Pit Lane F1
Etapa 4 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2012-04-22
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Bahrain Grand Prix de 2012 com uma volta de 1:32.422.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) completou a primeira fila a 0.098s da pole, com Mark Webber (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Paul di Resta (Force India) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) ficou de fora por 0.279s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.088s — da pole ao P10 — com Paul di Resta (Force India) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:34.308 | 1:33.527 | 1:32.422 | 1:32.422 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:34.813 | 1:33.209 | 1:32.520 | +0.098 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:34.015 | 1:33.311 | 1:32.637 | +0.215 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:34.792 |
| 1:33.416 |
| 1:32.711 |
| +0.289 |
| 5 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:34.588 | 1:33.219 | 1:32.821 | +0.399 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:33.988 | 1:33.556 | 1:32.912 | +0.490 |
| 7 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:34.041 | 1:33.246 | 1:33.008 | +0.586 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:33.814 | 1:33.660 | 1:33.394 | +0.972 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:34.760 | 1:33.403 | — | +0.981 |
| 10 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:36.624 | 1:33.510 | — | +1.088 |
| 11 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:34.552 | 1:33.789 | — | +1.367 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:34.131 | 1:33.806 | — | +1.384 |
| 13 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:34.601 | 1:33.807 | — | +1.385 |
| 14 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:34.372 | 1:33.912 | — | +1.490 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:34.466 | 1:34.017 | — | +1.595 |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:34.852 | 1:36.132 | — | +3.710 |
| 17 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:34.639 | — | — | +2.217 |
| 18 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:34.865 | — | — | +2.443 |
| 19 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:35.014 | — | — | +2.592 |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:35.823 | — | — | +3.401 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:37.683 | — | — | +5.261 |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:37.883 | — | — | +5.461 |
| 23 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:37.905 | — | — | +5.483 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:38.314 | — | — | +5.892 |