F1 2012 Season

(This article contains fanon information, this isn't the actual F1 2012 season)

The 2012 Formula 1 Season was the 63rd season of Formula One.

Team changes

 * Williams changed from Toyota to Renault engines.

Driver changes

 * Felipe Massa was dropped by Ferrari after 2011 due to poor performance. He was replaced by Robert Kubica who came over from Lotus.
 * Lotus lost Kubica and dropped Petrov, hiring two returning F1 drivers: 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen and 2009 Renault driver Romain Grosjean.
 * Jarno Trulli retired after 2011. Toyota retained Kobayashi and hired Sergio Perez who drove for USF1 in 2011.
 * Force India hired Massa in place of the dropped Adrian Sutil.
 * Rubens Barichello retired after 2011. Williams replaced him with fellow Brazilian Bruno Senna.
 * Toro Rosso exchanged their squad of Alguersuari and Buemi for Ricciardo and Vergne. Buemi remained with the team as their reserve driver.
 * Caterham hired Petrov in place of Bruno Senna.
 * Jerome d'Ambrosio left Marussia after 2011 and became a test driver for Lotus. Marussia hired Charles Pic in his place.
 * USF1 finally delivered on their promise and hired an American driver, Alexander Rossi in place of Sergio Perez who was picked up by Toyota.

Mid season changes

 * Romain Grosjean was handed a one-race ban after he caused a massive pileup at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix. He was replaced for the Italian Grand Prix by Lotus test driver Jerome d'Ambrosio.

Calendar changes

 * The Bahrain Grand Prix was moved from the first to the fourth round on the calendar. The circuit was returned to its original layout from 2004-2009.
 * As per the agreement between the Nurburgring and Hockenheimring circuits, the German Grand Prix was held on the second one.
 * The United States Grand Prix was reinstated on a newly built Circuit of the Americas.

Results
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