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2012 Japanese Grand Prix

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Formula One race number 15 of 20
Sunday, October 7, 2012 at Suzuka Circuitland, Suzuka City, Japan
53 laps on a 5.807 kilometer road course (307.8 kilometers)

Time of race: 1:28:56.24
Average Speed: 207.43 kph
Pole Time: 90.839 seconds

Cautions: 1 for 2 laps
Margin of Victory: 20.639 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 0

Glossary 2012 Formula One results / 2012 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Status	Led
1	1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB8 / Renault RS27-2012	53	1:28:56.242	53
2	10	6	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari F2012 / Ferrari 056	53	+20.639	0
3	3	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber C31 / Ferrari 056	53	+24.538	0
4	8	3	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-27 / Mercedes FO 108Z	53	+25.098	0
5	9	4	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-27 / Mercedes FO 108Z	53	+46.490	0
6	7	9	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E20 / Renault RS27-2012	53	+50.424	0
7	15	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM05 / Mercedes FO 108Z	53	+51.159	0
8	12	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	Williams FW34 / Renault RS27-2012	53	+52.364	0
9	2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB8 / Renault RS27-2012	53	+54.675	0
10	14	16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR7 / Ferrari 056	53	+66.919	0
11	23	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes F1 W03 / Mercedes FO 108Z	53	+67.769	0
12	11	11	Paul Di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM05 / Mercedes FO 108Z	53	+83.460	0
13	19	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR7 / Ferrari 056	53	+88.645	0
14	16	19	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	Williams FW34 / Renault RS27-2012	53	+88.709	0
15	17	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham CT01 / Renault RS27-2012	52	+1 lap	0
16	18	24	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR01 / Cosworth CA2012	52	+1 lap	0
17	22	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham CT01 / Renault RS27-2012	52	+1 lap	0
18	20	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT F1 Team	HRT F112 / Cosworth CA2012	52	+1 lap	0
19	4	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E20 / Renault RS27-2012	51	withdrew	0
ret	21	25	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR01 / Cosworth CA2012	37	engine	0
ret	24	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT F1 Team	HRT F112 / Cosworth CA2012	32	handling	0
ret	5	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber C31 / Ferrari 056	18	spin	0
ret	6	5	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari F2012 / Ferrari 056	0	spin	0
ret	13	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes F1 W03 / Mercedes FO 108Z	0	crash	0

Fastest Lap: 218.276 kph by Sebastian Vettel

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2	#5,9,2,10,8,19 accident turns 1/2
	3	53	51
Percent of race run under caution: 3.8% Average green flag run: 51.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Sebastian Vettel	1	53	53

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Fernando Alonso	194
2	Sebastian Vettel	190	-4
3	Kimi Raikkonen	157	-37
4	Lewis Hamilton	152	-42
5	Mark Webber	134	-60
6	Jenson Button	131	-63
7	Nico Rosberg	93	-101
8	Romain Grosjean	82	-112
9	Felipe Massa	69	-125
10	Sergio Perez	66	-128
11	Kamui Kobayashi	50	-144
12	Paul Di Resta	44	-150
13	Michael Schumacher	43	-151
14	Nico Hulkenberg	37	-157
15	Pastor Maldonado	33	-161
16	Bruno Senna	25	-169
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	8	-186
18	Daniel Ricciardo	7	-187

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