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2012 China Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Shanghai circuit. Full information

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2012 China Grand Prix

2012 China Grand Prix is 861st Formula 1 Grand Prix. Passed at the Shanghai circuit. Nico Rosberg won the pole position and this race. This was his 1st victory. Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 56 laps (305 km).

Previous Grand Prix: 2012 Malaysia Grand Prix
Next Grand Prix: 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2012 China Grand Prix

10th victory for the Mercedes team
1st victory for the Nico Rosberg
6th podium for the Nico Rosberg
45th podium for the Jenson Button
45th podium for the Lewis Hamilton

Nico Rosberg - Winner of the 2012 China Grand Prix

2012 China Grand Prix

Mercedes F1 W03 - 2012 China Grand Prix winner

2012 China Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Nico Rosberg	25.00	1h 36m 26.929s ( 189.779 km/h )	56	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
2	Jenson Button	18.00	1h 36m 47.555s ( +20.626s )	56	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
3	Lewis Hamilton	15.00	1h 36m 52.941s ( +26.012s )	56	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
4	Mark Webber	12.00	1h 36m 54.853s ( +27.924s )	56	Red Bull Racing
5	Sebastian Vettel	10.00	1h 36m 57.412s ( +30.483s )	56	Red Bull Racing
6	Romain Grosjean	8.00	1h 36m 58.420s ( +31.491s )	56	Lotus F1 Team
7	Bruno Senna	6.00	1h 37m 01.526s ( +34.597s )	56	Williams F1 Team
8	Pastor Maldonado	4.00	1h 37m 02.572s ( +35.643s )	56	Williams F1 Team
9	Fernando Alonso	2.00	1h 37m 04.185s ( +37.256s )	56	Scuderia Ferrari
10	Kamui Kobayashi	1.00	1h 37m 05.649s ( +38.720s )	56	Sauber F1 Team
11	Sergio Perez	0	1h 37m 07.995s ( +41.066s )	56	Sauber F1 Team
12	Paul Di Resta	0	1h 37m 09.202s ( +42.273s )	56	Sahara Force India F1 Team
13	Felipe Massa	0	1h 37m 09.708s ( +42.779s )	56	Scuderia Ferrari
14	Kimi Raikkonen	0	1h 37m 17.502s ( +50.573s )	56	Lotus F1 Team
15	Nico Hulkenberg	0	1h 37m 18.142s ( +51.213s )	56	Sahara Force India F1 Team
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	0	1h 37m 18.685s ( +51.756s )	56	Scuderia Toro Rosso
17	Daniel Ricciardo	0	1h 37m 30.085s ( +1m 03.156s )	56	Scuderia Toro Rosso
18	Vitaly Petrov	0		55	Caterham F1 Team
19	Timo Glock	0		55	Marussia F1 Team
20	Charles Pic	0		55	Marussia F1 Team
21	Pedro De La Rosa	0		55	HRT F1 Team
22	Narain Karthikeyan	0		54	HRT F1 Team
23	Heikki Kovalainen	0		53	Caterham F1 Team
ab	Michael Schumacher	0	Wheel	12	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team

Qualifying Results for the 2012 China Grand Prix on the Shanghai circuit

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	Nico Rosberg	1'35''121	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
2	Lewis Hamilton	1'35''626	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
3	Michael Schumacher	1'35''691	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
4	Kamui Kobayashi	1'35''784	Sauber F1 Team
5	Kimi Raikkonen	1'35''898	Lotus F1 Team
6	Jenson Button	1'36''191	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
7	Mark Webber	1'36''290	Red Bull Racing
8	Sergio Perez	1'36''524	Sauber F1 Team
9	Fernando Alonso	1'36''622	Scuderia Ferrari
10	Romain Grosjean	-	Lotus F1 Team
11	Sebastian Vettel	1'36''031	Red Bull Racing
12	Felipe Massa	1'36''255	Scuderia Ferrari
13	Pastor Maldonado	1'36''283	Williams F1 Team
14	Bruno Senna	1'36''289	Williams F1 Team
15	Paul Di Resta	1'36''317	Sahara Force India F1 Team
16	Nico Hulkenberg	1'36''745	Sahara Force India F1 Team
17	Daniel Ricciardo	1'36''956	Scuderia Toro Rosso
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	1'37''714	Scuderia Toro Rosso
19	Heikki Kovalainen	1'38''463	Caterham F1 Team
20	Vitaly Petrov	1'38''677	Caterham F1 Team
21	Timo Glock	1'39''282	Marussia F1 Team
22	Charles Pic	1'39''717	Marussia F1 Team
23	Pedro De La Rosa	1'40''411	HRT F1 Team
24	Narain Karthikeyan	1'41''000	HRT F1 Team