Bahrain International Circuit · 22 April 2012
Sebastian Vettel won the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix for Red Bull from 1st on the grid, 3.333s ahead of Kimi Räikkönen. Michael Schumacher gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 10th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Vettel 25 + Webber 12 | Vettel 25 + Webber 12 | 37 | |
| 2 | Lotus F1 Räikkönen 18 + Grosjean 15 | Räikkönen 18 + Grosjean 15 | 33 | |
| 3 | Mercedes Rosberg 10 + Schumacher 1 | Rosberg 10 + Schumacher 1 | 11 | |
| 4 | Force India di Resta 8 + Hülkenberg 0 | di Resta 8 + Hülkenberg 0 | 8 | |
| 5 | Ferrari Alonso 6 + Massa 2 | Alonso 6 + Massa 2 | 8 | |
| 6 | McLaren Hamilton 4 + Button 0 | Hamilton 4 + Button 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sauber Pérez 0 + Kobayashi 0 | Pérez 0 + Kobayashi 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Toro Rosso Vergne 0 + Ricciardo 0 | Vergne 0 + Ricciardo 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Caterham Petrov 0 + Kovalainen 0 | Petrov 0 + Kovalainen 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Marussia Glock 0 + Pic 0 | Glock 0 + Pic 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | HRT de la Rosa 0 + Karthikeyan 0 | de la Rosa 0 + Karthikeyan 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Williams Senna 0 + Maldonado 0 | Senna 0 + Maldonado 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel Red Bull | Red Bull | 1:35:10.990 | 57 | — | 25 | |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 | Lotus F1 | +3.333s | 57 | — | 18 | |
| 3 | Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 | Lotus F1 | +10.194s | 57 | — | 15 | |
| 4 | Mark Webber Red Bull | Red Bull | +38.788s | 57 | — | 12 | |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg Mercedes | Mercedes | +55.460s | 57 | — | 10 | |
| 6 | Paul di Resta Force India | Force India | +57.543s | 57 | — | 8 | |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso Ferrari | Ferrari | +57.803s | 57 | — | 6 | |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren | McLaren | +58.984s | 57 | — | 4 | |
| 9 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:04.999 | 57 | — | 2 | |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher Mercedes | Mercedes | +1:11.490 | 57 | — | 1 | |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez Sauber | Sauber | +1:12.702 | 57 | — | — | |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg Force India | Force India | +1:16.539 | 57 | — | — | |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi Sauber | Sauber | +1:30.334 | 57 | — | — | |
| 14 | Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1:33.723 | 57 | — | — | |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1 Lap | 56 | — | — | |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov Caterham | Caterham | +1 Lap | 56 | — | — | |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen Caterham | Caterham | +1 Lap | 56 | — | — | |
| 18 | Jenson Button McLaren | McLaren | DNF Exhaust | 55 | — | — | |
| 19 | Timo Glock Marussia | Marussia | +2 Laps | 55 | — | — | |
| 20 | Pedro de la Rosa HRT | HRT | +2 Laps | 55 | — | — | |
| 21 | Narain Karthikeyan HRT | HRT | +2 Laps | 55 | — | — | |
| 22 | Bruno Senna Williams | Williams | DNF Vibrations | 54 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pastor Maldonado Williams | Williams | DNF Puncture | 25 | — | — | |
| DNF | Charles Pic Marussia | Marussia | DNF Engine | 24 | — | — |