Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s2012 Australian Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Time | Gap | Avg Speed | Race | ||||
| 1 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | 1:29.187 | 214.054 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | 1:29.417 | 0.230 | 213.503 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | 1:29.438 | 0.251 | 213.453 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | 1:29.538 | 0.351 | 213.215 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 53 | 1:30.254 | 1.067 | 211.523 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 52 | 1:30.274 | 1.087 | 211.476 | 11 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 52 | 1:30.277 | 1.090 | 211.469 | 5 | ||||
| 8 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 53 | 1:30.592 | 1.405 | 210.734 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | 1:30.605 | 1.418 | 210.704 | 10 | ||||
| 10 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 55 | 1:30.620 | 1.433 | 210.669 | 6 | ||||
| 11 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 50 | 1:30.759 | 1.572 | 210.346 | 7 | ||||
| 12 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 46 | 1:30.843 | 1.656 | 210.152 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 49 | 1:30.855 | 1.668 | 210.124 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 53 | 1:30.931 | 1.744 | 209.948 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 46 | 1:31.940 | 2.753 | 207.644 | Ret | ||||
| 16 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 27 | 1:33.214 | 4.027 | 204.806 | Ret | ||||
| 17 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 26 | 1:33.693 | 4.506 | 203.759 | Ret | ||||
| 18 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 4 | 1:34.021 | 4.834 | 203.048 | Ret | ||||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 43 | 1:34.253 | 5.066 | 202.548 | 14 | ||||
| 20 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 45 | 1:35.011 | 5.824 | 200.933 | 15 |
| Fastest lap progression | |||||||
| No | Driver | Time | Gain | Lap | Race time | ||
| 1 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:33.414 | 2 | 3:12.678 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:33.350 | 0.064 | 3 | 4:46.028 | |
| 3 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:33.131 | 0.219 | 4 | 6:19.159 | |
| 4 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:32.984 | 0.147 | 5 | 7:52.143 | |
| 5 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | 1:32.895 | 0.089 | 15 | 24:27.010 | |
| 6 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | 1:32.867 | 0.028 | 16 | 25:41.564 | |
| 7 | 2 | Mark Webber | 1:32.355 | 0.512 | 16 | 25:46.210 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mark Webber | 1:32.262 | 0.093 | 17 | 27:18.472 | |
| 9 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 1:31.740 | 0.522 | 24 | 38:04.573 | |
| 10 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 1:31.593 | 0.147 | 26 | 41:08.234 | |
| 11 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:31.565 | 0.028 | 31 | 48:37.506 | |
| 12 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | 1:31.526 | 0.039 | 31 | 49:30.471 | |
| 13 | 2 | Mark Webber | 1:31.098 | 0.428 | 32 | 50:39.668 | |
| 14 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:30.567 | 0.531 | 43 | 1:11:39.297 | |
| 15 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:30.232 | 0.335 | 44 | 1:13:09.529 | |
| 16 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:30.220 | 0.012 | 45 | 1:14:39.749 | |
| 17 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:30.014 | 0.206 | 46 | 1:16:09.763 | |
| 18 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 1:29.865 | 0.149 | 46 | 1:16:14.303 | |
| 19 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:29.828 | 0.037 | 47 | 1:17:39.591 | |
| 20 | 2 | Mark Webber | 1:29.810 | 0.018 | 50 | 1:22:15.793 | |
| 21 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:29.690 | 0.120 | 52 | 1:25:13.564 | |
| 22 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:29.587 | 0.103 | 54 | 1:28:13.020 | |
| 23 | 3 | Jenson Button | 1:29.187 | 0.400 | 56 | 1:31:08.981 | |
