Nico Rosberg Takes Pole Position: Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:36.875	1:35.725	1:35.121	11
2	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.763	1:35.902	1:35.626	14
3	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.797	1:35.794	1:35.691	13
4	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.863	1:35.853	1:35.784	13
5	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:36.850	1:35.921	1:35.898	15
6	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.746	1:35.942	1:36.191	16
7	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:36.682	1:35.700	1:36.290	14
8	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.198	1:35.831	1:36.524	17
9	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:36.292	1:35.982	1:36.622	17
10	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:36.343	1:35.903		15
11	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:36.911	1:36.031		11
12	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.556	1:36.255		14
13	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:36.528	1:36.283		14
14	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:36.674	1:36.289		14
15	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:36.639	1:36.317		14
16	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:36.921	1:36.745		14
17	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:36.933	1:36.956		14
18	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:37.714			8
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:38.463			9
20	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:38.677			7
21	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:39.282			10
22	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:39.717			10
23	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:40.411			7
24	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:41.000			10
		Q1 107% Time		1:42.931

Note - Hamilton qualified second, but drops five grid places as penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change

This is Mercedes's First Pole Position with Nico Rosberg Taking Pole from McLaren's Lewis Hamilton