Vettel vence no Japão
2012 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 53 | 1:28:56.242 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 53 | +20.6 secs | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 53 | +24.5 secs | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | +25.0 secs | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | +46.4 secs | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 53 | +50.4 secs | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | +51.1 secs | 15 | 6 |
| 8 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 53 | +52.3 secs | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 53 | +54.6 secs | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 53 | +66.9 secs | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 53 | +67.7 secs | 23 | |
| 12 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | +83.4 secs | 11 | |
| 13 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 53 | +88.6 secs | 19 | |
| 14 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 53 | +88.7 secs | 16 | |
| 15 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 52 | +1 Lap | 17 | |
| 16 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 52 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
| 17 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 52 | +1 Lap | 22 | |
| 18 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 52 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 19 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 51 | Retired | 4 | |
| Ret | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 37 | Engine | 21 | |
| Ret | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 32 | Retired | 24 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 18 | Spin | 5 | |
| Ret | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 0 | Accident | 13 |
Note – Schumacher dropped 10 grid spots for causing a collision at previous round; Button and Hulkenberg dropped five for unscheduled gearbox changes; Vergne dropped three for blocking Senna in Q1.
hree for blocking Senna in Q1.
