Lewis Hamilton won the United States Grand Prix 2012 at Circuit of the Americas on 18 November 2012, starting from P2 on the grid. Sebastian Vettel finished second for Red Bull, with Fernando Alonso completing the podium for Ferrari. Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap with a time of 1:39.347.
| Pos | Grid | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Status | Pts | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren | 56 | 1:35:55.269 | 25 | |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull | 56 | +0.675 | 18 | ⚡ 1:39.347 |
| 3 | 7 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 56 | +39.229 | 15 | |
| 4 | 11 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 56 | +46.013 | 12 | |
| 5 | 12 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren | 56 | +56.432 | 10 | |
| 6 | 4 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus F1 | 56 | +64.425 | 8 | |
| 7 | 8 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus F1 | 56 | +70.313 | 6 | |
| 8 | 6 | Nico HülkenbergHUL | Force India | 56 | +73.792 | 4 | |
| 9 | 9 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams | 56 | +74.525 | 2 | |
| 10 | 10 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams | 56 | +75.133 | 1 | |
| 11 | 15 | Sergio PérezPER | Sauber | 56 | +84.341 | 0 | |
| 12 | 18 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | Toro Rosso | 56 | +84.871 | 0 | |
| 13 | 17 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 56 | +85.510 | 0 | |
| 14 | 16 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 15 | 13 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 16 | 5 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 17 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 18 | 22 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 19 | 19 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 20 | 20 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia | 54 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 21 | 23 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT | 54 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 22 | 24 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT | 54 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 3 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull | 16 | Alternator | 0 | |
| R | 14 | Jean-Éric VergneVER | Toro Rosso | 14 | Suspension | 0 |