Chinese Grand Prix
Round 3 · 15 April 2012 ·Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China
Button
McLaren
2
Rosberg
Mercedes
1
Hamilton
McLaren
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg |  German | Mercedes | 56 | 1:36:26.929 | 25 |
| 2 | Jenson Button |  British | McLaren | 56 | +20.626 | 18 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | British | McLaren | 56 | +26.012 | 15 |
| 4 | Mark Webber |  Australian | Red Bull | 56 | +27.924 | 12 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | German | Red Bull | 56 | +30.483 | 10 |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean |  French | Lotus F1 | 56 | +31.491 | 8 |
| 7 | Bruno Senna |  Brazilian | Williams | 56 | +34.597 | 6 |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado |  Venezuelan | Williams | 56 | +35.643 | 4 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso |  Spanish | Ferrari | 56 | +37.256 | 2 |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi |  Japanese | Sauber | 56 | +38.720 | 1 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez |  Mexican | Sauber | 56 | +41.066 | 0 |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | British | Force India | 56 | +42.273 | 0 |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Brazilian | Ferrari | 56 | +42.779 | 0 |
| 14 | Kimi Räikkönen |  Finnish | Lotus F1 | 56 | +50.573 | 0 |
| 15 | Nico Hülkenberg | German | Force India | 56 | +51.213 | 0 |
| 16 | Jean-Éric Vergne | French | Toro Rosso | 56 | +51.756 | 0 |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Australian | Toro Rosso | 56 | +1:03.156 | 0 |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov |  Russian | Caterham | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | German | Marussia | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | French | Marussia | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | Spanish | HRT | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan |  Indian | HRT | 54 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | Finnish | Caterham | 53 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| R | Michael Schumacher | German | Mercedes | 12 | Wheel nut | 0 |
- R
- Retired