 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix |
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| First Practice Classification: | |||||
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 |  Jenson Button |
McLaren Mercedes | 1:34.507 | 20 | |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren Mercedes | 1:34.740 | +0.233 | 26 |
| 3 |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:34.856 | +0.349 | 24 |
| 4 |  Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes | 1:35.059 | +0.552 | 18 |
| 5 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes | 1:35.122 | +0.615 | 20 |
| 6 | Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber Ferrari | 1:35.199 | +0.692 | 27 |
| 7 |  Felipe Massa |
Ferrari | 1:35.283 | +0.776 | 24 |
| 8 | Paul Di Resta |
Force India Mercedes | 1:35.299 | +0.792 | 18 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg |
Force India Mercedes | 1:35.474 | +0.967 | 22 |
| 10 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams Renault | 1:35.478 | +0.971 | 24 |
| 11 |  Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari | 1:35.484 | +0.977 | 26 |
| 12 |  Sergio Perez |
Sauber Ferrari | 1:35.584 | +1.077 | 24 |
| 13 |  Kimi Raikkonen |
Lotus Renault | 1:35.691 | +1.184 | 22 |
| 14 |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus Renault | 1:35.724 | +1.217 | 21 |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo |
STR Ferrari | 1:36.123 | +1.616 | 19 |
| 16 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
STR Ferrari | 1:36.222 | +1.715 | 25 |
| 17 | Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:36.366 | +1.859 | 23 |
| 18 | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams Renault | 1:36.389 | +1.882 | 24 |
| 19 | Timo Glock |
Marussia Cosworth | 1:37.716 | +3.209 | 17 |
| 20 |  Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham Renault | 1:38.295 | +3.788 | 23 |
| 21 | Charles Pic |
Marussia Cosworth | 1:38.616 | +4.109 | 25 |
| 22 |  Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT Cosworth | 1:39.043 | +4.536 | 25 |
| 23 |  Giedo van der Garde |
Caterham Renault | 1:39.374 | +4.867 | 22 |
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT Cosworth | 1:39.688 | +5.181 | 19 |
