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2012 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix

18 Mar 2012Melbourne307.574 km (5303 m x 58 Laps)

 Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes, 1:24.922 (224.804 km/h) Fastest Lap: Jenson Button, McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes, 1:29.187 (214.054 km/h lap 56) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:34:09.565 195.991 km/h 2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:34:11.704 195.917 km/h 3 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:34:13.640 195.850 km/h 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:34:14.112 195.834 km/h 5 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:34:31.130 195.246 km/h 6 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:34:46.331 194.724 km/h 7 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:34:47.579 194.681 km/h 8 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:34:49.023 194.632 km/h 9 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:34:49.121 194.629 km/h 10 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:34:49.302 194.623 km/h 11 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:34:49.413 194.619 km/h 12 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:35:07.207 194.012 km/h 13 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 57 Spun off 14 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth -1 Lap 15 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 53 Oil pressure 16 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 52 Collision with Massa Did Not Finish: 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 46 Collision with Senna 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 38 Suspension 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 34 Steering 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 10 Gearbox 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1 Collision with Maldonado 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 0 Collision with Ricciardo Did Not Qualify: 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total Safety Car 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1-15 56 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 16 1 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 17-35 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 36 1 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 37-58 37-41 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:29.187 214.054 56 2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:29.417 213.503 57 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:29.438 213.453 57 4 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:29.538 213.215 57 5 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:30.254 211.523 53 6 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:30.274 211.476 52 7 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:30.277 211.469 52 8 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:30.592 210.734 53 9 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:30.605 210.704 57 10 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:30.620 210.669 55 11 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:30.759 210.346 50 12 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:30.843 210.152 46 13 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:30.855 210.124 49 14 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:30.931 209.948 53 15 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:31.940 207.644 46 16 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:33.214 204.806 27 17 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:33.693 203.759 26 18 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:34.021 203.048 4 19 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:34.253 202.548 43 20 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:35.011 200.933 45 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:24.922 224.804 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:25.074 224.402 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 3 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:25.302 223.802 Lotus F1 Team 4 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:25.336 223.713 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 5 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:25.651 222.891 Red Bull Racing 6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:25.668 222.846 Red Bull Racing 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:25.686 222.800 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 8 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:25.908 222.224 Williams F1 Team 9 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:26.451 220.828 Sahara Force India F1 Team 10 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari - - Scuderia Toro Rosso 11 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:26.429 220.884 Scuderia Toro Rosso 12 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:26.494 220.718 Scuderia Ferrari 13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:26.590 220.473 Sauber F1 Team 14 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:26.663 220.288 Williams F1 Team 15 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:27.086 219.218 Sahara Force India F1 Team 16 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:27.497 218.188 Scuderia Ferrari 17 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari - - Sauber F1 Team 18 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:27.758 217.539 Lotus F1 Team 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:28.679 215.280 Caterham F1 Team 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:29.018 214.460 Caterham F1 Team 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:30.923 209.967 Marussia F1 Racing 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:31.670 208.256 Marussia F1 Racing Did Not Qualify: 1:32.215 107% 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:33.495 204.191 HRT F1 Team 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:33.643 203.868 HRT F1 Team Starting Order: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:24.922 224.804 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:25.074 224.402 3 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:25.302 223.802 4 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:25.336 223.713 5 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:25.651 222.891 6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:25.668 222.846 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:25.686 222.800 8 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:25.908 222.224 9 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:26.451 220.828 10 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari - - 11 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:26.429 220.884 12 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:26.494 220.718 13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:26.590 220.473 14 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:26.663 220.288 15 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:27.086 219.218 16 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:27.497 218.188 17 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:27.758 217.539 18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:28.679 215.280 19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:29.018 214.460 20 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:30.923 209.967 21 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:31.670 208.256 22 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari - - Penalty 1st Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:26.182 221.517 2 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:26.493 220.721 3 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:26.498 220.708 4 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:26.586 220.484 5 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:26.596 220.458 6 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:26.688 220.224 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:26.763 220.034 8 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:26.773 220.009 9 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:26.800 219.940 10 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:26.803 219.932 11 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:26.832 219.859 12 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:27.004 219.424 13 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:27.024 219.374 14 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:27.117 219.140 15 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:27.464 218.270 16 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:27.469 218.258 17 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:27.633 217.849 18 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:27.758 217.539 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:28.679 215.280 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:29.018 214.460 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:30.923 209.967 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:31.670 208.256 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:33.495 204.191 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:33.643 203.868 2nd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:25.469 223.365 2 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:25.571 223.099 3 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:25.626 222.956 4 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:25.663 222.859 5 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:25.845 222.387 6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:25.982 222.033 7 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:26.206 221.456 8 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:26.297 221.222 9 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:26.314 221.178 10 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:26.319 221.166 11 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:26.429 220.884 12 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:26.494 220.718 13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:26.590 220.473 14 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:26.663 220.288 15 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:27.086 219.218 16 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:27.497 218.188 17 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari - - 3rd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:24.922 224.804 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:25.074 224.402 3 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:25.302 223.802 4 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:25.336 223.713 5 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:25.651 222.891 6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:25.668 222.846 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:25.686 222.800 8 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:25.908 222.224 9 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:26.451 220.828 10 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari - - 1st Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:27.560 218.031 11 2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:27.805 217.422 14 3 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:28.235 216.363 17 4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:28.360 216.057 21 5 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:28.467 215.795 21 6 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:28.683 215.270 22 7 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:28.908 214.725 23 8 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:29.415 213.507 16 9 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:29.565 213.150 8 10 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:29.722 212.777 26 11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:29.790 212.616 21 12 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:29.865 212.438 17 13 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:29.881 212.400 18 14 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:29.953 212.230 21 15 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:30.124 211.828 22 16 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:30.515 210.913 16 17 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:30.586 210.747 16 18 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:30.743 210.383 11 19 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:31.178 209.379 17 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:31.983 207.547 8 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:34.730 201.528 8 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:40.256 190.420 11 23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth - - 3 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:29.183 214.063 16 2 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:29.292 213.801 19 3 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:30.199 211.652 23 4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:30.341 211.319 13 5 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:30.709 210.462 14 6 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:31.466 208.720 13 7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:31.505 208.631 14 8 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:31.932 207.662 16 9 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:32.184 207.094 17 10 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:32.194 207.072 19 11 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:32.296 206.843 20 12 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:32.632 206.092 17 13 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:32.767 205.793 15 14 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:32.822 205.671 11 15 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:33.039 205.191 18 16 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:33.252 204.722 11 17 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:34.108 202.860 21 18 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:34.275 202.501 7 19 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:34.312 202.421 17 20 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:34.485 202.051 29 21 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:34.604 201.796 31 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:34.770 201.443 13 23 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:42.627 186.021 16 24 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth - - 1 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:25.681 222.812 18 2 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus E20-Renault 1:25.758 222.612 21 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:25.900 222.244 20 4 3 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes 1:25.906 222.228 17 5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W03 1:25.929 222.169 23 6 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes F1 W03 1:26.078 221.784 14 7 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB8-Renault 1:26.211 221.442 12 8 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams FW34-Renault 1:26.470 220.779 17 9 15 Sergio Pérez Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:26.632 220.366 20 10 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:26.723 220.135 17 11 17 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari 1:26.733 220.109 15 12 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus E20-Renault 1:26.737 220.099 19 13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber C31-Ferrari 1:26.755 220.054 21 14 12 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:27.029 219.361 23 15 19 Bruno Senna Williams FW34-Renault 1:27.119 219.134 20 16 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:27.323 218.622 19 17 11 Paul di Resta Force India VJM05-Mercedes 1:27.428 218.360 22 18 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2012 1:28.023 216.884 19 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham CT01-Renault 1:28.341 216.103 19 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham CT01-Renault 1:28.702 215.224 11 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:30.728 210.417 13 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia MR01-Cosworth 1:31.225 209.271 14 23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT F112-Cosworth 1:33.114 205.026 12 24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F112-Cosworth 1:33.261 204.702 13 Notes:
  • Pérez was demoted 5 places on starting grid (gearbox change).
  • Kovalainen will be demoted 5 places on starting grid of the next race (overtaking during safety car period).
  • Weather: Sunny, Mild, Dry.
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