C’est Jenson Button (McLaren) qui a remporté le Grand Prix de Chine, devant Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) et Nico Rosberg (Mercedes). Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) a pris la 4e place. Sebastien Vettel (Red Bull) a pris le 6e rang suite à de mauvaises décision concernant le changement de pneumatique selon les conditions de la piste.
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | 1:46:42.163 | 5 | 25 | |
| 2 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | +1.5 secs | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 56 | +9.4 secs | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 56 | +11.8 secs | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 56 | +22.2 secs | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 56 | +33.3 secs | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 56 | +47.6 secs | 14 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 56 | +52.1 secs | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 56 | +57.7 secs | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 56 | +61.7 secs | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | +62.8 secs | 10 | |
| 12 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 56 | +63.6 secs | 11 | |
| 13 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 56 | +71.4 secs | 12 | |
| 14 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 55 | +1 Lap | 21 | |
| 15 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 55 | +1 Lap | 16 | |
| 16 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 54 | +2 Laps | 23 | |
| 17 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 52 | +4 Laps | 24 | |
| Ret | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 26 | Hydraulics | 20 | |
| Ret | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 8 | Clutch | 22 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 7 | Technical | 17 | |
| Ret | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 0 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 0 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 0 | Engine | 19 |