2012 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - STARTING GRID
05 - 07 Oct 2012
Suzuka Circuit, Japan
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:30.839 |
| 2 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:31.090 |
| 3 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:31.700 |
| 4 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 1:31.898 |
| 5 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:32.022 |
| 6 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 1:32.114 |
| 7 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 1:32.208 |
| 8 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:31.290 |
| 9 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:32.327 |
| 10 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 1:32.293 |
| 11 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:32.327 |
| 12 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 1:32.512 |
| 13 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 1:32.625 |
| 14 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 1:32.954 |
| 15 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | |
| 16 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 1:33.405 |
| 17 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 1:34.657 |
| 18 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:35.213 |
| 19 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 1:33.368 |
| 20 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:35.385 |
| 21 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:35.429 |
| 22 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 1:35.432 |
| 23 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 1:32.469 |
| 24 | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:36.734 |