Primera sesión de entrenamientos libres del Gran Premio de Baréin 2012
| Pos. | Piloto | Escuderia | Tiempo | Vueltas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren | 1:33.572 | 11 |
| 2 |  Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull | + 0.305 | 21 |
| 3 | Paul di Resta |
Force India | + 0.578 | 26 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes | + 0.677 | 23 |
| 5 | Jenson Button |
McLaren | + 0.705 | 14 |
| 6 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India | + 0.772 | 26 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes | + 0.911 | 17 |
| 8 |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull | + 0.980 | 22 |
| 9 |  Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus | + 1.037 | 18 |
| 10 |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus | + 1.275 | 20 |
| 11 |  Sergio Perez |
Sauber | + 1.452 | 22 |
| 12 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams | + 1.696 | 25 |
| 13 |  Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari | + 1.864 | 21 |
| 15 |  Felipe Massa |
Ferrari | + 2.147 | 19 |
| 16 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber | + 2.357 | 24 |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso | + 2.623 | 20 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen |
Caterham | + 2.758 | 11 |
| 19 |  Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham | + 2.912 | 18 |
| 20 | Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso | + 3.019 | 20 |
| 21 | Charles Pic |
Manor | + 3.895 | 18 |
| 22 | Timo Glock |
Manor | + 4.434 | 18 |
| 23 | Pedro Martínez de la Rosa |
HRT | + 5.305 | 19 |
| 24 |  Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT | + 6.424 | 23 |