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2012 Japanese Grand Prix qualifying results Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (307.771 kilometers) Time of race: 1:28:56.242 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

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Time (seconds) Speed (km/hr) 1   Sebastian Vettel 1 1:30.839   230.135   2   Mark Webber 2 1:31.090   229.500   3   Jenson Button 3 1:31.290   228.998   4   Kamui Kobayashi 14 1:31.700   227.974   5   Romain Grosjean 10 1:31.898   227.483   6   Sergio Perez 15 1:32.022   227.176   7   Fernando Alonso 5 1:32.114   226.949   8   Kimi Raikkonen 9 1:32.208   226.718   9   Lewis Hamilton 4 1:32.327   226.426   10   Nico Hulkenberg 12 -----   -----   11   Felipe Massa 6 1:32.293   226.509   12   Paul Di Resta 11 1:32.327   226.426   13   Michael Schumacher 7 1:32.469   226.078   14   Pastor Maldonado 18 1:32.512   225.973   15   Nico Rosberg 8 1:32.625   225.697   16   Daniel Ricciardo 16 1:32.954   224.898   17   Jean-Eric Vergne 17 1:33.368   223.901   18   Bruno Senna 19 1:33.405   223.812   19   Heikki Kovalainen 20 1:34.657   220.852   20   Timo Glock 24 1:35.213   219.562   21   Pedro de la Rosa 22 1:35.385   219.167   22   Charles Pic 25 1:35.429   219.065   23   Vitaly Petrov 21 1:35.432   219.059   24   Narain Karthikeyan 23 1:36.734   216.110   Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   not available