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2012 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

22 Apr 2012Sakhir308.238 km (5412 m x 57 Laps - 246 m)

Pole Position: Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull RB8-Renault, 1:32.422 (210.807 km/h) Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull RB8-Renault, 1:36.379 (202.152 km/h lap 41) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:35:10.990 194.302 km/h 2 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:35:14.323 194.189 km/h 3 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:35:21.184 193.956 km/h 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:35:49.778 192.991 km/h 5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:36:06.450 192.433 km/h 6 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36:08.533 192.364 km/h 7 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:36:08.793 192.355 km/h 8 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:36:09.974 192.316 km/h 9 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:36:15.989 192.115 km/h 10 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:36:22.480 191.900 km/h 11 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36:23.692 191.860 km/h 12 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:36:27.529 191.732 km/h 13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36:41.324 191.276 km/h 14 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:36:44.713 191.165 km/h 15 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari -1 Lap 16 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault -1 Lap 17 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault -1 Lap 18 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 55 Differential 19 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth -2 Laps 20 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth -2 Laps 21 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth -2 Laps 22 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 54 Vibration in brake pedal Did Not Finish: 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 25 Puncture 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 24 Engine Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1-11 55 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 12 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 13-39 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 40 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 41-57 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:36.379 202.152 41 2 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:36.700 201.481 54 3 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:36.928 201.007 42 4 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.058 200.738 43 5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:37.116 200.618 41 6 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:37.437 199.957 45 7 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:37.733 199.351 38 8 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:37.903 199.005 42 9 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:38.046 198.715 47 10 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:38.080 198.646 41 11 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:38.087 198.632 51 12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:38.123 198.559 42 13 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:38.128 198.549 39 14 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:38.146 198.512 39 15 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:38.203 198.397 44 16 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:38.305 198.191 42 17 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:38.312 198.177 46 18 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:38.372 198.056 41 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:38.441 197.918 43 20 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:39.747 195.326 48 21 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:39.876 195.074 14 22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:40.237 194.371 41 23 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:40.323 194.205 46 24 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:41.519 191.917 14 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:32.422 210.807 Red Bull Racing 2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:32.520 210.584 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:32.637 210.318 Red Bull Racing 4 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:32.711 210.150 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:32.821 209.901 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 6 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:32.912 209.695 Scuderia Toro Rosso 7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:33.008 209.479 Lotus F1 Team 8 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:33.394 208.613 Sauber F1 Team 9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 - - Scuderia Ferrari 10 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes - - Sahara Force India F1 Team 11 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:33.789 207.734 Lotus F1 Team 12 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:33.806 207.697 Sauber F1 Team 13 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:33.807 207.695 Sahara Force India F1 Team 14 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:33.912 207.462 Scuderia Ferrari 15 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:34.017 207.231 Williams F1 Team 16 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:36.132 202.671 Caterham F1 Team 17 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault - - Williams F1 Team 18 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:34.865 205.378 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 19 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:35.014 205.056 Scuderia Toro Rosso 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:35.823 203.325 Caterham F1 Team 21 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:37.683 199.453 Marussia F1 Racing 22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:37.883 199.046 HRT F1 Team 23 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:37.905 199.001 Marussia F1 Racing 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:38.314 198.173 HRT F1 Team Starting Order: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:32.422 210.807 2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:32.520 210.584 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:32.637 210.318 4 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:32.711 210.15 5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:32.821 209.901 6 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:32.912 209.695 7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:33.008 209.479 8 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:33.394 208.613 9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 - - 10 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes - - 11 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:33.789 207.734 12 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:33.806 207.697 13 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:33.807 207.695 14 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:33.912 207.462 15 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:34.017 207.231 16 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:36.132 202.671 17 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:35.014 205.056 18 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:35.823 203.325 19 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:37.683 199.453 20 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:37.883 199.046 21 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault - - Penalty 22 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:34.865 205.378 Penalty 23 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:37.905 199.001 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:38.314 198.173 1st Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:33.814 207.679 2 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:33.988 207.295 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:34.015 207.235 4 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:34.041 207.178 5 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:34.131 206.980 6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:34.308 206.591 7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:34.372 206.451 8 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:34.466 206.246 9 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:34.552 206.058 10 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:34.588 205.980 11 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:34.601 205.951 12 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:34.624 205.901 13 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:34.639 205.869 14 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:34.760 205.606 15 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:34.792 205.536 16 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:34.813 205.491 17 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:34.852 205.406 18 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:34.865 205.378 19 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:35.014 205.056 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:35.823 203.325 21 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:37.683 199.453 22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:37.883 199.046 23 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:37.905 199.001 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:38.314 198.173 2nd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:33.209 209.027 2 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:33.219 209.005 3 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:33.246 208.944 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:33.311 208.799 5 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:33.403 208.593 6 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:33.416 208.564 7 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:33.510 208.354 8 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:33.527 208.316 9 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:33.556 208.252 10 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:33.660 208.020 11 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:33.789 207.734 12 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:33.806 207.697 13 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:33.807 207.695 14 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:33.912 207.462 15 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:34.017 207.231 16 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:36.132 202.671 17 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault - - 3rd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:32.422 210.807 2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:32.520 210.584 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:32.637 210.318 4 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:32.711 210.150 5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:32.821 209.901 6 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:32.912 209.695 7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:33.008 209.479 8 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:33.394 208.613 9 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes - - 10 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 - - 1st Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:33.572 208.216 11 2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:33.877 207.539 21 3 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:34.150 206.937 26 4 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:34.249 206.720 23 5 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:34.277 206.659 14 6 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:34.344 206.512 26 7 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:34.483 206.208 17 8 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:34.552 206.058 22 9 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:34.609 205.933 18 10 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:34.847 205.417 20 11 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:35.024 205.034 22 12 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:35.268 204.509 25 13 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:35.436 204.149 21 14 19 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW34-Renault 1:35.497 204.018 24 15 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:35.719 203.545 19 16 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:35.929 203.100 24 17 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:36.195 202.538 20 18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:36.330 202.254 11 19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:36.484 201.931 18 20 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:36.591 201.708 20 21 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:37.467 199.895 18 22 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:38.006 198.795 18 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:38.877 197.044 19 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:39.996 194.839 23 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:32.816 209.912 35 2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:33.262 208.908 26 3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:33.525 208.320 28 4 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:33.747 207.827 26 5 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:33.862 207.572 32 6 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:34.246 206.727 28 7 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:34.411 206.365 34 8 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:34.449 206.282 31 9 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:34.615 205.920 32 10 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:34.893 205.317 34 11 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:34.895 205.313 29 12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:34.941 205.213 30 13 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:35.183 204.692 33 14 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:35.229 204.593 26 15 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:35.459 204.100 38 16 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:35.913 203.134 33 17 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:35.968 203.017 35 18 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:36.169 202.593 30 19 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:36.587 201.716 33 20 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:37.803 199.208 33 21 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:37.812 199.190 28 22 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:39.649 195.518 27 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:33.254 208.926 14 2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:33.401 208.597 14 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:33.663 208.013 15 4 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:33.782 207.749 16 5 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:33.796 207.718 16 6 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:33.899 207.491 14 7 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:33.976 207.321 14 8 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:34.197 206.834 14 9 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:34.401 206.387 16 10 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:34.895 205.313 11 11 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:34.918 205.263 12 12 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:34.977 205.135 12 13 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:35.067 204.941 17 14 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:35.128 204.810 14 15 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:35.336 204.363 22 16 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:35.536 203.935 15 17 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:35.623 203.750 16 18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:35.694 203.598 19 19 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:35.773 203.431 21 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:36.532 201.831 17 21 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:37.267 200.306 18 22 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:37.654 199.512 18 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:38.973 196.853 11 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:39.221 196.361 9 Notes:
  • Maldonado and Schumacher were demoted 5 places on starting grid (gearbox change).
  • Weather: Sunny, Hot, Dry.