2012 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX - RACE RESULT

13 - 15 Apr 2012

Shanghai International Circuit, China

Pos

No

Driver

Car

Laps

Time/retired

Pts

1

8

Nico RosbergROS

Mercedes

56

1:36:26.929

25

2

3

Jenson ButtonBUT

McLaren Mercedes

56

+20.626s

18

3

4

Lewis HamiltonHAM

McLaren Mercedes

56

+26.012s

15

4

2

Mark WebberWEB

Red Bull Racing Renault

56

+27.924s

12

5

1

Sebastian VettelVET

Red Bull Racing Renault

56

+30.483s

10

6

10

Romain GrosjeanGRO

Lotus Renault

56

+31.491s

8

7

19

Bruno SennaSEN

Williams Renault

56

+34.597s

6

8

18

Pastor MaldonadoMAL

Williams Renault

56

+35.643s

4

9

5

Fernando AlonsoALO

Ferrari

56

+37.256s

2

10

14

Kamui KobayashiKOB

Sauber Ferrari

56

+38.720s

1

11

15

Sergio PerezPER

Sauber Ferrari

56

+41.066s

0

12

11

Paul di RestaDIR

Force India Mercedes

56

+42.273s

0

13

6

Felipe MassaMAS

Ferrari

56

+42.779s

0

14

9

Kimi RäikkönenRAI

Lotus Renault

56

+50.573s

0

15

12

Nico HulkenbergHUL

Force India Mercedes

56

+51.213s

0

16

17

Jean-Eric VergneVER

STR Ferrari

56

+51.756s

0

17

16

Daniel RicciardoRIC

STR Ferrari

56

+63.156s

0

18

21

Vitaly PetrovPET

Caterham Renault

55

+1 lap

0

19

24

Timo GlockGLO

Marussia Cosworth

55

+1 lap

0

20

25

Charles PicPIC

Marussia Cosworth

55

+1 lap

0

21

22

Pedro de la RosaDLR

HRT Cosworth

55

+1 lap

0

22

23

Narain KarthikeyanKAR

HRT Cosworth

54

+2 laps

0

23

20

Heikki KovalainenKOV

Caterham Renault

53

+3 laps

0

NC

7

Michael SchumacherMSC

Mercedes

12

DNF

0

Note - Hamilton qualified second, but dropped five grid places as penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. Vergne qualified 18th, but started from the pit lane following pre-race car changes.