2012 Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix
18 March 2012
Melbourne Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | FL | Team | Time | Grid | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▲ 1 | Jenson Button |  |
McLaren | 1:39:00.000 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | ▲ 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | -00:02.100 | 6 | 18 | |
| 3 | ▼ 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | -00:04.000 | 1 | 15 | |
| 4 | ▲ 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | -00:04.500 | 5 | 12 | |
| 5 | ▲ 7 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | -00:21.500 | 12 | 10 | |
| 6 | ▲ 7 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | -00:36.700 | 13 | 8 | |
| 7 | ▲ 10 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus | -00:38.000 | 17 | 6 | |
| 8 | ▲ 14 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | -00:39.400 | 22 | 4 | |
| 9 | ▲ 1 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | -00:39.500 | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | ▲ 5 | Paul di Resta | Force India | -00:39.700 | 15 | 1 | |
| 11 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | -00:39.800 | 11 | |||
| 12 | ▼ 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | -00:57.600 | 7 | ||
| 13 | ▼ 5 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 57 laps | 8 | ||
| 14 | ▲ 6 | Timo Glock | Marussia | -1 lap | 20 | ||
| 15 | ▲ 6 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 53 laps | 21 | ||
| 16 | ▼ 2 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 52 laps | 14 | ||
| 17 | ▼ 1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 46 laps | 16 | ||
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 38 laps | 18 | |||
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 34 laps | 19 | |||
| 20 | ▼ 16 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 10 laps | 4 | ||
| 21 | ▼ 18 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1 lap | 3 | ||
| 22 | ▼ 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 0 laps | 9 | ||
| 23 | ▼ 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 24 | ▼ 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | DNQ | 0 |
Fastest lap Jenson Button : 1:29.187
First
| Type | Driver | #Future |
|---|---|---|
| race | Charles Pic | 38 |
| race | Jean-Eric Vergne | 57 |
Aniversary
| Type | Driver | #Aniversary | #Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| race | Jenson Button | 210 | 98 |
| race | Nico Hulkenberg | 20 | 166 |
| race | Pastor Maldonado | 20 | 76 |
| race | Paul di Resta | 20 | 39 |
| pole | Lewis Hamilton | 20 | 83 |