2012 season/ Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan. Sun, 7 Oct 2012, 06:00. 53 laps.

Winner: VETRed Bull
Pole: VETRed Bull
Fastest lap: VET1:35.774

Weekend

Race

Felipe MassaFerrari+20.6392
Sebastian VettelRed Bull1:28:56.2421
Kamui KobayashiSASauber+24.5383

Overtakes

–

No overtake data

Biggest mover

MSC

+12 places, P23 to P11

Beat our forecast

–

No forecast for this race

Fastest Pit Stop

PET

14.250 s pit lane, lap 48

Fastest lap

VET

1:35.774, lap 52

DNFs

PIC, KAR, PER, ALO, ROS

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts	Stops	Fastest lap
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	53	1:28:56.242	25	2	1:35.774L52
2	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	10+8	53	+20.639	18	2	1:36.894L50
3	SAKOBKamui Kobayashi	SASauber	3	53	+24.538	15	2	1:36.679L52
4	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	8+4	53	+25.098	12	2	1:36.606L51
5	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	9+4	53	+46.490	10	2	1:37.760L45
6	LORAIKimi Räikkönen	LOLotus F1	7+1	53	+50.424	8	2	1:37.886L49
7	FIHULNico Hülkenberg	FIForce India	15+8	53	+51.159	6	2	1:37.938L46
8	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	12+4	53	+52.364	4	2	1:37.771L45
9	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	2-7	53	+54.675	2	2	1:37.128L49
10	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	14+4	53	+1:06.919	1	2	1:37.455L50
11	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	23+12	53	+1:07.769		2	1:36.942L43
12	FIDIRPaul di Resta	FIForce India	11-1	53	+1:23.460		2	1:37.535L48
13	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	19+6	53	+1:28.645		2	1:37.533L39
14	SENBruno Senna	Williams	16+2	53	+1:28.709		4	1:36.819L44
15	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	17+2	52	+1 Lap		2	1:38.043L52
16	MAGLOTimo Glock	MAMarussia	18+2	52	+1 Lap		2	1:38.756L48
17	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	22+5	52	+1 Lap		3	1:38.344L47
18	HRDLRPedro de la Rosa	HRHRT	20+2	52	+1 Lap		2	1:39.351L50
19	LOGRORomain Grosjean	LOLotus F1	4-15	51	+2 Laps		3	1:38.277L32
DNF	MAPICCharles Pic	MAMarussia	21	37	Engine		2	1:40.493L34
DNF	HRKARNarain Karthikeyan	HRHRT	24	32	Vibrations		1	1:41.388L21
DNF	SAPERSergio Pérez	SASauber	5	18	Spun off		1	1:38.983L17
DNF	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	6	0	Collision		0
DNF	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	13	0	Collision		0

Lap chart

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Table view

Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53
VET	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
MAS	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
KOB	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	7	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
BUT	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
HAM	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	3	3	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
RAI	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	11	9	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
HUL	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
MAL	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	5	4	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	4	4	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
WEB	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
RIC	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	6	5	5	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
MSC	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	16	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
DIR	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	17	17	17	16	15	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
VER	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	12	11	12	17	17	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
SEN	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	17	17	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
KOV	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	11	10	10	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
GLO	11	11	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	11	12	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
PET	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
DLR	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	20	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18
GRO	12	20	20	19	18	18	19	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	16	16	15	16	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
PIC	18	17	19	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	21	20	20	20	20	20
KAR	20	19	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20
PER	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	9	8	7

Fastest laps

Rank	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
0	Fernando Alonso			+0.000
0	Nico Rosberg			+0.000
1	Sebastian Vettel	52	1:35.774
2	Jenson Button	51	1:36.606	+1:36.606
3	SAKamui Kobayashi	52	1:36.679	+1:36.679
4	Bruno Senna	44	1:36.819	+1:36.819
5	Felipe Massa	50	1:36.894	+1:36.894
6	Michael Schumacher	43	1:36.942	+1:36.942
7	Mark Webber	49	1:37.128	+1:37.128
8	Daniel Ricciardo	50	1:37.455	+1:37.455

Pit stops

Lap	Driver	Stop	Pit lane time
1	SENBruno Senna	1	27.098
1	LOGROLORomain Grosjean	1	32.329
1	WEBMark Webber	1	32.462
7	LOGROLORomain Grosjean	2	29.793
13	BUTJenson Button	1	20.233
13	FIHULFINico Hülkenberg	1	21.007
13	LORAILOKimi Räikkönen	1	20.901
13	FIDIRFIPaul di Resta	1	21.063
14	SAKOBSAKamui Kobayashi	1	20.783
14	MAPICMACharles Pic	1	21.343
15	HRKARHRNarain Karthikeyan	1	23.227
15	SAPERSASergio Pérez	1	21.273
16	HAMLewis Hamilton	1	21.148
16	MALPastor Maldonado	1	21.361
16	SENBruno Senna	2	21.538
17	MASFelipe Massa	1	20.936
17	MSCMichael Schumacher	1	20.643
17	RICDaniel Ricciardo	1	21.944
17	HRDLRHRPedro de la Rosa	1	26.287
17	VETSebastian Vettel	1	20.508
18	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	1	22.816
18	VERJean-Éric Vergne	1	22.528
19	PETVitaly Petrov	1	21.368
20	MAGLOMATimo Glock	1	20.662
21	SENBruno Senna	3	14.608
22	LOGROLORomain Grosjean	3	21.143
26	WEBMark Webber	2	20.691
30	LORAILOKimi Räikkönen	2	21.222
31	HAMLewis Hamilton	2	19.794
31	FIHULFINico Hülkenberg	2	21.688
31	SAKOBSAKamui Kobayashi	2	20.762
31	MAPICMACharles Pic	2	42.505
32	FIDIRFIPaul di Resta	2	21.344
33	MALPastor Maldonado	2	21.118
34	RICDaniel Ricciardo	2	21.516
34	SENBruno Senna	4	21.520
35	BUTJenson Button	2	21.099
35	VERJean-Éric Vergne	2	21.431
36	MASFelipe Massa	2	20.778
36	MSCMichael Schumacher	2	20.379
36	HRDLRHRPedro de la Rosa	2	22.487
37	VETSebastian Vettel	2	20.346
40	MAGLOMATimo Glock	2	21.520
41	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	2	22.678
42	PETVitaly Petrov	2	21.367
48	PETVitaly Petrov	3	14.250