Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-04-15
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:35.121 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.505s shy of pole, with Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) third on the grid. Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) missed the cut by 0.128s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.782s — pole to P10 — with Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 PĂ©rez | 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 |