2012 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX - RACE RESULT
20 - 22 Apr 2012
Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 57 | 1:35:10.990 | 25 |
| 2 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 57 | +3.333s | 18 |
| 3 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 57 | +10.194s | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 57 | +38.788s | 12 |
| 5 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 57 | +55.460s | 10 |
| 6 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 57 | +57.543s | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 57 | +57.803s | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 57 | +58.984s | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 57 | +64.999s | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 57 | +71.490s | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 57 | +72.702s | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 57 | +76.539s | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 57 | +90.334s | 0 |
| 14 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 57 | +93.723s | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 56 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 56 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 56 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 18 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 55 | DNF | 0 |
| 19 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 55 | +2 laps | 0 |
| 20 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 55 | +2 laps | 0 |
| 21 | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 55 | +2 laps | 0 |
| 22 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 54 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 25 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 24 | DNF | 0 |
Note - Maldonado qualified 17th, Schumacher 18th. Both dropped five grid places as penalty for unscheduled gearbox changes.