Shanghai
The Shanghai International Circuit was designed as the race circuit for the new millennium. And the modern track, with its stunning architecture, has achieved its goal of becoming China's gateway to the world of Formula One racing since it debuted on the calendar in 2004.
Circuit architects Hermann Tilke and Peter Wahl on their creation: “The 5.4 kilometre racing track is shaped like the Chinese character 'shang', which stands for 'high' or 'above'. Other symbols represented in the architecture originate from Chinese history, such as the team buildings arranged like pavilions in a lake to resemble the ancient Yuyan-Garden in Shanghai. Here, nature and technology are carefully used to create harmony between the elements.”
Not only is the course remarkable for its change of acceleration and deceleration within different winding turns, making high demands on the driver as well as the car, but also for its high-speed straights. These offer crucial overtaking opportunities and give an intense and exciting motorsport experience to the spectators. The main grandstand with 29,000 seats provides a spectacular view of almost 80 percent of the circuit.
Session Times
Fri 13 April 2012
Practice 1 03:00 - 04:30
Practice 2 07:00 - 08:30
Sat 14 April 2012
Practice 3 04:00 - 05:00
Qualifying 07:00
Sun 15 April 2012
Race 08:00
All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18378942
Track:
Track Diagram
Track DRS
On back straight.
Circuit information
Circuit Name: Shanghai International Circuit
Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.451 km
Race Distance: 305.066 km
Lap Record: 1:32.238 - M Schumacher (2004)
2011 Race Edit - http://www.formula1.com/video/race_edits/
Current Standings
Team Preview
Pirelli - http://pitpass.com/45962-Chinese-GP-Preview-Pirelli
Lotus -
Williams - http://pitpass.com/45973-Chinese-GP-Preview-Williams
HRT - http://pitpass.com/45968-Chinese-GP-Preview-HRT
Mclaren - http://pitpass.com/45959-Chinese-GP-Preview-McLaren
Mercedes - http://pitpass.com/45958-Chinese-GP-Preview-Mercedes
Ferrari -
Caterham - http://pitpass.com/45957-Chinese-GP-Preview-Caterham
Marussia - http://pitpass.com/45961-Chinese-GP-Preview-Marussia
Red Bull -
Toro Rosso -
Sauber - http://pitpass.com/45960-Chinese-GP-Preview-Sauber
Force India - http://pitpass.com/45974-Chinese-GP-Preview-Force-India
Technical Changes
http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/
Weather Forecast
News
- Ferrari 'nearly a second off the pace' - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98686
- Technical director Paddy Lowe says McLaren must capitalise on its current advantage - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98692
- Lewis Hamilton hit by grid penalty in the Chinese Grand Prix - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98713
- FIA reject Lotus protest over Mercedes wings - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/4/13208.html
Photos from the event
Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/866/general/thursday.html
Friday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/866/general/friday.html
Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/866/general/saturday.html
Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/866/general/sunday.html
FIA Press Conference
Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/4/13206.html
Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/4/13217.html
Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/4/13224.html
Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/4/13232.html
Practice 1
Code:
[b]Pos Driver Team Time Laps[/b]
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m37.106 7
2. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m38.116s + 1.010 14
3. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m38.316s + 1.210 14
4. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m38.584s + 1.478 13
5. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m38.911s + 1.805 12
6. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m38.977s + 1.871 15
7. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m39.198s + 2.092 12
8. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m39.199s + 2.093 6
9. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m39.748s + 2.642 16
10. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m39.768s + 2.662 14
11. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m40.056s + 2.950 14
12. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m40.153s + 3.047 14
13. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m40.298s + 3.192 8
14. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m40.328s + 3.222 13
15. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m40.540s + 3.434 12
16. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m41.071s + 3.965 14
17. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m41.204s + 4.098 14
18. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m42.330s + 5.224 14
19. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m42.521s + 5.415 11
20. Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes 1m44.118s + 7.012 8
21. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m44.227s + 7.121 10
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m44.500s + 7.394 15
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m47.204s + 10.098 12
24. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m50.465s + 13.359 11Practice 2
Code:
[b]Pos Driver Team Time Laps[/b]
1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m35.973 32
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.145s + 0.172 29
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m36.160s + 0.187 26
4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m36.433s + 0.460 23
5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m36.617s + 0.644 30
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.711s + 0.738 27
7. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.956s + 0.983 28
8. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m36.966s + 0.993 30
9. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m37.191s + 1.218 30
10. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m37.316s + 1.343 32
11. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m37.417s + 1.444 22
12. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m37.616s + 1.643 33
13. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m37.836s + 1.863 30
14. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m37.930s + 1.957 31
15. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m37.972s + 1.999 25
16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m38.176s + 2.203 34
17. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m38.293s + 2.320 30
18. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m38.783s + 2.810 37
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m38.990s + 3.017 36
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m39.346s + 3.373 19
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m39.651s + 3.678 15
22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m40.343s + 4.370 24
23. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m40.753s + 4.780 30Practice 3
Code:
[b]Pos Driver Team Time Laps[/b]
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.940s 13
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.093s + 0.123 12
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m36.389s + 0.449 16
4. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m36.512s + 0.572 17
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m36.635s + 0.695 16
6. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m36.765s + 0.825 17
7. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.781s + 0.841 19
8. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.880s + 0.940 17
9. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m37.039s + 1.099 15
10. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m37.061s + 1.121 17
11. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m37.237s + 1.297 16
12. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m37.274s + 1.334 19
13. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m37.288s + 1.348 16
14. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m37.425s + 1.485 14
15. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m37.465s + 1.525 12
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m37.493s + 1.553 13
17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m37.628s + 1.688 14
18. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m37.831s + 1.891 14
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m38.701s + 2.761 19
20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m39.198s + 3.258 19
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m39.796s + 3.856 18
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m40.048s + 4.108 17
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m41.263s + 5.323 14
24. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m41.499s + 5.559 18Qualifying
Code:
[b]Pos Driver Team Time Gap [/b]
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m35.121s
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.626s + 0.505
3. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m35.691s + 0.570
4. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m35.784s + 0.663
5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m35.898s + 0.777
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.191s + 1.070
7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m36.290s + 1.169
8. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.524s + 1.403
9. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m36.622s + 1.501
10. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault No time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m35.831s Gap **
11. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m36.031s + 0.331
12. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m36.255s + 0.555
13. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m36.283s + 0.583
14. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m36.289s + 0.589
15. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m36.317s + 0.617
16. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m36.745s + 1.045
17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m36.956s + 1.256
Q1 cut-off time: 1m36.933s Gap *
18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m37.714s + 1.516
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m38.463s + 2.265
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m38.677s + 2.479
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m39.282s + 3.084
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m39.717s + 3.519
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m40.411s + 4.213
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m41.000s + 4.802
107% time: 1m42.931s
* Gap to quickest in Q1 ** Gap to quickest in Q2Race
Code:
[b]Pos Driver Team Time[/b]
1. Rosberg Mercedes 1h36:26.929
2. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 20.626
3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 26.012
4. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 27.924
5. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 30.483
6. Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 31.491
7. Senna Williams-Renault + 34.597
8. Maldonado Williams-Renault + 35.643
9. Alonso Ferrari + 37.256
10. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 38.720
11. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 41.066
12. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 42.273
13. Massa Ferrari + 42.700
14. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 50.500
15. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 51.200
16. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 51.700
17. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:03.100
18. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
19. Glock Marussia-Cosworth + 1 lap
20. Pic Marussia-Cosworth + 1 lap
21. De la Rosa HRT-Cosworth + 1 lap
22. Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps
23. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 3 laps
Fastest lap: Kobayashi, 1:39.960
Not classified/retirements:
Driver Team On lap
Schumacher Mercedes 16World Championship standings, round 3:
Code:
[b]Drivers: Constructors: [/b]
1. Hamilton 45 1. McLaren-Mercedes 88
2. Button 43 2. Red Bull-Renault 64
3. Alonso 37 3. Ferrari 37
4. Webber 36 4. Sauber-Ferrari 31
5. Vettel 28 5. Mercedes 26
6. Rosberg 25 6. Lotus-Renault 24
7. Perez 22 7. Williams-Renault 18
8. Raikkonen 16 8. Force India-Mercedes 9
9. Senna 14 9. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6
10. Kobayashi 9
11. Grosjean 8
12. Di Resta 7
13. Vergne 4
14. Maldonado 4
15. Ricciardo 2
16. Hulkenberg 2
17. Schumacher 1
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