Brazil 2012 - Driver standings // Sebastian Vettel secures 2012 World Championship by 3 points

It was a close battle right to the finish, with Sebastian Vettel spinning on the first lap and dropping to the back of the field. He had to make his way back up the order, as Alonso wavered on and off the podium. In the end, it was Vettel who takes his third championship in a row.

Position		Driver	Team	Points
1	0	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	281
2	0	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	278
3	0	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	207
4	0	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	190
5	1	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	188
6	-1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	179
7	0	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	122
8	0	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	96
9	0	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	93
10	0	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	66
11	1	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	63
12	-1	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	60
13	2	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	49
14	-1	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	46
15	-1	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	45
16	0	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	31
17	0	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16
18	0	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10
19	2	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	0
20	-1	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	0
21	2	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	0
22	-2	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	0
23	-1	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Lotus F1 Team	0
24	0	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	0
25	0	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	0