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2012 Australian Grand Prix
Sun, March 18th, 2012
Round 1
Track:
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
Official race name:
LXXVII Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Round:
1
(of 20)
Race number:
859
Date:
Sun, March 18th, 2012
Time:
17.00
Track length:
5.303 km
Laps:
58
Race distance:
307.574 km
Timetable
Friday 16 March, 2012
12:30
-
14:00
Friday Practice 1
16:30
-
18:00
Friday Practice 2
Saturday 17 March, 2012
14:00
-
15:00
Saturday Practice
17:00
-
18:00
Qualifying
Sunday 18 March, 2012
17:00
Race
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Latest race news
20 Mar
Australia: Round 1 driver star ratings
19 Mar
Ricciardo rues first-corner contact in home debut
19 Mar
Alonso in damage limitation mode in Melbourne
19 Mar
Maldonado 'relaxed' after last-lap crash
18 Mar
Australia: FIA post-race press conference
18 Mar
Kovalainen handed 5-place penalty for Malaysia
18 Mar
Australia: Team personnel race quotes
18 Mar
Australia: Driver race quotes
18 Mar
Australia: Race tyre strategies
18 Mar
Button triumphs in action-packed season opener
More 2012 Australian Grand Prix news
For more detailed results, visit the
Results page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qual
Sat Prac
Fri Prac 2
Fri Prac 1
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
3
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
58
1:34:09.565
195.991
2
25
2
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
58
+ 2.139 secs
195.917
6
18
3
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
58
+ 4.075 secs
195.850
1
15
4
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
58
+ 4.547 secs
195.834
5
12
5
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
58
+ 21.565 secs
195.246
12
10
6
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
58
+ 36.766 secs
194.724
13
8
7
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
58
+ 38.014 secs
194.681
17
6
8
15
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
58
+ 39.458 secs
194.632
22
4
9
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
58
+ 39.556 secs
194.629
10
2
10
11
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
58
+ 39.737 secs
194.623
15
1
11
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
58
+ 39.848 secs
194.619
11
12
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
58
+ 57.642 secs
194.012
7
13
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
57
Accident
195.088
8
14
24
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
57
+ 1 Lap
191.082
20
15
25
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
53
Oil pressure
186.317
21
16
19
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
52
Collision damage
189.852
14
Ret
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
46
Collision damage
191.374
16
Ret
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
38
Front suspension
189.478
18
Ret
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
34
Steering
197.958
19
Ret
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
10
Transmission
200.498
4
Ret
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1
Collision
184.043
3
Ret
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
0
Collision
9
DNQ
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
DNQ
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
Fastest lap:
1:29.187 -
Jenson Button
(Lap 56)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
1
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:24.922
2
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:25.074
R
o
w
2
3
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:25.302
4
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:25.336
R
o
w
3
5
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
1:25.651
6
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
1:25.668
R
o
w
4
7
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:25.686
8
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:25.908
R
o
w
5
9
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:26.451
10
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
No Time
R
o
w
6
11
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:26.429
12
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:26.494
R
o
w
7
13
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:26.590
14
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
1:26.663
R
o
w
8
15
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
1:27.086
16
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:27.497
R
o
w
9
17
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:27.758
18
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:28.679
R
o
w
10
19
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
1:29.018
20
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:30.923
R
o
w
11
21
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:31.670
22
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
No Time
Relegated 5 places
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:24.922
100.0
224.804
14
2
3
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:25.074
0.152
100.2
224.402
15
3
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:25.302
0.380
100.4
223.802
21
4
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:25.336
0.414
100.5
223.713
18
5
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
1:25.651
0.729
100.9
222.891
17
6
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
1:25.668
0.746
100.9
222.846
18
7
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:25.686
0.764
100.9
222.800
16
8
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:25.908
0.986
101.2
222.224
20
9
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:26.451
1.529
101.8
220.828
18
10
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
No Time
16
11
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:26.429
1.507
101.8
220.884
12
12
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:26.494
1.572
101.9
220.718
12
13
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:26.590
1.668
102.0
220.473
12
14
19
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
1:26.663
1.741
102.1
220.288
16
15
11
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
1:27.086
2.164
102.5
219.218
16
16
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:27.497
2.575
103.0
218.188
16
17
15
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
No Time
11
18
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:27.758
2.836
103.3
217.539
9
19
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:28.679
3.757
104.4
215.280
7
20
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
1:29.018
4.096
104.8
214.460
8
21
24
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:30.923
6.001
107.1
209.967
10
22
25
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:31.670
6.748
107.9
208.256
9
(23)
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
1:33.495
8.573
110.1
204.191
6
(24)
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
1:33.643
8.721
110.3
203.868
6
Further details »
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:25.681
222.813
18
2
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:25.758
0.077
222.612
21
3
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
1:25.900
0.219
222.244
20
4
3
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:25.906
0.225
222.229
17
5
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:25.929
0.248
222.169
23
6
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:26.078
0.397
221.785
14
7
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
1:26.211
0.530
221.443
12
8
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:26.470
0.789
220.779
17
9
15
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:26.632
0.951
220.367
20
10
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:26.723
1.042
220.135
17
11
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:26.733
1.052
220.110
15
12
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:26.737
1.056
220.100
19
13
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:26.755
1.074
220.054
21
14
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:27.029
1.348
219.361
23
15
19
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
1:27.119
1.438
219.135
20
16
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:27.323
1.642
218.623
19
17
11
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
1:27.428
1.747
218.360
22
18
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:28.023
2.342
216.884
19
19
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:28.341
2.660
216.104
19
20
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
1:28.702
3.021
215.224
11
21
24
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:30.728
5.047
210.418
13
22
25
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:31.225
5.544
209.272
14
23
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
1:33.114
7.433
205.026
12
24
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
1:33.261
7.580
204.703
13
Further details »
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:29.183
214.063
16
2
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:29.292
0.109
213.802
19
3
15
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:30.199
1.016
211.652
23
4
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:30.341
1.158
211.319
13
5
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:30.709
1.526
210.462
14
6
11
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
1:31.466
2.283
208.720
13
7
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:31.505
2.322
208.631
14
8
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:31.932
2.749
207.662
16
9
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:32.184
3.001
207.095
17
10
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
1:32.194
3.011
207.072
19
11
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
1:32.296
3.113
206.843
20
12
24
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:32.632
3.449
206.093
17
13
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
1:32.767
3.584
205.793
15
14
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:32.822
3.639
205.671
11
15
3
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:33.039
3.856
205.191
18
16
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:33.252
4.069
204.723
11
17
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:34.108
4.925
202.861
21
18
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:34.275
5.092
202.501
7
19
19
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
1:34.312
5.129
202.422
17
20
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:34.485
5.302
202.051
29
21
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:34.604
5.421
201.797
31
22
25
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:34.770
5.587
201.443
13
23
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
1:42.627
13.444
186.021
16
24
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
No Time
1
Further details »
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
3
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:27.560
218.031
11
2
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:27.805
0.245
217.423
14
3
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:28.235
0.675
216.363
17
4
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:28.360
0.800
216.057
21
5
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
1:28.467
0.907
215.796
21
6
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:28.683
1.123
215.270
22
7
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:28.908
1.348
214.725
23
8
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:29.415
1.855
213.508
16
9
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:29.565
2.005
213.150
8
10
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:29.722
2.162
212.777
26
11
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
1:29.790
2.230
212.616
21
12
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:29.865
2.305
212.439
17
13
11
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
1:29.881
2.321
212.401
18
14
19
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
1:29.953
2.393
212.231
21
15
15
Sergio Pérez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:30.124
2.564
211.828
22
16
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:30.515
2.955
210.913
16
17
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:30.586
3.026
210.748
16
18
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:30.743
3.183
210.383
11
19
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:31.178
3.618
209.379
17
20
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
1:31.983
4.423
207.547
8
21
24
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:34.730
7.170
201.529
8
22
25
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:40.256
12.696
190.421
11
23
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
No Time
3
24
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
No Time
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Jenson Button
25
2
Sebastian Vettel
18
7
3
Lewis Hamilton
15
10
4
Mark Webber
12
13
5
Fernando Alonso
10
15
6
Kamui Kobayashi
8
17
7
Kimi Räikkönen
6
19
8
Sergio Pérez
4
21
9
Daniel Ricciardo
2
23
10
Paul di Resta
1
24
11
Jean-Éric Vergne
0
25
12
Nico Rosberg
0
25
13
Pastor Maldonado
0
25
14
Timo Glock
0
25
15
Charles Pic
0
25
16
Bruno Senna
0
25
P
Constructor
Pts
1
McLaren-Mercedes
40
2
Red Bull-Renault
30
10
3
Sauber-Ferrari
12
28
4
Ferrari
10
30
5
Lotus-Renault
6
34
6
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
2
38
7
Force India-Mercedes
1
39
8
Mercedes
0
40
9
Williams-Renault
0
40
10
Marussia-Cosworth
0
40
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