April 20-22, 2012 Bahrain International Circuit | Total laps 57 | Lap distance 5.412 km | Race distance 308.484 km
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| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Pits | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 25 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel (GER) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 57 | 1:35'10.990 | 3 | 1 | 1'32.422 | 1 | 1'36.379 | (41) | |
| 2 | 18 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 57 | 1:35'14.323 | +3.333 | 3 | 11 | 1'33.789 | |||
| 3 | 15 | 10 | Romain Grosjean (FRA) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 57 | 1:35'21.184 | +10.194 | 3 | 7 | 1'33.008 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 2 | Mark Webber (AUS) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 57 | 1:35'49.778 | +38.788 | 3 | 3 | 1'32.637 | |||
| 5 | 10 | 8 | Nico Rosberg (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 57 | 1:36'06.450 | +55.460 | 3 | 5 | 1'32.821 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 11 | Paul di Resta (GBR) | Force India VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 57 | 1:36'08.533 | +57.543 | 2 | 10 | - | |||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | Fernando Alonso (ESP) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 57 | 1:36'08.793 | +57.803 | 3 | 9 | - | |||
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 57 | 1:36'09.974 | +58.984 | 3 | 2 | 1'32.520 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Felipe Massa (BRA) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 57 | 1:36'15.989 | +1'04.999 | 3 | 14 | 1'33.912 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Michael Schumacher (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 57 | 1:36'22.480 | +1'11.490 | 3 | 22 | 1'34.865 | |||
| 11 | 15 | Sergio Perez (MEX) | Sauber C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 57 | 1:36'23.692 | +1'12.702 | 3 | 8 | 1'33.394 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg (GER) | Force India VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 57 | 1:36'27.529 | +1'16.539 | 3 | 13 | 1'33.807 | ||||
| 13 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne (FRA) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 57 | 1:36'41.324 | +1'30.334 | 3 | 17 | 1'35.014 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) | Sauber C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 57 | 1:36'44.713 | +1'33.723 | 3 | 12 | 1'33.806 | ||||
| 15 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | +1 lap | 3 | 6 | 1'32.912 | |||||
| 16 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov (RUS) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | +1 lap | 3 | 18 | 1'35.823 | |||||
| 17 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | +1 lap | 4 | 16 | 1'36.132 | |||||
| 18 | 3 | Jenson Button (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 55 | +2 laps | 5 | 4 | 1'32.711 | |||||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock (GER) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +2 laps | 3 | 23 | 1'37.905 | |||||
| 20 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +2 laps | 3 | 20 | 1'37.883 | |||||
| 21 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan (IND) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +2 laps | 4 | 24 | 1'38.314 | |||||
| Retirement | |||||||||||||||
| brakes | 19 | Bruno Senna (BRA) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 54 | 4 | 15 | 1'34.017 | ||||||
| puncture | 18 | Pastor Maldonado (VEN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 25 | 3 | 21 | - | ||||||
| hydraulics | 25 | Charles Pic (FRA) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 24 | 1 | 19 | 1'37.683 | ||||||
| Free practice | |||||||||||||||
| -- | 127 | Valtteri Bottas (FIN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | ||||||||||
