Fernando Alonso won the Malaysian Grand Prix 2012 at Sepang International Circuit on 25 March 2012, starting from P8 on the grid. Sergio Pérez finished second for Sauber, with Lewis Hamilton completing the podium for McLaren. Kimi Räikkönen set the fastest lap with a time of 1:40.722.
| Pos | Grid | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Status | Pts | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 56 | 2:44:51.812 | 25 | |
| 2 | 9 | Sergio PérezPER | Sauber | 56 | +2.263 | 18 | |
| 3 | 1 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren | 56 | +14.591 | 15 | |
| 4 | 4 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull | 56 | +17.688 | 12 | |
| 5 | 10 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus F1 | 56 | +29.456 | 10 | ⚡ 1:40.722 |
| 6 | 13 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams | 56 | +37.667 | 8 | |
| 7 | 14 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India | 56 | +44.412 | 6 | |
| 8 | 18 | Jean-Éric VergneVER | Toro Rosso | 56 | +46.985 | 4 | |
| 9 | 16 | Nico HülkenbergHUL | Force India | 56 | +47.892 | 2 | |
| 10 | 3 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 56 | +49.996 | 1 | |
| 11 | 5 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull | 56 | +1:15.527 | 0 | |
| 12 | 15 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | Toro Rosso | 56 | +1:16.828 | 0 | |
| 13 | 7 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 56 | +1:18.593 | 0 | |
| 14 | 2 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren | 56 | +1:19.719 | 0 | |
| 15 | 12 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 56 | +1:37.319 | 0 | |
| 16 | 19 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 17 | 20 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 18 | 24 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 19 | 11 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams | 54 | Engine | 0 | |
| 20 | 21 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia | 54 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 21 | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT | 54 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 22 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT | 54 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 17 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber | 46 | Retired | 0 | |
| R | 6 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus F1 | 3 | Collision | 0 |