Formula 1 Race Results

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2012 Japanese Grand Prix

October 7 — Suzuka

Race Review | 2012 Championship Results

Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel (1"35.774)

Practice

Qualification

Race

Pos	Pole	Change	Pts	Driver / Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Fastest Lap	Speed Trap	Avg Speed
1	1	0	25	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing	53	1:28:56.242	1:35.774 (52)	298.800	207.429
2	10	+8▲	18	Felipe Massa Ferrari	53	+20.600	1:36.894 (50)	296.900	206.630
3	3	0	15	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	53	+24.500	1:36.679 (52)	295.400	206.480
4	8	+4▲	12	Jenson Button McLaren	53	+25.000	1:36.606 (51)	300.500	206.458
5	9	+4▲	10	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	53	+46.400	1:37.760 (45)	296.300	205.638
6	7	+1▲	8	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 Team	53	+50.400	1:37.886 (49)	295.800	205.488
7	15	+8▲	6	Nico Hülkenberg Sahara Force India	53	+51.100	1:37.938 (46)	297.300	205.460
8	12	+4▲	4	Pastor Maldonado Williams	53	+52.300	1:37.771 (45)	300.000	205.414
9	2	-7▼	2	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	53	+54.600	1:37.128 (49)	297.300	205.326
10	14	+4▲	1	Daniel Ricciardo Scuderia Toro Rosso	53	+1:6.900	1:37.455 (50)	301.300	204.860
11	23	+12▲		Michael Schumacher Mercedes	53	+1:7.700	1:36.942 (43)	301.200	204.828
12	11	-1▼		Paul di Resta Sahara Force India	53	+1:23.400	1:37.535 (48)	295.000	204.235
13	19	+6▲		Jean-Eric Vergne Scuderia Toro Rosso	53	+1:28.600	1:37.533 (39)	303.700	204.040
14	16	+2▲		Bruno Senna Williams	53	+1:28.700	1:36.819 (44)	295.900	204.037
15	17	+2▲		Heikki Kovalainen Caterham F1 Team	52	+1 Laps	1:38.043 (52)	292.400	202.003
16	18	+2▲		Timo Glock Marussia	52	+1 Laps	1:38.756 (48)	297.500	201.682
17	22	+5▲		Vitaly Petrov Caterham F1 Team	52	+1 Laps	1:38.344 (47)	296.100	200.169
18	20	+2▲		Pedro de la Rosa HRT	52	+1 Laps	1:39.351 (50)	298.700	199.948
19	4	-15▼		Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 Team	51	+2 Laps	1:38.277 (32)	298.300	202.744
RET	5			Sergio Perez Sauber	18		1:38.983 (17)	296.800	196.484
RET	6			Fernando Alonso Ferrari	0			0.000	0.000
RET	13			Nico Rosberg Mercedes	0			0.000	0.000
RET	21			Charles Pic Marussia	37		1:40.493 (34)	286.000	196.157
RET	24			Narain Karthikeyan HRT	32		1:41.388 (21)	287.000	196.393

Pole	Driver / Team	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Q3 Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing	1:32.608	1:31.501	1:30.839	11
2	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	1:32.951	1:31.950	1:31.090	15
3	Jenson Button McLaren	1:33.077	1:31.772	1:31.290	14
4	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	1:32.042	1:31.886	1:31.700	16
5	Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 Team	1:32.029	1:31.988	1:31.898	20
6	Sergio Perez Sauber	1:32.147	1:32.169	1:32.022	20
7	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	1:32.459	1:31.833	1:32.114	17
8	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 Team	1:32.221	1:31.826	1:32.208	18
9	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	1:33.061	1:32.121	1:32.327	17
10	Nico Hülkenberg Sahara Force India	1:32.828	1:32.272		12
11	Felipe Massa Ferrari	1:32.946	1:32.293		12
12	Paul di Resta Sahara Force India	1:32.898	1:32.327		14
13	Michael Schumacher Mercedes	1:33.349	1:32.469		10
14	Pastor Maldonado Williams	1:32.834	1:32.512		11
15	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	1:33.015	1:32.625		16
16	Daniel Ricciardo Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:33.059	1:32.954		14
17	Jean-Eric Vergne Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:33.370	1:33.368		14
18	Bruno Senna Williams	1:33.405			8
19	Heikki Kovalainen Caterham F1 Team	1:34.657			6
20	Timo Glock Marussia	1:35.213			8
21	Pedro de la Rosa HRT	1:35.385			6
22	Charles Pic Marussia	1:35.429			8
23	Vitaly Petrov Caterham F1 Team	1:35.432			8
24	Narain Karthikeyan HRT	1:36.734			6

Driver / Team	P1 Time	P1 Laps	P2 Time	P2 Laps	P3 Time	P3 Laps	Total Laps
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing	1:36.366	23	1:32.836	37	1:32.136	17	77
Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	1:34.856	24	1:32.493	34	1:32.371	20	78
Felipe Massa Ferrari	1:35.283	24	1:33.614	32	1:32.824	13	69
Michael Schumacher Mercedes	1:35.122	20	1:33.750	13	1:32.918	23	56
Sergio Perez Sauber	1:35.584	24	1:33.903	36	1:32.920	19	79
Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	1:35.199	27	1:33.983	33	1:32.924	15	75
Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 Team	1:35.724	21	1:33.107	35	1:33.008	21	77
Jenson Button McLaren	1:34.507	20	1:33.349	22	1:33.025	16	58
Paul di Resta Sahara Force India	1:35.299	18		2	1:33.094	17	37
Pastor Maldonado Williams	1:35.478	24	1:34.300	33	1:33.160	16	73
Fernando Alonso Ferrari	1:35.484	26	1:33.093	28	1:33.184	14	68
Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 Team	1:35.691	22	1:34.291	12	1:33.224	15	49
Lewis Hamilton McLaren	1:34.740	26	1:32.707	32	1:33.569	14	72
Jean-Eric Vergne Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:36.222	25	1:35.080	34	1:33.722	18	77
Nico Rosberg Mercedes	1:35.059	18	1:33.866	19	1:33.899	23	60
Bruno Senna Williams	1:36.389	24	1:33.499	35	1:33.984	19	78
Daniel Ricciardo Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:36.123	19	1:34.863	32	1:34.023	19	70
Nico Hülkenberg Sahara Force India	1:35.474	22	1:32.987	30	1:34.369	11	63
Heikki Kovalainen Caterham F1 Team	1:39.374	22	1:35.711	41	1:35.568	19	82
Vitaly Petrov Caterham F1 Team	1:38.295	23	1:35.870	37	1:36.355	18	78
Timo Glock Marussia	1:37.716	17	1:36.194	32	1:36.389	11	60
Charles Pic Marussia	1:38.616	25	1:36.636	28	1:36.517	18	71
Narain Karthikeyan HRT	1:39.043	25	1:37.701	35	1:36.649	12	72
Pedro de la Rosa HRT	1:39.688	19	1:37.342	30	1:36.875	16	65