2012 Season/Races

Chinese Grand Prix

Round 3 · Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China

2012-04-15

Winner: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	—	1:36:26.929	Finished	25
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	▲3	+20.626	Finished	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	7	▲4	+26.012	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	6	▲2	+27.924	Finished	12
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	11	▲6	+30.483	Finished	10
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	10	▲4	+31.491	Finished	8
7	Bruno Senna	Williams	14	▲7	+34.597	Finished	6
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	13	▲5	+35.643	Finished	4
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	9	—	+37.256	Finished	2
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	3	▼7	+38.720	Finished	1
11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	8	▼3	+41.066	Finished	0
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	▲3	+42.273	Finished	0
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	12	▼1	+42.779	Finished	0
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	4	▼10	+50.573	Finished	0
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	16	▲1	+51.213	Finished	0
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	24	▲8	+51.756	Finished	0
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	17	—	+1:03.156	Finished	0
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	19	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
19	Timo Glock	Marussia	20	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	21	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	▲1	—	+2 Laps	0
23	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	18	▼5	—	+3 Laps	0
R	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	2	—	—	Wheel nut	0

Qualifying

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

Pit Stop Strategy

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Lap 1

Lap 56

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	Final
Rosberg	P1	P1	P3	P1	P1	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Button	P3	P3	P4	P2	P9	P3	P1	P5	P4	P3	P2	P2
Hamilton	P5	P7	P5	P3	P13	P6	P3	P10	P6	P4	P3	P3
Webber	P9	P15	P6	P4	P14	P7	P12	P8	P5	P5	P4	P4
Vettel	P14	P18	P11	P9	P5	P4	P9	P4	P3	P2	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Mark Webber	1	6	15:14:20	20.474
Kamui Kobayashi	1	9	15:19:30	21.551
Nico Hülkenberg	1	9	15:19:47	32.407
Sebastian Vettel	1	9	15:19:39	21.449
Kimi Räikkönen	1	10	15:21:12	21.433
Vitaly Petrov	1	10	15:21:40	21.851
Lewis Hamilton	1	10	15:21:13	20.903
Paul di Resta	1	11	15:23:08	20.387
Romain Grosjean	1	11	15:23:04	21.184
Jenson Button	1	11	15:22:56	20.563
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	11	15:23:22	22.835
Pastor Maldonado	1	11	15:23:09	21.569
Heikki Kovalainen	1	12	15:25:06	22.713
Fernando Alonso	1	12	15:24:44	20.296
Michael Schumacher	1	12	15:24:39	21.746
Bruno Senna	1	12	15:24:49	21.184
Nico Rosberg	1	13	15:26:17	21.113
Narain Karthikeyan	1	16	15:32:47	24.937
Sergio Pérez	1	16	15:31:38	23.009
Daniel Ricciardo	1	17	15:33:56	21.884
Pedro de la Rosa	1	17	15:34:24	23.634
Felipe Massa	1	18	15:35:14	20.250
Timo Glock	1	18	15:35:58	21.327
Charles Pic	1	19	15:37:45	22.306
Mark Webber	2	21	15:40:30	20.377
Lewis Hamilton	2	22	15:42:10	20.691
Jenson Button	2	24	15:45:32	20.474
Kamui Kobayashi	2	25	15:47:30	21.012
Fernando Alonso	2	27	15:50:50	20.136
Kimi Räikkönen	2	28	15:52:32	21.494
Heikki Kovalainen	2	28	15:53:24	22.606
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	28	15:53:07	23.623
Bruno Senna	2	29	15:54:32	21.323
Vitaly Petrov	2	29	15:55:09	22.007
Heikki Kovalainen	3	29	15:57:39	37.748
Nico Hülkenberg	2	30	15:56:37	21.027
Pedro de la Rosa	2	31	15:59:35	23.488
Sebastian Vettel	2	31	15:57:50	21.146
Narain Karthikeyan	2	32	16:01:55	23.151
Paul di Resta	2	32	15:59:44	21.006
Romain Grosjean	2	32	15:59:28	25.835
Pastor Maldonado	2	33	16:01:26	21.229
Daniel Ricciardo	2	33	16:01:52	22.318
Nico Rosberg	2	34	16:02:40	20.645
Mark Webber	3	34	16:03:03	20.471
Sergio Pérez	2	35	16:04:47	22.565
Timo Glock	2	36	16:07:41	21.515
Charles Pic	2	37	16:09:27	23.579
Kamui Kobayashi	3	38	16:10:03	21.795
Fernando Alonso	3	38	16:09:52	20.024
Lewis Hamilton	3	38	16:09:51	20.177
Jenson Button	3	39	16:11:21	26.618
Felipe Massa	2	41	16:15:10	20.051
Jean-Éric Vergne	3	41	16:15:32	22.531
Charles Pic	3	48	16:28:45	13.981