Bahrain Grand Prix 2012

Bahrain
Sakhir
22 April 2012
57 laps
308.2 km
5.412 km a lap

Pole positionSebastian VettelRed Bull · 1:32.422
Fastest lapSebastian Vettel1:36.379 · lap 41
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Sebastian Vettelfastest lap	1	Red Bull · Renault	1	57	1:35:10.990	25
2	Kimi Räikkönen	9	Lotus · Renault	11	57	+3.333	18
3	Romain Grosjean	10	Lotus · Renault	7	57	+10.194	15
4	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull · Renault	3	57	+38.788	12
5	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes	5	57	+55.460	10
6	Paul di Resta	11	Force India · Mercedes	10	57	+57.543	8
7	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	9	57	+57.803	6
8	Lewis Hamilton	4	McLaren · Mercedes	2	57	+58.984	4
9	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	14	57	+1:04.999	2
10	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	22	57	+1:11.490	1
11	Sergio Pérez	15	Sauber · Ferrari	8	57	+1:12.702
12	Nico Hülkenberg	12	Force India · Mercedes	13	57	+1:16.539
13	Kamui Kobayashi	14	Sauber · Ferrari	12	57	+1:30.334
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	17	57	+1:33.723
15	Daniel Ricciardo	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	6	56	+1 lap
16	Vitaly Petrov	21	Caterham · Renault	18	56	+1 lap
17	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Caterham · Renault	16	56	+1 lap
18	Jenson Button	3	McLaren · Mercedes	4	55	Exhaust
19	Timo Glock	24	Marussia · Cosworth	23	55	+2 laps
20	Pedro de la Rosa	22	HRT · Cosworth	20	55	+2 laps
21	Narain Karthikeyan	23	HRT · Cosworth	24	55	+2 laps
22	Bruno Senna	19	Williams · Renault	15	54	Vibrations
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	18	Williams · Renault	21	25	Puncture
DNF	Charles Pic	25	Marussia · Cosworth	19	24	Engine

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Sebastian Vettel 55, Romain Grosjean 1, Paul di Resta 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 29	Lap 43	Finish	Laps led
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	1	1	1	55
Kimi Räikkönen	11	4	2	2	2
Romain Grosjean	7	2	3	3	3	1
Mark Webber	3	5	4	4	4
Nico Rosberg	5	10	8	6	5
Paul di Resta	10	3	5	5	6	1
Fernando Alonso	9	9	9	8	7
Lewis Hamilton	2	8	11	9	8
Felipe Massa	14	11	10	10	9
Michael Schumacher	22	14	13	12	10
Sergio Pérez	8	12	12	13	11
Nico Hülkenberg	13	15	14	14	12
Kamui Kobayashi	12	7	7	11	13
Jean-Éric Vergne	17	18	16	16	14
Daniel Ricciardo	6	17	18	17	15
Vitaly Petrov	18	19	17	18	16
Heikki Kovalainen	16	23	19	19	17
Jenson Button	4	6	6	7	18
Timo Glock	23	21	20	20	19
Pedro de la Rosa	20	22	21	22	20
Narain Karthikeyan	24	24	22	21	21
Bruno Senna	15	16	15	15	22
Pastor Maldonado	21	13	–	–	out
Charles Pic	19	20	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 75 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 29	Lap 43	Last lap
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kimi Räikkönen	+8.7	+1.7	+3.5	+3.3
Romain Grosjean	+5.4	+9.7	+10.2	+10.2
Mark Webber	+11.6	+19.1	+25.3	+38.8
Nico Rosberg	+17.4	+30.3	+36.0	+55.5
Paul di Resta	+8.1	+21.2	+34.3	+57.5
Fernando Alonso	+16.8	+32.3	+43.8	+57.8
Lewis Hamilton	+15.5	+34.3	+45.6	+59.0
Felipe Massa	+18.3	+33.4	+47.1	+65.0
Michael Schumacher	+27.8	+41.2	+50.1	+71.5
Sergio Pérez	+21.9	+36.2	+51.1	+72.7
Nico Hülkenberg	+31.4	+43.0	+58.0	+76.5
Kamui Kobayashi	+15.2	+29.2	+49.6	+90.3
Jean-Éric Vergne	+34.5	+61.7	+78.3	+93.7
Daniel Ricciardo	+34.1	+66.2	+84.9	+104.2
Vitaly Petrov	+38.0	+63.6	+93.0	+118.3
Heikki Kovalainen	+67.2	+86.9	+106.5	+129.4
Jenson Button	+13.7	+24.3	+41.3	+86.9
Timo Glock	+59.8	+126.4	+191.4	+245.1
Pedro de la Rosa	+63.4	+139.8	+212.2	+275.7
Narain Karthikeyan	+76.2	+144.7	+203.6	+276.3
Bruno Senna	+32.9	+49.8	+63.9	+78.7
Pastor Maldonado	+25.8	–	–	out
Charles Pic	+55.6	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

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	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	1:34.624	1:33.510
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	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

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Pastor Maldonado	P17	P21	5 places – 5
Michael Schumacher	P18	P22	5 places – 5

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Charles Pic	1	12	24.020 s
Paul di Resta	2	14, 33	22.069 s
Pastor Maldonado	2	11, 23	22.330 s
Mark Webber	3	9, 23, 39	21.705 s
Sebastian Vettel	3	11, 25, 39	21.800 s
Nico Rosberg	3	8, 22, 36	21.888 s
Felipe Massa	3	8, 22, 38	21.938 s
Michael Schumacher	3	9, 23, 37	21.979 s
Fernando Alonso	3	9, 23, 37	22.094 s
Jean-Éric Vergne	3	10, 25, 40	22.241 s
Daniel Ricciardo	3	7, 23, 38	22.295 s
Bruno Senna	3	9, 24, 38	22.310 s
Kimi Räikkönen	3	11, 24, 39	22.362 s
Nico Hülkenberg	3	9, 19, 36	22.413 s
Kamui Kobayashi	3	14, 31, 50	22.758 s
Romain Grosjean	3	10, 25, 40	22.763 s
Sergio Pérez	3	9, 21, 37	22.924 s
Timo Glock	3	10, 23, 38	22.933 s
Vitaly Petrov	3	10, 23, 39	23.167 s
Pedro de la Rosa	3	9, 22, 38	23.420 s
Lewis Hamilton	3	9, 23, 36	23.696 s
Jenson Button	4	8, 22, 37, 53	22.270 s
Heikki Kovalainen	4	1, 13, 25, 38	23.173 s
Narain Karthikeyan	4	10, 21, 32, 45	24.317 s

Every stop, lap by lap (71)

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

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	41	1:36.379
2	Kamui Kobayashi	54	1:36.700	+0.321
3	Romain Grosjean	42	1:36.928	+0.549
4	Jean-Éric Vergne	43	1:37.058	+0.679
5	Kimi Räikkönen	41	1:37.116	+0.737
6	Mark Webber	45	1:37.437	+1.058
7	Lewis Hamilton	38	1:37.733	+1.354
8	Daniel Ricciardo	42	1:37.903	+1.524
9	Jenson Button	47	1:38.046	+1.667
10	Nico Rosberg	41	1:38.080	+1.701

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 4. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 4
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Sebastian Vettel	53	▲4
2	Lewis Hamilton	49	▼1
3	Mark Webber	48	▲1
4	Jenson Button	43	▼2
5	Fernando Alonso	43	▼2
6	Nico Rosberg	35
7	Kimi Räikkönen	34	▲1
8	Romain Grosjean	23	▲3
9	Sergio Pérez	22	▼2
10	Paul di Resta	15	▲2

Constructors' championship after round 4
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Red Bull	101	▲1
2	McLaren	92	▼1
3	Lotus	57	▲3
4	Ferrari	45	▼1
5	Mercedes	37
6	Sauber	31	▼2
7	Williams	18
8	Force India	17
9	Toro Rosso	6
10	Marussia	0