2012 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX - STARTING GRID
20 - 22 Apr 2012
Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:32.422 |
| 2 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:32.520 |
| 3 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:32.637 |
| 4 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:32.711 |
| 5 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 1:32.821 |
| 6 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 1:32.912 |
| 7 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 1:33.008 |
| 8 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:33.394 |
| 9 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | |
| 10 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | |
| 11 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 1:33.789 |
| 12 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:33.806 |
| 13 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:33.807 |
| 14 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 1:33.912 |
| 15 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 1:34.017 |
| 16 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 1:36.132 |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 1:35.014 |
| 18 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 1:35.823 |
| 19 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:37.683 |
| 20 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:37.883 |
| 21 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | |
| 22 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 1:34.865 |
| 23 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:37.905 |
| 24 | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:38.314 |