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2012 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
| Pos | Nr | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyre | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Sebastian Vettel |
 Red Bull Racing RB8 [01] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.308 | 01:33.527 | 01:32.422 | 18 |
| 2 | 4 |  Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren MP4-27 [03] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.813 | 01:33.209 | 01:32.520 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing RB8 [03] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.015 | 01:33.311 | 01:32.637 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | Jenson Button |
McLaren MP4-27 [04] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.792 | 01:33.416 | 01:32.711 | 12 |
| 5 | 8 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes F1 W03 [03] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.588 | 01:33.219 | 01:32.821 | 10 |
| 6 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo |
 Toro Rosso STR7 [01] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:33.988 | 01:33.556 | 01:32.912 | 17 |
| 7 | 10 |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus E20 [04] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.041 | 01:33.246 | 01:33.008 | 13 |
| 8 | 15 |  Sergio Pérez |
 Sauber C31 [03] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:33.814 | 01:33.660 | 01:33.394 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 |  Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari F2012 [295] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.760 | 01:33.403 | No time | 11 |
| 10 | 11 | Paul di Resta |
 Force India VJM05 [02] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.624 | 01:33.510 | No time | 15 |
| 11 | 9 |  Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus E20 [03] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.552 | 01:33.789 | 6 |
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| 12 | 14 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber C31 [01] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.131 | 01:33.806 | 13 |
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| 13 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India VJM05 [03] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.601 | 01:33.807 | 12 |
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| 14 | 6 |  Felipe Massa |
Ferrari F2012 [294] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.372 | 01:33.912 | 14 |
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| 15 | 19 | Bruno Senna |
Williams FW34 [03] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.466 | 01:34.017 | 14 |
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| 16 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen |
 Caterham CT01 [3] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.852 | 01:36.132 | 10 |
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| 17 | 18 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams FW34 [02] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.639 | No time | 8 |
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| 18 | 7 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes F1 W03 [05] |
Mercedes FO108Z V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:34.865 | 5 |
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| 19 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso STR7 [03] |
Ferrari 056 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:35.014 | 8 |
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| 20 | 21 |  Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham CT01 [2] |
Renault RS27 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:35.823 | 7 |
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| 21 | 25 | Charles Pic |
Marussia MR01 [01] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.683 | 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT F112 [02] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.883 | 6 |
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| 23 | 24 | Timo Glock |
Marussia MR01 [02] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:37.905 | 7 |
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| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT F112 [01] |
Cosworth CA2012 V8 2.4 | Pirelli | 01:38.314 | 7 |
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| Maldonado qualified 17th, Schumacher 18th. Both drop five grid places as penalty for an unscheduled gearbox changes. | |||||||||
| Official Name | 2012 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix |
|---|---|
| Circuit | Sakhir |
| Date | April 22 |
| Pole | Sebastian Vettel 01:32.422 |
| Fastest Lap | Sebastian Vettel 01:36.379 |
| Podium | 1st Sebastian Vettel (55) , 2nd Kimi Räikkönen, 3rd Romain Grosjean (1) |
| GP Number | 862 |
| Round | 4 |
| Weather | Cloudy |
| Prev race | Chinese Grand Prix April 15 |
| Next race | Gran Premio de España May 13 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 53 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren | 49 |
| 3 | Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing | 48 |
| 4 | Jenson Button |
McLaren | 43 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari | 43 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes | 35 |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus | 34 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean |
Lotus | 23 |
| 9 | Sergio Pérez |
Sauber | 22 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta |
Force India | 15 |
| 11 | Bruno Senna |
Williams | 14 |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber | 9 |
| 13 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso | 4 |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado |
Williams | 4 |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso | 2 |
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India | 2 |
| 17 | Felipe Massa |
Ferrari | 2 |
| 18 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes | 2 |
| 19 | Timo Glock |
Marussia | 0 |
| 20 | Charles Pic |
Marussia | 0 |
| 21 | Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham | 0 |
| 22 | Heikki Kovalainen |
Caterham | 0 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT | 0 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Engine | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Racing |
Renault | 101 |
| 2 | McLaren |
Mercedes | 92 |
| 3 | Lotus |
Renault | 57 |
| 4 | Ferrari |
Ferrari | 45 |
| 5 | Mercedes |
Mercedes | 37 |
| 6 | Sauber |
Ferrari | 31 |
| 7 | Williams |
Renault | 18 |
| 8 | Force India |
Mercedes | 17 |
| 9 | Toro Rosso |
Ferrari | 6 |
| 10 | Marussia |
Cosworth | 0 |
| 11 | Caterham |
Renault | 0 |
| 12 | HRT |
Cosworth | 0 |