2012 Japanese Grand Prix lap charts

Felipe Massa’s run to second place showed that the much-maligned Ferrari F2012 had strong race pace.

He was able to stay out longer than Kamui Kobayashi and Jenson Button during the first stint and move up to second place.

Kobayashi dropped back around half-distance when his tyres started to go off leaving Massa to claim his first podium finish since the 2010 Korean Grand Prix.

Japanese Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2012drivercolours.csv

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mark Webber	2	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Kamui Kobayashi	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	7	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Romain Grosjean	4	12	20	20	19	18	18	19	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	16	16	15	16	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sergio Perez	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	9	8	7
Fernando Alonso	6
Kimi Raikkonen	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	11	9	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Jenson Button	8	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Lewis Hamilton	9	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	3	3	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Felipe Massa	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Paul di Resta	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	17	17	17	16	15	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Pastor Maldonado	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	5	4	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	4	4	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Nico Rosberg	13
Daniel Ricciardo	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	6	5	5	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Nico Hulkenberg	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Bruno Senna	16	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	17	17	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Heikki Kovalainen	17	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	11	10	10	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Timo Glock	18	11	11	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	11	12	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
Jean-Eric Vergne	19	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	12	11	12	17	17	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Pedro de la Rosa	20	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	20	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18
Charles Pic	21	18	17	19	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	21	20	20	20	20	20
Vitaly Petrov	22	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Michael Schumacher	23	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	16	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Narain Karthikeyan	24	20	19	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20

Japanese Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2012drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53
Sebastian Vettel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Webber	55.87	27.6	28.371	29.797	30.895	32.65	34.883	36.863	38.792	41.212	44.512	46.974	48.288	49.112	50.301	50.354	48.883	33.098	34.137	34.748	35.589	36.929	38.058	38.921	39.988	43.069	60.313	60.996	61.555	62.673	63.081	64.265	65.237	66.055	66.135	65.845	64.603	47.752	49.136	50.119	50.662	50.905	51.446	52.09	52.423	53.46	53.559	53.464	53.63	53.816	53.854	55.348	54.675
Kamui Kobayashi	1.582	1.391	1.916	2.783	3.009	3.578	4.166	4.79	5.45	6.231	6.852	7.486	7.922	10.098	28.742	30.068	29.483	12.369	12.466	12.403	12.648	13.192	13.345	13.596	14.593	15.419	16.725	18.259	19.281	20.643	23.827	40.601	40.76	40.732	40.571	39.916	38.378	21.049	22.154	22.337	22.699	23.114	23.713	24.039	24.39	25.656	25.24	24.862	24.888	24.858	24.447	25.352	24.538
Romain Grosjean	13.556	9.828	16.014	20.044	23.368	25.377	31.345	59.379	61.042	62.523	63.638	64.341	64.989	65.507	66.953	66.619	67.113	52.732	56.716	57.799	59.637	65.093	81.927	81.709	83.78	83.514	83.427	83.586	84.81	84.655	84.006	84.322	86.661	88.939	90.755	90.307	88.438	71.633	73.502	75.099	77.516	79.233	81.299	82.852	84.941	88.305	90.196	92.316	95.395	101.58	111.121
Sergio Perez	6.929	3.025	5.832	7.807	8.905	9.735	10.176	10.89	11.681	12.341	13.496	15.021	16.829	17.273	22.528	41.18	38.354	21.196
Fernando Alonso
Kimi Raikkonen	6.385	2.896	4.337	5.248	5.807	6.695	7.671	8.797	10.167	11.411	12.677	14.523	18.299	38.135	38.581	38.41	36.357	19.665	20.387	20.608	21.408	22.644	23.286	23.893	24.847	25.762	26.738	27.754	28.701	32.04	48.238	50.185	51.118	51.711	51.937	51.87	50.643	33.985	35.977	36.681	37.466	38.23	39.249	40.414	41.759	43.248	44.075	45.177	46.101	47.015	47.866	50.308	50.424
Jenson Button	3.994	1.871	2.711	3.486	4.157	4.645	5.429	6.387	7.324	8.155	8.924	9.859	11.992	27.929	29.219	30.547	31.598	14.116	14.784	15.023	15.632	16.671	17.32	17.942	19.08	19.567	19.985	20.999	21.743	22.619	23.151	24.172	24.642	25.657	28.026	44.409	42.168	24.987	25.902	25.899	25.784	25.863	25.96	25.839	26.124	27.19	27.064	26.739	26.541	26.144	25.577	26.421	25.098
Lewis Hamilton	7.87	3.439	5.545	7.431	8.178	10.294	11.736	13.385	14.62	15.733	16.873	17.804	18.776	19.151	21.327	22.742	37.497	20.454	20.884	21.623	23.117	25.127	26.53	27.613	28.61	28.846	29.33	30.091	30.591	31.165	32.358	48.915	49.148	49.245	48.683	48.459	46.727	30.225	31.845	32.357	33.025	33.55	34.504	35.559	36.444	37.873	38.783	39.897	40.74	41.94	42.8	45.296	46.49
Felipe Massa	5.53	2.368	3.2	4.17	4.76	5.375	6.16	7.172	8.128	8.942	9.886	10.729	11.513	11.452	11.243	11.156	10.814	10.092	9.81	9.555	9.368	10.175	10.165	10.116	10.188	10.12	10.682	11.416	12.36	12.742	13.714	14.586	15.465	16.052	17.172	20.088	35.254	17.738	18.563	18.327	18.359	18.295	18.545	18.942	19.34	19.993	19.828	19.519	19.495	19.369	19.3	20.924	20.639
Paul di Resta	16.64	6.567	10.518	14.693	16.182	18.157	20.793	23.375	26.407	29.198	31.424	33.849	38.045	55.89	56.999	57.936	56.852	41.142	42.779	44.032	45.267	47.018	48.277	49.711	51.255	52.688	55.876	57.69	59.115	60.313	61.144	65.503	85.35	84.982	84.552	84.11	81.803	64.754	66.321	67.139	68.043	68.943	70.229	71.688	73.17	74.91	76.2	76.51	77.58	78.717	79.683	82.361	83.46
Pastor Maldonado	9.478	4.37	7.436	9.662	11.314	12.753	14.335	15.997	17.775	19.549	21.148	22.513	24.145	25.012	26.228	28.638	45.251	31.341	31.926	31.676	31.758	32.912	33.508	34.004	34.989	35.468	36.334	36.502	36.433	36.645	36.241	36.689	38.87	56.081	56.267	55.697	53.428	36.742	38.808	39.825	40.648	41.581	42.592	43.615	44.511	45.818	46.423	47.223	48.367	49.315	50.056	52.326	52.364
Nico Rosberg
Daniel Ricciardo	10.752	4.596	7.916	10.848	12.141	13.461	15.044	16.693	18.421	20.079	22.029	23.572	25.342	26.695	28.339	29.713	33.24	35.584	36.579	36.838	37.265	38.049	38.518	39.591	40.472	41.412	41.924	42.938	43.378	43.917	44.319	45.828	47.029	50.229	68.884	68.424	66.914	50.662	52.373	53.501	55.425	56.061	56.78	57.814	58.911	60.974	61.755	62.676	63.773	64.208	64.666	67.153	66.919
Nico Hulkenberg	8.582	3.778	6.513	8.547	9.712	10.598	12.185	13.994	15.399	16.602	17.865	18.827	21.622	39.341	41.355	42.187	39.746	22.892	23.181	23.766	24.619	26.185	27.291	28.215	29.315	30.038	30.92	32.084	33.183	34.101	36.19	54.393	55.01	54.998	54.761	54.213	52.259	35.372	36.908	37.784	38.559	39.542	40.503	41.643	42.789	44.261	45.182	46.036	47.14	48.28	49.095	51.303	51.159
Bruno Senna	26.013	10.563	16.149	21.115	24.265	26.283	29.711	32.584	35.334	37.225	38.609	40.534	41.894	42.981	44.488	47.761	64.861	48.504	49.056	49.302	51.841	64.073	64.455	65.323	66.537	68.66	69.773	70.622	71.145	71.595	71.179	71.794	72.747	76.041	92.33	92.954	90.053	72.115	73.882	75.331	76.438	76.189	76.185	75.876	76.262	76.837	77.405	78.56	79.91	81.175	82.807	86.671	88.709
Heikki Kovalainen	14.025	5.61	9.021	12.136	14.573	16.97	19.519	22.317	25.193	27.774	30.275	32.525	34.631	36.715	39.602	43.153	43.442	31.54	53.152	54.701	56.407	58.95	60.776	62.841	65.893	68.245	72.121	74.388	76.522	78.532	80.236	82.879	86.221	88.385	90.381	93.759	93.902	79.536	83.369	86.3	91.282	113.633	117.852	119.656	125.119	128.11	129.844	131.412	133.08	134.723	135.857	138.126
Timo Glock	12.805	5.466	10.143	15.489	19.337	22.358	25.283	28.735	31.883	34.86	37.573	40.994	44.448	47.222	50.009	52.959	53.189	39.293	42.367	47.678	67.035	69.509	71.546	73.745	75.859	77.521	79.535	82.108	84.476	87.59	89.277	91.858	94.722	97.041	100.384	102.613	103.036	88.454	92.568	97.685	119.397	122.549	125.816	127.714	129.738	132.301	133.943	135.474	137.332	140.931	142.849	146.663
Jean-Eric Vergne	16.046	6.263	10.292	13.15	15.297	17.657	20.123	23.025	25.95	28.497	30.961	33.32	35.397	37.878	41.236	44.211	44.731	34.405	57.514	58.039	59.833	60.407	61.27	63.044	63.458	63.526	64.085	64.619	64.72	65.256	65.446	66.581	67.311	67.883	70.31	87.761	85.341	67.909	68.812	68.951	69.193	69.66	70.686	72.091	73.951	75.745	76.894	78.098	79.405	80.661	82.497	86.392	88.645
Pedro de la Rosa	19.028	7.852	12.55	16.886	20.529	24.179	27.83	31.765	36.357	40.213	44.073	48.38	52.639	56.956	60.741	64.275	70.239	78.398	80.904	83.175	85.411	88.479	90.81	93.258	96.001	99.705	102.726	106.112	109.106	113.467	116.444	120.646	125.834	129.468	133.606	140.146	159.133	144.168	149.544	154.118	157.436	160.559	163.528	166.209	169.773	176.527	179.53	181.809	184.668	186.999	189.209	193.373
Charles Pic	20.012	8.373	15.819	22.351	26.553	30.74	36.857	40.765	44.724	48.625	52.275	55.939	59.676	66.17	84.746	85.24	84.432	68.799	70.691	72.241	74.296	77.06	78.782	80.852	83.432	86.96	89.867	93.188	96.899	102.361	109.405	152.294	158.995	160.995	163.149	166.574	172.663
Vitaly Petrov	21.796	8.471	13.69	17.468	21.093	24.672	28.278	33.084	37.113	40.624	45.553	49.103	53.245	57.314	61.379	64.445	65.671	51.987	59.367	78.745	81.179	84.374	86.73	88.887	91.328	93.035	95.431	98.059	101.671	104.262	107.122	109.986	112.501	114.716	118.768	121.037	121.841	107.582	112.196	117.164	123.24	131.734	153.094	155.023	159.978	162.431	163.559	167.045	180.227	181.731	183.352	187.384
Michael Schumacher	17.973	6.939	11.085	15.562	17.789	20.169	22.502	25.195	27.747	30.368	32.732	34.587	37.009	38.956	42.149	44.491	47.64	47.405	47.924	48.048	48.452	49.567	50.094	50.551	51.778	53	53.926	55	55.369	55.562	55.457	56.678	57.553	59.042	59.908	62.415	76.219	58.871	59.906	59.89	59.932	59.988	59.771	59.653	60.19	61.445	62.004	63.002	64.082	64.851	64.997	67.507	67.769
Narain Karthikeyan	22.558	9.398	15.192	19.595	25.093	29.384	33.204	38.202	42.394	46.611	50.181	54.161	58.635	62.464	68.984	91.986	92.012	77.839	80.097	82.072	84.397	87.664	92.829	95.661	100.653	104.33	107.462	112.509	115.983	119.325	123.885	129.867

Sergio Perez’s race started to go awry during his first pit stop.

He had been close behind Kimi Raikkonen who lost time in pitting after traffic. But Perez lost a lot of time on his in-lap and was unable to capitalise on Raikkonen’s delay.

Worse, he lost his position he had taken off Lewis Hamilton. He spun into retirement trying to get it back.

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5 comments on “2012 Japanese Grand Prix lap charts”

John H (@john-h)
7th October 2012, 21:02
Interestingly, Button and Hamilton also finished 4th and 5th respectively in 2010. Gap then was 26 seconds, this time 21 seconds.
andae23 (@andae23)
8th October 2012, 9:42
Looking at this, I must say I’m pretty impressed with Maldonado. In his first and third stint, he was held up big time, but in his second stint his pace was comparable to Massa’s and he caught Hulk, who was 9 seconds clear of him, in about 15 laps. I completely missed that during the race!
1. dot_com (@dot_com)
  8th October 2012, 17:11
  @andae23 – Maldonado was impressive towards the end of the race. I wsa fully expecting a banzai move on the Hulk and Kimi within the last two laps – he was in Hulkenburgs DRS zone on at least two occasions. I’m actually quite glad kept his head together and collected his points. This does prove again how fast Malders can be.
Estesark (@estesark)
8th October 2012, 19:00
No changes in the top 12 from lap 37 to the end of the race, I notice. No wonder it felt dull.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
10th October 2012, 13:51
Doesn’t seem to me that the F2012 was threatened at all by either the C31 or the MP4-27. That’s a very promising sign for Ferrari.