Japanese GP 2012
OCTOBER 5, 2012
Practice 1 Results
| Friday Practice Session 1 | ||||
| POS | DRIVER | NATIONALITY | ENTRANT | TIME |
| 1. | Jenson Button | Britain | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.507 |
| 2. | Lewis Hamilton | Britain | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.740 |
| 3. | Mark Webber | Australia | Red Bull-Renault | 1:34.856 |
| 4. | Nico Rosberg | Germany | Mercedes GP | 1:35.059 |
| 5. | Michael Schumacher | Germany | Mercedes GP | 1:35.122 |
| 6. | Kamui Kobayashi | Japan | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:35.199 |
| 7. | Felipe Massa | Brazil | Ferrari | 1:35.283 |
| 8. | Paul di Resta | Britain | Force India-Mercedes | 1:35.299 |
| 9. | Nico Hulkenberg | Germany | Force India-Mercedes | 1:35.474 |
| 10. | Pastor Maldonado | Venezuela | Williams-Renault | 1:35.478 |
| 11. | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Ferrari | 1:35.484 |
| 12. | Sergio Perez | Mexico | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:35.584 |
| 13. | Kimi Raikkonen | Finland | Lotus-Renault | 1:35.691 |
| 14. | Romain Grosjean | France | Lotus-Renault | 1:35.724 |
| 15. | Daniel Ricciardo | Australia | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:36.123 |
| 16. | Jean-Eric Vergne | France | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:36.222 |
| 17. | Sebastian Vettel | Germany | Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.366 |
| 18. | Valtteri Bottas | Finland | Williams-Renault | 1:36.389 |
| 19. | Timo Glock | Germany | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:37.716 |
| 20. | Vitaly Petrov | Russia | Caterham-Renault | 1:38.295 |
| 21. | Charles Pic | France | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:38.616 |
| 22. | Narain Karthikeyan | India | HRT-Cosworth | 1:39.043 |
| 23. | Giedo van der Garde | Netherlands | Caterham-Renault | 1:39.374 |
| 24. | Pedro de la Rosa | Spain | HRT-Cosworth | 1:39.688 |