- Winner
- Nico Rosberg
- Team
- Mercedes
- Top listed
- Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button, and Lewis Hamilton
- Race date
- April 15, 2012
- Pole
- Nico Rosberg
- Fastest lap
- Kamui Kobayashi
- Classified drivers
- 24
- Circuit
- Shanghai International Circuit
The decisive result
Nico Rosberg finished first for Mercedes. Jenson Button is listed 2 for McLaren, with Lewis Hamilton 3 for McLaren.
Grid to finish
Bruno Senna from P14 to P7 (+7), Sebastian Vettel from P11 to P5 (+6), and Pastor Maldonado from P13 to P8 (+5) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Nico Rosberg started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 17 Finished, 4 +1 lap, 1 +2 laps, 1 +3 laps, and 1 Wheel. Kamui Kobayashi holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:39.960 on lap 40. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.