2012 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - RACE RESULT
05 - 07 Oct 2012
Suzuka Circuit, Japan
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 53 | 1:28:56.242 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 53 | +20.639s | 18 |
| 3 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 53 | +24.538s | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 53 | +25.098s | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 53 | +46.490s | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 53 | +50.424s | 8 |
| 7 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 53 | +51.159s | 6 |
| 8 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 53 | +52.364s | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 53 | +54.675s | 2 |
| 10 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 53 | +66.919s | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 53 | +67.769s | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 53 | +83.460s | 0 |
| 13 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 53 | +88.645s | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 53 | +88.709s | 0 |
| 15 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 16 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 19 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 51 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 37 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 32 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 18 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 0 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 0 | DNF | 0 |