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2012 Chinese Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 3 of 20 Sunday, April 15, 2012 at Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 56 laps on a 5.451 kilometer road course (305.256 kilometers) Time of race: 1:36:26.929 Average speed: 189.779 kph Pole time: 95.121 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 20.626 sec Attendance: 100000 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    2012 Formula One results   /   2012 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 8   Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W03 / Mercedes FO 108Z 56 1:36:26.929 48 25 ret 2 7   Michael Schumacher Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W03 / Mercedes FO 108Z 12 wheel 0 0 10 3 14   Kamui Kobayashi Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 / Ferrari 056 56 +38.720 0 1 14 4 9   Kimi Raikkonen Lotus F1 Team Lotus E20 / Renault RS27-2012 56 +50.573 0 0 2 5 3   Jenson Button Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-27 / Mercedes FO 108Z 56 +20.626 5 18 4 6 2   Mark Webber Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 / Renault RS27-2012 56 +27.924 0 12 3 7 4   Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-27 / Mercedes FO 108Z 56 +26.012 0 15 11 8 15   Sergio Perez Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 / Ferrari 056 56 +41.066 3 0 9 9 5   Fernando Alonso Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F2012 / Ferrari 056 56 +37.256 0 2 6 10 10   Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 Team Lotus E20 / Renault RS27-2012 56 +31.491 0 8 5 11 1   Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 / Renault RS27-2012 56 +30.483 0 10 13 12 6   Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F2012 / Ferrari 056 56 +42.779 0 0 8 13 18   Pastor Maldonado Williams F1 Team Williams FW34 / Renault RS27-2012 56 +35.643 0 4 7 14 19   Bruno Senna Williams F1 Team Williams FW34 / Renault RS27-2012 56 +34.597 0 6 12 15 11   Paul Di Resta Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 / Mercedes FO 108Z 56 +42.273 0 0 15 16 12   Nico Hulkenberg Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 / Mercedes FO 108Z 56 +51.213 0 0 17 17 16   Daniel Ricciardo Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR7 / Ferrari 056 56 +63.156 0 0 23 18 20   Heikki Kovalainen Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 / Renault RS27-2012 54 +2 laps 0 0 18 19 21   Vitaly Petrov Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 / Renault RS27-2012 55 +1 lap 0 0 19 20 24   Timo Glock Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 / Cosworth CA2012 55 +1 lap 0 0 20 21 25   Charles Pic Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 / Cosworth CA2012 55 +1 lap 0 0 21 22 22   Pedro de la Rosa HRT F1 Team HRT F112 / Cosworth CA2012 55 +1 lap 0 0 22 23 23   Narain Karthikeyan HRT F1 Team HRT F112 / Cosworth CA2012 55 +1 lap 0 0 16 24 17   Jean-Eric Vergne Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR7 / Ferrari 056 56 +51.756 0 0

Fastest Lap: 196.315 kph by Kamui Kobayashi Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Nico Rosberg 1 13 13   Sergio Perez 14 16 3   Nico Rosberg 17 34 18   Jenson Button 35 39 5   Nico Rosberg 40 56 17 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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 Perez 22   -23   8   Kimi Raikkonen 16   -29   9   Bruno Senna 14   -31   10   Kamui Kobayashi 9   -36   11   Romain Grosjean 8   -37   12   Paul Di Resta 7   -38   13   Pastor Maldonado 4   -41   13   Jean-Eric Vergne 4   -41   15   Daniel Ricciardo 2   -43   15   Nico Hulkenberg 2   -43   17   Michael Schumacher 1   -44