2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE RESULT
16 - 18 Mar 2012
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Australia
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 58 | 1:34:09.565 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 58 | +2.139s | 18 |
| 3 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 58 | +4.075s | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 58 | +4.547s | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 58 | +21.565s | 10 |
| 6 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 58 | +36.766s | 8 |
| 7 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 58 | +38.014s | 6 |
| 8 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 58 | +39.458s | 4 |
| 9 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 58 | +39.556s | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 58 | +39.737s | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 58 | +39.848s | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 58 | +57.642s | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 57 | DNF | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 57 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 15 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 53 | DNF | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 52 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 46 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 38 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 34 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 10 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 1 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 0 | DNF | 0 |
Note - Perez qualified 17th but dropped five grid places as penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. De la Rosa and Karthikeyan did not qualify after failing to meet the Q1 107% time.