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 | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 25 | 8 | Nico Rosberg (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36'26.929 | 1 | 1'35.121 | ||||
| 2 | 18 | 3 | Jenson Button (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36'47.555 | +20.626 | 5 | 1'36.191 | |||
| 3 | 15 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36'52.941 | +26.012 | 7 | 1'35.626 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 2 | Mark Webber (AUS) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36'54.853 | +27.924 | 6 | 1'36.290 | |||
| 5 | 10 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel (GER) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36'57.412 | +30.483 | 11 | 1'36.031 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 10 | Romain Grosjean (FRA) | Lotus E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:36'58.420 | +31.491 | 10 | 1'35.903 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 19 | Bruno Senna (BRA) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'01.526 | +34.597 | 14 | 1'36.289 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado (VEN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'02.572 | +35.643 | 13 | 1'36.283 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Fernando Alonso (ESP) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'04.185 | +37.256 | 9 | 1'36.622 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) | Sauber C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'05.649 | +38.720 | 3 | 1'35.784 | 1 | 1'39.96 | (40) |
| 11 | 15 | Sergio Perez (MEX) | Sauber C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'07.995 | +41.066 | 8 | 1'36.524 | ||||
| 12 | 11 | Paul di Resta (GBR) | Force India VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'09.202 | +42.273 | 15 | 1'36.317 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | Felipe Massa (BRA) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'09.708 | +42.779 | 12 | 1'36.255 | ||||
| 14 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) | Lotus E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'17.502 | +50.573 | 4 | 1'35.898 | ||||
| 15 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg (GER) | Force India VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'18.142 | +51.213 | 16 | 1'36.745 | ||||
| 16 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne (FRA) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'18.685 | +51.756 | 18 | 1'37.714 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:37'30.085 | +1'03.156 | 17 | 1'36.956 | ||||
| 18 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov (RUS) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 20 | 1'38.677 | |||||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock (GER) | Marussia MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 21 | 1'39.282 | |||||
| 20 | 25 | Charles Pic (FRA) | Marussia MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 22 | 1'39.717 | |||||
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +1 lap | 23 | 1'40.411 | |||||
| 22 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan (IND) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 54 | +2 laps | 24 | 1'41.000 | |||||
| 23 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 53 | +3 laps | 19 | 1'38.463 | |||||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| wheel | 7 | Michael Schumacher (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 12 | 2 | 1'35.691 | ||||||
| Free practice | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 12 | Giedo van der Garde (NED) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | |||||||||
| -- | 125 | Jules Bianchi (FRA) | Force India VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | |||||||||
| -- | 127 | Valtteri Bottas (FIN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | |||||||||
