 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekuyedzwa kwemwaka mitatu, imwe muJerez uye mbiri muBarcelona, RB8 yakasvika padanho rekuvhura remwaka wa2012 Formula One uye mujaho wayo wekutanga - iyo. Webber naVettel vakakwanisa motokari pamutsara wechitatu wegridi, vachiisa nguva yechishanu uye yechitanhatu inokurumidza. Munguva yomutambo, nhanho yavo yakavandudzwa zvichienzaniswa nedzimwe motokari, zvichiita kuti Vettel apedze ari wechipiri, uye Webber ari wechina. Mumutambo unotevera, muMalaysia, motokari dzacho dzakanga dziine unhu hwakafanana nekodzero yekuAustralia, asi mamiriro okunze ane mvura akavadzivisa kudzokorora mhedzisiro yemakwikwi apfuura. Vettel, achimhanya ari pachinzvimbo chechina achingova nemavhiri mashomanana kuti apedze, akabatanidzwa mukubonderana uko kwakaguma nokupinzwa, kuchimuisa kunze kwemapoinzi. Webber akagara nhaka nzvimbo yechina. Vakanga vaine makwikwi akaoma akachengetwa neRB8, umo Webber akanga ari wechinomwe uye Vettel akapedza ari panzvimbo yegumi neimwe. Vatyairi vaviri vakawana nzvimbo munhangemutange zvakadaro, naWebber achidarika Vettel padenderedzwa rekupedzisira kutora nzvimbo yechina, achisiya Vettel wechishanu. 