F1 2012: Japanese Grand Prix.

[Ferry_vO]

Vettel takes fourth consecutive japanese pole-position, with Webber second.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:32.608	1:31.501	1:30.839	11
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:32.951	1:31.950	1:31.090	15
3	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.077	1:31.772	1:31.290	14
4	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:32.042	1:31.886	1:31.700	16
5	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:32.029	1:31.988	1:31.898	20
6	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:32.147	1:32.169	1:32.022	20
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.459	1:31.833	1:32.114	17
8	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:32.221	1:31.826	1:32.208	18
9	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.061	1:32.121	1:32.327	17
10	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.828	1:32.272		12
11	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32.946	1:32.293		12
12	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.898	1:32.327		14
13	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:33.349	1:32.469		10
14	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:32.834	1:32.512		11
15	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33.015	1:32.625		16
16	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:33.059	1:32.954		14
17	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:33.370	1:33.368		14
18	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:33.405			8
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:34.657			6
20	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:35.213			8
21	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:35.385			6
22	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:35.429			8
23	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:35.432			8
24	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:36.734			6
		Q1 107% Time		1:38.471

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Note - Schumacher drops 10 grid spots for causing a collision at previous round; Button and Hulkenberg drop five for unscheduled gearbox changes; Vergne drops three for blocking Senna in Q1.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Vettel in a class of his own all weekend, Massa on the podium first the first time in two years, and Kobayashi also on the podium in third; only the third Japanese driver to do that, and in his own country!
Early exit for Alonso in turn two, after a puncture caused by Raikkonen. Grosjean involved in yet another incident, this time with Webber. Sebastian now only four points behind Alonso, with five races to go!

Results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	53	1:28:56.242	1	25
2	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	53	+20.6 secs	10	18
3	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	53	+24.5 secs	3	15
4	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+25.0 secs	8	12
5	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+46.4 secs	9	10
6	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	53	+50.4 secs	7	8
7	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	53	+51.1 secs	15	6
8	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	53	+52.3 secs	12	4
9	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	53	+54.6 secs	2	2
10	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	53	+66.9 secs	14	1
11	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	53	+67.7 secs	23
12	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	53	+83.4 secs	11
13	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	53	+88.6 secs	19
14	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	53	+88.7 secs	16
15	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	52	+1 Lap	17
16	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	52	+1 Lap	18
17	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	52	+1 Lap	22
18	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	52	+1 Lap	20
19	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	51	+2 Laps	4
Ret	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	37	+16 Laps	21
Ret	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	32	+21 Laps	24
Ret	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	18	+35 Laps	5
Ret	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	0	+53 Laps	6
Ret	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	0	+53 Laps	13

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Note - Schumacher dropped 10 grid spots for causing a collision at previous round; Button and Hulkenberg dropped five for unscheduled gearbox changes; Vergne dropped three for blocking Senna in Q1.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Drivers championship:

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	194
2	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing-Renault	190
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	157
4	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren-Mercedes	152
5	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing-Renault	134
6	Jenson Button	British	McLaren-Mercedes	131
7	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	93
8	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus-Renault	82
9	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	69
10	Sergio Perez	Mexican	Sauber-Ferrari	66
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Japanese	Sauber-Ferrari	50
12	Paul di Resta	British	Force India-Mercedes	44
13	Michael Schumacher	German	Mercedes	43
14	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Force India-Mercedes	37
15	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams-Renault	33
16	Bruno Senna	Brazilian	Williams-Renault	25
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	French	STR-Ferrari	8
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	STR-Ferrari	7
19	Timo Glock	German	Marussia-Cosworth	0
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	Caterham-Renault	0
21	Vitaly Petrov	Russian	Caterham-Renault	0
22	Jerome D'Ambrosio	Belgian	Lotus-Renault	0
23	Charles Pic	French	Marussia-Cosworth	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan	Indian	HRT-Cosworth	0
25	Pedro de la Rosa	Spanish	HRT-Cosworth	0

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[Ferry_vO]

Constructors' championship:

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull Racing-Renault	324
2	McLaren-Mercedes	283
3	Ferrari	263
4	Lotus-Renault	239
5	Mercedes	136
6	Sauber-Ferrari	116
7	Force India-Mercedes	81
8	Williams-Renault	58
9	STR-Ferrari	15
10	Marussia-Cosworth	0
11	Caterham-Renault	0
12	HRT-Cosworth	0

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[Panther_99FS]

I'm just glad that a guy didn't lose a podium finish to a technology that I hate...(DRS)...