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2012 Bahrain Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault571hr 35m 10.990s25
2+9(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault57+3.333s18
3+4(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault57+10.194s15
4-1(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault57+38.788s12
5 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes57+55.460s10
6+4(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes57+57.543s8
7+2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari57+57.803s6
8-6(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes57+58.984s4
9+5(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari57+1m 04.999s2
10+12(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes57+1m 11.490s1
11-3(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari57+1m 12.702s 
12+1(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes57+1m 16.539s 
13-1(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari57+1m 30.334s 
14+3(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari57+1m 33.723s 
15-9(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1 lap 
16+2(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault56+1 lap 
17-1(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault56+1 lap 
18-14(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes55DNF 
19+4(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth55+2 laps 
20 (ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth55+2 laps 
21+3(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth55+2 laps 
22-7(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault54DNF 
R (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault25DNF 
R (FRA) 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 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
3 (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
4 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
5 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
6 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
7 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
8 (MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
9 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
10 (GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
11 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
12 (JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
13 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
14 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
15 (BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
16 (FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
17 (FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
18 (RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
19 (FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth
20 (ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth
21-5(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
22-5(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes
23 (DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
24 (IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth

Notes

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

Qualifying result

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

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Sebastian Vettel53
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton49
3(AUS) Mark Webber48
4(GBR) Jenson Button43
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso43
6(DEU) Nico Rosberg35
7(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen34
8(FRA) Romain Grosjean23
9(MEX) Sergio Perez22
10(GBR) Paul di Resta15
11(BRA) Bruno Senna14
12(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi9
13(FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne4
14(VEN) Pastor Maldonado4
15(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo2
16(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg2
17(BRA) Felipe Massa2
18(DEU) Michael Schumacher2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Renault101
2McLaren-Mercedes92
3Lotus-Renault57
4Ferrari45
5Mercedes37
6Sauber-Ferrari31
7Williams-Renault18
8Force India-Mercedes17
9Toro 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) (57th 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