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2012 Chinese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitShanghai, 56 laps
Round3 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 Chinese Grand Prix was the:

  • 861st World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship Chinese Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Shanghai
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes561hr 36m 26.929s25
2+3(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes56+20.626s18
3+4(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes56+26.012s15
4+2(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault56+27.924s12
5+6(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault56+30.483s10
6+4(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault56+31.491s8
7+7(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault56+34.597s6
8+5(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault56+35.643s4
9 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari56+37.256s2
10-7(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari56+38.720s1
11-3(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari56+41.066s 
12+3(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes56+42.273s 
13-1(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari56+42.779s 
14-10(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault56+50.573s 
15+1(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes56+51.213s 
16PL(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari56+51.756s 
17 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1m 03.156s 
18+1(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault55+1 lap 
19+1(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth55+1 lap 
20+1(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth55+1 lap 
21+1(ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth55+1 lap 
22+1(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth54+2 laps 
23-5(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault53+3 laps 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes12DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
2 (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes
3 (JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
4 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
5 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
6 (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
7-5(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
8 (MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
9 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
10 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
11 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
12 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
13 (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
14 (BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
15 (GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
16 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
17 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
18 (FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
19 (RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
20 (DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
21 (FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth
22 (ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth
23 (IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
  (FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari

Notes

  • Lewis Hamilton received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:35.121 
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:35.6260.505
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:35.6910.570
4(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:35.7840.663
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:35.8980.777
6(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:36.1911.070
7(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:36.2901.169
8(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:36.5241.403
9(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:36.6221.501
10(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault– 
Q2
11(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:36.031 
12(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:36.255 
13(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:36.283 
14(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:36.289 
15(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:36.317 
16(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:36.745 
17(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:36.956 
Q1
18(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:37.714 
19(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:38.463 
20(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:38.677 
21(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:39.282 
22(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:39.717 
23(ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:40.411 
24(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:41.000 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(FRA) Jules BianchiForce India-Mercedes
(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault
(NLD) Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton45
2(GBR) Jenson Button43
3(ESP) Fernando Alonso37
4(AUS) Mark Webber36
5(DEU) Sebastian Vettel28
6(DEU) Nico Rosberg25
7(MEX) Sergio Perez22
8(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen16
9(BRA) Bruno Senna14
10(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi9
11(FRA) Romain Grosjean8
12(GBR) Paul di Resta7
13(FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne4
14(VEN) Pastor Maldonado4
15(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo2
16(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg2
17(DEU) Michael Schumacher1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes88
2Red Bull-Renault64
3Ferrari37
4Sauber-Ferrari31
5Mercedes26
6Lotus-Renault24
7Williams-Renault18
8Force India-Mercedes9
9Toro Rosso-Ferrari6

Stats & milestones

Wins
1st for Nico Rosberg (103rd different winner, 7th German driver)
10th for Mercedes (13th constructor to win ten races; first since 1955)
Podiums
45th for Jenson Button & Lewis Hamilton
6th for Nico Rosberg (first podium since 2010)
474th & 475th for McLaren
21st for Mercedes
Poles
1st for Nico Rosberg (95th different polesitter, 8th German driver)
9th for Mercedes (first since 1955)
1-2 start
5th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
1st and only for Kamui Kobayashi (120th different fastest lap setter, 2nd Japanese driver; first Japanese driver to set a fastest lap since 1989; last Japanese driver to set a fastest lap until 2023)
1st for Sauber (40th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
114th and last for Michael Schumacher (first since 2006; only front row start for Mercedes)
2nd for Nico Rosberg (first since 2010)
Points finishes
1st for Romain Grosjean (321st different point scorer, 34th French driver)
Pole & win
1st for Nico Rosberg (58th different driver to win from pole, 4th German driver)