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Annual Result - 2012 (Race 15)

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Pos.	Car	Grid	Driver	Const.	Engine	Laps	LIL	Time	Gap	Retirement	Avg. Speed	Pts.
1	1	1	Vettel, Sebastian	Red Bull	Renault	53	53	1:28:56.242	+ 00:00.000		207.430 km/h	25
2	6	10	Massa, Felipe	Ferrari	Ferrari	53		1:29:16.881	+ 00:20.639		206.631 km/h	18
3	14	3	Kobayashi, Kamui	Sauber	Ferrari	53		1:29:20.780	+ 00:24.538		206.480 km/h	15
4	3	8	Button, Jenson	McLaren	Mercedes	53		1:29:21.340	+ 00:25.098		206.459 km/h	12
5	4	9	Hamilton, Lewis	McLaren	Mercedes	53		1:29:42.732	+ 00:46.490		205.638 km/h	10
6	9	7	Räikkönen, Kimi	Lotus	Renault	53		1:29:46.666	+ 00:50.424		205.488 km/h	8
7	12	15	Hülkenberg, Nico	Force India	Mercedes	53		1:29:47.401	+ 00:51.159		205.460 km/h	6
8	18	12	Maldonado, Pastor	Williams	Renault	53		1:29:48.606	+ 00:52.364		205.414 km/h	4
9	2	2	Webber, Mark	Red Bull	Renault	53		1:29:50.917	+ 00:54.675		205.326 km/h	2
10	16	14	Ricciardo, Daniel	Toro Rosso	Ferrari	53		1:30:03.161	+ 01:06.919		204.861 km/h	1
11	7	23	Schumacher, Michael	Mercedes	Mercedes	53		1:30:04.011	+ 01:07.769		204.829 km/h
12	11	11	di Resta, Paul	Force India	Mercedes	53		1:30:19.702	+ 01:23.460		204.236 km/h
13	17	19	Vergne, Jean-Éric	Toro Rosso	Ferrari	53		1:30:24.887	+ 01:28.645		204.040 km/h
14	19	16	Senna, Bruno	Williams	Renault	53		1:30:24.951	+ 01:28.709		204.038 km/h
15	20	17	Kovalainen, Heikki	Caterham	Renault	52		1:29:36.107	+ 1 laps		202.003 km/h
16	24	18	Glock, Timo	Marussia	Cosworth	52		1:29:44.644	+ 1 laps		201.683 km/h
17	21	22	Petrov, Vitaly	Caterham	Renault	52		1:30:25.365	+ 1 laps		200.169 km/h
18	22	20	de la Rosa, Pedro	HRT	Cosworth	52		1:30:31.354	+ 1 laps		199.948 km/h
19	10	4	Grosjean, Romain	Lotus	Renault	51		1:27:33.328	+ 2 laps		202.745 km/h
DNF	25	21	Pic, Charles	Marussia	Cosworth	37				Air pressure
DNF	23	24	Karthikeyan, Narain	HRT	Cosworth	32				Safety concerns
DNF	15	5	Pérez Mendoza, Sergio	Sauber	Ferrari	18				Spun Off
DNF	5	6	Alonso, Fernando	Ferrari	Ferrari					Collision/Puncture
DNF	8	13	Rosberg, Nico	Mercedes	Mercedes					Collision

LIL: Laps in Lead

DNF: Did not finish DNS: Did not start NC: Not classified

Fastest Lap: Vettel, Sebastian - Time: 01:35.774 - Average Speed: 218.276km/h - Lap: 52

Penalties:

Grosjean, Romain (#10) - Stop & Go - 10 seconds - Caused avoidable collision
Senna, Bruno (#19) - Drive-through - Caused avoidable collision
Petrov, Vitaly (#21) - Drive-through - Ignored blue flags

Circuit	GP Hosted	Years	First GP Winner	Last GP Winner
Fuji Speedway	4	1976-1977; 2007-2008	1976 - Andretti, Mario (Lotus)	2008 - Alonso, Fernando (Renault)
Suzuka International Racing Course	24	1987-2006; 2009-2012	1987 - Berger, Gerhard (Ferrari)	2012 - Vettel, Sebastian (Red Bull)

Year ▼	Circuit	Location	Date	Laps	Lap Dist.	Race Dist.	Pole ▲	Winner	Fastest Lap
2013	Suzuka International Racing Course	Suzuka	Oct-13	53	5.807 km	307.471 km
2012	Suzuka International Racing Course	Suzuka	Oct-07	53	5.807 km	307.471 km	Vettel, Sebastian	Vettel, Sebastian	Vettel, Sebastian
2011	Suzuka International Racing Course	Suzuka	Oct-09	53	5.807 km	307.471 km	Vettel, Sebastian	Button, Jenson	Button, Jenson
2010	Suzuka International Racing Course	Suzuka	Oct-10	53	5.807 km	307.471 km	Vettel, Sebastian	Vettel, Sebastian	Webber, Mark
2009	Suzuka International Racing Course	Suzuka	Oct-04	53	5.807 km	307.573 km	Vettel, Sebastian	Vettel, Sebastian	Webber, Mark

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