- Winner
- Sebastian Vettel
- Team
- Red Bull
- Top listed
- Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa, and Kamui Kobayashi
- Race date
- October 7, 2012
- Pole
- Sebastian Vettel
- Fastest lap
- Sebastian Vettel
- Classified drivers
- 24
- Circuit
- Suzuka Circuit
The decisive result
Sebastian Vettel finished first for Red Bull. Felipe Massa is listed 2 for Ferrari, with Kamui Kobayashi 3 for Sauber.
Grid to finish
Michael Schumacher from P23 to P11 (+12), Felipe Massa from P10 to P2 (+8), and Nico Hülkenberg from P15 to P7 (+8) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Sebastian Vettel started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 14 Finished, 4 +1 lap, 2 Collision, 1 Engine, and 1 Gearbox. Sebastian Vettel holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:35.774 on lap 52. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.