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Australian Grand Prix 2012

Round 1 of 20  · 18 March 2012  · Melbourne  · 58 laps

Fastest Lap Jenson Button 1:29.187 (lap 56)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 BUT Jenson Button FL McLaren 2 1:34:09.565 25
2 VET Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 6 +2.139 18
3 HAM Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1 +4.075 15
4 WEB Mark Webber Red Bull 5 +4.547 12
5 ALO Fernando Alonso Ferrari 12 +21.565 10
6 KOB Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 13 +36.766 8
7 RAI Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 17 +38.014 6
8 PER Sergio Pérez Sauber 22 +39.458 4
9 RIC Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 10 +39.556 2
10 DIR Paul di Resta Force India 15 +39.737 1
11 VER Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso 11 +39.848
12 ROS Nico Rosberg Mercedes 7 +57.642
13 MAL Pastor Maldonado Williams 8 Accident
14 GLO Timo Glock Marussia 20 +1 lap
15 PIC Charles Pic Marussia 21 Oil pressure
16 SEN Bruno Senna Williams 14 Collision damage
DNF MAS Felipe Massa Ferrari 16 Collision damage
DNF KOV Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 18 Suspension
DNF PET Vitaly Petrov Caterham 19 Steering
DNF MSC Michael Schumacher Mercedes 4 Gearbox
DNF GRO Romain Grosjean Lotus 3 Collision
DNF HUL Nico Hülkenberg Force India 9 Collision damage
DNQ DLR Pedro de la Rosa HRT
DNQ KAR Narain Karthikeyan HRT

Qualifying — Q1 / Q2 / Q3 knockout

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 HAM Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:26.800 1:25.626 1:24.922
2 BUT Jenson Button McLaren 1:26.832 1:25.663 1:25.074
3 GRO Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:26.498 1:25.845 1:25.302
4 MSC Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:26.586 1:25.571 1:25.336
5 WEB Mark Webber Red Bull 1:27.117 1:26.297 1:25.651
6 VET Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:26.773 1:25.982 1:25.668
7 ROS Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.763 1:25.469 1:25.686
8 MAL Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:26.803 1:26.206 1:25.908
9 HUL Nico Hülkenberg Force India 1:27.464 1:26.314 1:26.451
10 RIC Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:27.024 1:26.319
11 VER Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:26.493 1:26.429
12 ALO Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.688 1:26.494
13 KOB Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:26.182 1:26.590
14 SEN Bruno Senna Williams 1:27.004 1:26.663
15 DIR Paul di Resta Force India 1:27.469 1:27.086
16 MAS Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.633 1:27.497
17 PER Sergio Pérez Sauber 1:26.596
18 RAI Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 1:27.758
19 KOV Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:28.679
20 PET Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:29.018
21 GLO Timo Glock Marussia 1:30.923
22 PIC Charles Pic Marussia 1:31.670
NC DLR Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:33.495
NC KAR Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:33.643