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 Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	56	1:36:26.929	25
2	3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren Mercedes	56	+20.626s	18
3	4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren Mercedes	56	+26.012s	15
4	2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing Renault	56	+27.924s	12
5	1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing Renault	56	+30.483s	10
6	10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus Renault	56	+31.491s	8
7	19	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams Renault	56	+34.597s	6
8	18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams Renault	56	+35.643s	4
9	5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	56	+37.256s	2
10	14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber Ferrari	56	+38.720s	1
11	15	Sergio Perez PER	Sauber Ferrari	56	+41.066s	0
12	11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India Mercedes	56	+42.273s	0
13	6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	56	+42.779s	0
14	9	Kimi Räikkönen RAI	Lotus Renault	56	+50.573s	0
15	12	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Force India Mercedes	56	+51.213s	0
16	17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	STR Ferrari	56	+51.756s	0
17	16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	STR Ferrari	56	+63.156s	0
18	21	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham Renault	55	+1 lap	0
19	24	Timo Glock GLO	Marussia Cosworth	55	+1 lap	0
20	25	Charles Pic PIC	Marussia Cosworth	55	+1 lap	0
21	22	Pedro de la Rosa DLR	HRT Cosworth	55	+1 lap	0
22	23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT Cosworth	54	+2 laps	0
23	20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham Renault	53	+3 laps	0
NC	7	Michael Schumacher MSC	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.