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

2012 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 18 March 2012
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload 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+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes581hr 34m 09.565s25
2+4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault58+2.139s18
3-2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes58+4.075s15
4+1Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault58+4.547s12
5+7Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari58+21.565s10
6+7Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari58+36.766s8
7+10Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault58+38.014s6
8+14Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari58+39.458s4
9+1Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari58+39.556s2
10+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes58+39.737s1
11 France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari58+39.848s 
12-5Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes58+57.642s 
13-5Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault57DNF 
14+6Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth57+1 lap 
15+6France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth53DNF 
16-2Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault52DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari46DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault38DNF 
R Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault34DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes10DNF 
R France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload 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 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
3 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
4 Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes
5 Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
6 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
7 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
8 Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
9 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
10 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
11 France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
12 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari
13 Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
14 Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
15 United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
16 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
17 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
18 Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
19 Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
20 Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
21 France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth
22-5Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari

Notes

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

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2012 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button25
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel18
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton15
4Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber12
5Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso10
6Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi8
7Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen6
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez4
9Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo2
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes40
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault30
3Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari12
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari10
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault6
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari2
7India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes1

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

See also

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

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