Shanghai International Circuit · 15 April 2012
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Button 18 + Hamilton 15 | Button 18 + Hamilton 15 | 33 | |
| 2 | Mercedes Rosberg 25 + Schumacher 0 | Rosberg 25 + Schumacher 0 | 25 | |
| 3 | Red Bull Webber 12 + Vettel 10 | Webber 12 + Vettel 10 | 22 | |
| 4 | Williams Senna 6 + Maldonado 4 | Senna 6 + Maldonado 4 | 10 | |
| 5 | Lotus F1 Grosjean 8 + Räikkönen 0 | Grosjean 8 + Räikkönen 0 | 8 | |
| 6 | Ferrari Alonso 2 + Massa 0 | Alonso 2 + Massa 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sauber Kobayashi 1 + Pérez 0 | Kobayashi 1 + Pérez 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Force India Resta 0 + Hülkenberg 0 | Resta 0 + Hülkenberg 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Toro Rosso Vergne 0 + Ricciardo 0 | Vergne 0 + Ricciardo 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Caterham Petrov 0 + Kovalainen 0 | Petrov 0 + Kovalainen 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Marussia Glock 0 + Pic 0 | Glock 0 + Pic 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | HRT Rosa 0 + Karthikeyan 0 | Rosa 0 + Karthikeyan 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg Mercedes | Mercedes | 1:36:26.929 | 56 | — | 25 | |
| 2 | Jenson Button McLaren | McLaren | +20.626s | 56 | — | 18 | |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren | McLaren | +26.012s | 56 | — | 15 | |
| 4 | Mark Webber Red Bull | Red Bull | +27.924s | 56 | — | 12 | |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel Red Bull | Red Bull | +30.483s | 56 | — | 10 | |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 | Lotus F1 | +31.491s | 56 | — | 8 | |
| 7 | Bruno Senna Williams | Williams | +34.597s | 56 | — | 6 | |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado Williams | Williams | +35.643s | 56 | — | 4 | |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso Ferrari | Ferrari | +37.256s | 56 | — | 2 | |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi Sauber | Sauber | +38.720s | 56 | — | 1 | |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez Sauber | Sauber | +41.066s | 56 | — | — | |
| 12 | Paul di Resta Force India | Force India | +42.273s | 56 | — | — | |
| 13 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | Ferrari | +42.779s | 56 | — | — | |
| 14 | Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 | Lotus F1 | +50.573s | 56 | — | — | |
| 15 | Nico Hülkenberg Force India | Force India | +51.213s | 56 | — | — | |
| 16 | Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +51.756s | 56 | — | — | |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1:03.156 | 56 | — | — | |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov Caterham | Caterham | +1 Lap | 55 | — | — | |
| 19 | Timo Glock Marussia | Marussia | +1 Lap | 55 | — | — | |
| 20 | Charles Pic Marussia | Marussia | +1 Lap | 55 | — | — | |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa HRT | HRT | +1 Lap | 55 | — | — | |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan HRT | HRT | +2 Laps | 54 | — | — | |
| 23 | Heikki Kovalainen Caterham | Caterham | +3 Laps | 53 | — | — | |
| 24 | Michael Schumacher Mercedes | Mercedes | DNF Wheel nut | 12 | — | — |