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2012 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 4 of 20 Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Bahrain International Circuit, Manama, Bahrain 57 laps on a 5.417 kilometer road course (308.769 kilometers) Time of race: 1:35:10.990 Average speed: 194.302 kph Pole time: 92.422 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 3.333 sec Attendance: 27800 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    2012 Formula One results   /   2012 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 1   Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 / Renault RS27-2012 57 1:35:10.990 55 25 2 11 9   Kimi Raikkonen Lotus F1 Team Lotus E20 / Renault RS27-2012 57 +3.333 0 18 3 7 10   Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 Team Lotus E20 / Renault RS27-2012 57 +10.194 1 15 4 3 2   Mark Webber Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 / Renault RS27-2012 57 +38.788 0 12 5 5 8   Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W03 / Mercedes FO 108Z 57 +55.460 0 10 6 10 11   Paul Di Resta Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 / Mercedes FO 108Z 57 +57.543 1 8 7 9 5   Fernando Alonso Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F2012 / Ferrari 056 57 +57.803 0 6 8 2 4   Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-27 / Mercedes FO 108Z 57 +58.984 0 4 9 14 6   Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F2012 / Ferrari 056 57 +64.999 0 2 10 22 7   Michael Schumacher Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W03 / Mercedes FO 108Z 57 +71.490 0 1 11 8 15   Sergio Perez Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 / Ferrari 056 57 +72.702 0 0 12 13 12   Nico Hulkenberg Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 / Mercedes FO 108Z 57 +76.539 0 0 13 12 14   Kamui Kobayashi Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 / Ferrari 056 57 +90.334 0 0 14 17 17   Jean-Eric Vergne Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR7 / Ferrari 056 57 +93.732 0 0 15 6 16   Daniel Ricciardo Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR7 / Ferrari 056 56 +1 lap 0 0 16 18 21   Vitaly Petrov Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 / Renault RS27-2012 56 +1 lap 0 0 17 16 20   Heikki Kovalainen Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 / Renault RS27-2012 56 +1 lap 0 0 18 4 3   Jenson Button Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-27 / Mercedes FO 108Z 55 exhaust 0 0 19 23 24   Timo Glock Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 / Cosworth CA2012 55 +2 laps 0 0 20 20 22   Pedro de la Rosa HRT F1 Team HRT F112 / Cosworth CA2012 55 +2 laps 0 0 21 24 23   Narain Karthikeyan HRT F1 Team HRT F112 / Cosworth CA2012 55 +2 laps 0 0 22 15 19   Bruno Senna Williams F1 Team Williams FW34 / Renault RS27-2012 54 vibration 0 0 ret 21 18   Pastor Maldonado Williams F1 Team Williams FW34 / Renault RS27-2012 25 puncture 0 0 ret 19 25   Charles Pic Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 / Cosworth CA2012 24 engine 0 0

Fastest Lap: 202.152 kph by Sebastian Vettel Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Sebastian Vettel 1 11 11   Paul Di Resta 12 12 1   Sebastian Vettel 13 39 27   Romain Grosjean 40 40 1   Sebastian Vettel 41 57 17 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Sebastian Vettel 53     2   Lewis Hamilton 49   -4   3   Mark Webber 48   -5   4   Fernando Alonso 43   -10   4   Jenson Button 43   -10   6   Nico Rosberg 35   -18   7   Kimi Raikkonen 34   -19   8   Romain Grosjean 23   -30   9   Sergio Perez 22   -31   10   Paul Di Resta 15   -38   11   Bruno Senna 14   -39   12   Kamui Kobayashi 9   -44   13   Pastor Maldonado 4   -49   13   Jean-Eric Vergne 4   -49   15   Felipe Massa 2   -51   15   Michael Schumacher 2   -51   15   Daniel Ricciardo 2   -51   15   Nico Hulkenberg 2   -51