2012 · Round 4

Bahrain Grand Prix

Bahrain International Circuit · Sakhir, Bahrain
22 Apr 2012

Pole position

Vettel

Converted to the win

Fastest lap

1:36.379

Sebastian Vettel

Biggest climber

▲12

Michael Schumacher

Finishers

20/24

4 did not finish

Classification

Bahrain GP result

Pos	Driver	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / status	Fastest lap	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	1	•	57	1:35:10.990	1:36.379	25
2	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1	11	▲9	57	+3.333	1:37.116	18
3	Romain Grosjean Lotus F1	7	▲4	57	+10.194	1:36.928	15
4	Mark Webber Red Bull	3	▼1	57	+38.788	1:37.437	12
5	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	5	•	57	+55.460	1:38.080	10
6	Paul di Resta Force India	10	▲4	57	+57.543	1:38.372	8
7	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	9	▲2	57	+57.803	1:38.203	6
8	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	2	▼6	57	+58.984	1:37.733	4
9	Felipe Massa Ferrari	14	▲5	57	+1:04.999	1:38.123	2
10	Michael Schumacher Mercedes	22	▲12	57	+1:11.490	1:38.128	1
11	Sergio Pérez Sauber	8	▼3	57	+1:12.702	1:38.146
12	Nico Hülkenberg Force India	13	▲1	57	+1:16.539	1:38.312
13	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	12	▼1	57	+1:30.334	1:36.700
14	Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso	17	▲3	57	+1:33.723	1:37.058
15	Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso	6	▼9	56	+1 Lap	1:37.903
16	Vitaly Petrov Caterham	18	▲2	56	+1 Lap	1:38.305
17	Heikki Kovalainen Caterham	16	▼1	56	+1 Lap	1:38.441
18	Jenson Button McLaren	4	▼14	55	Exhaust	1:38.046
19	Timo Glock Marussia	23	▲4	55	+2 Laps	1:40.323
20	Pedro de la Rosa HRT	20	•	55	+2 Laps	1:40.237
21	Narain Karthikeyan HRT	24	▲3	55	+2 Laps	1:39.747
22	Bruno Senna Williams	15	▼7	54	Vibrations	1:38.087
DNF	Pastor Maldonado Williams	21		25	Puncture	1:39.876
DNF	Charles Pic Marussia	19		24	Engine	1:41.519

Grid

Pos	Driver	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	–	–