Round 1
Australia
2012-03-18 · Melbourne · Australia
Weekend schedule
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Race
P1BUT
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 3 | Jenson Button |  McLaren | 58 | 1:34:09.565 | 25 |
| 02 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel |  Red Bull | 58 | 1:34:11.704 | 18 |
| 03 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 58 | 1:34:13.640 | 15 |
| 04 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 58 | 1:34:14.112 | 12 |
| 05 | 5 | Fernando Alonso |  Ferrari | 58 | 1:34:31.130 | 10 |
| 06 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi |  Sauber | 58 | 1:34:46.331 | 8 |
| 07 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen |  Lotus | 58 | 1:34:47.579 | 6 |
| 08 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 58 | 1:34:49.023 | 4 |
| 09 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo |  Toro Rosso | 58 | 1:34:49.121 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | Paul di Resta |  Force India | 58 | 1:34:49.302 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 58 | 1:34:49.413 | — |
| 12 | 8 | Nico Rosberg |  Mercedes | 58 | 1:35:07.207 | — |
| 13 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado |  Williams | 57 | Accident | — |
| 14 | 24 | Timo Glock |  Marussia | 57 | +1 lap | — |
| 15 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 53 | Oil pressure | — |
| 16 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 52 | Collision damage | — |
| DNF | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 46 | Collision damage | — |
| DNF | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen |  Caterham | 38 | Suspension | — |
| DNF | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 34 | Steering | — |
| DNF | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 10 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1 | Collision | — |
| DNF | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 0 | Collision damage | — |
| DNQ | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa |  HRT | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | — | — | — |
Circuit
Albert Park Circuit
Clockwise · Street circuit
Circuit Length
5.303km
- First Grand Prix
- 1996
- Number of Laps
- 58
- Turns
- 16
- Race Distance
- 307.574 km
- Layout lap record
- 1:24.125Michael Schumacher (2004)