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 | 0.000 | 3 | 1 | 2.000000.422 | 1 | 6.000000.379 | (41) | |
| 2 | 18 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 57 | 4.000000.323 | +3.000000.333 | 3 | 11 | 3.000000.789 | |||
| 3 | 15 | 10 | Romain Grosjean (FRA) | Lotus F1 E20 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 57 | 1.000000.184 | +0.000 | 3 | 7 | 3.000000.008 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 2 | Mark Webber (AUS) | Red Bull RB8 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 57 | 9.000000.778 | +8.000000.788 | 3 | 3 | 2.000000.637 | |||
| 5 | 10 | 8 | Nico Rosberg (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 57 | 6.000000.450 | +5.000000.460 | 3 | 5 | 2.000000.821 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 11 | Paul di Resta (GBR) | Racing Point VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 57 | 8.000000.533 | +7.000000.543 | 2 | 10 | - | |||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | Fernando Alonso (ESP) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 57 | 8.000000.793 | +7.000000.803 | 3 | 9 | - | |||
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 57 | 9.000000.974 | +8.000000.984 | 3 | 2 | 2.000000.520 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Felipe Massa (BRA) | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 57 | 5.000000.989 | +4.000000.999 | 3 | 14 | 3.000000.912 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Michael Schumacher (GER) | Mercedes WO3 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 57 | 2.000000.480 | +1.000000.490 | 3 | 22 | 4.000000.865 | |||
| 11 | 15 | Sergio Perez (MEX) | Alfa Romeo C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 57 | 3.000000.692 | +2.000000.702 | 3 | 8 | 3.000000.394 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg (GER) | Racing Point VJM05 | Mercedes FO108Z | Pirelli | 57 | 7.000000.529 | +6.000000.539 | 3 | 13 | 3.000000.807 | ||||
| 13 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne (FRA) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 57 | 1.000000.324 | +0.000 | 3 | 17 | 5.000000.014 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) | Alfa Romeo C31 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 57 | 4.000000.713 | +3.000000.723 | 3 | 12 | 3.000000.806 | ||||
| 15 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) | Toro Rosso STR7 | Ferrari 056 | Pirelli | 56 | +1 lap | 3 | 6 | 2.000000.912 | |||||
| 16 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov (RUS) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | +1 lap | 3 | 18 | 5.000000.823 | |||||
| 17 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 56 | +1 lap | 4 | 16 | 6.000000.132 | |||||
| 18 | 3 | Jenson Button (GBR) | McLaren MP4-27 | Mercedes FO108X | Pirelli | 55 | +2 laps | 5 | 4 | 2.000000.711 | |||||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock (GER) | Manor MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +2 laps | 3 | 23 | 7.000000.905 | |||||
| 20 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +2 laps | 3 | 20 | 7.000000.883 | |||||
| 21 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan (IND) | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 | Pirelli | 55 | +2 laps | 4 | 24 | 8.000000.314 | |||||
| Retirement | |||||||||||||||
| brakes | 19 | Bruno Senna (BRA) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | 54 | 4 | 15 | 4.000000.017 | ||||||
| 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 | 7.000000.683 | ||||||
| Free practice | |||||||||||||||
| -- | 127 | Valtteri Bottas (FIN) | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 | Pirelli | ||||||||||
