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Home / Seasons / 2012 F1 World Championship Season / 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix

2012 Bahrain Grand Prix

DateSunday, 22 April 2012
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
CircuitSakhir, 57 laps
Round4 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix was the

  • 862nd World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship Bahrain Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Sakhir
More 2012 season
More Bahrain Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault571hr 35m 10.990s25
2+9Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault57+3.333s18
3+4France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault57+10.194s15
4-1Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault57+38.788s12
5 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes57+55.460s10
6+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes57+57.543s8
7+2Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari57+57.803s6
8-6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes57+58.984s4
9+5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari57+1m 04.999s2
10+12Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes57+1m 11.490s1
11-3Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari57+1m 12.702s 
12+1Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes57+1m 16.539s 
13-1Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari57+1m 30.334s 
14+3France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari57+1m 33.723s 
15-9Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1 lap 
16+2Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault56+1 lap 
17-1Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault56+1 lap 
18-14United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes55DNF 
19+4Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth55+2 laps 
20 Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth55+2 laps 
21+3India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth55+2 laps 
22-7Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault54DNF 
R Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault25DNF 
R France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth24DNF 

Notes

  • Jenson Button ended lap 55 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Bruno Senna ended lap 54 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
3 Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
4 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
5 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
6 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
7 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
8 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
9 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari
10 United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
11 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
12 Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
13 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
14 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
15 Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
16 Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
17 France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
18 Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
19 France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth
20 Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth
21-5Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
22-5Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes
23 Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
24 India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth

Notes

  • Pastor Maldonado and Michael Schumacher received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:32.422 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.5200.098
3Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:32.6370.215
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.7110.289
5Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:32.8210.399
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:32.9120.490
7France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:33.0080.586
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:33.3940.972
9Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari– 
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes– 
Q2
11Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:33.789 
12Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:33.806 
13Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:33.807 
14Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:33.912 
15Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:34.017 
16Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:36.132 
17Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault– 
Q1
18Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:34.865 
19France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:35.014 
20Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:35.823 
21France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:37.683 
22Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:37.883 
23Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:37.905 
24India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:38.314 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2012 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel53
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton49
3Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber48
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button43
5Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso43
6Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg35
7Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen34
8France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean23
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez22
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta15
11Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna14
12Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi9
13France flag lazyload Jean-Eric Vergne4
14Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado4
15Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo2
16Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg2
17Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa2
18Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault101
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes92
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault57
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari45
5Germany flag lazyload Mercedes37
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari31
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault18
8India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes17
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari6

Statistics & milestones

Wins
22nd for Sebastian Vettel
28th for Red Bull
Podiums
63rd for Kimi Raikkonen (first podium since 2009; first for Lotus), 38th for Sebastian Vettel, 1st for Romain Grosjean (200th different podium finisher, 21st French driver; first French driver since 1998)
68th for Red Bull, 1st & 2nd for Lotus (2012-15) (56th different podium finisher)
Poles
31st for Sebastian Vettel
39th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
10th for Sebastian Vettel (32nd driver to set ten fastest laps, 2nd German driver)
23rd for Red Bull
Front row starts
42nd for Sebastian Vettel, 40th for Lewis Hamilton (12th driver to achieve 40 front row starts, 6th British driver)
Pole & win
17th for Sebastian Vettel
Win & fastest lap
6th for Sebastian Vettel
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
4th for Sebastian Vettel

See also

  • Bahrain Grand Prix
  • Sakhir circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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