Round 1 | Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit

2012 Australian Grand Prix

Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, 2012-03-18. Jenson Button won it for McLaren. Podium: Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton.

Winner

Jenson Button

McLaren

Pole

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren

Fastest lap

Jenson Button

1:29.187

Circuit

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit

Australia

Fastest pit stop

17.088s

Charles Pic

Race result

Classification

PosDriverTeamGridLapsStatusPts
1 McLaren 2 58 Finished 25.0
2 Red Bull 6 58 Finished 18.0
3 McLaren 1 58 Finished 15.0
4 Red Bull 5 58 Finished 12.0
5 Ferrari 12 58 Finished 10.0
6 Sauber 13 58 Finished 8.0
7 Lotus F1 17 58 Finished 6.0
8 Sauber 22 58 Finished 4.0
9 Toro Rosso 10 58 Finished 2.0
10 Force India 15 58 Finished 1.0
11 Toro Rosso 11 58 Finished 0.0
12 Mercedes 7 58 Finished 0.0
13 Williams 8 57 Accident 0.0
14 Marussia 20 57 +1 Lap 0.0
15 Marussia 21 53 +5 Laps 0.0
16 Williams 14 52 Collision 0.0
R Ferrari 16 46 Collision 0.0
R Caterham 18 38 Suspension 0.0
R Caterham 19 34 Steering 0.0
R Mercedes 4 10 Gearbox 0.0
R Lotus F1 3 1 Collision 0.0
R Nico Hülkenberg Force India 9 0 Collision 0.0

Qualifying

Grid Battle

PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3
1Lewis HamiltonMcLaren1:26.8001:25.6261:24.922
2Jenson ButtonMcLaren1:26.8321:25.6631:25.074
3Romain GrosjeanLotus F11:26.4981:25.8451:25.302
4Michael SchumacherMercedes1:26.5861:25.5711:25.336
5Mark WebberRed Bull1:27.1171:26.5971:25.651
6Sebastian VettelRed Bull1:26.7731:25.9821:25.668
7Nico RosbergMercedes1:26.7631:25.4691:25.686
8Pastor MaldonadoWilliams1:26.8031:26.2061:25.908
9Nico HülkenbergForce India1:27.4641:26.3141:26.451
10Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso1:27.0241:26.319
11Jean-Éric VergneToro Rosso1:26.4931:26.429
12Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:26.6881:26.494
13Kamui KobayashiSauber1:26.1821:26.590
14Bruno SennaWilliams1:27.0041:26.663
15Paul di RestaForce India1:27.4691:27.086
16Felipe MassaFerrari1:27.6331:27.497
17Sergio PérezSauber1:26.596
18Kimi RäikkönenLotus F11:27.758
19Heikki KovalainenCaterham1:28.679
20Vitaly PetrovCaterham1:29.018
21Timo GlockMarussia1:30.923
22Charles PicMarussia1:31.670
23Pedro de la RosaHRT1:33.495
24Narain KarthikeyanHRT1:33.643

Grid movement

Movers

Grid 22 to P8 (+14)

Sergio Pérez

Sauber

Grid 17 to P7 (+10)

Kimi Räikkönen

Lotus F1

Grid 12 to P5 (+7)

Fernando Alonso

Ferrari

Grid 13 to P6 (+7)

Kamui Kobayashi

Sauber

Grid 20 to P14 (+6)

Timo Glock

Marussia

Pit lane

Pit Stops

DriverTeamStopLapDuration
Charles PicMarussia35117.088s
Fernando AlonsoFerrari23421.910s
Fernando AlonsoFerrari11322.035s
Felipe MassaFerrari33722.103s
Felipe MassaFerrari11122.313s
Felipe MassaFerrari22822.528s
Jenson ButtonMcLaren23622.837s
Lewis HamiltonMcLaren11722.862s
Mark WebberRed Bull23722.915s
Nico RosbergMercedes23123.017s
Pastor MaldonadoWilliams23723.166s
Nico RosbergMercedes11223.203s
Jean-Éric VergneToro Rosso11923.203s
Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso22223.257s
Jenson ButtonMcLaren11623.275s
Mark WebberRed Bull11423.302s
Kimi RäikkönenLotus F123723.310s
Pastor MaldonadoWilliams11623.427s
Lewis HamiltonMcLaren23623.464s
Jean-Éric VergneToro Rosso23723.569s
Bruno SennaWilliams23023.777s
Sergio PérezSauber12423.882s
Sebastian VettelRed Bull23724.131s
Kamui KobayashiSauber23624.162s
Sebastian VettelRed Bull11624.256s
Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso33824.348s
Heikki KovalainenCaterham11424.397s
Vitaly PetrovCaterham11824.579s
Paul di RestaForce India23324.579s
Heikki KovalainenCaterham23424.580s
Bruno SennaWilliams1124.599s
Kimi RäikkönenLotus F111924.881s
Paul di RestaForce India11324.933s
Timo GlockMarussia23625.046s
Charles PicMarussia12125.303s
Kamui KobayashiSauber11325.346s
Timo GlockMarussia12026.322s
Heikki KovalainenCaterham33728.888s
Bruno SennaWilliams34730.888s
Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso1132.319s
Charles PicMarussia23548.984s

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