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2012 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix

15 Apr 2012Shanghai305.066 km (5451 m x 56 Laps - 190 m)

 Pole Position: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes F1 W03, 1:35.121 (206.301 km/h) Fastest Lap: Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber C31-Ferrari, 1:39.960 (196.315 km/h lap 40) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:36:26.929 189.779 km/h 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36:47.555 189.105 km/h 3 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36:52.941 188.930 km/h 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36:54.853 188.868 km/h 5 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36:57.412 188.785 km/h 6 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:36:58.420 188.752 km/h 7 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:37:01.526 188.651 km/h 8 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:37:02.572 188.617 km/h 9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:37:04.185 188.565 km/h 10 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:37:05.649 188.518 km/h 11 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:37:07.995 188.442 km/h 12 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37:09.202 188.403 km/h 13 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:37:09.708 188.386 km/h 14 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:37:17.502 188.135 km/h 15 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37:18.142 188.114 km/h 16 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37:18.685 188.097 km/h 17 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37:30.085 187.730 km/h 18 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault -1 lap 19 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth -1 lap 20 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth -1 lap 21 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth -1 lap 22 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth -2 laps 23 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault -3 laps Did Not Finish: 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 12 Wheel Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1-13 48 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 14-16 3 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 17-34 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 35-39 5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 40-56 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:39.960 196.315 40 2 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:40.019 196.199 48 3 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:40.422 195.411 56 4 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:40.482 195.295 36 5 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:40.490 195.279 52 6 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:40.530 195.201 40 7 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:40.601 195.064 33 8 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:40.967 194.357 40 9 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:40.977 194.337 48 10 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:41.071 194.157 37 11 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:41.120 194.062 35 12 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:41.152 194.001 41 13 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:41.190 193.928 53 14 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:41.240 193.832 48 15 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:41.251 193.811 40 16 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:41.293 193.731 37 17 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:41.498 193.340 40 18 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:41.794 192.778 43 19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:42.385 191.665 38 20 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:42.621 191.224 39 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:42.748 190.988 41 22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:43.610 189.399 54 23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:43.935 188.806 40 24 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:44.109 188.491 9 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:35.121 206.301 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:35.626 205.212 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 3 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:35.691 205.073 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 4 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:35.784 204.873 Sauber F1 Team 5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:35.898 204.630 Lotus F1 Team 6 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.191 204.007 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 7 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.290 203.797 Red Bull Racing 8 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36.524 203.303 Sauber F1 Team 9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:36.622 203.097 Scuderia Ferrari 10 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault - - Lotus F1 Team 11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.031 204.347 Red Bull Racing 12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:36.255 203.871 Scuderia Ferrari 13 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:36.283 203.812 Williams F1 Team 14 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:36.289 203.799 Williams F1 Team 15 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36.317 203.740 Sahara Force India F1 Team 16 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36.745 202.838 Sahara Force India F1 Team 17 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:36.956 202.397 Scuderia Toro Rosso 18 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.714 200.827 Scuderia Toro Rosso 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:38.463 199.299 Caterham F1 Team 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:38.677 198.867 Caterham F1 Team 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:39.282 197.655 Marussia F1 Racing 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:39.717 196.793 Marussia F1 Racing 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:40.411 195.433 HRT F1 Team 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:41.000 194.293 HRT F1 Team Starting Order: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:35.121 206.301 2 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:35.691 205.073 3 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:35.784 204.873 4 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:35.898 204.630 5 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.191 204.007 6 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.290 203.797 7 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:35.626 205.212 Penalty 8 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36.524 203.303 9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:36.622 203.097 10 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault - - 11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.031 204.347 12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:36.255 203.871 13 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:36.283 203.812 14 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:36.289 203.799 15 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36.317 203.740 16 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36.745 202.838 17 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:36.956 202.397 18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:38.463 199.299 19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:38.677 198.867 20 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:39.282 197.655 21 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:39.717 196.793 22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:40.411 195.433 23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:41.000 194.293 24 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.714 200.827 Penalty/Pit lane 1st Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36.198 203.992 2 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:36.292 203.793 3 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:36.343 203.685 4 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:36.528 203.294 5 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:36.556 203.235 6 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36.639 203.061 7 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:36.674 202.987 8 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.682 202.971 9 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.746 202.836 10 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.763 202.801 11 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.797 202.729 12 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:36.850 202.618 13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36.863 202.591 14 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.875 202.566 15 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.911 202.491 16 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36.921 202.470 17 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:36.933 202.445 18 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.714 200.827 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:38.463 199.299 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:38.677 198.867 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:39.282 197.655 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:39.717 196.793 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:40.411 195.433 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:41.000 194.293 2nd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:35.700 205.053 2 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:35.725 205.000 3 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:35.794 204.852 4 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:35.831 204.773 5 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:35.853 204.726 6 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:35.902 204.621 7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:35.903 204.619 8 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:35.921 204.581 9 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:35.942 204.536 10 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:35.982 204.451 11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.031 204.347 12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:36.255 203.871 13 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:36.283 203.812 14 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:36.289 203.799 15 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36.317 203.740 16 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36.745 202.838 17 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:36.956 202.397 3rd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:35.121 206.301 2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:35.626 205.212 3 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:35.691 205.073 4 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:35.784 204.873 5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:35.898 204.630 6 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.191 204.007 7 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.290 203.797 8 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36.524 203.303 9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:36.622 203.097 10 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault - - 1st Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:37.106 202.084 7 2 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:38.116 200.004 14 3 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:38.316 199.597 14 4 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:38.584 199.054 13 5 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:38.911 198.396 12 6 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:38.977 198.264 15 7 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:39.198 197.822 12 8 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:39.199 197.820 6 9 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:39.748 196.731 16 10 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:39.768 196.692 14 11 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:40.056 196.126 14 12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:40.153 195.936 14 13 19 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW34-Renault 1:40.298 195.652 8 14 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:40.328 195.594 13 15 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:40.540 195.182 12 16 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:41.071 194.156 14 17 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:41.204 193.901 14 18 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:42.330 191.767 14 19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham CT01-Renault 1:42.521 191.410 11 20 11 Jules Bianchi Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:44.118 188.474 8 21 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:44.227 188.277 10 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:44.500 187.785 15 23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:47.204 183.049 12 24 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:50.465 177.645 11 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:35.973 204.470 32 2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.145 204.104 29 3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.160 204.072 27 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.433 203.494 24 5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.617 203.107 31 6 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.711 202.909 28 7 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36.956 202.396 28 8 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36.966 202.376 31 9 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37.191 201.907 31 10 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:37.316 201.648 32 11 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:37.417 201.439 22 12 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.616 201.028 33 13 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:37.836 200.576 30 14 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.930 200.383 32 15 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:37.972 200.298 26 16 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:38.176 199.881 35 17 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:38.293 199.643 31 18 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:38.783 198.653 37 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:38.990 198.238 36 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:39.346 197.527 20 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:39.651 196.923 15 22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:40.343 195.565 25 23 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:40.753 194.769 30 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:41.125 194.052 26 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:35.940 204.540 13 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36.063 204.278 12 3 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.389 203.587 16 4 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:36.512 203.328 17 5 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.635 203.069 16 6 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:36.765 202.796 17 7 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36.781 202.762 19 8 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36.880 202.555 17 9 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:37.039 202.223 15 10 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:37.061 202.178 17 11 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37.237 201.812 16 12 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:37.274 201.735 19 13 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:37.288 201.706 16 14 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:37.425 201.422 14 15 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:37.465 201.339 12 16 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.493 201.282 13 17 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.628 201.003 14 18 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:37.831 200.586 14 19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:38.701 198.818 19 20 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:39.198 197.822 19 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:39.796 196.637 18 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:40.048 196.141 17 23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:41.263 193.788 14 24 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:41.499 193.337 18 Notes:
  • Hamilton was demoted 5 places on starting grid (gearbox change).
  • Vergne started from pit lane (changes made to car during parc fermé).
  • Weather: Overcast, Mild, Dry.
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