Korean International Circuit · 14 October 2012
Sebastian Vettel won the 2012 Korean Grand Prix for Red Bull from 2nd on the grid, 8.231s ahead of Mark Webber. Daniel Ricciardo gained the most places, from 21st on the grid to 9th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Vettel 25 + Webber 18 | Vettel 25 + Webber 18 | 43 | |
| 2 | Ferrari Alonso 15 + Massa 12 | Alonso 15 + Massa 12 | 27 | |
| 3 | Lotus F1 Räikkönen 10 + Grosjean 6 | Räikkönen 10 + Grosjean 6 | 16 | |
| 4 | Force India Hülkenberg 8 + di Resta 0 | Hülkenberg 8 + di Resta 0 | 8 | |
| 5 | Toro Rosso Vergne 4 + Ricciardo 2 | Vergne 4 + Ricciardo 2 | 6 | |
| 6 | McLaren Hamilton 1 + Button 0 | Hamilton 1 + Button 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sauber Pérez 0 + Kobayashi 0 | Pérez 0 + Kobayashi 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Mercedes Schumacher 0 + Rosberg 0 | Schumacher 0 + Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Williams Maldonado 0 + Senna 0 | Maldonado 0 + Senna 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Caterham Petrov 0 + Kovalainen 0 | Petrov 0 + Kovalainen 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Marussia Glock 0 + Pic 0 | Glock 0 + Pic 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 | 1:36:28.651 | 55 | — | 25 | |
| 2 | Mark Webber Red Bull | Red Bull | +8.231s | 55 | — | 18 | |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso Ferrari | Ferrari | +13.944s | 55 | — | 15 | |
| 4 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | Ferrari | +20.168s | 55 | — | 12 | |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 | Lotus F1 | +36.739s | 55 | — | 10 | |
| 6 | Nico Hülkenberg Force India | Force India | +45.301s | 55 | — | 8 | |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 | Lotus F1 | +54.812s | 55 | — | 6 | |
| 8 | Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1:09.589 | 55 | — | 4 | |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1:11.787 | 55 | — | 2 | |
| 10 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren | McLaren | +1:19.692 | 55 | — | 1 | |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez Sauber | Sauber | +1:20.062 | 55 | — | — | |
| 12 | Paul di Resta Force India | Force India | +1:24.448 | 55 | — | — | |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher Mercedes | Mercedes | +1:29.241 | 55 | — | — | |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado Williams | Williams | +1:34.924 | 55 | — | — | |
| 15 | Bruno Senna Williams | Williams | +1:36.902 | 55 | — | — | |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov Caterham | Caterham | +1 Lap | 54 | — | — | |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen Caterham | Caterham | +1 Lap | 54 | — | — | |
| 18 | Timo Glock Marussia | Marussia | +1 Lap | 54 | — | — | |
| 19 | Charles Pic Marussia | Marussia | +2 Laps | 53 | — | — | |
| 20 | Narain Karthikeyan HRT | HRT | +2 Laps | 53 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pedro de la Rosa HRT | HRT | DNF Throttle | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Kamui Kobayashi Sauber | Sauber | DNF Collision damage | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nico Rosberg Mercedes | Mercedes | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jenson Button McLaren | McLaren | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — |