Japanese GP 2012
OCTOBER 7, 2012
Race Results
| Japanese Grand Prix Results - 7 October 2012 - 53 Laps | |||||
| POS | DRIVER | NATIONALITY | ENTRANT | LAPS | TIME/RETIRE |
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Germany | Red Bull-Renault | 53 | 1h28m56.247 |
| 2. | Felipe Massa | Brazil | Ferrari | 53 | 20.639 |
| 3. | Kamui Kobayashi | Japan | Sauber-Ferrari | 53 | 24.538 |
| 4. | Jenson Button | Britain | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | 25.098 |
| 5. | Lewis Hamilton | Britain | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | 46.490 |
| 6. | Kimi Raikkonen | Finland | Lotus-Renault | 53 | 50.424 |
| 7. | Nico Hulkenberg | Germany | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | 51.159 |
| 8. | Pastor Maldonado | Venezuela | Williams-Renault | 53 | 52.364 |
| 9. | Mark Webber | Australia | Red Bull-Renault | 53 | 54.675 |
| 10. | Daniel Ricciardo | Australia | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 53 | 1m06.919 |
| 11. | Michael Schumacher | Germany | Mercedes GP | 53 | 1m07.769 |
| 12. | Paul di Resta | Britain | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | 1m23.4 |
| 13. | Jean-Eric Vergne | France | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 53 | 1m28.6 |
| 14. | Bruno Senna | Brazil | Williams-Renault | 53 | 1m28.7 |
| 15. | Heikki Kovalainen | Finland | Caterham-Renault | 52 | 1 Lap |
| 16. | Timo Glock | Germany | Marussia-Cosworth | 52 | 1 Lap |
| 17. | Vitaly Petrov | Russia | Caterham-Renault | 52 | 1 Lap |
| 18. | Pedro de la Rosa | Spain | HRT-Cosworth | 52 | 1 Lap |
| 19. | Romain Grosjean | France | Lotus-Renault | 51 | 2 Laps, Retired |
| R | Charles Pic | France | Marussia-Cosworth | 37 | Engine |
| R | Narain Karthikeyan | India | HRT-Cosworth | 32 | Retired |
| R | Sergio Perez | Mexico | Sauber-Ferrari | 18 | Spin |
| R | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Ferrari | 0 | Spin |
| R | Nico Rosberg | Germany | Mercedes GP | 0 | Accident |
| FASTEST LAP: | |||||
| Sebastian Vettel | Germany | Red Bull-Renault | 52 | 1:35.774 | |