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2012 Chinese Grand Prix
Sun, April 15th, 2012
Round 3
Track:
Shanghai Audi International Circuit
Official race name:
IX UBS Chinese Grand Prix
Round:
3
(of 20)
Race number:
861
Date:
Sun, April 15th, 2012
Time:
15.00
Track length:
5.451 km
Laps:
56
Race distance:
305.066 km
Timetable
Friday 13 April, 2012
10:00
-
11:30
Friday Practice 1
14:00
-
15:30
Friday Practice 2
Saturday 14 April, 2012
11:00
-
12:00
Saturday Practice
14:00
-
15:00
Qualifying
Sunday 15 April, 2012
15:00
Race
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All News
Latest race news
18 Apr
China: Round 3 driver star ratings
16 Apr
Button unsure if Rosberg was catchable
15 Apr
China: FIA post-race press conference
15 Apr
China: Race tyre strategies
15 Apr
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15 Apr
China: Driver race quotes
15 Apr
Rosberg takes dominant maiden victory in China
14 Apr
China: FIA post-qualifying press conference
14 Apr
China: Team personnel qualifying quotes
14 Apr
China: Driver qualifying quotes
More 2012 Chinese Grand Prix news
For more detailed results, visit the
Results page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qual
Sat Prac
Fri Prac 2
Fri Prac 1
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
56
1:36:26.929
189.779
1
25
2
3
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
56
+ 20.626 secs
189.105
5
18
3
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
56
+ 26.012 secs
188.930
7
15
4
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
56
+ 27.924 secs
188.868
6
12
5
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
56
+ 30.483 secs
188.785
11
10
6
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
56
+ 31.491 secs
188.752
10
8
7
19
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
56
+ 34.597 secs
188.651
14
6
8
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
56
+ 35.643 secs
188.617
13
4
9
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
56
+ 37.256 secs
188.565
9
2
10
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
56
+ 38.720 secs
188.518
3
1
11
15
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
56
+ 41.066 secs
188.442
8
12
11
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
56
+ 42.273 secs
188.403
15
13
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
56
+ 42.779 secs
188.386
12
14
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
56
+ 50.573 secs
188.135
4
15
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
56
+ 51.213 secs
188.114
16
16
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
56
+ 51.756 secs
188.097
24
17
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
56
+ 1m 3.156 secs
187.730
17
18
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
55
+ 1 Lap
186.271
19
19
24
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
55
+ 1 Lap
184.689
20
20
25
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
55
+ 1 Lap
184.677
21
21
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
55
+ 1 Lap
183.337
22
22
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
54
+ 2 Laps
181.481
23
23
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
53
+ 3 Laps
177.410
18
Ret
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
12
Wheel nut
186.714
2
Fastest lap:
1:39.960 -
Kamui Kobayashi
(Lap 40)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
1
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:35.121
2
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:35.691
R
o
w
2
3
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:35.784
4
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:35.898
R
o
w
3
5
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:36.191
6
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
1:36.290
R
o
w
4
7
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:35.626
Relegated 5 places
8
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:36.524
R
o
w
5
9
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:36.622
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
No Time
R
o
w
6
11
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
1:36.031
12
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:36.255
R
o
w
7
13
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:36.283
14
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
1:36.289
R
o
w
8
15
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
1:36.317
16
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:36.745
R
o
w
9
17
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:36.956
18
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:38.463
R
o
w
10
19
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
1:38.677
20
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:39.282
R
o
w
11
21
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:39.717
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
1:40.411
R
o
w
12
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
1:41.000
24
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:37.714
Pitlane start
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:35.121
100.0
206.301
11
2
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:35.626
0.505
100.5
205.212
14
3
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:35.691
0.570
100.6
205.073
13
4
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:35.784
0.663
100.7
204.873
13
5
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:35.898
0.777
100.8
204.630
15
6
3
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:36.191
1.070
101.1
204.007
16
7
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
1:36.290
1.169
101.2
203.797
14
8
15
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:36.524
1.403
101.5
203.303
17
9
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:36.622
1.501
101.6
203.097
17
10
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
No Time
15
11
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
1:36.031
0.910
101.0
204.347
11
12
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:36.255
1.134
101.2
203.871
14
13
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:36.283
1.162
101.2
203.812
14
14
19
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
1:36.289
1.168
101.2
203.799
14
15
11
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
1:36.317
1.196
101.3
203.740
14
16
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:36.745
1.624
101.7
202.838
14
17
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:36.956
1.835
101.9
202.397
14
18
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:37.714
2.593
102.7
200.827
8
19
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:38.463
3.342
103.5
199.299
9
20
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
1:38.677
3.556
103.7
198.867
7
21
24
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:39.282
4.161
104.4
197.655
10
22
25
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:39.717
4.596
104.8
196.793
10
23
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
1:40.411
5.290
105.6
195.433
7
24
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
1:41.000
5.879
106.2
194.293
10
Further details »
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:35.940
204.540
13
2
3
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:36.063
0.123
204.278
12
3
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:36.389
0.449
203.588
16
4
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:36.512
0.572
203.328
17
5
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
1:36.635
0.695
203.069
16
6
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:36.765
0.825
202.796
17
7
15
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:36.781
0.841
202.763
19
8
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:36.880
0.940
202.556
17
9
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
1:37.039
1.099
202.224
15
10
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:37.061
1.121
202.178
17
11
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:37.237
1.297
201.812
16
12
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:37.274
1.334
201.735
19
13
11
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
1:37.288
1.348
201.706
16
14
19
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
1:37.425
1.485
201.423
14
15
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:37.465
1.525
201.340
12
16
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:37.493
1.553
201.282
13
17
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:37.628
1.688
201.004
14
18
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:37.831
1.891
200.587
14
19
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
1:38.701
2.761
198.819
19
20
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:39.198
3.258
197.823
19
21
24
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:39.796
3.856
196.637
18
22
25
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:40.048
4.108
196.142
17
23
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
1:41.263
5.323
193.788
14
24
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
1:41.499
5.559
193.338
18
Further details »
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:35.973
204.470
32
2
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:36.145
0.172
204.104
29
3
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
1:36.160
0.187
204.072
27
4
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
1:36.433
0.460
203.495
24
5
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:36.617
0.644
203.107
31
6
3
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:36.711
0.738
202.910
28
7
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:36.956
0.983
202.397
28
8
11
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
1:36.966
0.993
202.376
31
9
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:37.191
1.218
201.908
31
10
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:37.316
1.343
201.648
32
11
15
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:37.417
1.444
201.439
22
12
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:37.616
1.643
201.029
33
13
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:37.836
1.863
200.576
30
14
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:37.930
1.957
200.384
32
15
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:37.972
1.999
200.298
26
16
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:38.176
2.203
199.882
35
17
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:38.293
2.320
199.644
31
18
19
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
1:38.783
2.810
198.654
37
19
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:38.990
3.017
198.238
36
20
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
1:39.346
3.373
197.528
20
21
24
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:39.651
3.678
196.923
15
22
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
1:40.343
4.370
195.565
25
23
25
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:40.753
4.780
194.769
30
24
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
1:41.125
5.152
194.053
26
Further details »
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:37.106
202.084
7
2
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:38.116
1.010
200.004
14
3
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:38.316
1.210
199.597
14
4
15
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:38.584
1.478
199.055
13
5
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:38.911
1.805
198.397
12
6
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
1:38.977
1.871
198.264
15
7
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
1:39.198
2.092
197.823
12
8
3
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:39.199
2.093
197.821
6
9
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:39.748
2.642
196.732
16
10
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:39.768
2.662
196.692
14
11
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:40.056
2.950
196.126
14
12
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:40.153
3.047
195.936
14
13
19
Valtteri Bottas
Williams-Renault
1:40.298
3.192
195.653
8
14
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:40.328
3.222
195.594
13
15
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:40.540
3.434
195.182
12
16
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:41.071
3.965
194.157
14
17
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:41.204
4.098
193.901
14
18
24
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:42.330
5.224
191.768
14
19
21
Giedo van der Garde
Caterham-Renault
1:42.521
5.415
191.411
11
20
11
Jules Bianchi
Force India-Mercedes
1:44.118
7.012
188.475
8
21
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
1:44.227
7.121
188.278
10
22
25
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:44.500
7.394
187.786
15
23
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
1:47.204
10.098
183.049
12
24
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:50.465
13.359
177.645
11
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Lewis Hamilton
45
2
Jenson Button
43
2
3
Fernando Alonso
37
8
4
Mark Webber
36
9
5
Sebastian Vettel
28
17
6
Nico Rosberg
25
20
7
Sergio Pérez
22
23
8
Kimi Räikkönen
16
29
9
Bruno Senna
14
31
10
Kamui Kobayashi
9
36
11
Romain Grosjean
8
37
12
Paul di Resta
7
38
13
Jean-Éric Vergne
4
41
14
Pastor Maldonado
4
41
15
Daniel Ricciardo
2
43
16
Nico Hülkenberg
2
43
17
Michael Schumacher
1
44
18
Felipe Massa
0
45
19
Timo Glock
0
45
20
Charles Pic
0
45
21
Vitaly Petrov
0
45
22
Heikki Kovalainen
0
45
23
Pedro de la Rosa
0
45
24
Narain Karthikeyan
0
45
P
Constructor
Pts
1
McLaren-Mercedes
88
2
Red Bull-Renault
64
24
3
Ferrari
37
51
4
Sauber-Ferrari
31
57
5
Mercedes
26
62
6
Lotus-Renault
24
64
7
Williams-Renault
18
70
8
Force India-Mercedes
9
79
9
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
6
82
10
Marussia-Cosworth
0
88
11
Caterham-Renault
0
88
12
HRT-Cosworth
0
88
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