Autódromo José Carlos Pace · 25 November 2012
Jenson Button won the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix for McLaren from 2nd on the grid, 2.754s ahead of Fernando Alonso. Charles Pic gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 12th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Alonso 18 + Massa 15 | Alonso 18 + Massa 15 | 33 | |
| 2 | McLaren Button 25 + Hamilton 0 | Button 25 + Hamilton 0 | 25 | |
| 3 | Red Bull Webber 12 + Vettel 8 | Webber 12 + Vettel 8 | 20 | |
| 4 | Force India Hülkenberg 10 + di Resta 0 | Hülkenberg 10 + di Resta 0 | 10 | |
| 5 | Mercedes Schumacher 6 + Rosberg 0 | Schumacher 6 + Rosberg 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | Toro Rosso Vergne 4 + Ricciardo 0 | Vergne 4 + Ricciardo 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sauber Kobayashi 2 + Pérez 0 | Kobayashi 2 + Pérez 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | Lotus F1 Räikkönen 1 + Grosjean 0 | Räikkönen 1 + Grosjean 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Caterham Petrov 0 + Kovalainen 0 | Petrov 0 + Kovalainen 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Marussia Pic 0 + Glock 0 | Pic 0 + Glock 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | HRT de la Rosa 0 + Karthikeyan 0 | de la Rosa 0 + Karthikeyan 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Williams Maldonado 0 + Senna 0 | Maldonado 0 + Senna 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button McLaren | McLaren | 1:45:22.656 | 71 | — | 25 | |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso Ferrari | Ferrari | +2.754s | 71 | — | 18 | |
| 3 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | Ferrari | +3.615s | 71 | — | 15 | |
| 4 | Mark Webber Red Bull | Red Bull | +4.936s | 71 | — | 12 | |
| 5 | Nico Hülkenberg Force India | Force India | +5.708s | 71 | — | 10 | |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel Red Bull | Red Bull | +9.453s | 71 | — | 8 | |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher Mercedes | Mercedes | +11.907s | 71 | — | 6 | |
| 8 | Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +28.653s | 71 | — | 4 | |
| 9 | Kamui Kobayashi Sauber | Sauber | +31.250s | 71 | — | 2 | |
| 10 | Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 | Lotus F1 | +1 Lap | 70 | — | 1 | |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov Caterham | Caterham | +1 Lap | 70 | — | — | |
| 12 | Charles Pic Marussia | Marussia | +1 Lap | 70 | — | — | |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1 Lap | 70 | — | — | |
| 14 | Heikki Kovalainen Caterham | Caterham | +1 Lap | 70 | — | — | |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg Mercedes | Mercedes | +1 Lap | 70 | — | — | |
| 16 | Timo Glock Marussia | Marussia | +1 Lap | 70 | — | — | |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa HRT | HRT | +2 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| 18 | Narain Karthikeyan HRT | HRT | +2 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| 19 | Paul di Resta Force India | Force India | DNF Accident | 68 | — | — | |
| DNF | Lewis Hamilton McLaren | McLaren | DNF Collision | 54 | — | — | |
| DNF | Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 | Lotus F1 | DNF Accident | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pastor Maldonado Williams | Williams | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Bruno Senna Williams | Williams | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Sergio Pérez Sauber | Sauber | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — |