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2012 Australian Grand Prix Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 1 of 20 Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, South Melbourne, Victoria 58 laps on a 5.303 kilometer road course (307.574 kilometers) Time of race: 1:34:09.565 Average speed: 195.991 kph Pole time: 84.922 seconds Cautions: 1 for 5 laps Margin of victory: 2.139 sec Attendance: 114000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    2012 Formula One results   /   2012 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 2 3   Jenson Button Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-27 / Mercedes FO 108Z 58 1:34:09.565 56 25 2 6 1   Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 / Renault RS27-2012 58 +2.139 1 18 3 1 4   Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-27 / Mercedes FO 108Z 58 +4.075 1 15 4 5 2   Mark Webber Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 / Renault RS27-2012 58 +4.547 0 12 5 12 5   Fernando Alonso Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F2012 / Ferrari 056 58 +21.565 0 10 6 13 14   Kamui Kobayashi Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 / Ferrari 056 58 +36.766 0 8 7 17 9   Kimi Raikkonen Lotus F1 Team Lotus E20 / Renault RS27-2012 58 +38.014 0 6 8 22 15   Sergio Perez Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 / Ferrari 056 58 +39.458 0 4 9 10 16   Daniel Ricciardo Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR7 / Ferrari 056 58 +39.556 0 2 10 15 11   Paul Di Resta Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 / Mercedes FO 108Z 58 +39.737 0 1 11 11 17   Jean-Eric Vergne Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR7 / Ferrari 056 58 +39.848 0 0 12 7 8   Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W03 / Mercedes FO 108Z 58 +57.642 0 0 13 8 18   Pastor Maldonado Williams F1 Team Williams FW34 / Renault RS27-2012 57 crash 0 0 14 20 24   Timo Glock Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 / Cosworth CA2012 57 +1 lap 0 0 15 21 25   Charles Pic Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 / Cosworth CA2012 53 oil pressure 0 0 16 14 19   Bruno Senna Williams F1 Team Williams FW34 / Renault RS27-2012 52 overheating 0 0 ret 16 6   Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F2012 / Ferrari 056 46 crash 0 0 ret 18 20   Heikki Kovalainen Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 / Renault RS27-2012 38 suspension 0 0 ret 19 21   Vitaly Petrov Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 / Renault RS27-2012 34 steering 0 0 ret 4 7   Michael Schumacher Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W03 / Mercedes FO 108Z 10 gearbox 0 0 ret 3 10   Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 Team Lotus E20 / Renault RS27-2012 1 crash 0 0 ret 9 12   Nico Hulkenberg Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 / Mercedes FO 108Z 0 crash 0 0

Fastest Lap: 214.054 kph by Jenson Button Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 23 Pedro De La Rosa 22 HRT 24 Narain Karthikeyan 23 HRT Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 36 36     37 41 5   #21 stopped frontstretch   42 58 17       Percent of race run under caution: 8.6%             Average green flag run: 26.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jenson Button 1 15 15   Lewis Hamilton 16 16 1   Jenson Button 17 35 19   Sebastian Vettel 36 36 1   Jenson Button 37 58 22 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jenson Button 25     2   Sebastian Vettel 18   -7   3   Lewis Hamilton 15   -10   4   Mark Webber 12   -13   5   Fernando Alonso 10   -15   6   Kamui Kobayashi 8   -17   7   Kimi Raikkonen 6   -19   8   Sergio Perez 4   -21   9   Daniel Ricciardo 2   -23   10   Paul Di Resta 1   -24