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 RosbergROS

Mercedes

1:36.875

1:35.725

1:35.121

11

2

4

Lewis HamiltonHAM

McLaren Mercedes

1:36.763

1:35.902

1:35.626

14

3

7

Michael SchumacherMSC

Mercedes

1:36.797

1:35.794

1:35.691

13

4

14

Kamui KobayashiKOB

Sauber Ferrari

1:36.863

1:35.853

1:35.784

13

5

9

Kimi RäikkönenRAI

Lotus Renault

1:36.850

1:35.921

1:35.898

15

6

3

Jenson ButtonBUT

McLaren Mercedes

1:36.746

1:35.942

1:36.191

16

7

2

Mark WebberWEB

Red Bull Racing Renault

1:36.682

1:35.700

1:36.290

14

8

15

Sergio PerezPER

Sauber Ferrari

1:36.198

1:35.831

1:36.524

17

9

5

Fernando AlonsoALO

Ferrari

1:36.292

1:35.982

1:36.622

17

10

10

Romain GrosjeanGRO

Lotus Renault

1:36.343

1:35.903

DNF

15

11

1

Sebastian VettelVET

Red Bull Racing Renault

1:36.911

1:36.031

11

12

6

Felipe MassaMAS

Ferrari

1:36.556

1:36.255

14

13

18

Pastor MaldonadoMAL

Williams Renault

1:36.528

1:36.283

14

14

19

Bruno SennaSEN

Williams Renault

1:36.674

1:36.289

14

15

11

Paul di RestaDIR

Force India Mercedes

1:36.639

1:36.317

14

16

12

Nico HulkenbergHUL

Force India Mercedes

1:36.921

1:36.745

14

17

16

Daniel RicciardoRIC

STR Ferrari

1:36.933

1:36.956

14

18

17

Jean-Eric VergneVER

STR Ferrari

1:37.714

8

19

20

Heikki KovalainenKOV

Caterham Renault

1:38.463

9

20

21

Vitaly PetrovPET

Caterham Renault

1:38.677

7

21

24

Timo GlockGLO

Marussia Cosworth

1:39.282

10

22

25

Charles PicPIC

Marussia Cosworth

1:39.717

10

23

22

Pedro de la RosaDLR

HRT Cosworth

1:40.411

7

24

23

Narain KarthikeyanKAR

HRT Cosworth

1:41.000

10

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