2012 Australian Grand Prix
859th World Championship race, 28th World Championship Australian Grand Prix, 17th World Championship race at Melbourne
Fact File
Date: | Sunday, 18 March 2012 |
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Winner: | ![]() ![]() |
Pole position: | ![]() ![]() |
Fastest lap: | ![]() ![]() |
Circuit: | Melbourne, 58 laps |
Round: | 1 of 20 |
Race Result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | 1hr 34m 09.565s | 25 |
2 | +4 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 58 | +2.139s | 18 |
3 | -2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | +4.075s | 15 |
4 | +1 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 58 | +4.547s | 12 |
5 | +7 | ![]() | Ferrari | 58 | +21.565s | 10 |
6 | +7 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 58 | +36.766s | 8 |
7 | +10 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 58 | +38.014s | 6 |
8 | +14 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 58 | +39.458s | 4 |
9 | +1 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 58 | +39.556s | 2 |
10 | +5 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +39.737s | 1 |
11 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 58 | +39.848s | ||
12 | -5 | ![]() | Mercedes | 58 | +57.642s | |
13 | -5 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 57 | DNF | |
14 | +6 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 57 | +1 lap | |
15 | +6 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 53 | DNF | |
16 | -2 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 52 | DNF | |
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 46 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 38 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 34 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Mercedes | 10 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 0 | DNF |
Starting Grid
- Highlight: race winner
- Highlight: second place
- Highlight: third place
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | |
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1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.922 | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.074 | |
3 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:25.302 | |
4 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:25.336 | |
5 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:25.651 | |
6 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:25.668 | |
7 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:25.686 | |
8 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:25.908 | |
9 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.451 | |
10 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | – | |
11 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:26.429 | |
12 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:26.497 | |
13 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:26.590 | |
14 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:26.663 | |
15 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:27.086 | |
16 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:27.497 | |
17 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:27.758 | |
18 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:28.679 | |
19 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:29.018 | |
20 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:30.923 | |
21 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:31.670 | |
22 | -5 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | – |
- Sergio Perez received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Qualifying Result
Championship Standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 25 |
2 | ![]() | 18 |
3 | ![]() | 15 |
4 | ![]() | 12 |
5 | ![]() | 10 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 40 |
2 | ![]() | 30 |
3 | ![]() | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 10 |
5 | ![]() | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 |
Statistics & Milestones
- Race debut
- Driver: Charles Pic, Jean-Eric Vergne
- Constructor: Caterham, Lotus (2012-15), Marussia
- Wins
- Driver: 13th for Jenson Button
- Constructor: 176th for McLaren
- Podiums
- Driver: 44th for Jenson Button, 43rd for Lewis Hamilton, 37th for Sebastian Vettel
- Constructor: 471st & 472nd for McLaren, 67th for Red Bull
- Poles
- Driver: 20th for Lewis Hamilton
- Constructor: 148th for McLaren
- Qualifying 1-2
- Constructor: 60th for McLaren
- Fastest laps
- Driver: 7th for Jenson Button
- Constructor: 150th for McLaren
- Front row starts
- Driver: 38th for Lewis Hamilton, 20th for Jenson Button
- Points finishes
- Driver: 1st for Daniel Ricciardo (319th different point scorer, 5th Australian driver)
- Win & fastest lap
- Driver: 5th and last for Jenson Button