Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:32.422 | 100.0 | 210.807 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.520 | 0.098 | 100.1 | 210.584 | 13 | |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:32.637 | 0.215 | 100.2 | 210.318 | 17 | |
| 4 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.711 | 0.289 | 100.3 | 210.150 | 12 | |
| 5 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32.821 | 0.399 | 100.4 | 209.901 | 10 | |
| 6 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:32.912 | 0.490 | 100.5 | 209.695 | 17 | |
| 7 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:33.008 | 0.586 | 100.6 | 209.479 | 13 | |
| 8 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:33.394 | 0.972 | 101.1 | 208.613 | 17 | |
| 9 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | No Time | 11 | ||||
| 10 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | No Time | 15 | ||||
| 11 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:33.789 | 1.367 | 101.5 | 207.734 | 6 | |
| 12 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:33.806 | 1.384 | 101.5 | 207.697 | 13 | |
| 13 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.807 | 1.385 | 101.5 | 207.695 | 12 | |
| 14 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:33.912 | 1.490 | 101.6 | 207.462 | 14 | |
| 15 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:34.017 | 1.595 | 101.7 | 207.231 | 14 | |
| 16 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:36.132 | 3.710 | 104.0 | 202.671 | 10 | |
| 17 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | No Time | 8 | ||||
| 18 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:34.865 | 2.443 | 102.6 | 205.378 | 5 | |
| 19 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:35.014 | 2.592 | 102.8 | 205.056 | 8 | |
| 20 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:35.823 | 3.401 | 103.7 | 203.325 | 7 | |
| 21 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:37.683 | 5.261 | 105.7 | 199.453 | 8 | |
| 22 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:37.883 | 5.461 | 105.9 | 199.046 | 6 | |
| 23 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:37.905 | 5.483 | 105.9 | 199.001 | 7 | |
| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:38.314 | 5.892 | 106.4 | 198.173 | 7 |