Home

2012 Season
o  Season Overview
o  Points Graph
o  Drivers' Championship
o  Constructors' Championship
o  Participations Matrix
o  Race Results
o  Poles and Fastest Laps
o  Line-Up
o  Calendar

Profiles
o  Drivers
o  Teams
o  Cars
o  Engines
o  Tyres
o  Lubricants
o  Entrants
o  Designers
o  Car Numbers
o  Sponsors
o  Events
o  Circuits

History
o  Drivers' Championships
o  Constructors' Championships
o  Race Results
o  All-Time Calendar

Statistics
o  Data Search

Other
o  Acknowledgments
o  Links
www.ChicaneF1.com
2012 Singapore GP
2011 Japanese GP

2012 Japanese GP
2012 Korean GP
2013 Japanese GP
 XXXVIII  Japanese Grand Prix

Event Overview • Sessions • Entry List • Penalties
Qualifying Session 1 • Session 2 • Session 3 • Overall
Race Starting Grid • Classification • Lap by Lap • Fastest Laps • Laps Led • Pit Stops

Details
DateSunday 7 October 2012
Start time15:00
Event Japanese GP
Circuit Suzuka
Event FormatRace of 53 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#15 of 20 in 2012
#873 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps53
Circuit Perimeter5807 m
Race Distance5807 × 53 − 300 = 307.471 km
Grid Format2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole PositionLeft
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Participants
Entries24
Qualifiers24
Finishers19
Pit stops46
DebutantsNone
Records Broken 1. Most 17th Place Finishes in a Season –  Caterham (6),
2. Most 24th Place Qualifications –  Narain Karthikeyan (12)
Records Extended 1. Most Podium Finishes –  Ferrari (674),
2. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores –  Ferrari (1038),
3. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores –  Ferrari (906),
4. Most 2nd Place Finishes –  Ferrari (241),
5. Highest 2nd Place Finish Ratio –  Ferrari (12.60%),
6. Most Race Entries –  Ferrari (1912),
7. Most 7th Place Qualifications –  Ferrari (115),
8. Most 19th Place Qualifications –  Heikki Kovalainen (24),
9. Most 24th Place Qualifications in a Season –  Narain Karthikeyan (9)

World Championship standings
1  Fernando Alonso 194 
2  Sebastian Vettel 190 
3  Kimi Räikkönen 157 
4  Lewis Hamilton 152 
5  Mark Webber 134 
6  Jenson Button 131 
7  Nico Rosberg 93 
8  Romain Grosjean 82 
9  Felipe Massa 69 up
10  Sergio Pérez 66 up
11  Kamui Kobayashi 50 up
12  Paul di Resta 44 up
13  Michael Schumacher 43 up
14  Nico Hülkenberg 37 
15  Pastor Maldonado 33 
16  Bruno Senna 25 
17  Jean-Éric Vergne 8 
18  Daniel Ricciardo 7 
1  Red Bull / Renault 324 
2  McLaren / Mercedes 283 
3  Ferrari / Ferrari 263 
4  Lotus / Renault 239 
5  Mercedes / Mercedes 136 
6  Sauber / Ferrari 116 
7  Force India / Mercedes 81 
8  Williams / Renault 58 
9  Toro Rosso / Ferrari 15 

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 1Car 1Car 1
EntrantRed Bull RacingRed Bull RacingRed Bull Racing
Driver Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel
Car Red Bull RB8 Red Bull RB8 Red Bull RB8
EngineRenault RS27-2012Renault RS27-2012Renault RS27-2012
Time1:28'56.2421'30.8391'35.774
Speed207.430 km/h230.135 km/h218.276 km/h

Podium
 RecipientTrophy Presented By
Winner Sebastian VettelMr. Yuichiro HataMinister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
2nd Place Felipe MassaMr. Eikei SuzukiGovernor of Mie Prefecture
3rd Place Kamui KobayashiMr. Nanao OguriPresident of Japan Automobile Federation
Winning ConstructorRed Bull (represented by Paul Monaghan)Mrs. Noriko SuematsuMayor of Suzuka


ChicaneF1.com Copyright © 1997–2025 Jonathan Davies