The 2012 Australian Grand Prix was Round 1 of the 2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday, 18 March 2012. Lewis Hamilton started on pole position in the McLaren Mercedes and his team-mate Jenson Button was the race winner.
2012 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Abbreviation | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jenson Button | BUT | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:09.565 | - | - | 1:29.187 | 56 | 195.991 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Germany | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:11.704 | +2.139 | +2.139 | 1:29.417 | 57 | 195.917 | 18 |
| 3 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:13.640 | +4.075 | +1.936 | 1:29.538 | 57 | 195.850 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | WEB | Australia | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:14.112 | +4.547 | +0.472 | 1:29.438 | 57 | 195.833 | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | Spain | Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:31.130 | +21.565 | +17.018 | 1:30.277 | 52 | 195.246 | 10 |
| 6 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | KOB | Japan | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:46.331 | +36.766 | +15.201 | 1:30.620 | 55 | 194.724 | 8 |
| 7 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | RAI | Finland | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:47.579 | +38.014 | +1.248 | 1:30.759 | 50 | 194.681 | 6 |
| 8 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | PER | Mexico | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:49.023 | +39.458 | +1.444 | 1:30.843 | 46 | 194.632 | 4 |
| 9 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | RIC | Australia | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:49.121 | +39.556 | +0.098 | 1:30.592 | 53 | 194.628 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | Paul di Resta | DIR | Great Britain | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:49.302 | +39.737 | +0.181 | 1:30.605 | 57 | 194.622 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | VER | France | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:34:49.413 | +39.848 | +0.111 | 1:30.274 | 52 | 194.618 | |
| 12 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:35:07.207 | +57.642 | +17.794 | 1:30.931 | 53 | 194.011 | |
| 13 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | MAL | Venezuela | Williams Renault | Pirelli | 57 | 1:32:57.859 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:30.254 | 53 | 195.088 | |
| 14 | 24 | Timo Glock | GLO | Germany | Marussia Cosworth | Pirelli | 57 | 1:34:54.824 | +45.259 | +1:56.965 | 1:34.253 | 43 | 191.081 | |
| 15 | 25 | Charles Pic | PIC | France | Marussia Cosworth | Pirelli | 53 | 1:30:30.587 | 5 laps | 4 laps | 1:35.011 | 45 | 186.317 | |
| 16 | 19 | Bruno Senna | SEN | Brazil | Williams Renault | Pirelli | 52 | 1:27:08.928 | 6 laps | 1 lap | 1:30.855 | 49 | 189.851 | |
| DNF | 6 | Felipe Massa | MAS | Brazil | Ferrari | Pirelli | 46 | 1:16:28.791 | 1:31.940 | 46 | 191.374 | |||
| DNF | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | KOV | Finland | Caterham Renault | Pirelli | 38 | 1:03:48.677 | 1:33.693 | 26 | 189.478 | |||
| DNF | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | PET | Russia | Caterham Renault | Pirelli | 34 | 54:38.913 | 1:33.214 | 27 | 197.958 | |||
| DNF | 7 | Michael Schumacher | MSC | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 10 | 15:52.170 | 1:34.021 | 4 | 200.497 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Romain Grosjean | GRO | France | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 1 | 1:43.730 | 184.042 | |||||
| DNF | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | HUL | Germany | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | ||||||||
| DNQ | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | DLR | Spain | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | ||||||||
| DNQ | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | KAR | India | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli |