2012 Bahrain Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	57	1hr 35m 10.990s	25
2	+9	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	57	+3.333s	18
3	+4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	57	+10.194s	15
4	-1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	57	+38.788s	12
5		Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	+55.460s	10
6	+4	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	57	+57.543s	8
7	+2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	57	+57.803s	6
8	-6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+58.984s	4
9	+5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	+1m 04.999s	2
10	+12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	57	+1m 11.490s	1
11	-3	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	57	+1m 12.702s
12	+1	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	57	+1m 16.539s
13	-1	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	57	+1m 30.334s
14	+3	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	+1m 33.723s
15	-9	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1 lap
16	+2	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	56	+1 lap
17	-1	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	56	+1 lap
18	-14	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	DNF
19	+4	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+2 laps
20		Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	55	+2 laps
21	+3	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	55	+2 laps
22	-7	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	54	DNF
R		Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	25	DNF
R		Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	24	DNF

Starting grid

Pos		Driver	Constructor
1		Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
2		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
3		Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
4		Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
5		Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
6		Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
7		Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault
8		Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari
9		Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
10		Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes
11		Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault
12		Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari
13		Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes
14		Felipe Massa	Ferrari
15		Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault
16		Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault
17		Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
18		Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault
19		Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth
20		Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth
21	-5	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault
22	-5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes
23		Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth
24		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth

Qualifying result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.422
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.520	0.098
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.637	0.215
4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.711	0.289
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:32.821	0.399
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:32.912	0.490
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:33.008	0.586
8	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.394	0.972
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	–
10	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	–
Q2
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1:33.789
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.806
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:33.807
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:33.912
15	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:34.017
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:36.132
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	–
Q1
18	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:34.865
19	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:35.014
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:35.823
21	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:37.683
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:37.883
23	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:37.905
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:38.314

Free practice appearances

Driver	Constructor
Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	53
2	Lewis Hamilton	49
3	Mark Webber	48
4	Jenson Button	43
5	Fernando Alonso	43
6	Nico Rosberg	35
7	Kimi Raikkonen	34
8	Romain Grosjean	23
9	Sergio Perez	22
10	Paul di Resta	15
11	Bruno Senna	14
12	Kamui Kobayashi	9
13	Jean-Eric Vergne	4
14	Pastor Maldonado	4
15	Daniel Ricciardo	2
16	Nico Hulkenberg	2
17	Felipe Massa	2
18	Michael Schumacher	2

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Red Bull-Renault	101
2	McLaren-Mercedes	92
3	Lotus-Renault	57
4	Ferrari	45
5	Mercedes	37
6	Sauber-Ferrari	31
7	Williams-Renault	18
8	Force India-Mercedes	17
9	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	6

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