Japan 2012 - Driver standings // Four points sit between the top two drivers following the race in Suzuka

With Fernando Alonso spinning off on the first lap, and Sebastian Vettel racing through to a comfortable victory, the Japanese Grand Prix has closed up the championship considerably. There are just four points between the top two now, whilst the gap to third place Kimi Räikkönen has grown.

Position		Driver	Team	Points
1	0	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	194
2	0	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	190
3	0	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	157
4	0	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	152
5	0	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	134
6	0	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	131
7	0	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	93
8	0	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	82
9	1	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	69
10	-1	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	66
11	2	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	50
12	-1	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	44
13	-1	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	43
14	0	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	37
15	0	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	33
16	0	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	25
17	0	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	8
18	0	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	7
19	0	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	0
20	0	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	0
21	0	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	0
22	0	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Lotus F1 Team	0
23	0	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	0
24	0	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	0
25	0	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	0