2012 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING

20 - 22 Apr 2012

Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain

Pos

No

Driver

Car

Q1

Q2

Q3

Laps

1

1

Sebastian VettelVET

Red Bull Racing Renault

1:34.308

1:33.527

1:32.422

18

2

4

Lewis HamiltonHAM

McLaren Mercedes

1:34.813

1:33.209

1:32.520

13

3

2

Mark WebberWEB

Red Bull Racing Renault

1:34.015

1:33.311

1:32.637

17

4

3

Jenson ButtonBUT

McLaren Mercedes

1:34.792

1:33.416

1:32.711

12

5

8

Nico RosbergROS

Mercedes

1:34.588

1:33.219

1:32.821

10

6

16

Daniel RicciardoRIC

STR Ferrari

1:33.988

1:33.556

1:32.912

17

7

10

Romain GrosjeanGRO

Lotus Renault

1:34.041

1:33.246

1:33.008

13

8

15

Sergio PerezPER

Sauber Ferrari

1:33.814

1:33.660

1:33.394

17

9

5

Fernando AlonsoALO

Ferrari

1:34.760

1:33.403

DNF

11

10

11

Paul di RestaDIR

Force India Mercedes

1:34.624

1:33.510

DNF

15

11

9

Kimi RäikkönenRAI

Lotus Renault

1:34.552

1:33.789

6

12

14

Kamui KobayashiKOB

Sauber Ferrari

1:34.131

1:33.806

13

13

12

Nico HulkenbergHUL

Force India Mercedes

1:34.601

1:33.807

12

14

6

Felipe MassaMAS

Ferrari

1:34.372

1:33.912

14

15

19

Bruno SennaSEN

Williams Renault

1:34.466

1:34.017

14

16

20

Heikki KovalainenKOV

Caterham Renault

1:34.852

1:36.132

10

17

18

Pastor MaldonadoMAL

Williams Renault

1:34.639

8

18

7

Michael SchumacherMSC

Mercedes

1:34.865

5

19

17

Jean-Eric VergneVER

STR Ferrari

1:35.014

8

20

21

Vitaly PetrovPET

Caterham Renault

1:35.823

7

21

25

Charles PicPIC

Marussia Cosworth

1:37.683

8

22

22

Pedro de la RosaDLR

HRT Cosworth

1:37.883

6

23

24

Timo GlockGLO

Marussia Cosworth

1:37.905

7

24

23

Narain KarthikeyanKAR

HRT Cosworth

1:38.314

7

Note - Maldonado qualified 17th, Schumacher 18th. Both drop five grid places as penalty for an unscheduled gearbox changes.