Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s2012 Australian Grand Prix
| 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 |