Season
2012
Race
15. Japanese Grand Prix
2012 Japanese Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 34.8431, 136.541
- Altitude
- 45 m
- Race number
- 873
R
07/10/2012 06:00 · Asia/Tokyo · 53 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | = | 53 | 1:28:56.242 | 25 | Finished | 1 | |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 10 | +8 | 53 | 1:29:16.881 | 18 | Finished | 5 | |
| 3 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 3 | = | 53 | 1:29:20.780 | 15 | Finished | 3 | |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 8 | +4 | 53 | 1:29:21.340 | 12 | Finished | 2 | |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 9 | +4 | 53 | 1:29:42.732 | 10 | Finished | 11 | |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 7 | +1 | 53 | 1:29:46.666 | 8 | Finished | 13 | |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 15 | +8 | 53 | 1:29:47.401 | 6 | Finished | 14 | |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 12 | +4 | 53 | 1:29:48.606 | 4 | Finished | 12 | |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 2 | -7 | 53 | 1:29:50.917 | 2 | Finished | 7 | |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 14 | +4 | 53 | 1:30:03.161 | 1 | Finished | 8 | |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 23 | +12 | 53 | 1:30:04.011 | 0 | Finished | 6 | |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 11 | -1 | 53 | 1:30:19.702 | 0 | Finished | 10 | |
| 13 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 19 | +6 | 53 | 1:30:24.887 | 0 | Finished | 9 | |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 16 | +2 | 53 | 1:30:24.951 | 0 | Finished | 4 | |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 17 | +2 | 52 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
| 16 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 18 | +2 | 52 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 22 | +5 | 52 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | 17 | |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 20 | +2 | 52 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 19 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 4 | -15 | 51 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | 16 | |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 21 | +1 | 37 | — | 0 | Engine | 21 | |
| 21 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 24 | +3 | 32 | — | 0 | Vibrations | 22 | |
| 22 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 5 | -17 | 18 | — | 0 | Spun off | 19 | |
| 23 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 6 | -17 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| 24 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 13 | -11 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | 0 |