2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE RESULT

16 - 18 Mar 2012

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Australia

Pos

No

Driver

Car

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.