Australian Grand Prix 2012

Albert Park
Melbourne
18 March 2012
58 laps
307.6 km
5.303 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMcLaren · 1:24.922
Fastest lapJenson Button1:29.187 · lap 56
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Jenson Buttonfastest lap	3	McLaren · Mercedes	2	58	1:34:09.565	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	1	Red Bull · Renault	6	58	+2.139	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	4	McLaren · Mercedes	1	58	+4.075	15
4	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull · Renault	5	58	+4.547	12
5	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	12	58	+21.565	10
6	Kamui Kobayashi	14	Sauber · Ferrari	13	58	+36.766	8
7	Kimi Räikkönen	9	Lotus · Renault	17	58	+38.014	6
8	Sergio Pérez	15	Sauber · Ferrari	22	58	+39.458	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	10	58	+39.556	2
10	Paul di Resta	11	Force India · Mercedes	15	58	+39.737	1
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	11	58	+39.848
12	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes	7	58	+57.642
13	Pastor Maldonado	18	Williams · Renault	8	57	Accident
14	Timo Glock	24	Marussia · Cosworth	20	57	+1 lap
15	Charles Pic	25	Marussia · Cosworth	21	53	Oil pressure
16	Bruno Senna	19	Williams · Renault	14	52	Collision damage
DNF	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	16	46	Collision damage
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Caterham · Renault	18	38	Suspension
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	21	Caterham · Renault	19	34	Steering
DNF	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	4	10	Gearbox
DNF	Romain Grosjean	10	Lotus · Renault	3	1	Collision
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	12	Force India · Mercedes	9	0	Collision damage
DNQ	Pedro de la Rosa	22	HRT · Cosworth	–
DNQ	Narain Karthikeyan	23	HRT · Cosworth	–

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Jenson Button 56, Sebastian Vettel 1, Lewis Hamilton 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 15	Lap 29	Lap 44	Finish	Laps led
Jenson Button	2	1	1	1	1	56
Sebastian Vettel	6	3	3	2	2	1
Lewis Hamilton	1	2	2	3	3	1
Mark Webber	5	10	6	4	4
Fernando Alonso	12	8	4	5	5
Kamui Kobayashi	13	13	9	9	6
Kimi Räikkönen	17	5	8	10	7
Sergio Pérez	22	6	12	7	8
Daniel Ricciardo	10	18	17	14	9
Paul di Resta	15	14	10	11	10
Jean-Éric Vergne	11	7	11	12	11
Nico Rosberg	7	9	5	8	12
Pastor Maldonado	8	4	7	6	13
Timo Glock	20	15	18	16	14
Charles Pic	21	17	19	17	15
Bruno Senna	14	16	13	15	16
Felipe Massa	16	12	14	13	out
Heikki Kovalainen	18	19	16	–	out
Vitaly Petrov	19	11	15	–	out
Michael Schumacher	4	–	–	–	out
Romain Grosjean	3	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 60 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 15	Lap 29	Lap 44	Last lap
Jenson Button	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sebastian Vettel	+11.3	+12.2	+3.8	+2.1
Lewis Hamilton	+3.5	+9.5	+4.5	+4.1
Mark Webber	+44.7	+25.5	+5.4	+4.5
Fernando Alonso	+39.5	+20.7	+7.1	+21.6
Kamui Kobayashi	+57.8	+42.4	+10.8	+36.8
Kimi Räikkönen	+31.1	+38.5	+11.9	+38.0
Sergio Pérez	+33.0	+53.1	+8.9	+39.5
Daniel Ricciardo	+78.0	+99.2	+15.3	+39.6
Paul di Resta	+60.3	+46.7	+13.4	+39.7
Jean-Éric Vergne	+36.1	+47.3	+13.7	+39.8
Nico Rosberg	+41.3	+25.2	+9.9	+57.6
Pastor Maldonado	+22.8	+26.2	+7.8	+19.1
Timo Glock	+66.9	+126.6	+45.5	+136.1
Charles Pic	+76.7	+151.6	+127.3	+230.1
Bruno Senna	+71.2	+70.1	+16.2	+118.6
Felipe Massa	+52.3	+72.7	+14.9	out
Heikki Kovalainen	+79.2	+76.2	–	out
Vitaly Petrov	+51.1	+73.9	–	out
Michael Schumacher	–	–	–	out
Romain Grosjean	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:26.800	1:25.626	1:24.922
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:26.832	1:25.663	1:25.074
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:26.498	1:25.845	1:25.302
4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:26.586	1:25.571	1:25.336
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:27.117	1:26.297	1:25.651
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:26.773	1:25.982	1:25.668
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:26.763	1:25.469	1:25.686
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:26.803	1:26.206	1:25.908
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:27.464	1:26.314	1:26.451
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:27.024	1:26.319
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:26.493	1:26.429
12	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:26.688	1:26.494
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:26.182	1:26.590
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:27.004	1:26.663
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:27.469	1:27.086
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:27.633	1:27.497
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:26.596
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:27.758
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:28.679
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:29.018
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:30.923
22	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:31.670
NC	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:33.643
NC	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:33.495

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Sergio Pérez	P17	P22	5 places – 5

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Sergio Pérez	1	24	23.882 s
Vitaly Petrov	1	18	24.579 s
Fernando Alonso	2	13, 34	21.910 s
Jenson Button	2	16, 36	22.837 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	17, 36	22.862 s
Mark Webber	2	14, 37	22.915 s
Nico Rosberg	2	12, 31	23.017 s
Pastor Maldonado	2	16, 37	23.166 s
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	19, 37	23.203 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	19, 37	23.310 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	16, 37	24.131 s
Kamui Kobayashi	2	13, 36	24.162 s
Paul di Resta	2	13, 33	24.579 s
Timo Glock	2	20, 36	25.046 s
Charles Pic	3	21, 35, 51	17.088 s
Felipe Massa	3	11, 28, 37	22.103 s
Daniel Ricciardo	3	1, 22, 38	23.257 s
Bruno Senna	3	1, 30, 47	23.777 s
Heikki Kovalainen	3	14, 34, 37	24.397 s

Every stop, lap by lap (41)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Bruno Senna	1	24.599 s
1	Daniel Ricciardo	1	32.319 s
11	Felipe Massa	1	22.313 s
12	Nico Rosberg	1	23.203 s
13	Fernando Alonso	1	22.035 s
13	Paul di Resta	1	24.933 s
13	Kamui Kobayashi	1	25.346 s
14	Mark Webber	1	23.302 s
14	Heikki Kovalainen	1	24.397 s
16	Jenson Button	1	23.275 s
16	Pastor Maldonado	1	23.427 s
16	Sebastian Vettel	1	24.256 s
17	Lewis Hamilton	1	22.862 s
18	Vitaly Petrov	1	24.579 s
19	Jean-Éric Vergne	1	23.203 s
19	Kimi Räikkönen	1	24.881 s
20	Timo Glock	1	26.322 s
21	Charles Pic	1	25.303 s
22	Daniel Ricciardo	2	23.257 s
24	Sergio Pérez	1	23.882 s
28	Felipe Massa	2	22.528 s
30	Bruno Senna	2	23.777 s
31	Nico Rosberg	2	23.017 s
33	Paul di Resta	2	24.579 s
34	Fernando Alonso	2	21.910 s
34	Heikki Kovalainen	2	24.580 s
35	Charles Pic	2	48.984 s
36	Jenson Button	2	22.837 s
36	Lewis Hamilton	2	23.464 s
36	Kamui Kobayashi	2	24.162 s
36	Timo Glock	2	25.046 s
37	Felipe Massa	3	22.103 s
37	Mark Webber	2	22.915 s
37	Pastor Maldonado	2	23.166 s
37	Kimi Räikkönen	2	23.310 s
37	Jean-Éric Vergne	2	23.569 s
37	Sebastian Vettel	2	24.131 s
37	Heikki Kovalainen	3	28.888 s
38	Daniel Ricciardo	3	24.348 s
47	Bruno Senna	3	30.888 s
51	Charles Pic	3	17.088 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Jenson Button	56	1:29.187
2	Sebastian Vettel	57	1:29.417	+0.230
3	Mark Webber	57	1:29.438	+0.251
4	Lewis Hamilton	57	1:29.538	+0.351
5	Pastor Maldonado	53	1:30.254	+1.067
6	Jean-Éric Vergne	52	1:30.274	+1.087
7	Fernando Alonso	52	1:30.277	+1.090
8	Daniel Ricciardo	53	1:30.592	+1.405
9	Paul di Resta	57	1:30.605	+1.418
10	Kamui Kobayashi	55	1:30.620	+1.433

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 1. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 1
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jenson Button	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	15
4	Mark Webber	12
5	Fernando Alonso	10
6	Kamui Kobayashi	8
7	Kimi Räikkönen	6
8	Sergio Pérez	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	2
10	Paul di Resta	1

Constructors' championship after round 1
Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	40
2	Red Bull	30
3	Sauber	12
4	Ferrari	10
5	Lotus	6
6	Toro Rosso	2
7	Force India	1
8	Mercedes	0
9	Williams	0
10	Marussia	0