Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Grosjean ya koma motar a Singapore, kuma ya sake fitar da Räikkönen, yana farawa na takwas yayin da abokin aikinsa ba zai iya yin kyau fiye da na goma sha biyu ba. A cikin tseren Räikkönen ne ya yi aiki mafi kyau, ya gama na shida, na biyu a gaban Grosjean. Duk da rashin cin tsere a wannan lokacin, Räikkönen ya kasance a cikin gasar zakarun Turai, yana zaune a matsayi na uku, maki arba'in da biyar a bayan jagorancin gasar Fernando Alonso. Yayin da abokin hamayyar Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, zai yi gagarumin shiga cikin hanyar Alonso ta jagorancin gasar a
Japan, Räikkönen ya ci gaba da kammala na shida bayan ya tuntubi Alonso a lokacin farawa wanda ya tilasta wa direban Ferrari daga tseren. Grosjean, a gefe guda, an sake kama shi a cikin kusurwa ta farko, yana tuntuɓar Mark Webber kuma ya sami hukuncin tsayawa na dakika goma don matsalolinsa, mafi tsananin hukuncin tsere da ke akwai ga masu tseren tsere. Tare da faruwar abubuwa takwas na farko daga farawa goma sha huɗu zuwa sunansa a cikin 2012 kadai, shugaban ƙungiyar Red Bull Racing ya yi imanin cewa Lotus "yana buƙatar sarrafawa" Grosjean, yana bayyana Ba'amurke a matsayin mai haɗari ga kansa da wasu.