Season
2012
Race
1. Australian Grand Prix
2012 Australian Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- -37.8497, 144.968
- Altitude
- 10 m
- Race number
- 859
R
18/03/2012 06:00 · Australia/Melbourne · 58 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 2 | +1 | 58 | 1:34:09.565 | 25 | Finished | 1 | |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 6 | +4 | 58 | 1:34:11.704 | 18 | Finished | 2 | |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1 | -2 | 58 | 1:34:13.640 | 15 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 5 | +1 | 58 | 1:34:14.112 | 12 | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 12 | +7 | 58 | 1:34:31.130 | 10 | Finished | 7 | |
| 6 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 13 | +7 | 58 | 1:34:46.331 | 8 | Finished | 10 | |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 17 | +10 | 58 | 1:34:47.579 | 6 | Finished | 11 | |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 22 | +14 | 58 | 1:34:49.023 | 4 | Finished | 12 | |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 10 | +1 | 58 | 1:34:49.121 | 2 | Finished | 8 | |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | +5 | 58 | 1:34:49.302 | 1 | Finished | 9 | |
| 11 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 11 | = | 58 | 1:34:49.413 | 0 | Finished | 6 | |
| 12 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 7 | -5 | 58 | 1:35:07.207 | 0 | Finished | 14 | |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 8 | -5 | 57 | — | 0 | Accident | 5 | |
| 14 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | +6 | 57 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 15 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 21 | +6 | 53 | — | 0 | +5 Laps | 20 | |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 14 | -2 | 52 | — | 0 | Collision | 13 | |
| 17 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 16 | -1 | 46 | — | 0 | Collision | 15 | |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | = | 38 | — | 0 | Suspension | 17 | |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | = | 34 | — | 0 | Steering | 16 | |
| 20 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 4 | -16 | 10 | — | 0 | Gearbox | 18 | |
| 21 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 3 | -18 | 1 | — | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| 22 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 9 | -13 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | 0 |