2012 Bahrain Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 22 April 2012
Winner:	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Pole position:	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap:	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Circuit:	Sakhir, 57 laps
Round:	4 of 20

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

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.422
2		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.520
3		Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.637
4		Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.711
5		Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:32.821
6		Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:32.912
7		Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:33.008
8		Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.394
9		Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	–
10		Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	–
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		Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:35.014
18		Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:35.823
19		Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:37.683
20		Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:37.883
21	-5	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	–
22	-5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:34.865
23		Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:37.905
24		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:38.314

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-race.

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

Driver: 22nd for Sebastian Vettel

Constructor: 28th for Red Bull

Podiums

Driver: 63rd for Kimi Raikkonen, 38th for Sebastian Vettel, 1st for Romain Grosjean (200th different podium finisher, 21st French driver)

Constructor: 68th for Red Bull, 1st & 2nd for Lotus (2012-15) (56th different podium finisher)

Poles

Driver: 31st for Sebastian Vettel

Constructor: 39th for Red Bull

Fastest laps

Driver: 10th for Sebastian Vettel

Constructor: 23rd for Red Bull

Front row starts

Driver: 42nd for Sebastian Vettel, 40th for Lewis Hamilton

Pole & win

Driver: 17th for Sebastian Vettel

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 6th for Sebastian Vettel

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 4th for Sebastian Vettel

See also

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