Round 3 · 2012

Chinese Grand Prix

CircuitShanghai International CircuitLocationShanghai, ChinaDates13 Apr – 15 Apr 2012Final

WinnerROSMercedes · from P1

PoleROS

Fastest lap1:39.960Kobayashi · L40

Most laps led37Rosberg

Biggest gain+7Senna P14→P7

Retirements1of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1	0	56	1:36:26.929	2	25
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	5	+3	56	+20.630	3	18
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	7	+4	56	+26.010	3	15
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	6	+2	56	+27.920	3	12
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	11	+6	56	+30.480	2	10
6	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	10	+4	56	+31.490	2	8
7	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	14	+7	56	+34.600	2	6
8	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	13	+5	56	+35.640	2	4
9	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	9	0	56	+37.260	3	2
10	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	3	-7	56	+38.720 FL	3	1
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	8	-3	56	+41.070	2
12	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	15	+3	56	+42.270	2
13	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	12	-1	56	+42.780	2
14	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	4	-10	56	+50.570	2
15	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	16	+1	56	+51.210	2
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	18	+2	56	+51.760	3
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	17	0	56	+1:03.160	2
18	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	20	+2	55	+1 lap	2
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+2	55	+1 lap	2
20	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22	+2	55	+1 lap	3
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	23	+2	55	+1 lap	2
22	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	24	+2	54	+2 laps	2
23	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	19	-4	53	+3 laps	4
—	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	2		12	DNF · L12	1

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	11
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	14
3	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	13
4	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	13
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	15
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	16
7	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	14
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	17
9	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	17
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	15
11	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	11
12	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	14
13	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	14
14	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	14
15	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	14
16	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	14
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	14
18	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	8
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	9
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	7
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	10
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	10
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	7
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	10

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:35.940	13
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:36.063	12
3	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:36.389	16
4	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:36.512	17
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:36.635	16
6	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:36.765	17
7	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:36.781	19
8	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:36.880	17
9	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:37.039	15
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:37.061	17
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:37.237	16
12	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:37.274	19
13	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:37.288	16
14	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:37.425	14
15	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:37.465	12
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:37.493	13
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:37.628	14
18	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:37.831	14
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:38.701	19
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:39.198	19
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:39.796	18
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:40.048	17
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:41.263	14
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:41.499	18

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:35.973	32
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:36.145	29
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:36.160	27
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:36.433	24
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:36.617	31
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:36.711	28
7	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:36.956	28
8	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:36.966	31
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:37.191	31
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:37.316	32
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:37.417	22
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:37.616	33
13	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:37.836	30
14	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:37.930	32
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:37.972	26
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:38.176	35
17	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:38.293	31
18	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:38.783	37
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:38.990	36
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:39.346	20
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:39.651	15
22	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:40.343	25
23	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:40.753	30
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:41.125	26

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:37.106	7
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:38.116	14
3	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:38.316	14
4	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:38.584	13
5	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:38.911	12
6	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:38.977	15
7	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:39.198	12
8	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:39.199	6
9	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:39.748	16
10	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:39.768	14
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:40.056	14
12	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:40.153	14
13	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:40.298	8
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:40.328	13
15	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:40.540	12
16	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:41.071	14
17	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:41.204	14
18	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.330	14
19	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:42.521	11
20	Jules Bianchi BIA	Force India	1:44.118	8
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:44.227	10
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:44.500	15
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:47.204	12
24	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:50.465	11

Session schedule

Practice 1Final13 Apr 2012 02:00 UTC

Practice 2Final13 Apr 2012 06:00 UTC

Practice 3Final14 Apr 2012 03:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal14 Apr 2012 06:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal15 Apr 2012 07:00 UTC

Championship after round 3

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	45	▲1
2	Jenson Button BUT	43	▲1
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	37	▼2
4	Mark Webber WEB	36
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	28	▲1
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	25	▲16
7	Sergio Pérez PER	22	▼2
8	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	16	▼1

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg ROS	—	Michael Schumacher SCH
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Sauber	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Lotus F1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Red Bull Racing	Mark Webber WEB	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Williams	Pastor Maldonado MAL	—	Bruno Senna SEN
Force India	Paul di Resta DIR	—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL
Toro Rosso	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Jean-Eric Vergne VER
Caterham	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	—	Vitaly Petrov PET
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Timo Glock GLO	—	Charles Pic PIC
HRT	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2011	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	3
2010	Chinese Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	5
2009	Chinese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2008	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1
2007	Chinese Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	2
2006	Chinese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	6
2005	Chinese Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	1
2004	Chinese Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Ferrari	1