Australian Grand Prix
Round 1 · 18 March 2012 ·Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
Vettel
Red Bull
2
Button
McLaren
1
Hamilton
McLaren
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button |  British | McLaren | 58 | 1:34:09.565 | 25 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel |  German | Red Bull | 58 | +2.139 | 18 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | British | McLaren | 58 | +4.075 | 15 |
| 4 | Mark Webber |  Australian | Red Bull | 58 | +4.547 | 12 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso |  Spanish | Ferrari | 58 | +21.565 | 10 |
| 6 | Kamui Kobayashi |  Japanese | Sauber | 58 | +36.766 | 8 |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen |  Finnish | Lotus F1 | 58 | +38.014 | 6 |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez |  Mexican | Sauber | 58 | +39.458 | 4 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Australian | Toro Rosso | 58 | +39.556 | 2 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | British | Force India | 58 | +39.737 | 1 |
| 11 | Jean-Éric Vergne |  French | Toro Rosso | 58 | +39.848 | 0 |
| 12 | Nico Rosberg | German | Mercedes | 58 | +57.642 | 0 |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado |  Venezuelan | Williams | 57 | Accident | 0 |
| 14 | Timo Glock | German | Marussia | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Charles Pic | French | Marussia | 53 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Bruno Senna |  Brazilian | Williams | 52 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Felipe Massa | Brazilian | Ferrari | 46 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Heikki Kovalainen | Finnish | Caterham | 38 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Vitaly Petrov |  Russian | Caterham | 34 | Steering | 0 |
| R | Michael Schumacher | German | Mercedes | 10 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Romain Grosjean | French | Lotus F1 | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Nico Hülkenberg | German | Force India | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| F | Pedro de la Rosa | Spanish | HRT | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Narain Karthikeyan |  Indian | HRT | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify