Buddh International Circuit · 28 October 2012
Sebastian Vettel won the 2012 Indian Grand Prix for Red Bull from 1st on the grid, 9.437s ahead of Fernando Alonso. Charles Pic gained the most places, from 24th on the grid to 19th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Vettel 25 + Webber 15 | Vettel 25 + Webber 15 | 40 | |
| 2 | Ferrari Alonso 18 + Massa 8 | Alonso 18 + Massa 8 | 26 | |
| 3 | McLaren Hamilton 12 + Button 10 | Hamilton 12 + Button 10 | 22 | |
| 4 | Lotus F1 Räikkönen 6 + Grosjean 2 | Räikkönen 6 + Grosjean 2 | 8 | |
| 5 | Force India Hülkenberg 4 + di Resta 0 | Hülkenberg 4 + di Resta 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | Williams Senna 1 + Maldonado 0 | Senna 1 + Maldonado 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Mercedes Rosberg 0 + Schumacher 0 | Rosberg 0 + Schumacher 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Toro Rosso Ricciardo 0 + Vergne 0 | Ricciardo 0 + Vergne 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Sauber Kobayashi 0 + Pérez 0 | Kobayashi 0 + Pérez 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Caterham Petrov 0 + Kovalainen 0 | Petrov 0 + Kovalainen 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Marussia Pic 0 + Glock 0 | Pic 0 + Glock 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | HRT Karthikeyan 0 + de la Rosa 0 | Karthikeyan 0 + de la Rosa 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel Red Bull | Red Bull | 1:31:10.744 | 60 | — | 25 | |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso Ferrari | Ferrari | +9.437s | 60 | — | 18 | |
| 3 | Mark Webber Red Bull | Red Bull | +13.217s | 60 | — | 15 | |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren | McLaren | +13.909s | 60 | — | 12 | |
| 5 | Jenson Button McLaren | McLaren | +26.266s | 60 | — | 10 | |
| 6 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | Ferrari | +44.674s | 60 | — | 8 | |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 | Lotus F1 | +45.227s | 60 | — | 6 | |
| 8 | Nico Hülkenberg Force India | Force India | +54.998s | 60 | — | 4 | |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 | Lotus F1 | +56.103s | 60 | — | 2 | |
| 10 | Bruno Senna Williams | Williams | +1:14.975 | 60 | — | 1 | |
| 11 | Nico Rosberg Mercedes | Mercedes | +1:21.694 | 60 | — | — | |
| 12 | Paul di Resta Force India | Force India | +1:22.815 | 60 | — | — | |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1:26.064 | 60 | — | — | |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi Sauber | Sauber | +1:26.495 | 60 | — | — | |
| 15 | Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1 Lap | 59 | — | — | |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 59 | — | — | |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov Caterham | Caterham | +1 Lap | 59 | — | — | |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen Caterham | Caterham | +1 Lap | 59 | — | — | |
| 19 | Charles Pic Marussia | Marussia | +1 Lap | 59 | — | — | |
| 20 | Timo Glock Marussia | Marussia | +2 Laps | 58 | — | — | |
| 21 | Narain Karthikeyan HRT | HRT | +2 Laps | 58 | — | — | |
| 22 | Michael Schumacher Mercedes | Mercedes | DNF | 55 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pedro de la Rosa HRT | HRT | DNF Accident | 42 | — | — | |
| DNF | Sergio Pérez Sauber | Sauber | DNF Accident | 20 | — | — |