| Circuit | Shanghai International Circuit |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012-04-15 |
| Round | 3 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time/Status | Fastest Lap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1 | 56 | 1:36:26.929 | 1:40.967 | 25 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | 56 | +20.626 | 1:40.422 | 18 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 7 | 56 | +26.012 | 1:40.530 | 15 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 6 | 56 | +27.924 | 1:40.490 | 12 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 11 | 56 | +30.483 | 1:40.601 | 10 |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 10 | 56 | +31.491 | 1:41.120 | 8 |
| 7 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 14 | 56 | +34.597 | 1:41.293 | 6 |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 13 | 56 | +35.643 | 1:40.482 | 4 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 9 | 56 | +37.256 | 1:41.152 | 2 |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 3 | 56 | +38.720 | 1:39.960 | 1 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 8 | 56 | +41.066 | 1:41.071 | 0 |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | 56 | +42.273 | 1:41.498 | 0 |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 12 | 56 | +42.779 | 1:41.240 | 0 |
| 14 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 4 | 56 | +50.573 | 1:41.794 | 0 |
| 15 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 16 | 56 | +51.213 | 1:40.977 | 0 |
| 16 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 24 | 56 | +51.756 | 1:40.019 | 0 |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 17 | 56 | +1:03.156 | 1:41.251 | 0 |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | 55 | +1 Lap | 1:42.385 | 0 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | 55 | +1 Lap | 1:42.748 | 0 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 21 | 55 | +1 Lap | 1:42.621 | 0 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | 55 | +1 Lap | 1:43.610 | 0 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | 54 | +2 Laps | 1:43.935 | 0 |
| 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | 53 | +3 Laps | 1:41.190 | 0 |
| 24 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 2 | 12 | Wheel nut | 1:44.109 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:36.875 | 1:35.725 | 1:35.121 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:36.763 | 1:35.902 | 1:35.626 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:36.797 | 1:35.794 | 1:35.691 |
| 4 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:36.863 | 1:35.853 | 1:35.784 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:36.850 | 1:35.921 | 1:35.898 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:36.746 | 1:35.942 | 1:36.191 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:36.682 | 1:35.700 | 1:36.290 |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:36.198 | 1:35.831 | 1:36.524 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:36.292 | 1:35.982 | 1:36.622 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:36.343 | 1:35.903 | — |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.911 | 1:36.031 | — |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.556 | 1:36.255 | — |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:36.528 | 1:36.283 | — |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:36.674 | 1:36.289 | — |
| 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:36.639 | 1:36.317 | — |
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:36.921 | 1:36.745 | — |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:36.933 | 1:36.956 | — |
| 18 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:37.714 | — | — |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:38.463 | — | — |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:38.677 | — | — |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:39.282 | — | — |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:39.717 | — | — |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:40.411 | — | — |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:41.000 | — | — |