Chinese Grand Prix 2012

Shanghai
15 April 2012
56 laps
305.1 km
5.451 km a lap

Pole positionNico RosbergMercedes · 1:35.121
Fastest lapKamui Kobayashi1:39.960 · lap 40
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes	1	56	1:36:26.929	25
2	Jenson Button	3	McLaren · Mercedes	5	56	+20.626	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	4	McLaren · Mercedes	7	56	+26.012	15
4	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull · Renault	6	56	+27.924	12
5	Sebastian Vettel	1	Red Bull · Renault	11	56	+30.483	10
6	Romain Grosjean	10	Lotus · Renault	10	56	+31.491	8
7	Bruno Senna	19	Williams · Renault	14	56	+34.597	6
8	Pastor Maldonado	18	Williams · Renault	13	56	+35.643	4
9	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	9	56	+37.256	2
10	Kamui Kobayashifastest lap	14	Sauber · Ferrari	3	56	+38.720	1
11	Sergio Pérez	15	Sauber · Ferrari	8	56	+41.066
12	Paul di Resta	11	Force India · Mercedes	15	56	+42.273
13	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	12	56	+42.779
14	Kimi Räikkönen	9	Lotus · Renault	4	56	+50.573
15	Nico Hülkenberg	12	Force India · Mercedes	16	56	+51.213
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	–	56	+51.756
17	Daniel Ricciardo	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	17	56	+1:03.156
18	Vitaly Petrov	21	Caterham · Renault	19	55	+1 lap
19	Timo Glock	24	Marussia · Cosworth	20	55	+1 lap
20	Charles Pic	25	Marussia · Cosworth	21	55	+1 lap
21	Pedro de la Rosa	22	HRT · Cosworth	22	55	+1 lap
22	Narain Karthikeyan	23	HRT · Cosworth	23	54	+2 laps
23	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Caterham · Renault	18	53	+3 laps
DNF	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	2	12	Wheel

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Nico Rosberg 48, Jenson Button 5, Sergio Pérez 3. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Nico Rosberg	1	3	1	1	1	48
Jenson Button	5	4	5	4	2	5
Lewis Hamilton	7	5	8	8	3
Mark Webber	6	6	10	6	4
Sebastian Vettel	11	11	4	3	5
Romain Grosjean	10	10	3	5	6
Bruno Senna	14	12	9	7	7
Pastor Maldonado	13	15	7	9	8
Fernando Alonso	9	8	13	10	9
Kamui Kobayashi	3	9	14	13	10
Sergio Pérez	8	1	6	11	11	3
Paul di Resta	15	14	11	12	12
Felipe Massa	12	2	12	14	13
Kimi Räikkönen	4	7	2	2	14
Nico Hülkenberg	16	20	15	15	15
Jean-Éric Vergne	–	19	16	17	16
Daniel Ricciardo	17	13	17	16	17
Vitaly Petrov	19	22	18	18	18
Timo Glock	20	16	20	19	19
Charles Pic	21	17	21	20	20
Pedro de la Rosa	22	21	22	21	21
Narain Karthikeyan	23	23	23	22	22
Heikki Kovalainen	18	18	19	23	23
Michael Schumacher	2	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 50 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Nico Rosberg	+12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jenson Button	+15.6	+20.2	+23.1	+20.6
Lewis Hamilton	+17.7	+25.6	+25.8	+26.0
Mark Webber	+19.7	+26.6	+24.2	+27.9
Sebastian Vettel	+26.2	+18.4	+22.6	+30.5
Romain Grosjean	+25.5	+16.3	+23.7	+31.5
Bruno Senna	+27.3	+26.2	+25.2	+34.6
Pastor Maldonado	+30.8	+24.5	+26.3	+35.6
Fernando Alonso	+21.0	+30.8	+27.0	+37.3
Kamui Kobayashi	+22.5	+35.5	+36.3	+38.7
Sergio Pérez	0.0	+21.0	+29.1	+41.1
Paul di Resta	+30.3	+28.3	+32.3	+42.3
Felipe Massa	+7.5	+29.1	+40.3	+42.8
Kimi Räikkönen	+20.5	+15.6	+22.2	+50.6
Nico Hülkenberg	+50.6	+48.6	+47.5	+51.2
Jean-Éric Vergne	+50.2	+50.4	+64.3	+51.8
Daniel Ricciardo	+30.0	+52.3	+58.8	+63.2
Vitaly Petrov	+53.5	+64.4	+79.1	+105.8
Timo Glock	+41.2	+82.4	+111.1	+155.4
Charles Pic	+42.9	+88.4	+115.4	+155.8
Pedro de la Rosa	+51.5	+108.6	+164.1	+198.5
Narain Karthikeyan	+60.9	+143.8	+195.4	+252.1
Heikki Kovalainen	+49.4	+67.3	+269.8	+377.1
Michael Schumacher	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

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	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	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

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Lewis Hamilton	P2	P7	5 places – 5

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Michael Schumacher	1	12	21.746 s
Felipe Massa	2	18, 41	20.051 s
Paul di Resta	2	11, 32	20.387 s
Nico Rosberg	2	13, 34	20.645 s
Nico Hülkenberg	2	9, 30	21.027 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	9, 31	21.146 s
Romain Grosjean	2	11, 32	21.184 s
Bruno Senna	2	12, 29	21.184 s
Pastor Maldonado	2	11, 33	21.229 s
Timo Glock	2	18, 36	21.327 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	10, 28	21.433 s
Vitaly Petrov	2	10, 29	21.851 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	17, 33	21.884 s
Sergio Pérez	2	16, 35	22.565 s
Narain Karthikeyan	2	16, 32	23.151 s
Pedro de la Rosa	2	17, 31	23.488 s
Charles Pic	3	19, 37, 48	13.981 s
Fernando Alonso	3	12, 27, 38	20.024 s
Lewis Hamilton	3	10, 22, 38	20.177 s
Mark Webber	3	6, 21, 34	20.377 s
Jenson Button	3	11, 24, 39	20.474 s
Kamui Kobayashi	3	9, 25, 38	21.012 s
Jean-Éric Vergne	3	11, 28, 41	22.531 s
Heikki Kovalainen	4	12, 28, 29, 47	22.606 s

Every stop, lap by lap (56)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
6	Mark Webber	1	20.474 s
9	Sebastian Vettel	1	21.449 s
9	Kamui Kobayashi	1	21.551 s
9	Nico Hülkenberg	1	32.407 s
10	Lewis Hamilton	1	20.903 s
10	Kimi Räikkönen	1	21.433 s
10	Vitaly Petrov	1	21.851 s
11	Paul di Resta	1	20.387 s
11	Jenson Button	1	20.563 s
11	Romain Grosjean	1	21.184 s
11	Pastor Maldonado	1	21.569 s
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	1	22.835 s
12	Fernando Alonso	1	20.296 s
12	Bruno Senna	1	21.184 s
12	Michael Schumacher	1	21.746 s
12	Heikki Kovalainen	1	22.713 s
13	Nico Rosberg	1	21.113 s
16	Sergio Pérez	1	23.009 s
16	Narain Karthikeyan	1	24.937 s
17	Daniel Ricciardo	1	21.884 s
17	Pedro de la Rosa	1	23.634 s
18	Felipe Massa	1	20.250 s
18	Timo Glock	1	21.327 s
19	Charles Pic	1	22.306 s
21	Mark Webber	2	20.377 s
22	Lewis Hamilton	2	20.691 s
24	Jenson Button	2	20.474 s
25	Kamui Kobayashi	2	21.012 s
27	Fernando Alonso	2	20.136 s
28	Kimi Räikkönen	2	21.494 s
28	Heikki Kovalainen	2	22.606 s
28	Jean-Éric Vergne	2	23.623 s
29	Bruno Senna	2	21.323 s
29	Vitaly Petrov	2	22.007 s
29	Heikki Kovalainen	3	37.748 s
30	Nico Hülkenberg	2	21.027 s
31	Sebastian Vettel	2	21.146 s
31	Pedro de la Rosa	2	23.488 s
32	Paul di Resta	2	21.006 s
32	Narain Karthikeyan	2	23.151 s
32	Romain Grosjean	2	25.835 s
33	Pastor Maldonado	2	21.229 s
33	Daniel Ricciardo	2	22.318 s
34	Mark Webber	3	20.471 s
34	Nico Rosberg	2	20.645 s
35	Sergio Pérez	2	22.565 s
36	Timo Glock	2	21.515 s
37	Charles Pic	2	23.579 s
38	Fernando Alonso	3	20.024 s
38	Lewis Hamilton	3	20.177 s
38	Kamui Kobayashi	3	21.795 s
39	Jenson Button	3	26.618 s
41	Felipe Massa	2	20.051 s
41	Jean-Éric Vergne	3	22.531 s
47	Heikki Kovalainen	4	1:25.796 s
48	Charles Pic	3	13.981 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Kamui Kobayashi	40	1:39.960
2	Jean-Éric Vergne	48	1:40.019	+0.059
3	Jenson Button	56	1:40.422	+0.462
4	Pastor Maldonado	36	1:40.482	+0.522
5	Mark Webber	52	1:40.490	+0.530
6	Lewis Hamilton	40	1:40.530	+0.570
7	Sebastian Vettel	33	1:40.601	+0.641
8	Nico Rosberg	40	1:40.967	+1.007
9	Nico Hülkenberg	48	1:40.977	+1.017
10	Sergio Pérez	37	1:41.071	+1.111

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 3. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 3
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	45	▲1
2	Jenson Button	43	▲1
3	Fernando Alonso	37	▼2
4	Mark Webber	36
5	Sebastian Vettel	28	▲1
6	Nico Rosberg	25	▲9
7	Sergio Pérez	22	▼2
8	Kimi Räikkönen	16	▼1
9	Bruno Senna	14	▼1
10	Kamui Kobayashi	9	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 3
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	McLaren	88
2	Red Bull	64
3	Ferrari	37
4	Sauber	31
5	Mercedes	26	▲4
6	Lotus	24	▼1
7	Williams	18
8	Force India	9	▼2
9	Toro Rosso	6	▼1
10	Marussia	0