Pit Lane F1
2012 Season - Round 3 - 2012-04-15
Nico Rosberg won the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix from pole position, leading Jenson Button (McLaren) and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) home for Mercedes.
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) set the fastest lap of the race in 1:39.960. Jean-Ăric Vergne (Toro Rosso) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P24 on the grid to P16 at the flag â a 8-place improvement. 1 drivers retired from the race.
24 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix, completing round 3 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1 | Finished | 1:40.967 | 25 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | Finished | 1:40.422 | 18 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 7 | Finished | 1:40.530 | 15 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 6 | Finished | 1:40.490 | 12 |
| 5 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 11 | Finished | 1:40.601 | 10 |
| 6 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 10 | Finished | 1:41.120 | 8 |
| 7 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 14 | Finished | 1:41.293 | 6 |
| 8 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 13 | Finished | 1:40.482 | 4 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 9 | Finished | 1:41.152 | 2 |
| 10 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 3 | Finished | 1:39.960 | 1 |
| 11 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Sauber | 8 | Finished | 1:41.071 | 0 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | Finished | 1:41.498 | 0 |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 12 | Finished | 1:41.240 | 0 |
| 14 | 7Kimi RÀikkönen | Lotus F1 | 4 | Finished | 1:41.794 | 0 |
| 15 | 27Nico HĂŒlkenberg | Force India | 16 | Finished | 1:40.977 | 0 |
| 16 | 25Jean-Ăric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 24 | Finished | 1:40.019 | 0 |
| 17 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 17 | Finished | 1:41.251 | 0 |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | +1 Lap | 1:42.385 | 0 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | +1 Lap | 1:42.748 | 0 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 21 | +1 Lap | 1:42.621 | 0 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | +1 Lap | 1:43.610 | 0 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | +2 Laps | 1:43.935 | 0 |
| 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | +3 Laps | 1:41.190 | 0 |
| 24 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 2 | Wheel nut | 1:44.109 | 0 |
