2012· Round 1
Australian Grand Prix
18 March 2012 · Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne
Podium
Results
| Pos | Grid | Driver | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 🇬🇧Jenson Button | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | 🇩🇪Sebastian Vettel | 18 |
| R | 3 | 🇫🇷Romain Grosjean | — |
| 3 | 1 | 🇬🇧Lewis Hamilton | 15 |
| 4 | 5 | 🇦🇺Mark Webber | 12 |
| R | 4 | 🇩🇪Michael Schumacher | — |
| 5 | 12 | 🇪🇸Fernando Alonso | 10 |
| 6 | 13 | 🇯🇵Kamui Kobayashi | 8 |
| 7 | 17 | 🇫🇮Kimi Räikkönen | 6 |
| 8 | 22 | 🇲🇽Sergio Pérez | 4 |
| R | 9 | 🇩🇪Nico Hülkenberg | — |
| 9 | 10 | 🇦🇺Daniel Ricciardo | 2 |
| 10 | 15 | 🇬🇧Paul di Resta | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | 🇫🇷Jean-Éric Vergne | — |
| 12 | 7 | 🇩🇪Nico Rosberg | — |
| 13 | 8 | 🇻🇪Pastor Maldonado | — |
| 14 | 20 | 🇩🇪Timo Glock | — |
| 15 | 21 | 🇫🇷Charles Pic | — |
| R | 16 | 🇧🇷Felipe Massa | — |
| 16 | 14 | 🇧🇷Bruno Senna | — |
| R | 18 | 🇫🇮Heikki Kovalainen | — |
| R | 19 | 🇷🇺Vitaly Petrov | — |
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | 1:26.800 | 1:25.626 | 1:24.922 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | 1:26.832 | 1:25.663 | 1:25.074 |
| 3 | Romain Grosjean | 1:26.498 | 1:25.845 | 1:25.302 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | 1:26.586 | 1:25.571 | 1:25.336 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | 1:27.117 | 1:26.597 | 1:25.651 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:26.773 | 1:25.982 | 1:25.668 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | 1:26.763 | 1:25.469 | 1:25.686 |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | 1:26.803 | 1:26.206 | 1:25.908 |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | 1:27.464 | 1:26.314 | 1:26.451 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | 1:27.024 | 1:26.319 | — |
| 11 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 1:26.493 | 1:26.429 | — |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | 1:26.688 | 1:26.494 | — |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi | 1:26.182 | 1:26.590 | — |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | 1:27.004 | 1:26.663 | — |
| 15 | Paul di Resta | 1:27.469 | 1:27.086 | — |
| 16 | Felipe Massa | 1:27.633 | 1:27.497 | — |
| 17 | Sergio Pérez | 1:26.596 | — | — |
| 18 | Kimi Räikkönen | 1:27.758 | — | — |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | 1:28.679 | — | — |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | 1:29.018 | — | — |
| 21 | Timo Glock | 1:30.923 | — | — |
| 22 | Charles Pic | 1:31.670 | — | — |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | 1:33.495 | — | — |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | 1:33.643 | — | — |