Australia (2012)
Date: 18 Mar 2012
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Race Results
| Position | Driver | Points | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jenson Alexander Lyons Button | 25 | 58 |
| 2 |  Sebastian Vettel | 18 | 58 |
| 3 | Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton | 15 | 58 |
| 4 |  Mark Alan Webber | 12 | 58 |
| 5 |  Fernando Alonso Díaz | 10 | 58 |
| 6 |  Kamui Kobayashi | 8 | 58 |
| 7 |  Kimi-Matias Räikkönen | 6 | 58 |
| 8 |  Sergio Pérez Mendoza | 4 | 58 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | 2 | 58 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | 1 | 58 |
| 11 |  Jean-Éric Vergne | 58 | |
| 12 | Nico Erik Rosberg | 58 | |
| 13 |  Pastor Rafael Maldonado Motta | 57 | |
| 14 | Timo Glock | 57 | |
| 15 | Charles Pic | 53 | |
| 16 |  Bruno Senna Lalli | 52 | |
| DNF | Felipe Massa | 46 | |
| DNF | Heikki Johannes Kovalainen | 38 | |
| DNF |  Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov | 34 | |
| DNF | Michael Schumacher | 10 | |
| DNF | Romain Grosjean | 1 | |
| DNF | Nicolas Hülkenberg | 0 | |
| DNQ | Pedro Martínez de la Rosa | ||
| DNQ |  Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan |
Qualifying Times (Q1 / Q2 / Q3)
Colour Legend:
Purple – Fastest overall,
Green – Personal best,
Yellow – Slower than personal best.
| Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton | 1:26.800 | 1:25.626 | 1:24.922 | 14 |
| Jenson Alexander Lyons Button | 1:26.832 | 1:25.663 | 1:25.074 | 15 |
| Romain Grosjean | 1:26.498 | 1:25.845 | 1:25.302 | 21 |
| Michael Schumacher | 1:26.586 | 1:25.571 | 1:25.336 | 18 |
| Mark Alan Webber | 1:27.117 | 1:26.297 | 1:25.651 | 17 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1:26.773 | 1:25.982 | 1:25.668 | 18 |
| Nico Erik Rosberg | 1:26.763 | 1:25.469 | 1:25.686 | 16 |
| Pastor Rafael Maldonado Motta | 1:26.803 | 1:26.206 | 1:25.908 | 20 |
| Nicolas Hülkenberg | 1:27.464 | 1:26.314 | 1:26.451 | 18 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1:27.024 | 1:26.319 | - | 16 |
| Jean-Éric Vergne | 1:26.493 | 1:26.429 | - | 12 |
| Fernando Alonso Díaz | 1:26.688 | 1:26.494 | - | 12 |
| Kamui Kobayashi | 1:26.182 | 1:26.590 | - | 12 |
| Bruno Senna Lalli | 1:27.004 | 1:26.663 | - | 16 |
| Paul di Resta | 1:27.469 | 1:27.086 | - | 16 |
| Felipe Massa | 1:27.633 | 1:27.497 | - | 16 |
| Sergio Pérez Mendoza | 1:26.596 | - | - | 11 |
| Kimi-Matias Räikkönen | 1:27.758 | - | - | 9 |
| Heikki Johannes Kovalainen | 1:28.679 | - | - | 7 |
| Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov | 1:29.018 | - | - | 8 |
| Timo Glock | 1:30.923 | - | - | 10 |
| Charles Pic | 1:31.670 | - | - | 9 |
| Pedro Martínez de la Rosa | 1:33.495 | - | - | 6 |
| Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan | 1:33.643 | - | - | 6 |