2012 Bahrain Grand Prix

Circuit: Bahrain International CircuitSakhir, Bahrain
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2422 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB8	1	57	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E20	11	57	Finished	18
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E20	7	57	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB8	3	57	Finished	12
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	5	57	Finished	10
6	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM05	10	57	Finished	8
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	9	57	Finished	6
8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-27	2	57	Finished	4
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	14	57	Finished	2
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	22	57	Finished	1
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C31	8	57	Finished	0
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM05	13	57	Finished	0
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C31	12	57	Finished	0
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	17	57	Finished	0
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	6	56	Finished	0
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	18	56	Finished	0
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	16	56	Finished	0
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-27	4	55	Exhaust	0
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	23	55	Finished	0
20	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	F112	20	55	Finished	0
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F112	24	55	Finished	0
22	Bruno Senna	Williams	FW34	15	54	Vibrations	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW34	21	25	Puncture	0
DNF	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	19	24	Engine	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	57
Kimi Raikkonen	11	2	57
Romain Grosjean	7	3	57
Mark Webber	3	4	57
Nico Rosberg	5	5	57
Paul di Resta	10	6	57
Fernando Alonso	9	7	57
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	8	57
Felipe Massa	14	9	57
Michael Schumacher	22	10	57
Sergio Perez	8	11	57
Nico Hulkenberg	13	12	57
Kamui Kobayashi	12	13	57
Jean-Éric Vergne	17	14	57
Daniel Ricciardo	6	15	56
Vitaly Petrov	18	16	56
Heikki Kovalainen	16	17	56
Jenson Button	4	18	55
Timo Glock	23	19	55
Pedro de la Rosa	20	20	55
Narain Karthikeyan	24	21	55
Bruno Senna	15	22	54
Pastor Maldonado	21	DNF	25
Charles Pic	19	DNF	24

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:34.308	1:33.527	1:32.422	—	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:34.813	1:33.209	1:32.520	+0.098	+0.098
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:34.015	1:33.311	1:32.637	+0.215	+0.117
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:34.792	1:33.416	1:32.711	+0.289	+0.074
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:34.588	1:33.219	1:32.821	+0.399	+0.110
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:33.988	1:33.556	1:32.912	+0.490	+0.091
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:34.041	1:33.246	1:33.008	+0.586	+0.096
8	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:33.814	1:33.660	1:33.394	+0.972	+0.386
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:34.760	1:33.403	—	—	—
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:34.624	1:33.510	—	—	—
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:34.552	1:33.789	—	—	—
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:34.131	1:33.806	—	—	—
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:34.601	1:33.807	—	—	—
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:34.372	1:33.912	—	—	—
15	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:34.466	1:34.017	—	—	—
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:34.852	1:36.132	—	—	—
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:34.639	—	—	—	—
18	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:34.865	—	—	—	—
19	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:35.014	—	—	—	—
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:35.823	—	—	—	—
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:37.683	—	—	—	—
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:37.883	—	—	—	—
23	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:37.905	—	—	—	—
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:38.314	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Sebastian Vettel	1	57	3	11, 25, 39
Kimi Raikkonen	2	57	3	11, 24, 39
Romain Grosjean	3	57	3	10, 25, 40
Mark Webber	4	57	3	9, 23, 39
Nico Rosberg	5	57	3	8, 22, 36
Paul di Resta	6	57	2	14, 33
Fernando Alonso	7	57	3	9, 23, 37
Sir Lewis Hamilton	8	57	3	9, 23, 36
Felipe Massa	9	57	3	8, 22, 38
Michael Schumacher	10	57	3	9, 23, 37
Sergio Perez	11	57	3	9, 21, 37
Nico Hulkenberg	12	57	3	9, 19, 36
Kamui Kobayashi	13	57	3	14, 31, 50
Jean-Éric Vergne	14	57	3	10, 25, 40
Daniel Ricciardo	15	56	3	7, 23, 38
Vitaly Petrov	16	56	3	10, 23, 39
Heikki Kovalainen	17	56	4	1, 13, 25, 38
Jenson Button	18	55	4	8, 22, 37, 53
Timo Glock	19	55	3	10, 23, 38
Pedro de la Rosa	20	55	3	9, 22, 38
Narain Karthikeyan	21	55	4	10, 21, 32, 45
Bruno Senna	22	54	3	9, 24, 38
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	25	2	11, 23
Charles Pic	DNF	24	1	12

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	1 · 11	1 · 2	11 · 11	Same lap	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	1 · 8	11 · 9	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Kimi Raikkonen	7 · 11	3 · 2	10 · 11	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Kimi Raikkonen	10 · 11	6 · 2	14 · 11	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Kamui Kobayashi	11 · 12	2 · 13	11 · 14	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Romain Grosjean	3 · 7	4 · 3	9 · 10	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Romain Grosjean	6 · 7	15 · 3	7 · 10	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Sergio Perez	7 · 8	3 · 11	10 · 9	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Mark Webber	2 · 3	8 · 4	9 · 9	Same lap	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Nico Rosberg	3 · 5	4 · 5	9 · 8	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Jenson Button	3 · 4	4 · 18	9 · 8	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Nico Rosberg	4 · 5	18 · 5	8 · 8	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Paul di Resta	5 · 10	5 · 6	8 · 14	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Daniel Ricciardo	5 · 6	5 · 15	8 · 7	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Paul di Resta	9 · 10	7 · 6	9 · 14	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Fernando Alonso	2 · 9	8 · 7	9 · 9	Same lap	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	8 · 9	11 · 7	9 · 9	Same lap	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Felipe Massa	2 · 14	8 · 9	9 · 8	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Felipe Massa	13 · 14	12 · 9	9 · 8	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Michael Schumacher	14 · 22	9 · 10	8 · 9	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Bruno Senna	14 · 15	9 · 22	8 · 9	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Michael Schumacher	8 · 22	11 · 10	9 · 9	Same lap	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Timo Glock	22 · 23	10 · 19	9 · 10	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Nico Hulkenberg	8 · 13	11 · 12	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Nico Hulkenberg	12 · 13	13 · 12	14 · 9	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Jean-Éric Vergne	12 · 17	13 · 14	14 · 10	Jean-Éric Vergne	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Jean-Éric Vergne	6 · 17	15 · 14	7 · 10	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Heikki Kovalainen · Jean-Éric Vergne	16 · 17	17 · 14	1 · 10	Heikki Kovalainen	Swapped places
Jean-Éric Vergne · Vitaly Petrov	17 · 18	14 · 16	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Vitaly Petrov	6 · 18	15 · 16	7 · 10	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Vitaly Petrov	16 · 18	17 · 16	1 · 10	Heikki Kovalainen	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Heikki Kovalainen	4 · 16	18 · 17	8 · 1	Heikki Kovalainen	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Heikki Kovalainen	15 · 16	22 · 17	9 · 1	Heikki Kovalainen	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Timo Glock	4 · 23	18 · 19	8 · 10	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Pedro de la Rosa · Timo Glock	20 · 23	20 · 19	9 · 10	Pedro de la Rosa	Swapped places
Timo Glock · Narain Karthikeyan	23 · 24	19 · 21	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Pedro de la Rosa · Narain Karthikeyan	20 · 24	20 · 21	9 · 10	Pedro de la Rosa	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Narain Karthikeyan	15 · 24	22 · 21	9 · 10	Bruno Senna	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:33.572	—	—	11
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33.877	+0.305	+0.305	21
3	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:34.150	+0.578	+0.273	26
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:34.249	+0.677	+0.099	23
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:34.277	+0.705	+0.028	14
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:34.344	+0.772	+0.067	26
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:34.483	+0.911	+0.139	17
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:34.552	+0.980	+0.069	22
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:34.609	+1.037	+0.057	18
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:34.847	+1.275	+0.238	20
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:35.024	+1.452	+0.177	22
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:35.268	+1.696	+0.244	25
13	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:35.436	+1.864	+0.168	21
14	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	19	1:35.497	+1.925	+0.061	24
15	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:35.719	+2.147	+0.222	19
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:35.929	+2.357	+0.210	24
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:36.195	+2.623	+0.266	20
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:36.330	+2.758	+0.135	11
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:36.484	+2.912	+0.154	18
20	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:36.591	+3.019	+0.107	20
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:37.467	+3.895	+0.876	18
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:38.006	+4.434	+0.539	18
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:38.877	+5.305	+0.871	19
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:39.996	+6.424	+1.119	23

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:32.816	—	—	35
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:33.262	+0.446	+0.446	26
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33.525	+0.709	+0.263	28
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:33.747	+0.931	+0.222	26
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:33.862	+1.046	+0.115	32
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:34.246	+1.430	+0.384	28
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:34.411	+1.595	+0.165	34
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:34.449	+1.633	+0.038	31
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:34.615	+1.799	+0.166	32
10	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:34.893	+2.077	+0.278	34
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:34.895	+2.079	+0.002	29
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:34.941	+2.125	+0.046	30
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:35.183	+2.367	+0.242	33
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:35.229	+2.413	+0.046	26
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:35.459	+2.643	+0.230	38
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:35.913	+3.097	+0.454	33
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:35.968	+3.152	+0.055	35
18	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:36.169	+3.353	+0.201	30
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:36.587	+3.771	+0.418	33
20	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:37.803	+4.987	+1.216	33
21	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:37.812	+4.996	+0.009	28
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:39.649	+6.833	+1.837	27

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:33.254	—	—	14
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33.401	+0.147	+0.147	14
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:33.663	+0.409	+0.262	15
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:33.782	+0.528	+0.119	16
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:33.796	+0.542	+0.014	16
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:33.899	+0.645	+0.103	14
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:33.976	+0.722	+0.077	14
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:34.197	+0.943	+0.221	14
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:34.401	+1.147	+0.204	16
10	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:34.895	+1.641	+0.494	11
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:34.918	+1.664	+0.023	12
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:34.977	+1.723	+0.059	12
13	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:35.067	+1.813	+0.090	17
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:35.128	+1.874	+0.061	14
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:35.336	+2.082	+0.208	22
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:35.536	+2.282	+0.200	15
17	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:35.623	+2.369	+0.087	16
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:35.694	+2.440	+0.071	19
19	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:35.773	+2.519	+0.079	21
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:36.532	+3.278	+0.759	17
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:37.267	+4.013	+0.735	18
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:37.654	+4.400	+0.387	18
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:38.973	+5.719	+1.319	11
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:39.221	+5.967	+0.248	9

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 4 of 2012
Grand Prix: Bahrain Grand Prix
Dates: 22 Apr 2012
Layout raced: Grand Prix circuit · 5.412 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.