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Home / Seasons / 2012 F1 World Championship Season / 2012 Australian Grand Prix

2012 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 18 March 2012
Winner
  • Jenson Button
  • McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • Lewis Hamilton
  • McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Jenson Button
  • McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round1 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 859th World Championship race
  • 28th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Melbourne
More 2012 season
More Australian Grands Prix
Previous race2011 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes581hr 34m 09.565s25
2+4(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault58+2.139s18
3-2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes58+4.075s15
4+1(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault58+4.547s12
5+7(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari58+21.565s10
6+7(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari58+36.766s8
7+10(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault58+38.014s6
8+14(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari58+39.458s4
9+1(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari58+39.556s2
10+5(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes58+39.737s1
11 (FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari58+39.848s 
12-5(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes58+57.642s 
13-5(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault57DNF 
14+6(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth57+1 lap 
15+6(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth53DNF 
16-2(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault52DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari46DNF 
R (FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault38DNF 
R (RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault34DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes10DNF 
R (FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1DNF 
R (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes0DNF 

Notes

  • Pastor Maldonado ended lap 57 in P6 before retiring on the final lap.
  • Charles Pic ended lap 53 in P15 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Bruno Senna ended lap 52 in P15 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
2 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
3 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
4 (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes
5 (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
6 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
7 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
8 (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
9 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
10 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
11 (FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
12 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
13 (JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
14 (BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
15 (GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
16 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
17 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
18 (FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
19 (RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
20 (DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
21 (FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth
22-5(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari

Notes

  • Sergio Perez received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:24.922 
2(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.0740.152
3(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:25.3020.380
4(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:25.3360.414
5(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:25.6510.729
6(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:25.6680.746
7(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:25.6860.764
8(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:25.9080.986
9(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:26.4511.529
10(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari– 
Q2
11(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.429 
12(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:26.497 
13(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:26.590 
14(BRA) Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:26.663 
15(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:27.086 
16(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:27.497 
17(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari– 
Q1
18(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:27.758 
19(FIN) Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:28.679 
20(RUS) Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:29.018 
21(DEU) Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:30.923 
22(FRA) Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:31.670 
Did not qualify
23(ESP) Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:33.495 
24(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:33.643 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jenson Button25
2(DEU) Sebastian Vettel18
3(GBR) Lewis Hamilton15
4(AUS) Mark Webber12
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso10
6(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi8
7(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen6
8(MEX) Sergio Perez4
9(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo2
10(GBR) Paul di Resta1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes40
2Red Bull-Renault30
3Sauber-Ferrari12
4Ferrari10
5Lotus-Renault6
6Toro Rosso-Ferrari2
7Force India-Mercedes1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Charles Pic & Jean-Eric Vergne (first French drivers to start a race since 2009)
Caterham
Lotus (2012-15)
Marussia
Wins
13th for Jenson Button
176th for McLaren
Podiums
44th for Jenson Button
43rd for Lewis Hamilton
37th for Sebastian Vettel
471st & 472nd for McLaren
67th for Red Bull
Poles
20th for Lewis Hamilton (13th driver to take 20 pole positions, 4th British driver)
148th for McLaren
1-2 start
60th for McLaren (3rd constructor to start 1-2 in 60 races)
Fastest laps
7th for Jenson Button
150th for McLaren (2nd constructor to set 150 fastest laps)
Front row starts
38th for Lewis Hamilton
20th for Jenson Button (39th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 11th British driver)
Points finishes
1st for Daniel Ricciardo (319th different point scorer, 5th Australian driver)
Win & fastest lap
5th and last for Jenson Button

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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