2012 Australian Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 18 March 2012 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Melbourne, 58 laps |
Round | 1 of 20 |
Race numbers | The 2012 Australian Grand Prix was the
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Previous race | 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix |
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 |
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
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | |
3 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | |
4 | ![]() | Mercedes | |
5 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | |
6 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | |
7 | ![]() | Mercedes | |
8 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | |
9 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
10 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
11 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
12 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
13 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
14 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | |
15 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
16 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
17 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | |
18 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | |
19 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | |
20 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | |
21 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | |
22 | -5 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari |
Notes
- Sergio Perez received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Qualifying result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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Q3 | ||||
1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.922 | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.074 | 0.152 |
3 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:25.302 | 0.380 |
4 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:25.336 | 0.414 |
5 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:25.651 | 0.729 |
6 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:25.668 | 0.746 |
7 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:25.686 | 0.764 |
8 | ![]() | Williams-Renault | 1:25.908 | 0.986 |
9 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.451 | 1.529 |
10 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | – | |
Q2 | ||||
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 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | – | |
Q1 | ||||
18 | ![]() | Lotus-Renault | 1:27.758 | |
19 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:28.679 | |
20 | ![]() | Caterham-Renault | 1:29.018 | |
21 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:30.923 | |
22 | ![]() | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:31.670 | |
Did not qualify | ||||
23 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:33.495 | |
24 | ![]() | HRT-Cosworth | 1:33.643 |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2012 Australian Grand Prix.
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
- 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
- Qualifying 1-2
- 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