Formula 1 2012 - Mercedes-Petronas driver Nico Rosberg wins the Chinese Grand Prix, results and standings

Published on 04-15-2012 08:42 PM

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This is what we have been waiting to see, a victory for Mercedes and for Nico Rosberg to start living up to his potential. Congratulations to the Mercedes-Petronas Formula 1 team and to Nico Rosberg for a well deserved victory at the Chinese Grand Prix. An interesting tidbit of info is that the victory comes on Nico's 111th start which was 111 years after the first Formula 1 victory for Mercedes in 1901. Full race results and standings below.

2012 Formula I Chinese Grand Prix Race results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	1:36:26.929	1	25
2	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+20.6 secs	5	18
3	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+26.0 secs	7	15
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	56	+27.9 secs	6	12
5	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	56	+30.4 secs	11	10
6	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	56	+31.4 secs	10	8
7	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	56	+34.5 secs	14	6
8	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	56	+35.6 secs	13	4
9	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+37.2 secs	9	2
10	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+38.7 secs	3	1
11	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+41.0 secs	8
12	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+42.2 secs	15
13	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+42.7 secs	12
14	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	56	+50.5 secs	4
15	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	56	+51.2 secs	16
16	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	56	+51.7 secs	24
17	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	56	+63.1 secs	17
18	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	55	+1 Lap	19
19	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+1 Lap	20
20	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+1 Lap	21
21	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	55	+1 Lap	22
22	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	54	+2 Laps	23
23	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	53	+3 Laps	18
Ret	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	12	Wheel	2

Driver standings after 3 races:

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren-Mercedes	45
2	Jenson Button	British	McLaren-Mercedes	43
3	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	37
4	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing-Renault	36
5	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing-Renault	28
6	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	25
7	Sergio Perez	Mexican	Sauber-Ferrari	22
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	16
9	Bruno Senna	Brazilian	Williams-Renault	14
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Japanese	Sauber-Ferrari	9
11	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus-Renault	8
12	Paul di Resta	British	Force India-Mercedes	7
13	Jean-Eric Vergne	French	STR-Ferrari	4
14	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams-Renault	4
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	STR-Ferrari	2
16	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Force India-Mercedes	2
17	Michael Schumacher	German	Mercedes	1
18	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	0
19	Timo Glock	German	Marussia-Cosworth	0
20	Charles Pic	French	Marussia-Cosworth	0
21	Vitaly Petrov	Russian	Caterham-Renault	0
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	Caterham-Renault	0
23	Pedro de la Rosa	Spanish	HRT-Cosworth	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan	Indian	HRT-Cosworth	0

Team standings after 3 races:

Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren-Mercedes	88
2	Red Bull Racing-Renault	64
3	Ferrari	37
4	Sauber-Ferrari	31
5	Mercedes	26
6	Lotus-Renault	24
7	Williams-Renault	18
8	Force India-Mercedes	9
9	STR-Ferrari	6
10	Marussia-Cosworth	0
11	Caterham-Renault	0
12	HRT-Cosworth	0

Nico Rosberg (1st)
Michael Schumacher (DNF)
Ross Brawn, Mercedes team principal
Norbert Haug, vice-president, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport

4 Comments

Sticky - 04-16-2012, 12:06 AM
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Ugh, happened again. Bug not fixed after the upgrade.

I don't know why if I promote a post to an article that is later in the thread it is deleting the original thread and replies. Such a headache.

DavidV - 04-16-2012, 02:45 AM
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Mmm, all my comments and reports disappeared...

Sticky - 04-18-2012, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by DavidV

Mmm, all my comments and reports disappeared...

I know, I'm sorry David. Trying to figure out what causes that to happen.

DavidV - 04-19-2012, 10:40 AM
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Formula 1 2012 - Mercedes-Petronas driver Nico Rosberg wins the Chinese Grand Prix, results and standings

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