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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 — —