Round 4 · 22 April 2012
Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain International Circuit · Sakhir, Bahrain
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
24 drivers
After Round 3
1
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
45
pts
2
Jenson Button
McLaren
43
pts
3
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
37
pts
4
Mark Webber
Red Bull
36
pts
5
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
28
pts
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6
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
25
pts
7
Sergio Pérez
Sauber
22
pts
8
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1
16
pts
9
Bruno Senna
Williams
14
pts
10
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
9
pts
11
Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1
8
pts
12
Paul di Resta
Force India
7
pts
13
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso
4
pts
14
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
4
pts
15
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso
2
pts
16
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India
2
pts
17
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1
pts
18
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
0
pts
19
Timo Glock
Marussia
0
pts
20
Charles Pic
Marussia
0
pts
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham
0
pts
22
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham
0
pts
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
0
pts
24
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
0
pts
After the race
24 drivers
After Round 4
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
↑4
53
+25
2
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
↓1
49
+4
3
Mark Webber
Red Bull
↑1
48
+12
4
Jenson Button
McLaren
↓2
43
+0
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
↓2
43
+6
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6
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
—
35
+10
7
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1
↑1
34
+18
8
Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1
↑3
23
+15
9
Sergio Pérez
Sauber
↓2
22
+0
10
Paul di Resta
Force India
↑2
15
+8
11
Bruno Senna
Williams
↓2
14
+0
12
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
↓2
9
+0
13
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso
—
4
+0
14
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
—
4
+0
15
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso
—
2
+0
16
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India
—
2
+0
17
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
↑1
2
+2
18
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
↓1
2
+1
19
Timo Glock
Marussia
—
0
+0
20
Charles Pic
Marussia
—
0
+0
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham
—
0
+0
22
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham
—
0
+0
23
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
↑1
0
+0
24
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
↓1
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VET Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 1:35:10.990 | 25 |
| 2 | RAI Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 11 | +3.333 | 18 |
| 3 | GRO Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 7 | +10.194 | 15 |
| 4 | WEB Mark Webber | Red Bull | 3 | +38.788 | 12 |
| 5 | ROS Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 5 | +55.460 | 10 |
| 6 | DIR Paul di Resta | Force India | 10 | +57.543 | 8 |
| 7 | ALO Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 9 | +57.803 | 6 |
| 8 | HAM Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | +58.984 | 4 |
| 9 | MAS Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 14 | +1:04.999 | 2 |
| 10 | MSC Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 22 | +1:11.490 | 1 |
| 11 | PER Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 8 | +1:12.702 | 0 |
| 12 | HUL Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 13 | +1:16.539 | 0 |
| 13 | KOB Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 12 | +1:30.334 | 0 |
| 14 | VER Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 17 | +1:33.723 | 0 |
| 15 | RIC Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 6 | 1L | 0 |
| 16 | PET Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 18 | 1L | 0 |
| 17 | KOV Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 16 | 1L | 0 |
| 18 | BUT Jenson Button | McLaren | 4 | 2L | 0 |
| 19 | GLO Timo Glock | Marussia | 23 | 2L | 0 |
| 20 | DLR Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 20 | 2L | 0 |
| 21 | KAR Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 24 | 2L | 0 |
| 22 | SEN Bruno Senna | Williams | 15 | 3L | 0 |
| R | MAL Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | PIC Charles Pic | Marussia | 19 | — | 0 |