2012 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING

13 15 Apr 2012 Shanghai International Circuit, China

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:36.875	1:35.725	1:35.121	11
2	4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren Mercedes	1:36.763	1:35.902	1:35.626	14
3	7	Michael Schumacher MSC	Mercedes	1:36.797	1:35.794	1:35.691	13
4	14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber Ferrari	1:36.863	1:35.853	1:35.784	13
5	9	Kimi Räikkönen RAI	Lotus Renault	1:36.850	1:35.921	1:35.898	15
6	3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren Mercedes	1:36.746	1:35.942	1:36.191	16
7	2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing Renault	1:36.682	1:35.700	1:36.290	14
8	15	Sergio Perez PER	Sauber Ferrari	1:36.198	1:35.831	1:36.524	17
9	5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:36.292	1:35.982	1:36.622	17
10	10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus Renault	1:36.343	1:35.903	DNF	15
11	1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing Renault	1:36.911	1:36.031		11
12	6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:36.556	1:36.255		14
13	18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams Renault	1:36.528	1:36.283		14
14	19	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams Renault	1:36.674	1:36.289		14
15	11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India Mercedes	1:36.639	1:36.317		14
16	12	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Force India Mercedes	1:36.921	1:36.745		14
17	16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	STR Ferrari	1:36.933	1:36.956		14
18	17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	STR Ferrari	1:37.714			8
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham Renault	1:38.463			9
20	21	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham Renault	1:38.677			7
21	24	Timo Glock GLO	Marussia Cosworth	1:39.282			10
22	25	Charles Pic PIC	Marussia Cosworth	1:39.717			10
23	22	Pedro de la Rosa DLR	HRT Cosworth	1:40.411			7
24	23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT Cosworth	1:41.000			10

Note - Hamilton qualified second, but dropped five grid places as penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.