| Pos | Driver | Team | No | Time | Start | Laps | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 1:28:56.242 | 1 | 53 | 25 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa |  Ferrari | 6 | +20.639 | 10 | 53 | 18 |
| 3 |  Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 14 | +24.538 | 3 | 53 | 15 |
| 4 | Jenson Button |  McLaren | 3 | +25.098 | 8 | 53 | 12 |
| 5 |  Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 4 | +46.490 | 9 | 53 | 10 |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 9 | +50.424 | 7 | 53 | 8 |
| 7 |  Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 12 | +51.159 | 15 | 53 | 6 |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado |  Williams | 18 | +52.364 | 12 | 53 | 4 |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 2 | +54.675 | 2 | 53 | 2 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 16 | +1:06.919 | 14 | 53 | 1 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher |  Mercedes | 7 | +1:07.769 | 23 | 53 | 0 |
| 12 |  Paul di Resta | Force India | 11 | +1:23.460 | 11 | 53 | 0 |
| 13 |  Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 17 | +1:28.645 | 19 | 53 | 0 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 19 | +1:28.709 | 16 | 53 | 0 |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 20 | 17 | 52 | 0 | |
| 16 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 24 | 18 | 52 | 0 | |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 21 | 22 | 52 | 0 | |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | 20 | 52 | 0 | |
| 19 |  Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 0 | |
| R | Charles Pic | Marussia | 25 | 21 | 37 | 0 | |
| R | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | 24 | 32 | 0 | |
| R |  Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 15 | 5 | 18 | 0 | |
| R |  Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| R | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Japanese Grand Prix 2012 — Race
Japanese Grand Prix 2012-Race
