2012 · Round 3

Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai International Circuit · Shanghai, China
15 Apr 2012

Pole position

Rosberg

Converted to the win

Fastest lap

1:39.960

Kamui Kobayashi

Biggest climber

▲8

Jean-Éric Vergne

Finishers

23/24

1 did not finish

Classification

Chinese GP result

Pos	Driver	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / status	Fastest lap	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	1	•	56	1:36:26.929	1:40.967	25
2	Jenson Button McLaren	5	▲3	56	+20.626	1:40.422	18
3	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	7	▲4	56	+26.012	1:40.530	15
4	Mark Webber Red Bull	6	▲2	56	+27.924	1:40.490	12
5	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	11	▲6	56	+30.483	1:40.601	10
6	Romain Grosjean Lotus F1	10	▲4	56	+31.491	1:41.120	8
7	Bruno Senna Williams	14	▲7	56	+34.597	1:41.293	6
8	Pastor Maldonado Williams	13	▲5	56	+35.643	1:40.482	4
9	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	9	•	56	+37.256	1:41.152	2
10	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	3	▼7	56	+38.720	1:39.960	1
11	Sergio Pérez Sauber	8	▼3	56	+41.066	1:41.071
12	Paul di Resta Force India	15	▲3	56	+42.273	1:41.498
13	Felipe Massa Ferrari	12	▼1	56	+42.779	1:41.240
14	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1	4	▼10	56	+50.573	1:41.794
15	Nico Hülkenberg Force India	16	▲1	56	+51.213	1:40.977
16	Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso	24	▲8	56	+51.756	1:40.019
17	Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso	17	•	56	+1:03.156	1:41.251
18	Vitaly Petrov Caterham	19	▲1	55	+1 Lap	1:42.385
19	Timo Glock Marussia	20	▲1	55	+1 Lap	1:42.748
20	Charles Pic Marussia	21	▲1	55	+1 Lap	1:42.621
21	Pedro de la Rosa HRT	22	▲1	55	+1 Lap	1:43.610
22	Narain Karthikeyan HRT	23	▲1	54	+2 Laps	1:43.935
23	Heikki Kovalainen Caterham	18	▼5	53	+3 Laps	1:41.190
DNF	Michael Schumacher Mercedes	2		12	Wheel nut	1:44.109

Grid

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	1:36.875	1:35.725	1:35.121
2	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	1:36.763	1:35.902	1:35.626
3	Michael Schumacher Mercedes	1:36.797	1:35.794	1:35.691
4	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	1:36.863	1:35.853	1:35.784
5	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1	1:36.850	1:35.921	1:35.898
6	Jenson Button McLaren	1:36.746	1:35.942	1:36.191
7	Mark Webber Red Bull	1:36.682	1:35.700	1:36.290
8	Sergio Pérez Sauber	1:36.198	1:35.831	1:36.524
9	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	1:36.292	1:35.982	1:36.622
10	Romain Grosjean Lotus F1	1:36.343	1:35.903	–
11	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	1:36.911	1:36.031	–
12	Felipe Massa Ferrari	1:36.556	1:36.255	–
13	Pastor Maldonado Williams	1:36.528	1:36.283	–
14	Bruno Senna Williams	1:36.674	1:36.289	–
15	Paul di Resta Force India	1:36.639	1:36.317	–
16	Nico Hülkenberg Force India	1:36.921	1:36.745	–
17	Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso	1:36.933	1:36.956	–
18	Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso	1:37.714	–	–
19	Heikki Kovalainen Caterham	1:38.463	–	–
20	Vitaly Petrov Caterham	1:38.677	–	–
21	Timo Glock Marussia	1:39.282	–	–
22	Charles Pic Marussia	1:39.717	–	–
23	Pedro de la Rosa HRT	1:40.411	–	–
24	Narain Karthikeyan HRT	1:41.000	–	–