2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
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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 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | 1hr 35m 10.990s | 25 | |
2 | +9 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 57 | +3.333s | 18 |
3 | +4 | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 57 | +10.194s | 15 |
4 | -1 | (AUS) Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | +38.788s | 12 |
5 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 57 | +55.460s | 10 | |
6 | +4 | (GBR) Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +57.543s | 8 |
7 | +2 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 57 | +57.803s | 6 |
8 | -6 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | +58.984s | 4 |
9 | +5 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 57 | +1m 04.999s | 2 |
10 | +12 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 57 | +1m 11.490s | 1 |
11 | -3 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 57 | +1m 12.702s | |
12 | +1 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +1m 16.539s | |
13 | -1 | (JPN) Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 57 | +1m 30.334s | |
14 | +3 | (FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 57 | +1m 33.723s | |
15 | -9 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | +1 lap | |
16 | +2 | (RUS) Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 56 | +1 lap | |
17 | -1 | (FIN) Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 56 | +1 lap | |
18 | -14 | (GBR) Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 55 | DNF | |
19 | +4 | (DEU) Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 55 | +2 laps | |
20 | (ESP) Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 55 | +2 laps | ||
21 | +3 | (IND) Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 55 | +2 laps | |
22 | -7 | (BRA) Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 54 | DNF | |
R | (VEN) Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 25 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Charles Pic | 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 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | |
2 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | |
3 | (AUS) Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | |
4 | (GBR) Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | |
5 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | |
6 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
7 | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | |
8 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | |
9 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | |
10 | (GBR) Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | |
11 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | |
12 | (JPN) Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | |
13 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | |
14 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | Ferrari | |
15 | (BRA) Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | |
16 | (FIN) Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | |
17 | (FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
18 | (RUS) Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | |
19 | (FRA) Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | |
20 | (ESP) Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | |
21 | -5 | (VEN) Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault |
22 | -5 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | Mercedes |
23 | (DEU) Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | |
24 | (IND) Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth |
Notes
- Pastor Maldonado and Michael Schumacher received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
Free practice appearances
Driver | Constructor |
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(FIN) Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | 53 |
2 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | 49 |
3 | (AUS) Mark Webber | 48 |
4 | (GBR) Jenson Button | 43 |
5 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | 43 |
6 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | 35 |
7 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | 34 |
8 | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | 23 |
9 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | 22 |
10 | (GBR) Paul di Resta | 15 |
11 | (BRA) Bruno Senna | 14 |
12 | (JPN) Kamui Kobayashi | 9 |
13 | (FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne | 4 |
14 | (VEN) Pastor Maldonado | 4 |
15 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | 2 |
16 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | 2 |
17 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | 2 |
18 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | 2 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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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) (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