| 2012 World Drivers Championship 2.4 Litre Normally Aspirated Maximum of 8 Cylinders |
| Driver | Nat. | Car-Engine-Model | Car Number |
| Sebastian Vettel | D | RedBull RB8-Renault | 1 |
| Mark Webber | AUS | RedBull RB8-Renault | 2 |
| Jenson Button | GB | McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes | 3 |
| Lewis Hamilton | GB | McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes | 4 |
| Fernando Alonso | E | Ferrari F2012-Ferrari | 5 |
| Felipe Massa | BR | Ferrari F2012-Ferrari | 6 |
| Michael Schumacher | D | Mercedes MGP F1-W03-Mercedes | 7 |
| Nico Rosberg | D | Mercedes MGP F1-W03-Mercedes | 8 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | FIN | Lotus E20-Renault | 9 |
| Romain Grosjean | F | Lotus E20-Renault | 10 |
| Jérôme d'Ambrosio | B | Lotus E20-Renault | 10 |
| Paul di Resta | GB | Force India VJM05-Mercedes | 11 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | D | Force India VJM05-Mercedes | 12 |
| Kamui Kobayashi | J | Sauber C31-Ferrari | 14 |
| Sergio Pérez | MEX | Sauber C31-Ferrari | 15 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Toro Rosso STR7-Ferari | 16 |
| Jean-Eric Vergne | F | Toro Rosso STR7-Ferari | 17 |
| Pastor Maldonado | V | Williams FW34-Renault | 18 |
| Bruno Senna | BR | Williams FW34-Renault | 19 |
| Vitaly Petrov | RF | Caterham CT-01-Renault | 20 |
| Heikki Kovalainen | FIN | Caterham CT-01-Renault | 21 |
| Pedro de la Rosa | E | HRT F112-Cosworth | 22 |
| Narain Karthikeyan | IND | HRT F112-Cosworth | 23 |
| Timo Glock | D | Marussia MR01-Cosworth | 24 |
| Charles Pic | F | Marussia MR01-Cosworth | 25 |