Round 3 · 15 April 2012
Chinese Grand Prix
Shanghai International Circuit · Shanghai, China
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
24 drivers
After Round 2
1
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
35
pts
2
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
30
pts
3
Jenson Button
McLaren
25
pts
4
Mark Webber
Red Bull
24
pts
5
Sergio Pérez
Sauber
22
pts
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6
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
18
pts
7
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1
16
pts
8
Bruno Senna
Williams
8
pts
9
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
8
pts
10
Paul di Resta
Force India
7
pts
11
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso
4
pts
12
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso
2
pts
13
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India
2
pts
14
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1
pts
15
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
0
pts
16
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
0
pts
17
Timo Glock
Marussia
0
pts
18
Charles Pic
Marussia
0
pts
19
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
0
pts
20
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham
0
pts
21
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham
0
pts
22
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
0
pts
23
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
0
pts
-
Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1
0
pts
After the race
24 drivers
After Round 3
1
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
↑1
45
+15
2
Jenson Button
McLaren
↑1
43
+18
3
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
↓2
37
+2
4
Mark Webber
Red Bull
—
36
+12
5
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
↑1
28
+10
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6
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
↑9
25
+25
7
Sergio Pérez
Sauber
↓2
22
+0
8
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1
↓1
16
+0
9
Bruno Senna
Williams
↓1
14
+6
10
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
↓1
9
+1
11
Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1
↑988
8
+8
12
Paul di Resta
Force India
↓2
7
+0
13
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso
↓2
4
+0
14
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
↑2
4
+4
15
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso
↓3
2
+0
16
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India
↓3
2
+0
17
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
↓3
1
+0
18
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
↑1
0
+0
19
Timo Glock
Marussia
↓2
0
+0
20
Charles Pic
Marussia
↓2
0
+0
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham
↓1
0
+0
22
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham
↓1
0
+0
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
↓1
0
+0
24
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
↓1
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROS Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1 | 1:36:26.929 | 25 |
| 2 | BUT Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | +20.626 | 18 |
| 3 | HAM Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 7 | +26.012 | 15 |
| 4 | WEB Mark Webber | Red Bull | 6 | +27.924 | 12 |
| 5 | VET Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 11 | +30.483 | 10 |
| 6 | GRO Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 10 | +31.491 | 8 |
| 7 | SEN Bruno Senna | Williams | 14 | +34.597 | 6 |
| 8 | MAL Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 13 | +35.643 | 4 |
| 9 | ALO Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 9 | +37.256 | 2 |
| 10 | KOB Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 3 | +38.720 | 1 |
| 11 | PER Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 8 | +41.066 | 0 |
| 12 | DIR Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | +42.273 | 0 |
| 13 | MAS Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 12 | +42.779 | 0 |
| 14 | RAI Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 4 | +50.573 | 0 |
| 15 | HUL Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 16 | +51.213 | 0 |
| 16 | VER Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 24 | +51.756 | 0 |
| 17 | RIC Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 17 | +1:03.156 | 0 |
| 18 | PET Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | 1L | 0 |
| 19 | GLO Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | 1L | 0 |
| 20 | PIC Charles Pic | Marussia | 21 | 1L | 0 |
| 21 | DLR Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | 1L | 0 |
| 22 | KAR Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | 2L | 0 |
| 23 | KOV Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | 3L | 0 |
| R | MSC Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 2 | — | 0 |