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2012 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix · qualifying
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- 2012 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix · qualifying
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F1DB
v2026.17.0 · session/861-qualifying
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Grand Prix context
2012 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix · Shanghai International Circuit
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2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 3
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:36:26.929 · 56 laps · mercedes | 25 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:36:47.555 · 56 laps · mercedes | 18 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:36:52.941 · 56 laps · mercedes | 15 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:36:54.853 · 56 laps · renault | 12 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36:57.412 · 56 laps · renault | 10 |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:36:58.420 · 56 laps · renault | 8 |
| 7 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:37:01.526 · 56 laps · renault | 6 |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:37:02.572 · 56 laps · renault | 4 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37:04.185 · 56 laps · ferrari | 2 |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:37:05.649 · 56 laps · ferrari | 1 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:37:07.995 · 56 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:37:09.202 · 56 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:37:09.708 · 56 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 14 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:37:17.502 · 56 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 15 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:37:18.142 · 56 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 16 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:37:18.685 · 56 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:37:30.085 · 56 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Marussia | Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | Time not recorded · 53 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | Wheel · Time not recorded · 12 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Q1 1:36.875 · 11 laps · mercedes | |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | Q1 1:36.763 · 14 laps · mercedes | |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | Q1 1:36.797 · 13 laps · mercedes | |
| 4 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | Q1 1:36.863 · 13 laps · ferrari | |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | Q1 1:36.850 · 15 laps · renault | |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Q1 1:36.746 · 16 laps · mercedes | |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | Q1 1:36.682 · 14 laps · renault | |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | Q1 1:36.198 · 17 laps · ferrari | |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | Q1 1:36.292 · 17 laps · ferrari | |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Q1 1:36.343 · 15 laps · renault | |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | Q1 1:36.911 · 11 laps · renault | |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | Q1 1:36.556 · 14 laps · ferrari | |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Q1 1:36.528 · 14 laps · renault | |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | Q1 1:36.674 · 14 laps · renault | |
| 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India | Q1 1:36.639 · 14 laps · mercedes | |
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | Q1 1:36.921 · 14 laps · mercedes | |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:36.933 · 14 laps · ferrari | |
| 18 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:37.714 · 8 laps · ferrari | |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | Q1 1:38.463 · 9 laps · renault | |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | Q1 1:38.677 · 7 laps · renault | |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | Q1 1:39.282 · 10 laps · cosworth | |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | Q1 1:39.717 · 10 laps · cosworth | |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | Q1 1:40.411 · 7 laps · cosworth | |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | Q1 1:41.000 · 10 laps · cosworth |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:35.121 · mercedes | |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:35.691 · mercedes | |
| 3 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:35.784 · ferrari | |
| 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:35.898 · renault | |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:36.191 · mercedes | |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:36.290 · renault | |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:35.626 · mercedes | |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:36.524 · ferrari | |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:36.622 · ferrari | |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Time not recorded · renault | |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.031 · renault | |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.255 · ferrari | |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:36.283 · renault | |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:36.289 · renault | |
| 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:36.317 · mercedes | |
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:36.745 · mercedes | |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:36.956 · ferrari | |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:38.463 · renault | |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:38.677 · renault | |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:39.282 · cosworth | |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:39.717 · cosworth | |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:40.411 · cosworth | |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:41.000 · cosworth | |
| PL | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:37.714 · ferrari |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 45 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 43 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 37 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 36 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 28 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 25 |
| 7 | Sergio Pérez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 22 |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 16 |
| 9 | Bruno Senna | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 14 |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 9 |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 7 |
| 13 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 17 | Michael Schumacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 18 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 22 | Heikki Kovalainen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
Practice & warm-up observations
Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.
| Session | Driver | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| freePractice1Results | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1:37.106 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Rosberg | 2 | 1:38.116 |
| freePractice1Results | Michael Schumacher | 3 | 1:38.316 |
| freePractice1Results | Sergio Pérez | 4 | 1:38.584 |
| freePractice1Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 5 | 1:38.911 |
| freePractice1Results | Mark Webber | 6 | 1:38.977 |
| freePractice1Results | Sebastian Vettel | 7 | 1:39.198 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 8 | 1:39.199 |
| freePractice1Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 9 | 1:39.748 |
| freePractice1Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 10 | 1:39.768 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 11 | 1:40.056 |
| freePractice1Results | Felipe Massa | 12 | 1:40.153 |
| freePractice1Results | Valtteri Bottas | 13 | 1:40.298 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 14 | 1:40.328 |
| freePractice1Results | Pastor Maldonado | 15 | 1:40.540 |
| freePractice1Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 16 | 1:41.071 |
| freePractice1Results | Romain Grosjean | 17 | 1:41.204 |
| freePractice1Results | Timo Glock | 18 | 1:42.330 |
| freePractice1Results | Giedo van der Garde | 19 | 1:42.521 |
| freePractice1Results | Jules Bianchi | 20 | 1:44.118 |
| freePractice1Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 21 | 1:44.227 |
| freePractice1Results | Charles Pic | 22 | 1:44.500 |
| freePractice1Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 23 | 1:47.204 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 24 | 1:50.465 |
| freePractice2Results | Michael Schumacher | 1 | 1:35.973 |
| freePractice2Results | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 1:36.145 |
| freePractice2Results | Sebastian Vettel | 3 | 1:36.160 |
| freePractice2Results | Mark Webber | 4 | 1:36.433 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Rosberg | 5 | 1:36.617 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 6 | 1:36.711 |
| freePractice2Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 7 | 1:36.956 |
| freePractice2Results | Paul di Resta | 8 | 1:36.966 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 9 | 1:37.191 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 10 | 1:37.316 |
| freePractice2Results | Sergio Pérez | 11 | 1:37.417 |
| freePractice2Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 12 | 1:37.616 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 13 | 1:37.836 |
| freePractice2Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 14 | 1:37.930 |
| freePractice2Results | Romain Grosjean | 15 | 1:37.972 |
| freePractice2Results | Pastor Maldonado | 16 | 1:38.176 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Massa | 17 | 1:38.293 |
| freePractice2Results | Bruno Senna | 18 | 1:38.783 |
| freePractice2Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 19 | 1:38.990 |
| freePractice2Results | Vitaly Petrov | 20 | 1:39.346 |
| freePractice2Results | Timo Glock | 21 | 1:39.651 |
| freePractice2Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 22 | 1:40.343 |
| freePractice2Results | Charles Pic | 23 | 1:40.753 |
| freePractice2Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 24 | 1:41.125 |
| freePractice3Results | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1:35.940 |
| freePractice3Results | Jenson Button | 2 | 1:36.063 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Rosberg | 3 | 1:36.389 |
| freePractice3Results | Michael Schumacher | 4 | 1:36.512 |
| freePractice3Results | Mark Webber | 5 | 1:36.635 |
| freePractice3Results | Pastor Maldonado | 6 | 1:36.765 |
| freePractice3Results | Sergio Pérez | 7 | 1:36.781 |
| freePractice3Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 8 | 1:36.880 |
| freePractice3Results | Sebastian Vettel | 9 | 1:37.039 |
| freePractice3Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 10 | 1:37.061 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 11 | 1:37.237 |
| freePractice3Results | Romain Grosjean | 12 | 1:37.274 |
| freePractice3Results | Paul di Resta | 13 | 1:37.288 |
| freePractice3Results | Bruno Senna | 14 | 1:37.425 |
| freePractice3Results | Fernando Alonso | 15 | 1:37.465 |
| freePractice3Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 16 | 1:37.493 |
| freePractice3Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 17 | 1:37.628 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Massa | 18 | 1:37.831 |
| freePractice3Results | Vitaly Petrov | 19 | 1:38.701 |
| freePractice3Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 20 | 1:39.198 |
| freePractice3Results | Timo Glock | 21 | 1:39.796 |
| freePractice3Results | Charles Pic | 22 | 1:40.048 |
| freePractice3Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 23 | 1:41.263 |
| freePractice3Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 24 | 1:41.499 |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.