2012 Lewis Hamilton Season

Lewis Hamilton's season was his sixth season in Formula One.
He won four races in the season, in Canada, Hungary, Italy and America. He was fourth in the Driver's Championship, 17 points behind third place Kimi Räikkönen.
==Information and statistics==
Team 	
Car 	McLaren MP4-27
Number 	4
Team-mate 	Jenson Button
 	
Races 	20
Starts 	20
Pole positions	7
Front rows 	11
Victories 	4
Podia 	7
Fastest laps 	1
Laps raced 	726
kms raced 	3573.536
Races led 	10
Laps led 	232
kms led 	1157
Doubles 	2
Hat-tricks 	0
Grand Chelems 	0
 	
Points 	190
WDC Position 	4th
==Results==
Round	Grand Prix	Team	Car 	Grid 	Race 	Champ Pts	Rank
1 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	15 	
2 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	30 	
3 	 	 	MP4-27	7th† 	 	45 	
4 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	49 	
5 	 	 	MP4-27	24th‡	 	53 	
6 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	63 	4th
7 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	88 	
8 	 	 	MP4-27	 	19th*	88 	
9 	 	 	MP4-27	8th 	 	92 	4th
10 	 	 	MP4-27	7th 	 	92 	5th
11 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	117 	4th
12 	 	 	MP4-27	7th 	 	117 	5th
13 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	142 	
14 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	142 	4th
15 	 	 	MP4-27	9th 	 	152 	4th
16 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	153 	4th
17 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	165 	5th
18 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	165 	5th
19 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	190 	4th
20 	 	 	MP4-27	 	 	190 	4th
* Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed over 90% of the race-winners' distance.
† Qualified 2nd, but was demoted five places for a gearbox change.
‡ Originally set pole position, but was excluded from qualifying for not returning to pitlane under own power after setting his laptime.
==Comparison==
==Notes==
Category:Lewis Hamilton
Category:2012 Formula One Season
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