Round 4 · 2012
Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain · Sun 22 Apr · 12:00 UTC
Race replay
Starting grid
Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain · Sun 22 Apr · 12:00 UTC
Race replay
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Stops | Time / Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian VettelFL | Red Bull | 1 | 3 | 1:35:10.990 | 25 |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 11 | 3 | +3.333 | 18 |
| 3 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 7 | 3 | +10.194 | 15 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 3 | 3 | +38.788 | 12 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 5 | 3 | +55.460 | 10 |
| 6 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 10 | 2 | +57.543 | 8 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 9 | 3 | +57.803 | 6 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 3 | +58.984 | 4 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 14 | 3 | +1:04.999 | 2 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 22 | 3 | +1:11.490 | 1 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 8 | 3 | +1:12.702 | |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 13 | 3 | +1:16.539 | |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 12 | 3 | +1:30.334 | |
| 14 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 17 | 3 | +1:33.723 | |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 6 | 3 | +1 Lap | |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 18 | 3 | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 16 | 4 | +1 Lap | |
| 18 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 4 | 4 | Exhaust | |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 23 | 3 | +2 Laps | |
| 20 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 20 | 3 | +2 Laps | |
| 21 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 24 | 4 | +2 Laps | |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 15 | 3 | Vibrations | |
| — | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 21 | 2 | Puncture | |
| — | Charles Pic | Marussia | 19 | 1 | Engine |
Stop is the car stationary in its box — the figure the sport quotes — and is recorded only from 2024, incompletely. Pit lane is entry to exit, runs from 2011, and depends on the circuit as much as the crew.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:34.308 | 1:33.527 | 1:32.422 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:34.813 | 1:33.209 | 1:32.520 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:34.015 | 1:33.311 | 1:32.637 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:34.792 | 1:33.416 | 1:32.711 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:34.588 | 1:33.219 | 1:32.821 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:33.988 | 1:33.556 | 1:32.912 |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:34.041 | 1:33.246 | 1:33.008 |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:33.814 | 1:33.660 | 1:33.394 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:34.760 | 1:33.403 | — |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:36.624 | 1:33.510 | — |
| 11 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:34.552 | 1:33.789 | — |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:34.131 | 1:33.806 | — |
| 13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:34.601 | 1:33.807 | — |
| 14 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:34.372 | 1:33.912 | — |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:34.466 | 1:34.017 | — |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:34.852 | 1:36.132 | — |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:34.639 | — | — |
| 18 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:34.865 | — | — |
| 19 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:35.014 | — | — |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:35.823 | — | — |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:37.683 | — | — |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:37.883 | — | — |
| 23 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:37.905 | — | — |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:38.314 | — | — |