Round 4 · 2012

Bahrain Grand Prix

CircuitBahrain International Circuit Outer TrackLocationSakhir, BahrainDates20 Apr – 22 Apr 2012Final

WinnerVETRed Bull Racing · from P1

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:36.379Vettel · L41

Most laps led51Vettel

Biggest gain+12Schumacher P22→P10

Retirements3of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1	0	57	1:35:10.990 FL	3	25
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	11	+9	57	+3.330	3	18
3	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	7	+4	57	+10.190	3	15
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	3	-1	57	+38.790	3	12
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	5	0	57	+55.460	3	10
6	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	10	+4	57	+57.540	2	8
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	9	+2	57	+57.800	3	6
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2	-6	57	+58.980	3	4
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	14	+5	57	+1:05.000	3	2
10	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	22	+12	57	+1:11.490	3	1
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	8	-3	57	+1:12.700	3
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	13	+1	57	+1:16.540	3
13	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	17	+4	57	+1:30.330	3
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	12	-2	57	+1:33.720	3
15	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	6	-9	56	+1 lap	3
16	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	18	+2	56	+1 lap	3
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	16	-1	56	+1 lap	4
18	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	4	-14	55	+2 laps	5
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	23	+4	55	+2 laps	3
20	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	20	0	55	+2 laps	3
21	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	24	+3	55	+2 laps	4
—	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	15		54	DNF · L54	4
—	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	21		25	DNF · L25	3
—	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	19		24	DNF · L24	1

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	18
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	13
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	17
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	12
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	17
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	13
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	17
9	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	11
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	15
11	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	6
12	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	13
13	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	12
14	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	14
15	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	14
16	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	10
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	8
18	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	5
19	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	8
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	7
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8
22	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	6
23	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	7
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	7

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:33.254	14
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:33.401	14
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:33.663	15
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:33.782	16
5	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:33.796	16
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:33.899	14
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:33.976	14
8	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:34.197	14
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:34.401	16
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:34.895	11
11	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:34.918	12
12	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:34.977	12
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:35.067	17
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:35.128	14
15	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:35.336	22
16	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:35.536	15
17	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:35.623	16
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:35.694	19
19	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:35.773	21
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:36.532	17
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.267	18
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.654	18
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:38.973	11
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:39.221	9

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:32.816	33
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:33.262	26
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:33.525	28
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:33.747	26
5	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:33.862	32
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:34.246	28
7	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:34.411	34
8	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:34.449	31
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:34.615	32
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:34.893	34
11	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:34.895	29
12	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:34.941	30
13	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:35.183	33
14	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:35.229	26
15	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:35.459	38
16	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:35.913	33
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:35.968	35
18	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:36.169	30
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:36.587	33
20	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.803	33
21	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:37.812	28
22	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:39.649	27
23	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	0
24	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:33.572	11
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:33.877	21
3	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:34.150	26
4	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:34.249	23
5	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:34.277	14
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:34.344	26
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:34.483	17
8	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:34.552	22
9	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:34.609	18
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:34.847	20
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:35.024	22
12	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:35.268	25
13	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:35.436	21
14	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:35.497	24
15	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:35.719	19
16	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:35.929	24
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:36.195	20
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:36.330	11
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:36.484	18
20	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:36.591	20
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.467	18
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:38.006	18
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:38.877	19
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:39.996	23

Session schedule

Practice 1Final20 Apr 2012 07:00 UTC

Practice 2Final20 Apr 2012 11:00 UTC

Practice 3Final21 Apr 2012 08:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal21 Apr 2012 11:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal22 Apr 2012 12:00 UTC

Championship after round 4

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	53	▲4
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	49	▼1
3	Mark Webber WEB	48	▲1
4	Jenson Button BUT	43	▼2
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	43	▼2
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	35
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	34	▲1
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	23	▲3

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Red Bull Racing	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Mark Webber WEB
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg ROS	—	Michael Schumacher SCH
Toro Rosso	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Jean-Eric Vergne VER
Lotus F1	Romain Grosjean GRO	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Sauber	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Force India	Paul di Resta DIR	—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL
Williams	Bruno Senna SEN	—	Pastor Maldonado MAL
Caterham	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	—	Vitaly Petrov PET
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Charles Pic PIC	—	Timo Glock GLO
HRT	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2010	Bahrain Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3
2009	Bahrain Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	Brawn GP	4
2008	Bahrain Grand Prix	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	2
2007	Bahrain Grand Prix	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1
2006	Bahrain Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	4
2005	Bahrain Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	1
2004	Bahrain Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1