2012 Chinese Grand Prix

Circuit: Shanghai International CircuitShanghai, China
Winner: Nico RosbergMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Kamui Kobayashi
Entries: 2423 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	1	56	Finished	25
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-27	5	56	Finished	18
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-27	7	56	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB8	6	56	Finished	12
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB8	11	56	Finished	10
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E20	10	56	Finished	8
7	Bruno Senna	Williams	FW34	14	56	Finished	6
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW34	13	56	Finished	4
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	9	56	Finished	2
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C31	3	56	Finished	1	fastest lap
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C31	8	56	Finished	0
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM05	15	56	Finished	0
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	12	56	Finished	0
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E20	4	56	Finished	0
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM05	16	56	Finished	0
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	PL	56	Finished	0
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	17	56	Finished	0
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	19	55	Finished	0
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	20	55	Finished	0
20	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	21	55	Finished	0
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	F112	22	55	Finished	0
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F112	23	54	Finished	0
23	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	18	53	Finished	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	2	12	Wheel	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nico Rosberg	1	1	56
Jenson Button	5	2	56
Sir Lewis Hamilton	7	3	56
Mark Webber	6	4	56
Sebastian Vettel	11	5	56
Romain Grosjean	10	6	56
Bruno Senna	14	7	56
Pastor Maldonado	13	8	56
Fernando Alonso	9	9	56
Kamui Kobayashi	3	10	56
Sergio Perez	8	11	56
Paul di Resta	15	12	56
Felipe Massa	12	13	56
Kimi Raikkonen	4	14	56
Nico Hulkenberg	16	15	56
Jean-Éric Vergne	PL	16	56
Daniel Ricciardo	17	17	56
Vitaly Petrov	19	18	55
Timo Glock	20	19	55
Charles Pic	21	20	55
Pedro de la Rosa	22	21	55
Narain Karthikeyan	23	22	54
Heikki Kovalainen	18	23	53
Michael Schumacher	2	DNF	12

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:36.875	1:35.725	1:35.121	—	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:36.763	1:35.902	1:35.626	+0.505	+0.505
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:36.797	1:35.794	1:35.691	+0.570	+0.065
4	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:36.863	1:35.853	1:35.784	+0.663	+0.093
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:36.850	1:35.921	1:35.898	+0.777	+0.114
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:36.746	1:35.942	1:36.191	+1.070	+0.293
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:36.682	1:35.700	1:36.290	+1.169	+0.099
8	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:36.198	1:35.831	1:36.524	+1.403	+0.234
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:36.292	1:35.982	1:36.622	+1.501	+0.098
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:36.343	1:35.903	—	—	—
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:36.911	1:36.031	—	—	—
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:36.556	1:36.255	—	—	—
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:36.528	1:36.283	—	—	—
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:36.674	1:36.289	—	—	—
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:36.639	1:36.317	—	—	—
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:36.921	1:36.745	—	—	—
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:36.933	1:36.956	—	—	—
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:37.714	—	—	—	—
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:38.463	—	—	—	—
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:38.677	—	—	—	—
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:39.282	—	—	—	—
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:39.717	—	—	—	—
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:40.411	—	—	—	—
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:41.000	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Nico Rosberg	1	56	2	13, 34
Jenson Button	2	56	3	11, 24, 39
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	56	3	10, 22, 38
Mark Webber	4	56	3	6, 21, 34
Sebastian Vettel	5	56	2	9, 31
Romain Grosjean	6	56	2	11, 32
Bruno Senna	7	56	2	12, 29
Pastor Maldonado	8	56	2	11, 33
Fernando Alonso	9	56	3	12, 27, 38
Kamui Kobayashi	10	56	3	9, 25, 38
Sergio Perez	11	56	2	16, 35
Paul di Resta	12	56	2	11, 32
Felipe Massa	13	56	2	18, 41
Kimi Raikkonen	14	56	2	10, 28
Nico Hulkenberg	15	56	2	9, 30
Jean-Éric Vergne	16	56	3	11, 28, 41
Daniel Ricciardo	17	56	2	17, 33
Vitaly Petrov	18	55	2	10, 29
Timo Glock	19	55	2	18, 36
Charles Pic	20	55	3	19, 37, 48
Pedro de la Rosa	21	55	2	17, 31
Narain Karthikeyan	22	54	2	16, 32
Heikki Kovalainen	23	53	4	12, 28, 29, 47
Michael Schumacher	DNF	12	1	12

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Nico Rosberg · Jenson Button	1 · 5	1 · 2	13 · 11	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Jenson Button	4 · 5	14 · 2	10 · 11	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Sir Lewis Hamilton	5 · 7	2 · 3	11 · 10	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Mark Webber	5 · 6	2 · 4	11 · 6	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Sir Lewis Hamilton	6 · 7	4 · 3	6 · 10	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sergio Perez	7 · 8	3 · 11	10 · 16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Sebastian Vettel	6 · 11	4 · 5	6 · 9	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Sebastian Vettel	10 · 11	6 · 5	11 · 9	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Felipe Massa	11 · 12	5 · 13	9 · 18	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Romain Grosjean	9 · 10	9 · 6	12 · 11	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Bruno Senna	10 · 14	6 · 7	11 · 12	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Bruno Senna	13 · 14	8 · 7	11 · 12	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Paul di Resta	14 · 15	7 · 12	12 · 11	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Pastor Maldonado	9 · 13	9 · 8	12 · 11	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Pastor Maldonado	12 · 13	13 · 8	18 · 11	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Fernando Alonso	3 · 9	10 · 9	9 · 12	Kamui Kobayashi	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	8 · 9	11 · 9	16 · 12	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Sergio Perez	3 · 8	10 · 11	9 · 16	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 4	10 · 14	9 · 10	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Paul di Resta	8 · 15	11 · 12	16 · 11	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Paul di Resta	12 · 15	13 · 12	18 · 11	Paul di Resta	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Nico Hulkenberg	15 · 16	12 · 15	11 · 9	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Felipe Massa	4 · 12	14 · 13	10 · 18	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Hulkenberg	4 · 16	14 · 15	10 · 9	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Daniel Ricciardo	16 · 17	15 · 17	9 · 17	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Vitaly Petrov	17 · 19	17 · 18	17 · 10	Vitaly Petrov	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Heikki Kovalainen	17 · 18	17 · 23	17 · 12	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Vitaly Petrov	18 · 19	23 · 18	12 · 10	Vitaly Petrov	Swapped places
Vitaly Petrov · Timo Glock	19 · 20	18 · 19	10 · 18	Vitaly Petrov	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Charles Pic	20 · 21	19 · 20	18 · 19	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Charles Pic · Pedro de la Rosa	21 · 22	20 · 21	19 · 17	Pedro de la Rosa	Kept their order
Pedro de la Rosa · Narain Karthikeyan	22 · 23	21 · 22	17 · 16	Narain Karthikeyan	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Narain Karthikeyan	18 · 23	23 · 22	12 · 16	Heikki Kovalainen	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:37.106	—	—	7
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:38.116	+1.010	+1.010	14
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:38.316	+1.210	+0.200	14
4	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:38.584	+1.478	+0.268	13
5	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:38.911	+1.805	+0.327	12
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:38.977	+1.871	+0.066	15
7	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:39.198	+2.092	+0.221	12
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:39.199	+2.093	+0.001	6
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:39.748	+2.642	+0.549	16
10	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:39.768	+2.662	+0.020	14
11	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:40.056	+2.950	+0.288	14
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:40.153	+3.047	+0.097	14
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	19	1:40.298	+3.192	+0.145	8
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:40.328	+3.222	+0.030	13
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:40.540	+3.434	+0.212	12
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:41.071	+3.965	+0.531	14
17	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:41.204	+4.098	+0.133	14
18	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:42.330	+5.224	+1.126	14
19	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:42.521	+5.415	+0.191	11
20	Jules Bianchi	Force India	11	1:44.118	+7.012	+1.597	8
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:44.227	+7.121	+0.109	10
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:44.500	+7.394	+0.273	15
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:47.204	+10.098	+2.704	12
24	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:50.465	+13.359	+3.261	11

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:35.973	—	—	32
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:36.145	+0.172	+0.172	29
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:36.160	+0.187	+0.015	27
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:36.433	+0.460	+0.273	24
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:36.617	+0.644	+0.184	31
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:36.711	+0.738	+0.094	28
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:36.956	+0.983	+0.245	28
8	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:36.966	+0.993	+0.010	31
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:37.191	+1.218	+0.225	31
10	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:37.316	+1.343	+0.125	32
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:37.417	+1.444	+0.101	22
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:37.616	+1.643	+0.199	33
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:37.836	+1.863	+0.220	30
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:37.930	+1.957	+0.094	32
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:37.972	+1.999	+0.042	26
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:38.176	+2.203	+0.204	35
17	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:38.293	+2.320	+0.117	31
18	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:38.783	+2.810	+0.490	37
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:38.990	+3.017	+0.207	36
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:39.346	+3.373	+0.356	20
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:39.651	+3.678	+0.305	15
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:40.343	+4.370	+0.692	25
23	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:40.753	+4.780	+0.410	30
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:41.125	+5.152	+0.372	26

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:35.940	—	—	13
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:36.063	+0.123	+0.123	12
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:36.389	+0.449	+0.326	16
4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:36.512	+0.572	+0.123	17
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:36.635	+0.695	+0.123	16
6	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:36.765	+0.825	+0.130	17
7	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:36.781	+0.841	+0.016	19
8	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:36.880	+0.940	+0.099	17
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.039	+1.099	+0.159	15
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:37.061	+1.121	+0.022	17
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:37.237	+1.297	+0.176	16
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:37.274	+1.334	+0.037	19
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:37.288	+1.348	+0.014	16
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:37.425	+1.485	+0.137	14
15	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:37.465	+1.525	+0.040	12
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:37.493	+1.553	+0.028	13
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:37.628	+1.688	+0.135	14
18	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:37.831	+1.891	+0.203	14
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:38.701	+2.761	+0.870	19
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:39.198	+3.258	+0.497	19
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:39.796	+3.856	+0.598	18
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:40.048	+4.108	+0.252	17
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:41.263	+5.323	+1.215	14
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:41.499	+5.559	+0.236	18

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 3 of 2012
Grand Prix: Chinese Grand Prix
Dates: 15 Apr 2012
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

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