Bahrain Grand Prix

Bahrain International Circuit · Sunday, 22 April 2012 · 5.412 km/lap · 15 turns

Winner

Vettel

Time

1:35:10.990

1:36.379

DNFs

Last updated 3 May 2026 at 20:20

Position changes — lap by lap

Each driver's race position across every lap. Top 15 shown for readability.

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Lap time evolution

Per-driver lap times with pit stop markers. Toggle drivers below. Top 6 finishers pre-selected.

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Race results

Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / Status	Pts
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	57	FinishedFL 1:36.379	25
2	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	11	57	Finished	18
3	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus F1	7	57	Finished	15
4	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	3	57	Finished	12
5	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	5	57	Finished	10
6	DIRPaul di Resta	Force India	10	57	Finished	8
7	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	9	57	Finished	6
8	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	57	Finished	4
9	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	14	57	Finished	2
10	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	22	57	Finished	1
11	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	8	57	Finished	0
12	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	13	57	Finished	0
13	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	12	57	Finished	0
14	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	17	57	Finished	0
15	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	6	56	+1 Lap	0
16	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	18	56	+1 Lap	0
17	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	16	56	+1 Lap	0
18	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	4	55	DNF — Exhaust	0
19	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	23	55	+2 Laps	0
20	DLRPedro de la Rosa	HRT	20	55	+2 Laps	0
21	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	24	55	+2 Laps	0
22	SENBruno Senna	Williams	15	54	DNF — Vibrations	0
R	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	21	25	DNF — Puncture	0
R	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	19	24	DNF — Engine	0

Qualifying — full grid

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 stops — fastest first

Driver	Team	Stop	Lap	Duration
Mark Webberfastest	Red Bull	3	39	21.705s
Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	3	39	21.800s
Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	3	36	21.888s
Felipe Massa	Ferrari	3	38	21.938s
Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	22	21.963s
Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1	9	21.979s
Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	11	22.017s
Paul di Resta	Force India	1	14	22.069s
Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1	9	22.094s
Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	2	23	22.105s
Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	3	37	22.192s
Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	8	22.228s
Mark Webber	Red Bull	1	9	22.236s
Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	3	40	22.241s
Jenson Button	McLaren	2	22	22.270s
Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	2	23	22.295s
Bruno Senna	Williams	2	24	22.310s
Pastor Maldonado	Williams	2	23	22.330s
Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	2	24	22.362s
Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1	11	22.412s
Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1	9	22.413s
Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	2	19	22.446s
Paul di Resta	Force India	2	33	22.483s
Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	3	38	22.495s
Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	3	36	22.560s
Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	3	39	22.597s
Jenson Button	McLaren	3	37	22.616s
Mark Webber	Red Bull	2	23	22.649s
Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	2	25	22.717s
Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1	14	22.758s
Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1	10	22.763s
Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	3	40	22.763s
Bruno Senna	Williams	3	38	22.796s
Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1	11	22.868s
Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	2	25	22.896s
Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	22	22.903s
Sergio Pérez	Sauber	3	37	22.924s
Timo Glock	Marussia	3	38	22.933s
Jenson Button	McLaren	1	8	23.016s
Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	3	39	23.167s
Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	4	38	23.173s
Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	37	23.207s
Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1	10	23.246s
Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	2	13	23.323s
Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	2	25	23.353s
Bruno Senna	Williams	1	9	23.405s
Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1	9	23.408s
Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1	10	23.411s
Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	2	22	23.420s
Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	2	23	23.421s
Timo Glock	Marussia	1	10	23.423s
Sergio Pérez	Sauber	2	21	23.428s
Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	2	23	23.449s
Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1	8	23.557s
Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	3	25	23.639s
Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	36	23.696s
Jenson Button	McLaren	4	53	23.943s
Charles Pic	Marussia	1	12	24.020s
Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1	9	24.241s
Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	4	45	24.317s
Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	3	38	24.520s
Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	3	50	24.674s
Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1	1	25.047s
Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	2	21	25.204s
Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	2	31	25.590s
Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1	7	25.829s
Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1	10	25.896s
Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	3	32	26.417s
Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	9	28.341s
Timo Glock	Marussia	2	23	29.648s
Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	23	30.622s

Retirements

J. Button

McLaren

Lap 55 — Exhaust

B. Senna

Williams

Lap 54 — Vibrations

P. Maldonado

Williams

Lap 25 — Puncture

C. Pic

Marussia

Lap 24 — Engine

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