Bahrain 2012 - Starting grid - It's a penalty heavy weekend, as Schumacher and Maldonado drop down

Published 21 April 2012 by Christine

Both Pastor Maldonado and Michael Schumacher were given five place grid penalties for a gearbox change each. Maldonado's penalty came first, with Schumacher's subsequent drop raising Pastor up a place again.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:32.422	18
2	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:32.520	13
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:32.637	17
4	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:32.711	12
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:32.821	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:32.912	17
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:33.008	13
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:33.394	17
9	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	No Time	11
10	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	No Time	15
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:33.789	6
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:33.806	13
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:33.807	12
14	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:33.912	14
15	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:34.017	14
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:36.132	10
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:35.014	8
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:35.823	7
19	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:37.683	8
20	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:37.883	6
21	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	No Time	8
22	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:34.865	5
23	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:37.905	7
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:38.314	7

5 places. Pastor Maldonado - The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events.
5 places. Michael Schumacher - The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events.