Who won the Chinese Grand Prix 2012?

Nico Rosberg won the Chinese Grand Prix 2012, driving for Mercedes.

Who was on pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix 2012?

Nico Rosberg took pole position for Mercedes.

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Round 3 · 2012

Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai International Circuit · 2012-04-15

McLaren

McLaren

Nico Rosberg won the Chinese Grand Prix 2012 at Shanghai International Circuit on 15 April 2012, starting from pole position. Jenson Button finished second for McLaren, with Lewis Hamilton completing the podium for McLaren. Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest lap with a time of 1:39.960.

Race Results

Pos	Grid	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Status	Pts	FL
1	1	Nico RosbergROS	Mercedes	56	1:36:26.929	25
2	5	Jenson ButtonBUT	McLaren	56	+20.626	18
3	7	Lewis HamiltonHAM	McLaren	56	+26.012	15
4	6	Mark WebberWEB	Red Bull	56	+27.924	12
5	11	Sebastian VettelVET	Red Bull	56	+30.483	10
6	10	Romain GrosjeanGRO	Lotus F1	56	+31.491	8
7	14	Bruno SennaSEN	Williams	56	+34.597	6
8	13	Pastor MaldonadoMAL	Williams	56	+35.643	4
9	9	Fernando AlonsoALO	Ferrari	56	+37.256	2
10	3	Kamui KobayashiKOB	Sauber	56	+38.720	1	⚡ 1:39.960
11	8	Sergio PérezPER	Sauber	56	+41.066	0
12	15	Paul di RestaDIR	Force India	56	+42.273	0
13	12	Felipe MassaMAS	Ferrari	56	+42.779	0
14	4	Kimi RäikkönenRAI	Lotus F1	56	+50.573	0
15	16	Nico HülkenbergHUL	Force India	56	+51.213	0
16	24	Jean-Éric VergneVER	Toro Rosso	56	+51.756	0
17	17	Daniel RicciardoRIC	Toro Rosso	56	+1:03.156	0
18	19	Vitaly PetrovPET	Caterham	55	+1 Lap	0
19	20	Timo GlockGLO	Marussia	55	+1 Lap	0
20	21	Charles PicPIC	Marussia	55	+1 Lap	0
21	22	Pedro de la RosaDLR	HRT	55	+1 Lap	0
22	23	Narain KarthikeyanKAR	HRT	54	+2 Laps	0
23	18	Heikki KovalainenKOV	Caterham	53	+3 Laps	0
R	2	Michael SchumacherMSC	Mercedes	12	Wheel nut	0

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Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:36.875	1:35.725	1:35.121
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:36.763	1:35.902	1:35.626
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.797	1:35.794	1:35.691
4	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:36.863	1:35.853	1:35.784
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1:36.850	1:35.921	1:35.898
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:36.746	1:35.942	1:36.191
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:36.682	1:35.700	1:36.290
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:36.198	1:35.831	1:36.524
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:36.292	1:35.982	1:36.622
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:36.343	1:35.903	-
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.911	1:36.031	-
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.556	1:36.255	-
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:36.528	1:36.283	-
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:36.674	1:36.289	-
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:36.639	1:36.317	-
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:36.921	1:36.745	-
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:36.933	1:36.956	-
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:37.714	-	-
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:38.463	-	-
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:38.677	-	-
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:39.282	-	-
22	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:39.717	-	-
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:40.411	-	-
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:41.000	-	-

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