Pit Lane F1
Etapa 3 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2012-04-15
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) cravou a pole do Chinese Grand Prix de 2012 com uma volta de 1:35.121.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) completou a primeira fila a 0.505s da pole, com Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) em terceiro no grid. Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) ficou de fora por 0.128s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 0.782s — da pole ao P10 — com Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:36.875 | 1:35.725 | 1:35.121 | 1:35.121 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:36.763 | 1:35.902 | 1:35.626 | +0.505 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:36.797 | 1:35.794 | 1:35.691 | +0.570 |
| 4 |
| 10Kamui Kobayashi |
| Sauber |
| 1:36.863 |
| 1:35.853 |
| 1:35.784 |
| +0.663 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:36.850 | 1:35.921 | 1:35.898 | +0.777 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:36.746 | 1:35.942 | 1:36.191 | +1.070 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:36.682 | 1:35.700 | 1:36.290 | +1.169 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:36.198 | 1:35.831 | 1:36.524 | +1.403 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:36.292 | 1:35.982 | 1:36.622 | +1.501 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:36.343 | 1:35.903 | — | +0.782 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.911 | 1:36.031 | — | +0.910 |
| 12 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.556 | 1:36.255 | — | +1.134 |
| 13 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:36.528 | 1:36.283 | — | +1.162 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:36.674 | 1:36.289 | — | +1.168 |
| 15 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:36.639 | 1:36.317 | — | +1.196 |
| 16 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:36.921 | 1:36.745 | — | +1.624 |
| 17 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:36.933 | 1:36.956 | — | +1.835 |
| 18 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:37.714 | — | — | +2.593 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:38.463 | — | — | +3.342 |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:38.677 | — | — | +3.556 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:39.282 | — | — | +4.161 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:39.717 | — | — | +4.596 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:40.411 | — | — | +5.290 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:41.000 | — | — | +5.879 |