Japanese Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) won the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit.
Circuit Suzuka Circuit
LocationSuzuka, Japan
Date7 October 2012
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 53 | Finished | 25 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 10 | 53 | Finished | 18 |
| 3 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 3 | 53 | Finished | 15 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 8 | 53 | Finished | 12 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 9 | 53 | Finished | 10 |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 7 | 53 | Finished | 8 |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 15 | 53 | Finished | 6 |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 12 | 53 | Finished | 4 |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 2 | 53 | Finished | 2 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 14 | 53 | Finished | 1 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 23 | 53 | Finished | 0 |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 11 | 53 | Finished | 0 |
| 13 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 19 | 53 | Finished | 0 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 16 | 53 | Finished | 0 |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 17 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 18 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 22 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 20 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 19 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 4 | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 21 | 37 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 24 | 32 | Vibrations | 0 |
| 22 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 5 | 18 | Spun off | 0 |
| 23 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 6 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| 24 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 13 | 0 | Collision | 0 |