2012 Sebastian Vettel Season

Sebastian Vettel's 2012 season was his sixth season in Formula One. He started the season as World Champion for the second time, having won his second title at the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix.
His first victory of the season was at the . He then went on to win three Grands Prix in row, in Singapore, Japan and South Korea.
He took the Driver's Championship, three points ahead of Fernando Alonso.
==Information and Statistics==
Team 	
Car 	Red Bull RB8
Number 	1
Team-mate 	Mark Webber
 	
Races 	20
Starts 	20
Pole positions	6
Front rows 	6
Victories 	5
Podia 	10
Fastest laps 	6
Laps raced 	1162
kms raced 	5923
Races led 	11
Laps led 	368
kms led 	1949
Doubles 	3
Hat-tricks 	2
Grand Chelems 	1
 	
Points 	281
WDC Position 	
==Pre-season==
Vettel has participated in three tests in preparation for 2012. In the test in Jerez, he performed well, setting the third best time on his first day, and the quickest time on the final day. In the first Barcelona test, he was third on both days. At the second Barcelona test, on his first day of running he ranked third. On the final day, however, a problem with the car meant that he was unable to get a full day's running and set the slowest time of the day.
==Results==
Round	Grand Prix	Team	Car	Grid	Race 	Champ Pts	Rank
1 	 	 	RB8	6th 	 	18 	
2 	 	 	RB8	5th 	11th 	18 	6th
3 	 	 	RB8	11th	 	28 	5th
4 	 	 	RB8	 	 	53 	
5 	 	 	RB8	7th 	 	61 	
6 	 	 	RB8	9th 	 	73 	
7 	 	 	RB8	 	 	85 	
8 	 	 	RB8	 	 	85 	4th
9 	 	 	RB8	4th 	 	100 	
10 	 	 	RB8	 	* 	110 	
11 	 	 	RB8	 	 	122 	
12 	 	 	RB8	10th	 	140 	
13 	 	 	RB8	5th 	22nd†	140 	4th
14 	 	 	RB8	 	 	165 	
15 	 	 	RB8	 	 	190 	
16 	 	 	RB8	 	 	215 	
17 	 	 	RB8	 	 	240 	
18 	 	 	RB8	 	 	255 	
19 	 	 	RB8	 	 	273 	
20 	 	 	RB8	4th 	6th 	281 	
* Vettel was given a 20-second penalty for an illegal overtake on Jenson Button. Finished 2nd.
† Did not finish, but completed over 90% of the race winner's distance and was classified.
==Notes==
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