2012 Season/Races

Japanese Grand Prix

Round 15 · Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan

2012-10-07

Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	—	1:28:56.242	Finished	25
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	10	▲8	+20.639	Finished	18
3	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	3	—	+24.538	Finished	15
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	8	▲4	+25.098	Finished	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	9	▲4	+46.490	Finished	10
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	7	▲1	+50.424	Finished	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	15	▲8	+51.159	Finished	6
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	▲4	+52.364	Finished	4
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull	2	▼7	+54.675	Finished	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	14	▲4	+1:06.919	Finished	1
11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	23	▲12	+1:07.769	Finished	0
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	▼1	+1:23.460	Finished	0
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	19	▲6	+1:28.645	Finished	0
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	16	▲2	+1:28.709	Finished	0
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	17	▲2	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Timo Glock	Marussia	18	▲2	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	22	▲5	—	+1 Lap	0
18	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	20	▲2	—	+1 Lap	0
19	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	4	▼15	—	+2 Laps	0
R	Charles Pic	Marussia	21	—	—	Engine	0
R	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	24	—	—	Vibrations	0
R	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	5	—	—	Spun off	0
R	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	6	—	—	Collision	0
R	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	13	—	—	Collision	0

Qualifying

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

Pit Stop Strategy

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Lap 1

Lap 53

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	Final
Vettel	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Massa	P4	P4	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Kobayashi	P2	P2	P7	P3	P3	P3	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3
Button	P3	P3	P8	P4	P4	P4	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4
Hamilton	P6	P7	P3	P6	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Romain Grosjean	1	1	15:05:37	32.329
Bruno Senna	1	1	15:05:49	27.098
Mark Webber	1	1	15:06:19	32.462
Romain Grosjean	2	7	15:16:52	29.793
Jenson Button	1	13	15:26:28	20.233
Kimi Räikkönen	1	13	15:26:35	20.901
Nico Hülkenberg	1	13	15:26:38	21.007
Paul di Resta	1	13	15:26:54	21.063
Kamui Kobayashi	1	14	15:28:06	20.783
Charles Pic	1	14	15:29:02	21.343
Sergio Pérez	1	15	15:29:58	21.273
Narain Karthikeyan	1	15	15:30:44	23.227
Lewis Hamilton	1	16	15:31:39	21.148
Pastor Maldonado	1	16	15:31:44	21.361
Bruno Senna	2	16	15:32:04	21.538
Sebastian Vettel	1	17	15:32:58	20.508
Felipe Massa	1	17	15:33:08	20.936
Daniel Ricciardo	1	17	15:33:31	21.944
Michael Schumacher	1	17	15:33:45	20.643
Pedro de la Rosa	1	17	15:34:08	26.287
Heikki Kovalainen	1	18	15:35:26	22.816
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	18	15:35:28	22.528
Vitaly Petrov	1	19	15:37:33	21.368
Timo Glock	1	20	15:39:00	20.662
Bruno Senna	3	21	15:40:44	14.608
Romain Grosjean	3	22	15:42:35	21.143
Mark Webber	2	26	15:48:48	20.691
Kimi Räikkönen	2	30	15:55:12	21.222
Kamui Kobayashi	2	31	15:56:42	20.762
Lewis Hamilton	2	31	15:56:51	19.794
Nico Hülkenberg	2	31	15:56:55	21.688
Charles Pic	2	31	15:58:08	42.505
Paul di Resta	2	32	15:59:02	21.344
Pastor Maldonado	2	33	16:00:13	21.118
Daniel Ricciardo	2	34	16:02:03	21.516
Bruno Senna	4	34	16:02:29	21.520
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	35	16:04:02	21.431
Jenson Button	2	35	16:03:20	21.099
Michael Schumacher	2	36	16:05:33	20.379
Pedro de la Rosa	2	36	16:06:51	22.487
Felipe Massa	2	36	16:04:50	20.778
Sebastian Vettel	2	37	16:06:11	20.346
Timo Glock	2	40	16:12:57	21.520
Heikki Kovalainen	2	41	16:14:28	22.678
Vitaly Petrov	2	42	16:16:46	21.367
Vitaly Petrov	3	48	16:27:04	14.250