November 16-18, 2012 Circuit of the Americas | Total laps 56 | Lap distance 5.500 km | Race distance 308.000 km
Coverage | Report | Articles (90) | Photos (486) | Galleries (3) | Championship standings | 2012 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Pits | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 25 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 5.000000.269 | 1 | 2 | 5.000000.766 | ||||
| 2 | 18 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel (GER) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 5.000000.944 | +0.000 | 1 | 1 | 5.000000.657 | 1 | 9.000000.347 | (56) |
| 3 | 15 | 5 | Fernando Alonso (ESP) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 4.000000.498 | +9.000000.229 | 1 | 7 | 7.000000.300 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 6 | Felipe Massa (BRA) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1.000000.282 | +6.000000.013 | 1 | 11 | 6.000000.937 | |||
| 5 | 10 | 3 | Jenson Button (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 1.000000.701 | +6.000000.432 | 1 | 12 | 7.000000.616 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 9.000000.694 | +4.000000.425 | 1 | 4 | 6.000000.708 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 10 | Romain Grosjean (FRA) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 5.000000.582 | +0.000 | 1 | 8 | 6.000000.587 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg (GER) | Racing Point VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 9.000000.061 | +3.000000.792 | 1 | 6 | 7.000000.141 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado (VEN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 9.000000.794 | +4.000000.525 | 1 | 9 | 7.000000.842 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 19 | Bruno Senna (BRA) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 0.000 | +5.000000.133 | 1 | 10 | 7.000000.604 | |||
| 11 | 15 | Sergio Perez (MEX) | Alfa Romeo C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 9.000000.610 | +4.000000.341 | 1 | 15 | 8.000000.206 | ||||
| 12 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 0.000 | +4.000000.871 | 1 | 18 | 9.000000.114 | ||||
| 13 | 8 | Nico Rosberg (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 0.000 | +5.000000.510 | 1 | 17 | 8.000000.501 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) | Alfa Romeo C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 1 | 16 | 8.000000.437 | |||||
| 15 | 11 | Paul di Resta (GBR) | Racing Point VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 2 | 13 | 7.000000.665 | |||||
| 16 | 7 | Michael Schumacher (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 2 | 5 | 6.000000.794 | |||||
| 17 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov (RUS) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 1 | 21 | 0.000 | |||||
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 1 | 22 | 1.000000.166 | |||||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock (GER) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 1 | 19 | 0.000 | |||||
| 20 | 25 | Charles Pic (FRA) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 54 | +2 laps | 1 | 20 | 0.000 | |||||
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 54 | +2 laps | 1 | 23 | 2.000000.011 | |||||
| 22 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan (IND) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 54 | +2 laps | 1 | 24 | 2.000000.740 | |||||
| Retirement | |||||||||||||||
| alternator | 2 | Mark Webber (AUS) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6.000000.174 | ||||||
| suspension | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne (FRA) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7.000000.879 | ||||||
| Free practice | |||||||||||||||
| -- | 23 | Qing Hua Ma (CHN) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | ||||||||||
