Formula 1 Race Results

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2012 Chinese Grand Prix

April 15 — Shanghai Circuit

Race Review | 2012 Championship Results

Fastest Lap: Kamui Kobayashi (1"39.960)

Practice

Qualification

Race

Pos	Pole	Change	Pts	Driver / Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Fastest Lap	Speed Trap	Avg Speed
1	1	0	25	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	56	1:36:26.929	1:40.967 (40)	314.000	189.778
2	5	+3▲	18	Jenson Button McLaren	56	+20.600	1:40.422 (56)	313.700	189.104
3	7	+4▲	15	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	56	+26.000	1:40.530 (40)	313.500	188.929
4	6	+2▲	12	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	56	+27.900	1:40.490 (52)	312.500	188.867
5	11	+6▲	10	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing	56	+30.400	1:40.601 (33)	313.100	188.784
6	10	+4▲	8	Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 Team	56	+31.400	1:41.120 (35)	314.900	188.751
7	14	+7▲	6	Bruno Senna Williams	56	+34.500	1:41.293 (37)	314.400	188.651
8	13	+5▲	4	Pastor Maldonado Williams	56	+35.600	1:40.482 (36)	314.700	188.617
9	9	0	2	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	56	+37.200	1:41.152 (41)	315.000	188.784
10	3	-7▼	1	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	56	+38.700	1:39.960 (40)	322.800	188.565
11	8	-3▼		Sergio Perez Sauber	56	+41.000	1:41.071 (37)	326.100	188.441
12	15	+3▲		Paul di Resta Sahara Force India	56	+42.200	1:41.498 (40)	313.800	188.402
13	12	-1▼		Felipe Massa Ferrari	56	+42.700	1:41.240 (48)	312.700	188.386
14	4	-10▼		Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 Team	56	+50.500	1:41.794 (43)	314.800	188.134
15	16	+1▲		Nico Hülkenberg Sahara Force India	56	+51.200	1:40.977 (48)	314.100	188.114
16	24	+8▲		Jean-Eric Vergne Scuderia Toro Rosso	56	+51.700	1:40.019 (48)	319.600	188.096
17	17	0		Daniel Ricciardo Scuderia Toro Rosso	56	+1:3.100	1:41.251 (40)	320.200	187.730
18	19	+1▲		Vitaly Petrov Caterham F1 Team	55	+1 Laps	1:42.385 (38)	313.100	186.271
19	20	+1▲		Timo Glock Marussia	55	+1 Laps	1:42.748 (41)	307.800	184.689
20	21	+1▲		Charles Pic Marussia	55	+1 Laps	1:42.621 (39)	307.800	184.676
21	22	+1▲		Pedro de la Rosa HRT	55	+1 Laps	1:43.610 (54)	310.400	183.337
22	23	+1▲		Narain Karthikeyan HRT	54	+2 Laps	1:43.935 (40)	311.000	181.480
23	18	-5▼		Heikki Kovalainen Caterham F1 Team	53	+3 Laps	1:41.190 (53)	315.400	177.410
RET	2			Michael Schumacher Mercedes	12		1:44.109 (9)	306.600	186.713

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

Driver / Team	P1 Time	P1 Laps	P2 Time	P2 Laps	P3 Time	P3 Laps	Total Laps
Lewis Hamilton McLaren	1:37.106	7	1:36.145	29	1:35.940	13	49
Jenson Button McLaren	1:39.199	6	1:36.711	28	1:36.063	12	46
Nico Rosberg Mercedes	1:38.116	14	1:36.617	31	1:36.389	16	61
Michael Schumacher Mercedes	1:38.316	14	1:35.973	32	1:36.512	17	63
Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	1:38.977	15	1:36.433	24	1:36.635	16	55
Pastor Maldonado Williams	1:40.540	12	1:38.176	35	1:36.765	17	64
Sergio Perez Sauber	1:38.584	13	1:37.417	22	1:36.781	19	54
Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	1:38.911	12	1:36.956	28	1:36.880	17	57
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing	1:39.198	12	1:36.160	27	1:37.039	15	54
Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 Team	1:50.465	11	1:37.836	30	1:37.061	17	58
Nico Hülkenberg Sahara Force India	1:40.328	13	1:37.191	31	1:37.237	16	60
Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 Team	1:41.204	14	1:37.972	26	1:37.274	19	59
Paul di Resta Sahara Force India	1:44.118	8	1:36.966	31	1:37.288	16	55
Bruno Senna Williams	1:40.298	8	1:38.783	37	1:37.425	14	59
Fernando Alonso Ferrari	1:40.056	14	1:37.316	32	1:37.465	12	58
Jean-Eric Vergne Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:39.768	14	1:37.930	32	1:37.493	13	59
Daniel Ricciardo Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:39.748	16	1:37.616	33	1:37.628	14	63
Felipe Massa Ferrari	1:40.153	14	1:38.293	31	1:37.831	14	59
Vitaly Petrov Caterham F1 Team	1:42.521	11	1:39.346	20	1:38.701	19	50
Heikki Kovalainen Caterham F1 Team	1:41.071	14	1:38.990	36	1:39.198	19	69
Timo Glock Marussia	1:42.330	14	1:39.651	15	1:39.796	18	47
Charles Pic Marussia	1:44.500	15	1:40.753	30	1:40.048	17	62
Narain Karthikeyan HRT	1:47.204	12	1:41.125	26	1:41.263	14	52
Pedro de la Rosa HRT	1:44.227	10	1:40.343	25	1:41.499	18	53