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Japanese Grand Prix

2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Round 15 of 20Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 7 201253 laps

Podium

MASFerrari

VETRed Bull

KOBSauber

Key facts

WinnerVET1:28:56.242 from P1

PoleVET1:30.839

Fastest lapVET1:35.774 on lap 52

Pit stops46recorded stops

Finishers19 / 24classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	–	53	1:28:56.242	25	1:35.774	2
2	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	10	▲8	53	+20.639s	18	1:36.894	2
3	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	3	–	53	+24.538s	15	1:36.679	2
4	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	8	▲4	53	+25.098s	12	1:36.606	2
5	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	9	▲4	53	+46.490s	10	1:37.760	2
6	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus	7	▲1	53	+50.424s	8	1:37.886	2
7	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	15	▲8	53	+51.159s	6	1:37.938	2
8	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	12	▲4	53	+52.364s	4	1:37.771	2
9	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	2	▼7	53	+54.675s	2	1:37.128	2
10	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	14	▲4	53	+66.919s	1	1:37.455	2
11	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	23	▲12	53	+67.769s		1:36.942	2
12	DIRPaul Di Resta	Force India	11	▼1	53	+83.460s		1:37.535	2
13	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	19	▲6	53	+88.645s		1:37.533	2
14	SENBruno Senna	Williams	16	▲2	53	+88.709s		1:36.819	4
15	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	17	▲2	52	+1 lap		1:38.043	2
16	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	18	▲2	52	+1 lap		1:38.756	2
17	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	22	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:38.344	3
18	DLRPedro De la Rosa	HRT	20	▲2	52	+1 lap		1:39.351	2
19	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	4	▼15	51	+2 laps		1:38.277	3
DNF	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	21		37	Engine		1:40.493	2
DNF	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	24		32	Vibrations		1:41.388	1
DNF	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	5		18	Spun off		1:38.983	1
DNF	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	6		0	Collision		–
DNF	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	13		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	PET	48	14.3s
2	SEN	21	14.6s
3	HAM	31	19.8s
4	BUT	13	20.2s
5	VET	37	20.3s
6	MSC	36	20.4s
7	VET	17	20.5s
8	MSC	17	20.6s
9	GLO	20	20.7s
10	WEB	26	20.7s
11	KOB	31	20.8s
12	MAS	36	20.8s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 46 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:32.608	1:31.501	1:30.839
2	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:32.951	1:31.950	1:31.090	+0.251s
3	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	1:33.077	1:31.772	1:31.290	+0.451s
4	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:32.042	1:31.886	1:31.700	+0.861s
5	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	1:32.029	1:31.988	1:31.898	+1.059s
6	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	1:32.147	1:32.169	1:32.022	+1.183s
7	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.459	1:31.833	1:32.114	+1.275s
8	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:32.221	1:31.826	1:32.208	+1.369s
9	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:33.061	1:32.121	1:32.327	+1.488s
10	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:32.828	1:32.272	–	+1.433s
11	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32.946	1:32.293	–	+1.454s
12	DIRPaul Di Resta	Force India	1:32.898	1:32.327	–	+1.488s
13	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:33.349	1:32.469	–	+1.630s
14	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	1:32.834	1:32.512	–	+1.673s
15	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33.015	1:32.625	–	+1.786s
16	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:33.059	1:32.954	–	+2.115s
17	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:33.370	1:33.368	–	+2.529s
18	SENBruno Senna	Williams	1:33.405	–	–	+2.566s
19	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:34.657	–	–	+3.818s
20	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	1:35.213	–	–	+4.374s
21	DLRPedro De la Rosa	HRT	1:35.385	–	–	+4.546s
22	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	1:35.429	–	–	+4.590s
23	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:35.432	–	–	+4.593s
24	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:36.734	–	–	+5.895s

Suzuka Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2012. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2011	Jenson Button	McLaren
2010	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2009	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2005	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2003	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari

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