2012 / ROUND 1

Australian Grand Prix

WinnerJenson ButtonPublished race classification

Official poleLewis HamiltonSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance307.574 km58 laps

Race entries24Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	2	2	58	1:34:09.565	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	6	6	58	1:34:11.704	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1	58	1:34:13.640	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	5	5	58	1:34:14.112	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	12	12	58	1:34:31.130	10
6	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	13	13	58	1:34:46.331	8
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	18	17	58	1:34:47.579	6
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	17	22	58	1:34:49.023	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	10	10	58	1:34:49.121	2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	15	58	1:34:49.302	1
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	11	11	58	1:34:49.413	0
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	7	58	1:35:07.207	0
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	8	8	57	Accident	0
14	Timo Glock	Marussia	21	20	57	+1 lap	0
15	Charles Pic	Marussia	22	21	53	Oil pressure	0
16	Bruno Senna	Williams	14	14	52	Collision damage	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	16	16	46	Collision damage	0
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	19	18	38	Suspension	0
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	20	19	34	Steering	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	4	4	10	Gearbox	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	3	3	1	Collision	0
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	9	9	0	Collision damage	0
DNQ	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	—	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Lewis Hamilton	1:24.922
2	Jenson Button	1:25.074
3	Romain Grosjean	1:25.302
4	Michael Schumacher	1:25.336
5	Mark Webber	1:25.651
6	Sebastian Vettel	1:25.668
7	Nico Rosberg	1:25.686
8	Pastor Maldonado	1:25.908
9	Nico Hülkenberg	1:26.451
10	Daniel Ricciardo	1:26.319
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	1:26.429
12	Fernando Alonso	1:26.494
13	Kamui Kobayashi	1:26.590
14	Bruno Senna	1:26.663
15	Paul di Resta	1:27.086
16	Felipe Massa	1:27.497
17	Sergio Pérez	1:26.596
18	Kimi Räikkönen	1:27.758
19	Heikki Kovalainen	1:28.679
20	Vitaly Petrov	1:29.018
21	Timo Glock	1:30.923
22	Charles Pic	1:31.670
NC	Pedro de la Rosa	1:33.495
NC	Narain Karthikeyan	1:33.643

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.