Nico Rosberg First F1 Win
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), who started from pole position, made a great start and established major time differences with respect to their persecutors, the german dominating the race from start to finish and achieving the first victory of his career.
The two McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button and the two Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber and German double world champion Sebastian Vettel crossed the line below.
With this result, Lewis Hamilton is the new world championship leader, with 45 points, two ahead of Button, second, and eight over Fernando Alonso, who came to China as a leader and walks away third with 37 points.
Meanwhile, Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado (Williams), Spanish Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and Mexico's Sergio Perez (Sauber) staged a fierce fight in the final laps to score the maximum points possible.
Maldonado, who finished eighth, and Alonso ninth, but not Perez, who crossed the finish line in eleventh place, behind his teammate, Japan's Kamui Kobayashi, who scored last point.
Michael Schumacher, who started second on the grid, in front, was forced to retire on lap 13.
1. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes-Mercedes - Germany 56 laps 1hr 36'26.929s
2. Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - Britain +00'20.6s
3. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - Britain +00'26.0s
4. Mark Webber - Red Bull-Renault - Australia +00'27.9s
5. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull-Renault - Germany +00'30.4s
6. Romain Grosjean - Lotus-Renault - France +00'31.4s
7. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault - Brazil +00'34.5s
8. Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Renault - Venezuela +00'35.6s
9. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari-Ferrari - Spain +00'37.2s
10. Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - Japan +00'38.7s
11. Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - Mexico +00'41.0s
12. Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - Britain +00'42.2s
13. Felipe Massa - Ferrari-Ferrari - Brazil +00'42.7s
14. Kimi Raikkonen - Lotus-Renault - Finland +00'50.5s
15. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes - Germany +00'51.2s
16. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso-Ferrari - France +00'51.7s
17. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso-Ferrari - Australia +01'03.1s
18. Vitaly Petrov - Caterham-Renault - Russia +1 lap
19. Timo Glock - Marussia-Cosworth - Germany +1 lap
20. Charles Pic - Marussia-Cosworth - France +1 lap
21. Pedro de la Rosa - HRT-Cosworth - Spain +1 lap
22. Narain Karthikeyan - HRT-Cosworth - India +2 laps
23. Heikki Kovalainen - Caterham-Renault - Finland +3 laps
Retired = Michael Schumacher - Mercedes-Mercedes - Germany - 12 laps completed
Fastest Lap = Kamui Kobayashi 1'39.960s at lap 40
