October 5-7, 2012 Suzuka Circuit | Total laps 53 | Lap distance 5.807 km | Race distance 307.771 km
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| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Pits | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 25 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel (GER) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 53 | 1:28'56.242 | 1 | 1'30.839 | 1 | 1'35.774 | (52) | ||
| 2 | 18 | 6 | Felipe Massa (BRA) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 53 | 1:29'16.881 | +20.639 | 10 | 1'32.293 | ||||
| 3 | 15 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) | Sauber C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 53 | 1:29'20.780 | +24.538 | 3 | 1'31.700 | ||||
| 4 | 12 | 3 | Jenson Button (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 53 | 1:29'21.340 | +25.098 | 8 | 1'31.290 | ||||
| 5 | 10 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 53 | 1:29'42.732 | +46.490 | 9 | 1'32.327 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 53 | 1:29'46.666 | +50.424 | 7 | 1'32.208 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg (GER) | Force India VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 53 | 1:29'47.401 | +51.159 | 15 | - | ||||
| 8 | 4 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado (VEN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 53 | 1:29'48.606 | +52.364 | 12 | 1'32.512 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Mark Webber (AUS) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 53 | 1:29'50.917 | +54.675 | 2 | 1'31.090 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 53 | 1:30'03.161 | +1'06.919 | 14 | 1'32.954 | ||||
| 11 | 7 | Michael Schumacher (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 53 | 1:30'04.011 | +1'07.769 | 23 | 1'32.469 | |||||
| 12 | 11 | Paul di Resta (GBR) | Force India VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 53 | 1:30'19.702 | +1'23.460 | 11 | 1'32.327 | |||||
| 13 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne (FRA) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 53 | 1:30'24.887 | +1'28.645 | 19 | 1'33.368 | |||||
| 14 | 19 | Bruno Senna (BRA) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 53 | 1:30'24.951 | +1'28.709 | 16 | 1'33.405 | |||||
| 15 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 52 | +1 lap | 17 | 1'34.657 | ||||||
| 16 | 24 | Timo Glock (GER) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 52 | +1 lap | 18 | 1'35.213 | ||||||
| 17 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov (RUS) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 52 | +1 lap | 22 | 1'35.432 | ||||||
| 18 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 52 | +1 lap | 20 | 1'35.385 | ||||||
| 19 | 10 | Romain Grosjean (FRA) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 51 | +2 laps | 4 | 1'31.898 | ||||||
| Retirement | |||||||||||||||
| engine | 25 | Charles Pic (FRA) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 37 | 21 | 1'35.429 | |||||||
| withdrew | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan (IND) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 31 | 24 | 1'36.734 | |||||||
| spun off | 15 | Sergio Perez (MEX) | Sauber C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 18 | 5 | 1'32.022 | |||||||
| puncture | 5 | Fernando Alonso (ESP) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 0 | 6 | 1'32.114 | |||||||
| collision | 8 | Nico Rosberg (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 0 | 13 | 1'32.625 | |||||||
| Free practice | |||||||||||||||
| -- | 12 | Giedo van der Garde (NED) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | ||||||||||
| -- | 127 | Valtteri Bottas (FIN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | ||||||||||
