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 | 1:35'55.269 | 1 | 2 | 1'35.766 | ||||
| 2 | 18 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel (GER) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:35'55.944 | +0.675 | 1 | 1 | 1'35.657 | 1 | 1'39.347 | (56) |
| 3 | 15 | 5 | Fernando Alonso (ESP) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36'34.498 | +39.229 | 1 | 7 | 1'37.300 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 6 | Felipe Massa (BRA) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36'41.282 | +46.013 | 1 | 11 | 1'36.937 | |||
| 5 | 10 | 3 | Jenson Button (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36'51.701 | +56.432 | 1 | 12 | 1'37.616 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36'59.694 | +1'04.425 | 1 | 4 | 1'36.708 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 10 | Romain Grosjean (FRA) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'05.582 | +1'10.313 | 1 | 8 | 1'36.587 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg (GER) | Racing Point VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'09.061 | +1'13.792 | 1 | 6 | 1'37.141 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado (VEN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'09.794 | +1'14.525 | 1 | 9 | 1'37.842 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 19 | Bruno Senna (BRA) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'10.402 | +1'15.133 | 1 | 10 | 1'37.604 | |||
| 11 | 15 | Sergio Perez (MEX) | Alfa Romeo C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'19.610 | +1'24.341 | 1 | 15 | 1'38.206 | ||||
| 12 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'20.140 | +1'24.871 | 1 | 18 | 1'39.114 | ||||
| 13 | 8 | Nico Rosberg (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'20.779 | +1'25.510 | 1 | 17 | 1'38.501 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) | Alfa Romeo C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 1 | 16 | 1'38.437 | |||||
| 15 | 11 | Paul di Resta (GBR) | Racing Point VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 2 | 13 | 1'37.665 | |||||
| 16 | 7 | Michael Schumacher (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 2 | 5 | 1'36.794 | |||||
| 17 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov (RUS) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 1 | 21 | 1'40.809 | |||||
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 1 | 22 | 1'41.166 | |||||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock (GER) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 1 | 19 | 1'40.056 | |||||
| 20 | 25 | Charles Pic (FRA) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 54 | +2 laps | 1 | 20 | 1'40.664 | |||||
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 54 | +2 laps | 1 | 23 | 1'42.011 | |||||
| 22 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan (IND) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 54 | +2 laps | 1 | 24 | 1'42.740 | |||||
| Retirement | |||||||||||||||
| alternator | 2 | Mark Webber (AUS) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1'36.174 | ||||||
| suspension | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne (FRA) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1'37.879 | ||||||
| Free practice | |||||||||||||||
| -- | 23 | Qing Hua Ma (CHN) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | ||||||||||
