Season
2012
Race
3. Chinese Grand Prix
2012 Chinese Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 31.3389, 121.22
- Altitude
- 5 m
- Race number
- 861
R
15/04/2012 07:00 · Asia/Shanghai · 56 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1 | = | 56 | 1:36:26.929 | 25 | Finished | 8 | |
| 2 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | +3 | 56 | 1:36:47.555 | 18 | Finished | 3 | |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 7 | +4 | 56 | 1:36:52.941 | 15 | Finished | 6 | |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 6 | +2 | 56 | 1:36:54.853 | 12 | Finished | 5 | |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 11 | +6 | 56 | 1:36:57.412 | 10 | Finished | 7 | |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 10 | +4 | 56 | 1:36:58.420 | 8 | Finished | 11 | |
| 7 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 14 | +7 | 56 | 1:37:01.526 | 6 | Finished | 16 | |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 13 | +5 | 56 | 1:37:02.572 | 4 | Finished | 4 | |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 9 | = | 56 | 1:37:04.185 | 2 | Finished | 12 | |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 3 | -7 | 56 | 1:37:05.649 | 1 | Finished | 1 | |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 8 | -3 | 56 | 1:37:07.995 | 0 | Finished | 10 | |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | +3 | 56 | 1:37:09.202 | 0 | Finished | 17 | |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 12 | -1 | 56 | 1:37:09.708 | 0 | Finished | 14 | |
| 14 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 4 | -10 | 56 | 1:37:17.502 | 0 | Finished | 18 | |
| 15 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 16 | +1 | 56 | 1:37:18.142 | 0 | Finished | 9 | |
| 16 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 24 | +8 | 56 | 1:37:18.685 | 0 | Finished | 2 | |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 17 | = | 56 | 1:37:30.085 | 0 | Finished | 15 | |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | +1 | 55 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | +1 | 55 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | 21 | |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 21 | +1 | 55 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | +1 | 55 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | 22 | |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | +1 | 54 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | 23 | |
| 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | -5 | 53 | — | 0 | +3 Laps | 13 | |
| 24 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 2 | -22 | 12 | — | 0 | Wheel nut | 24 |