2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 22 April 2012 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Sakhir, 57 laps |
Round | 4 of 20 |
Race numbers | The 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | 1hr 35m 10.990s | 25 | |
2 | +9 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 57 | +3.333s | 18 |
3 | +4 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 57 | +10.194s | 15 |
4 | -1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | +38.788s | 12 |
5 | ![]() | Mercedes | 57 | +55.460s | 10 | |
6 | +4 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +57.543s | 8 |
7 | +2 | ![]() | Ferrari | 57 | +57.803s | 6 |
8 | -6 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | +58.984s | 4 |
9 | +5 | ![]() | Ferrari | 57 | +1m 04.999s | 2 |
10 | +12 | ![]() | Mercedes | 57 | +1m 11.490s | 1 |
11 | -3 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 57 | +1m 12.702s | |
12 | +1 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +1m 16.539s | |
13 | -1 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 57 | +1m 30.334s | |
14 | +3 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 57 | +1m 33.723s | |
15 | -9 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | +1 lap | |
16 | +2 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 56 | +1 lap | |
17 | -1 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 56 | +1 lap | |
18 | -14 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 55 | DNF | |
19 | +4 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 55 | +2 laps | |
20 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 55 | +2 laps | ||
21 | +3 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 55 | +2 laps | |
22 | -7 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 54 | DNF | |
R | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 25 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 24 | DNF |
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
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | |
3 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | |
4 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | |
5 | ![]() | Mercedes | |
6 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
7 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | |
8 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
9 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
10 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
11 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | |
12 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
13 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
14 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
15 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | |
16 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | |
17 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
18 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | |
19 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | |
20 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | |
21 | -5 | ![]() | Williams-Renault |
22 | -5 | ![]() | Mercedes |
23 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | |
24 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth |
Notes
- Pastor Maldonado and Michael Schumacher received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
Qualifying result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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Q3 | ||||
1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:32.422 | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.520 | 0.098 |
3 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:32.637 | 0.215 |
4 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.711 | 0.289 |
5 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:32.821 | 0.399 |
6 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:32.912 | 0.490 |
7 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:33.008 | 0.586 |
8 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:33.394 | 0.972 |
9 | ![]() | Ferrari | – | |
10 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | – | |
Q2 | ||||
11 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:33.789 | |
12 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:33.806 | |
13 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.807 | |
14 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:33.912 | |
15 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:34.017 | |
16 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:36.132 | |
17 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | – | |
Q1 | ||||
18 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:34.865 | |
19 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:35.014 | |
20 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:35.823 | |
21 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:37.683 | |
22 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:37.883 | |
23 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:37.905 | |
24 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:38.314 |
Free practice appearances
Driver | Constructor |
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Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2012 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 53 |
2 | ![]() | 49 |
3 | ![]() | 48 |
4 | ![]() | 43 |
5 | ![]() | 43 |
6 | ![]() | 35 |
7 | ![]() | 34 |
8 | ![]() | 23 |
9 | ![]() | 22 |
10 | ![]() | 15 |
11 | ![]() | 14 |
12 | ![]() | 9 |
13 | ![]() | 4 |
14 | ![]() | 4 |
15 | ![]() | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 2 |
17 | ![]() | 2 |
18 | ![]() | 2 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 101 |
2 | ![]() | 92 |
3 | ![]() | 57 |
4 | ![]() | 45 |
5 | ![]() | 37 |
6 | ![]() | 31 |
7 | ![]() | 18 |
8 | ![]() | 17 |
9 | ![]() | 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