Round 15 · 7 October 2012
2012 Japanese Grand Prix: results
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) won the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix, round 15 of the championship, held on 7 October 2012 at Suzuka Circuit (Japan), starting from position 1. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) and Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Sebastian Vettel (—).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 1:28:56.242 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 10 | +20.639 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 3 | +24.538 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 8 | +25.098 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 9 | +46.490 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 7 | +50.424 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 15 | +51.159 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 12 | +52.364 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 2 | +54.675 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 14 | +66.919 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 23 | +67.769 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 11 | +83.460 s | — | Finished |
| 13 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 19 | +88.645 s | — | Finished |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 16 | +88.709 s | — | Finished |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 17 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 18 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 22 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 20 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 19 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 4 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 21 | — | — | Engine |
| 21 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 24 | — | — | Vibrations |
| 22 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 5 | — | — | Spun off |
| 23 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 6 | — | — | Collision |
| 24 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 13 | — | — | Collision |