April 13-15, 2012 Shanghai International Circuit | Total laps 56 | Lap distance 5.451 km | Race distance 305.256 km
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| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Pits | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 25 | 8 | Nico Rosberg (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 56 | 6.000000.929 | 2 | 1 | 5.000000.121 | ||||
| 2 | 18 | 3 | Jenson Button (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 56 | 7.000000.555 | +0.000 | 3 | 5 | 6.000000.191 | |||
| 3 | 15 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 56 | 2.000000.941 | +6.000000.012 | 3 | 7 | 5.000000.626 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 2 | Mark Webber (AUS) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 4.000000.853 | +7.000000.924 | 3 | 6 | 6.000000.290 | |||
| 5 | 10 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel (GER) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 7.000000.412 | +0.000 | 2 | 11 | 6.000000.031 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 10 | Romain Grosjean (FRA) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 8.000000.420 | +1.000000.491 | 2 | 10 | 5.000000.903 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 19 | Bruno Senna (BRA) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1.000000.526 | +4.000000.597 | 2 | 14 | 6.000000.289 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado (VEN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 2.000000.572 | +5.000000.643 | 2 | 13 | 6.000000.283 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Fernando Alonso (ESP) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 4.000000.185 | +7.000000.256 | 3 | 9 | 6.000000.622 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) | Alfa Romeo C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 5.000000.649 | +8.000000.720 | 3 | 3 | 5.000000.784 | 1 | 9.000000.960 | (40) |
| 11 | 15 | Sergio Perez (MEX) | Alfa Romeo C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 7.000000.995 | +1.000000.066 | 2 | 8 | 6.000000.524 | ||||
| 12 | 11 | Paul di Resta (GBR) | Racing Point VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 9.000000.202 | +2.000000.273 | 2 | 15 | 6.000000.317 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | Felipe Massa (BRA) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 9.000000.708 | +2.000000.779 | 2 | 12 | 6.000000.255 | ||||
| 14 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 7.000000.502 | +0.000 | 2 | 4 | 5.000000.898 | ||||
| 15 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg (GER) | Racing Point VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 8.000000.142 | +1.000000.213 | 2 | 16 | 6.000000.745 | ||||
| 16 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne (FRA) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 8.000000.685 | +1.000000.756 | 3 | 18 | 7.000000.714 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 0.000 | +3.000000.156 | 2 | 17 | 6.000000.956 | ||||
| 18 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov (RUS) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 2 | 20 | 8.000000.677 | |||||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock (GER) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 2 | 21 | 9.000000.282 | |||||
| 20 | 25 | Charles Pic (FRA) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 3 | 22 | 9.000000.717 | |||||
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 2 | 23 | 0.000 | |||||
| 22 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan (IND) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 54 | +2 laps | 2 | 24 | 1.000000.000 | |||||
| 23 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 53 | +3 laps | 4 | 19 | 8.000000.463 | |||||
| Retirement | |||||||||||||||
| wheel | 7 | Michael Schumacher (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5.000000.691 | ||||||
| Free practice | |||||||||||||||
| -- | 12 | Giedo van der Garde (NED) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | ||||||||||
| -- | 125 | Jules Bianchi (FRA) | Racing Point VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | ||||||||||
| -- | 127 | Valtteri Bottas (FIN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | ||||||||||
