 Sebastian Vettel akakwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi ari pachikumbaridzo, kekutanga kubva pa2011 Brazilian Grand Prix. Heikki Kovalainen akakodzera gumi nematanhatu, kechipiri Caterham uye yakatangira, Chikwata cheLotus yakafambira mberi kupfuura chikamu chekutanga chekukodzera mumamiriro akaoma. Vettel akapfuurira kukunda mujaho achiva mukundi wechina mumakwikwi akawanda mushure mekupedza chikamu chikuru chemakwikwi achidzivirira Kimi Räikkönen. Paakatanga ari mugumi nerimwe, Räikkönen akashandisa mamwe matai akapfava kuti akwire mumunda. Mumwe wake, Romain Grosjean, akapedza ari wechitatu. Grosjean pakutanga akanga aratidza kukurumidza kunetsa kutungamira kwaVettel, asi kusiyana naRäikkönen, akanga asina imwe seti yemavhiri matsva, uye akarasikirwa nehukama neWorld Champion inotonga mushure mekutanga kwekumira. Lewis Hamilton akapedza ari wechisere, achitadziswazve nokumira zvishoma. Akazobatanidzwa mukukakavadzana naNico Rosberg izvo zvakaona Rosberg achitaura kune vatongi nekuda kwekumanikidza Hamilton kupfuura muganhu wedunhu achidzivirira chinzvimbo chake, asi akatiza pasina chirango. Hamilton akaenderera mberi achipedza ari wechisere, ukuwo mumwe wake Jenson Button akamanikidzwa kurega kumhanya makiromita maviri asati apedza mujaho uyu mushure mekunge ataura nezvekudengenyeka kwakanga kusingawanzoitiki kwaiitika pairi. Daniel Ricciardo akabatanidzwa mukutanga kusangana kwakaona mutyairi weAustralia achitsvedza kubva pachinhanho chechitanhatu pakutanga kusvika pagumi neshanu pakupera kwemujaho, apedza chikamu chikuru cheGrand Prix akabatwa kumashure kwaVitaly Petrov. Kukunda kwaVettel kwakamupa chinzvimbo chemapoinzi mana pamusoro paHamilton, apo Mark Webber akawana nzvimbo yechina yechina yakateedzana akawana nzvimbo yechitatu. Red Bull Racing yakatungamira kubva kuMcLaren muWorld Constructors Championship, nepo Lotuss podium yakapetwa kaviri yakavaendesa pachinzvimbo chechitatu. 