Pit Lane F1
Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-04-22
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:32.422 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.098s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Paul di Resta (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) missed the cut by 0.279s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.088s — pole to P10 — with Paul di Resta (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 PĂ©rez | 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 |