Chinese Grand Prix
2012 · Round 3 · Shanghai, China · Apr 14-15, 2012Race summary
Victory went to Rosberg (from 1st on the grid), with a 20.6s margin. Vergne made the biggest gain, from 24th on the grid to 16th (up 8 places). Räikkönen had a difficult race, dropping from 4th to 14th. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Kobayashi (1:39.960).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1 | 56 | 1:36:26.929 | 25 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | 56 | +20.626 | 18 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 7 | 56 | +26.012 | 15 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 6 | 56 | +27.924 | 12 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 11 | 56 | +30.483 | 10 |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 10 | 56 | +31.491 | 8 |
| 7 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 14 | 56 | +34.597 | 6 |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 13 | 56 | +35.643 | 4 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 9 | 56 | +37.256 | 2 |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi 1:39.960 | Sauber | 3 | 56 | +38.720 | 1 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 8 | 56 | +41.066 | 0 |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | 56 | +42.273 | 0 |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 12 | 56 | +42.779 | 0 |
| 14 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 4 | 56 | +50.573 | 0 |
| 15 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 16 | 56 | +51.213 | 0 |
| 16 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 24 | 56 | +51.756 | 0 |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 17 | 56 | +1:03.156 | 0 |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 21 | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | 54 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | 53 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| – | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 2 | 12 | Wheel nut | 0 |