2012 Season/Races

Bahrain Grand Prix

Round 4 · Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain

2012-04-22

Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	—	1:35:10.990	Finished	25
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	11	▲9	+3.333	Finished	18
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	7	▲4	+10.194	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	3	▼1	+38.788	Finished	12
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	5	—	+55.460	Finished	10
6	Paul di Resta	Force India	10	▲4	+57.543	Finished	8
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	9	▲2	+57.803	Finished	6
8	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	▼6	+58.984	Finished	4
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	14	▲5	+1:04.999	Finished	2
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	22	▲12	+1:11.490	Finished	1
11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	8	▼3	+1:12.702	Finished	0
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	13	▲1	+1:16.539	Finished	0
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	12	▼1	+1:30.334	Finished	0
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	17	▲3	+1:33.723	Finished	0
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	6	▼9	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	18	▲2	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	16	▼1	—	+1 Lap	0
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	▼14	—	Exhaust	0
19	Timo Glock	Marussia	23	▲4	—	+2 Laps	0
20	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	20	—	—	+2 Laps	0
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	24	▲3	—	+2 Laps	0
22	Bruno Senna	Williams	15	▼7	—	Vibrations	0
R	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	21	—	—	Puncture	0
R	Charles Pic	Marussia	19	—	—	Engine	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:34.308	1:33.527	1:32.422
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:34.813	1:33.209	1:32.520
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:34.015	1:33.311	1:32.637
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:34.792	1:33.416	1:32.711
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.588	1:33.219	1:32.821
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:33.988	1:33.556	1:32.912
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:34.041	1:33.246	1:33.008
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:33.814	1:33.660	1:33.394
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:34.760	1:33.403	—
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:36.624	1:33.510	—
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1:34.552	1:33.789	—
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:34.131	1:33.806	—
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:34.601	1:33.807	—
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:34.372	1:33.912	—
15	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:34.466	1:34.017	—
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:34.852	1:36.132	—
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:34.639	—	—
18	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:34.865	—	—
19	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:35.014	—	—
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:35.823	—	—
21	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:37.683	—	—
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:37.883	—	—
23	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:37.905	—	—
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:38.314	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

2 stops

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

Lap 1

Lap 57

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	Final
Vettel	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1
Räikkönen	P7	P3	P3	P3	P3	P2	P2	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2
Grosjean	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2	P3	P3	P1	P3	P3	P3	P3
Webber	P4	P7	P4	P4	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Rosberg	P9	P12	P8	P8	P8	P8	P6	P6	P6	P6	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Heikki Kovalainen	1	1	15:05:40	25.047
Daniel Ricciardo	1	7	15:15:42	25.829
Nico Rosberg	1	8	15:17:15	22.228
Felipe Massa	1	8	15:17:14	23.557
Jenson Button	1	8	15:17:12	23.016
Bruno Senna	1	9	15:19:03	23.405
Michael Schumacher	1	9	15:19:05	21.979
Nico Hülkenberg	1	9	15:19:08	22.413
Pedro de la Rosa	1	9	15:19:27	24.241
Lewis Hamilton	1	9	15:18:49	28.341
Mark Webber	1	9	15:18:50	22.236
Fernando Alonso	1	9	15:18:53	22.094
Sergio Pérez	1	9	15:19:00	23.408
Timo Glock	1	10	15:21:10	23.423
Romain Grosjean	1	10	15:20:26	23.246
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	10	15:20:50	22.763
Vitaly Petrov	1	10	15:20:55	23.411
Narain Karthikeyan	1	10	15:21:21	25.896
Sebastian Vettel	1	11	15:22:02	22.017
Kimi Räikkönen	1	11	15:22:13	22.412
Pastor Maldonado	1	11	15:22:27	22.868
Charles Pic	1	12	15:24:32	24.020
Heikki Kovalainen	2	13	15:26:27	23.323
Paul di Resta	1	14	15:27:28	22.069
Kamui Kobayashi	1	14	15:27:35	22.758
Nico Hülkenberg	2	19	15:36:18	22.446
Sergio Pérez	2	21	15:39:34	23.428
Narain Karthikeyan	2	21	15:40:50	25.204
Jenson Button	2	22	15:41:03	22.270
Nico Rosberg	2	22	15:41:09	22.903
Felipe Massa	2	22	15:41:13	21.963
Pedro de la Rosa	2	22	15:42:24	23.420
Pastor Maldonado	2	23	15:42:55	22.330
Mark Webber	2	23	15:42:40	22.649
Lewis Hamilton	2	23	15:42:46	30.622
Fernando Alonso	2	23	15:42:48	23.449
Michael Schumacher	2	23	15:43:00	22.105
Vitaly Petrov	2	23	15:43:18	23.421
Daniel Ricciardo	2	23	15:43:21	22.295
Timo Glock	2	23	15:43:55	29.648
Bruno Senna	2	24	15:44:50	22.310
Kimi Räikkönen	2	24	15:44:08	22.362
Sebastian Vettel	2	25	15:45:43	22.717
Romain Grosjean	2	25	15:45:51	22.896
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	25	15:46:40	23.353
Heikki Kovalainen	3	25	15:47:05	23.639
Kamui Kobayashi	2	31	15:56:31	25.590
Narain Karthikeyan	3	32	16:00:15	26.417
Paul di Resta	2	33	15:59:46	22.483
Nico Rosberg	3	36	16:04:47	21.888
Lewis Hamilton	3	36	16:04:54	23.696
Nico Hülkenberg	3	36	16:05:05	22.560
Michael Schumacher	3	37	16:06:38	22.192
Jenson Button	3	37	16:06:26	22.616
Fernando Alonso	3	37	16:06:29	23.207
Sergio Pérez	3	37	16:06:37	22.924
Felipe Massa	3	38	16:08:13	21.938
Bruno Senna	3	38	16:08:29	22.796
Daniel Ricciardo	3	38	16:08:50	22.495
Timo Glock	3	38	16:10:20	22.933
Pedro de la Rosa	3	38	16:10:38	24.520
Heikki Kovalainen	4	38	16:09:08	23.173
Mark Webber	3	39	16:09:31	21.705
Vitaly Petrov	3	39	16:10:35	23.167
Kimi Räikkönen	3	39	16:09:12	22.597
Sebastian Vettel	3	39	16:09:10	21.800
Romain Grosjean	3	40	16:10:56	22.763
Jean-Éric Vergne	3	40	16:12:03	22.241
Narain Karthikeyan	4	45	16:22:48	24.317
Kamui Kobayashi	3	50	16:28:31	24.674
Jenson Button	4	53	16:33:05	23.943