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2012 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

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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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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