GP China Track Guide
| RESULT 2012 |  |
| POSITION | DRIVER | TEAM | LAPS | TIME | |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 56 | 1:36:26.929 | |
| 2 | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 56 | 1:36:47.555 | |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 56 | 1:36:52.941 | |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 56 | 1:36:54.853 | |
| 5 | Sebastien Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 56 | 1:36:57.412 | |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 56 | 1:36:58.420 | |
| 7 | Bruno Senna | William F1 Team | 56 | 1:37:01.526 | |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | William F1 Team | 56 | 1:37:02.572 | |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 56 | 1:37:04.185 | |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber F1 Team | 56 | 1:37:05.649 | |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Sauber F1 Team | 56 | 1:37:07.995 | |
| 12 | Paul Di Resta | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 56 | 1:37:09.202 | |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 56 | 1:37:09.708 | |
| 14 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus F1 Team | 56 | 1:37:17.502 | |
| 15 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 56 | 1:37:18.142 | |
| 16 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 56 | 1:37:18.685 | |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 56 | 1:37:30.085 | |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham F1 Team | 55 | 1:36:30.554 | |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Marussia F1 Team | 55 | 1:37:20.154 | |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia F1 Team | 55 | 1:37:20.552 | |
| 21 | Pedro De la Rosa | HRT F1 Team | 55 | 1:38:03.223 | |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT F1 Team | 54 | 1:37:15.280 | |
| 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham F1 Team | 53 | 1:37:38.545 | |
| - | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | DNF | ||
| FASTEST LAP | |||||
| Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber F1 Team | 40 | 1:39.960 | ||
| GRID 2012 | |
| POSITION | DRIVER | TEAM | TIME | |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1:35.121 | |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1:35.691 | |
| 3 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber F1 Team | 1:35.784 | |
| 4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus F1 Team | 1:35.898 | |
| 5 | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:36.191 | |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 1:36.290 | |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:35.626 | |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | Sauber F1 Team | 1:36.524 | |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:36.622 | |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | ||
| 11 | Sebastien Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1:36.031 | |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:36.255 | |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | William F1 Team | 1:36.283 | |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | William F1 Team | 1:36.289 | |
| 15 | Paul Di Resta | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 1:36.317 | |
| 16 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 1:36.745 | |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:36.956 | |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham F1 Team | 1:38.463 | |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham F1 Team | 1:38.677 | |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia F1 Team | 1:39.282 | |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia F1 Team | 1:39.717 | |
| 22 | Pedro De la Rosa | HRT F1 Team | 1:40.411 | |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT F1 Team | 1:41.000 | |
| PIT | Jean-Eric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:37.714 | |
| PREVIOUS WINNERS | |
| YEAR | DRIVER | TEAM | LAPS | TIME | |
| 2011 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 56 | 1:36:58.226 | |
| 2010 | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 56 | 1:46:42.163 | |
| 2009 | Sebastien Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 56 | 1:57:43.485 | |
| PREVIOUS POLES | |
| YEAR | DRIVER | TEAM | TIME | |
| 2011 | Sebastien Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1:33.706 | |
| 2010 | Sebastien Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1:34.558 | |
| 2009 | Sebastien Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1:36.184 | |
| PREVIOUS FASTEST LAPS | |
| YEAR | DRIVER | TEAM | LAP | TIME | |
| 2011 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 42 | 1:38.993 | |
| 2010 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 13 | 1:42.061 | |
| 2009 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn GP Formula 1 Team | 42 | 1:52.592 | |
| LAP RECORD |
| YEAR | DRIVER | TEAM | TIME | |
| 2004 | Michael Schumacher | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:32.238 | |
| TIMETABLE 2012 - LOCAL TIME |
| DATE | SESSION | START | FINISH | |
| Friday 13 April 2012 | Practice 1 | 10:00 | 11:30 | |
| Practice 2 | 14:00 | 15:30 | ||
| Saturday 14 April 2012 | Practice 3 | 11:00 | 12:00 | |
| Qualifying | 14:00 | 15:00 | ||
| Sunday 15 April 2012 | Race | 15:00 | ||
