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2012 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
| Pos | Nr | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyre | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Sebastian Vettel |
 Red Bull Racing RB8 [04] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.608 | 01:31.501 | 01:30.839 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing RB8 [03] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.951 | 01:31.950 | 01:31.090 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 |  Jenson Button |
McLaren MP4-27 [03] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:33.077 | 01:31.772 | 01:31.290 | 14 |
| 4 | 14 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
 Sauber C31 [04] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.042 | 01:31.886 | 01:31.700 | 16 |
| 5 | 10 |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus E20 [03] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.029 | 01:31.988 | 01:31.898 | 20 |
| 6 | 15 |  Sergio Pérez |
Sauber C31 [03] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.147 | 01:32.169 | 01:32.022 | 20 |
| 7 | 5 |  Fernando Alonso |
 Ferrari F2012 [295] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.459 | 01:31.833 | 01:32.114 | 17 |
| 8 | 9 |  Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus E20 [05] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.221 | 01:31.826 | 01:32.208 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren MP4-27 [04] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:33.061 | 01:32.121 | 01:32.327 | 17 |
| 10 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg |
 Force India VJM05 [03] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.828 | 01:32.272 | No time | 12 |
| 11 | 6 |  Felipe Massa |
Ferrari F2012 [294] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.946 | 01:32.293 | 12 |
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| 12 | 11 | Paul di Resta |
Force India VJM05 [02] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.898 | 01:32.327 | 14 |
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| 13 | 7 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes F1 W03 [09] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:33.349 | 01:32.469 | 10 |
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| 14 | 18 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams FW34 [04] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:32.834 | 01:32.512 | 11 |
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| 15 | 8 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes F1 W03 [07] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:33.015 | 01:32.625 | 16 |
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| 16 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso STR7 [04] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:33.059 | 01:32.954 | 14 |
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| 17 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso STR7 [03] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:33.370 | 01:33.368 | 14 |
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| 18 | 19 | Bruno Senna |
Williams FW34 [03] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:33.405 | 8 |
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| 19 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen |
 Caterham CT01 [3] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.657 | 6 |
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| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock |
 Marussia MR01 [01] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:35.213 | 8 |
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| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT F112 [02] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:35.385 | 6 |
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| 22 | 25 | Charles Pic |
Marussia MR01 [03] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:35.429 | 8 |
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| 23 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham CT01 [2] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:35.432 | 8 |
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| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT F112 [03] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:36.734 | 6 |
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| Schumacher drops 10 grid spots for causing a collision at the previous round; Button and Hulkenberg drop five for unscheduled gearbox changes; Vergne drops three for blocking Senna in Q1. | |||||||||
| Official Name | 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix |
|---|---|
| Circuit | Suzuka |
| Date | October 7 |
| Pole | Sebastian Vettel 01:30.839 |
| Fastest Lap | Sebastian Vettel 01:35.774 |
| Podium | 1st Sebastian Vettel (53) , 2nd Felipe Massa, 3rd Kamui Kobayashi |
| GP Number | 873 |
| Round | 15 |
| Weather | Sunny |
| Prev race | Singapore Grand Prix September 23 |
| Next race | Korean Grand Prix October 14 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari | 194 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 190 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus | 157 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren | 152 |
| 5 | Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing | 134 |
| 6 | Jenson Button |
McLaren | 131 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes | 93 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean |
Lotus | 82 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa |
Ferrari | 69 |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez |
Sauber | 66 |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber | 50 |
| 12 | Paul di Resta |
Force India | 44 |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes | 43 |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India | 37 |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado |
Williams | 33 |
| 16 | Bruno Senna |
Williams | 25 |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso | 8 |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso | 7 |
| 19 | Timo Glock |
Marussia | 0 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen |
Caterham | 0 |
| 21 | Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham | 0 |
| 22 |  Jérôme d’Ambrosio |
Lotus | 0 |
| 23 | Charles Pic |
Marussia | 0 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT | 0 |
| 25 | Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Engine | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Racing |
Renault | 324 |
| 2 | McLaren |
Mercedes | 283 |
| 3 | Ferrari |
Ferrari | 263 |
| 4 | Lotus |
Renault | 239 |
| 5 | Mercedes |
Mercedes | 136 |
| 6 | Sauber |
Ferrari | 116 |
| 7 | Force India |
Mercedes | 81 |
| 8 | Williams |
Renault | 58 |
| 9 | Toro Rosso |
Ferrari | 15 |
| 10 | Marussia |
Cosworth | 0 |
| 11 | Caterham |
Renault | 0 |
| 12 | HRT |
Cosworth | 0 |