2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
Qualifying
Notes — Pastor Maldonado was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change. — Michael Schumacher was also given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

2012 Bahrain Grand Prix

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: Notes — Pastor Maldonado was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change. — Michael Schumacher was also given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid

1	1	Germany Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:34.308	1:33.527	1:32.422	1

2	4	United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:34.813	1:33.209	1:32.520	2

3	2	Australia Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:34.015	1:33.311	1:32.637	3

4	3	United Kingdom Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:34.792	1:33.416	1:32.711	4

5	8	Germany Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.588	1:33.219	1:32.821	5

6	16	Australia Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:33.988	1:33.556	1:32.912	6

7	10	France Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:34.041	1:33.246	1:33.008	7

8	15	Mexico Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.814	1:33.660	1:33.394	8

9	5	Spain Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:34.760	1:33.403	no time	9

10	11	United Kingdom Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.624	1:33.510	no time	10

11	9	Finland Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:34.552	1:33.789	11

12	14	Japan Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.131	1:33.806	12

13	12	Germany Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.601	1:33.807	13

14	6	Brazil Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:34.372	1:33.912	14

15	19	Brazil Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:34.466	1:34.017	15

16	20	Finland Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:34.852	1:36.132	16

17	18	Venezuela Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:34.639	no time	21

18	7	Germany Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:34.865	22

19	17	France Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:35.014	17

20	21	Russia Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:35.823	18

21	25	France Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:37.683	19

22	22	Spain Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:37.883	20

23	24	Germany Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:37.905	23

24	23	India Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:38.314	24

107% time: 1:40.380

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