2012 Japanese Grand Prix — full results and classification

2012 Japanese Grand Prix — full results and classification — Pit Lane Daily

Race

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Stops	Time / Status	Points
1	Sebastian VettelFL	Red Bull	1	2	1:28:56.242	25
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	10	2	+20.639	18
3	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	3	2	+24.538	15
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	8	2	+25.098	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	9	2	+46.490	10
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	7	2	+50.424	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	15	2	+51.159	6
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	2	+52.364	4
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull	2	2	+54.675	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	14	2	+1:06.919	1
11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	23	2	+1:07.769
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	2	+1:23.460
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	19	2	+1:28.645
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	16	4	+1:28.709
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	17	2	+1 Lap
16	Timo Glock	Marussia	18	2	+1 Lap
17	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	22	3	+1 Lap
18	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	20	2	+1 Lap
19	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	4	3	+2 Laps
—	Charles Pic	Marussia	21	2	Engine
—	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	24	1	Vibrations
—	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	5	1	Spun off
—	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	6	0	Collision
—	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	13	0	Collision

Pit stops

Fastest stop—Stationary times not recorded for this race

Quickest pit lane14.25sVitaly Petrov

Stops made46across the field

Driver	Lap	Stop	Pit lane
Vitaly Petrov	48	—	14.25s
Bruno Senna	21	—	14.61s
Lewis Hamilton	31	—	19.79s
Jenson Button	13	—	20.23s
Sebastian Vettel	37	—	20.35s
Michael Schumacher	36	—	20.38s
Sebastian Vettel	17	—	20.51s
Michael Schumacher	17	—	20.64s
Timo Glock	20	—	20.66s
Mark Webber	26	—	20.69s
Kamui Kobayashi	31	—	20.76s
Felipe Massa	36	—	20.78s
Kamui Kobayashi	14	—	20.78s
Kimi Räikkönen	13	—	20.90s
Felipe Massa	17	—	20.94s
Nico Hülkenberg	13	—	21.01s
Paul di Resta	13	—	21.06s
Jenson Button	35	—	21.10s
Pastor Maldonado	33	—	21.12s
Romain Grosjean	22	—	21.14s
Lewis Hamilton	16	—	21.15s
Kimi Räikkönen	30	—	21.22s
Sergio Pérez	15	—	21.27s
Charles Pic	14	—	21.34s
Paul di Resta	32	—	21.34s
Pastor Maldonado	16	—	21.36s
Vitaly Petrov	42	—	21.37s
Vitaly Petrov	19	—	21.37s
Jean-Éric Vergne	35	—	21.43s
Daniel Ricciardo	34	—	21.52s
Bruno Senna	34	—	21.52s
Timo Glock	40	—	21.52s
Bruno Senna	16	—	21.54s
Nico Hülkenberg	31	—	21.69s
Daniel Ricciardo	17	—	21.94s
Pedro de la Rosa	36	—	22.49s
Jean-Éric Vergne	18	—	22.53s
Heikki Kovalainen	41	—	22.68s
Heikki Kovalainen	18	—	22.82s
Narain Karthikeyan	15	—	23.23s
Pedro de la Rosa	17	—	26.29s
Bruno Senna	1	—	27.10s
Romain Grosjean	7	—	29.79s
Romain Grosjean	1	—	32.33s
Mark Webber	1	—	32.46s
Charles Pic	31	—	42.51s

Stop is the car stationary in its box — the figure the sport quotes — and is recorded only from 2024, incompletely. Pit lane is entry to exit, runs from 2011, and depends on the circuit as much as the crew.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:32.608	1:31.501	1:30.839
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:32.951	1:31.950	1:31.090
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:33.077	1:31.772	1:31.290
4	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:32.042	1:31.886	1:31.700
5	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:32.029	1:31.988	1:31.898
6	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:32.147	1:32.169	1:32.022
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.459	1:31.833	1:32.114
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1:32.221	1:31.826	1:32.208
9	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:33.061	1:32.121	1:32.327
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:32.828	1:32.272	—
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32.946	1:32.293	—
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:32.898	1:32.327	—
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:33.349	1:32.469	—
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:32.834	1:32.512	—
15	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33.015	1:32.625	—
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:33.059	1:32.954	—
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:33.370	1:33.368	—
18	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:33.405	—	—
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:34.657	—	—
20	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:35.213	—	—
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:35.385	—	—
22	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:35.429	—	—
23	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:35.432	—	—
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:36.734	—	—

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