighters looked good, but Fernando Alonso was unlucky. He was going to have to make up a lot of ground. This is going to be particularly difficult at Interlagos in the wet. conditions and as we have learned throughout this entire video The 2012 season was anything but absolutely clean and simple Sebastian Vettel's lead for his place evaporated in an instant and what could only be described as a nightmare by a Red fan Bull Did Sebastian Vettel do the unthinkable? the worst thing that happened He had a spin on the first lap due to a contact while it seemed His car was in one piece and he was able to drive very well He was in last place and to make things even worse Fernando Alonso had promoted himself There is driving even through lap 2 to p5 And while Alonso shored up his positions making sure to get as high as possible to get the padding he needed Sebastian Vettel was busy at work making as many overtakes as humanly possible while cars were falling left and right Sebastian Vettel was overtaking people left and right.

Vettel had reached fourth position behind Fernando Alonso. After some debris on the track and a restart he actually fell back a bit more as the dry conditions started to expose the lack of it. of pace due to damage and his tire selection And when it rained, it really poured for Lewis Hamilton and in his 2012 season, when he was eliminated from the race due to contact from Nico Hülkenberg, which gave his own teammate the lead in the Brazilian Grand Prix. If you couldn't be more on the edge of your Seat, Sebastian Vettel didn't actually have radio communication with his pit wall at the time.

Then, when it started to rain, he made the decision to go in immediately and his team was not at all prepared. for him. This caused a delay that he did not need at the time. Sebastián came out in seventh place, who, not having a radio at that time, was enough for the fourth championship. Meanwhile, Ferrari did a wonderful job maximizing Alonso's track position, putting him in second after he stopped. He was going to have to catch Jenson Button if he wanted the championship. He would never end up getting that chance when Paul to Resta crashed at the control line.

Finishing the race under the safety car, the conclusion of the Brazilian Grand Prix was fairly quiet for such an eventful and exciting event. championship season but regardless of how it ended what no one can take away from Sebastián de Alonso from anyone on the field that year. No one was given a point. He didn't give it an inch. They all fought tooth and nail for everything despite the odds in the circumstances. Vettel was quoted afterwards as saying: where to start? Actually? I think you guys had your show and we had to really fight to the end.

An interview after that Grand Prix was something I will personally never forget and was the inspiration for this video. Because it was really the last time I felt like I was in Formula. One was an entertaining show You never really knew what was going to happen And in honor of that, in honor of the hosts that year, in honor of the performances, the 2012 comebacks to me truly was the best season of living legends ever we have had. I, my only goal, my real goal with this video is to reciprocate, I hope you were entertained, I hope you see the 2012 season as it was and I hope we don't have to wait so long until we have something like that again on this single.

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That being said, thank you all for your time. Cheers to 2012. I hope you like it more and I will see you all very, very soon. Well done Seb