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Chinese Grand Prix

2012  ·  Shanghai International Circuit  ·  15 April 2012  ·  56 laps

  1. 1st Nico Rosberg Mercedes · 01:36:26.929
  2. 2nd Jenson Button McLaren · +20.626
  3. 3rd Lewis Hamilton McLaren · +26.012

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes  —  Pole position

02 Lap 12

Michael Schumacher

Retirement Mercedes  —  Wheel nut

03 Fastest Lap

Kamui Kobayashi

Sauber

04 On the Charge

Jean-Éric Vergne

Toro Rosso  —  P24 → P16

05 Victory

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1 56 01:36:26.929 25
2 Jenson Button McLaren 5 56 +20.626 18
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 7 56 +26.012 15
4 Mark Webber Red Bull 6 56 +27.924 12
5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 11 56 +30.483 10
6 Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 10 56 +31.491 8
7 Bruno Senna Williams 14 56 +34.597 6
8 Pastor Maldonado Williams 13 56 +35.643 4
9 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 9 56 +37.256 2
10 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 3 56 +38.72FL 1
11 Sergio Pérez Sauber 8 56 +41.066
12 Paul di Resta Force India 15 56 +42.273
13 Felipe Massa Ferrari 12 56 +42.779
14 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 4 56 +50.573
15 Nico Hülkenberg Force India 16 56 +51.213
16 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso 24 56 +51.756
17 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 17 56 +1:03.156
18 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 19 55 +1 Lap
19 Timo Glock Marussia 20 55 +1 Lap
20 Charles Pic Marussia 21 55 +1 Lap
21 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 22 55 +1 Lap
22 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 23 54 +2 Laps
23 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 18 53 +3 Laps
24 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 2 12 Wheel nut

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