2012 Chinese Grand Prix
Qualifying
Notes — Lewis Hamilton was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change prior to the weekend. — Jean Eric Vergne started from pit lane after his team carried out various changes to his car, contravening parc ferme regulations.

2012 Chinese Grand Prix

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: Notes — Lewis Hamilton was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change prior to the weekend. — Jean Eric Vergne started from pit lane after his team carried out various changes to his car, contravening parc ferme regulations.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid

1	8	Germany Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:36.875	1:35.725	1:35.121	1

2	4	United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.763	1:35.902	1:35.626	7

3	7	Germany Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.797	1:35.794	1:35.691	2

4	14	Japan Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.863	1:35.853	1:35.784	3

5	9	Finland Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:36.850	1:35.921	1:35.898	4

6	3	United Kingdom Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.746	1:35.942	1:36.191	5

7	2	Australia Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.682	1:35.700	1:36.290	6

8	15	Mexico Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.198	1:35.831	1:36.524	8

9	5	Spain Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:36.292	1:35.982	1:36.622	9

10	10	France Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:36.343	1:35.903	no time	10

11	1	Germany Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.911	1:36.031	11

12	6	Brazil Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.556	1:36.255	12

13	18	Venezuela Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:36.528	1:36.283	13

14	19	Brazil Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:36.674	1:36.289	14

15	11	United Kingdom Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:36.639	1:36.317	15

16	12	Germany Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:36.921	1:36.745	16

17	16	Australia Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.933	1:36.956	17

18	17	France Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:37.714	24

19	20	Finland Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:38.463	18

20	21	Russia Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:38.677	19

21	24	Germany Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:39.282	20

22	25	France Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:39.717	21

23	22	Spain Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:40.411	22

24	23	India Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:41.000	23

107% time: 1:42.931

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In the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Rosberg posted a 1:35.121 which was the fastest time.

final_sentence: In the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Rosberg posted a 1:35.121 which was the fastest time.