2012 Australian Grand Prix

Circuit: Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
Winner: Jenson ButtonMcLaren
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Jenson Button
Entries: 2416 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-27	2	58	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB8	6	58	Finished	18
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-27	1	58	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB8	5	58	Finished	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	12	58	Finished	10
6	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C31	13	58	Finished	8
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E20	17	58	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C31	22	58	Finished	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	10	58	Finished	2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM05	15	58	Finished	1
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	11	58	Finished	0
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	7	58	Finished	0
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW34	8	57	Accident	0
14	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	20	57	Finished	0
15	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	21	53	Oil pressure	0
16	Bruno Senna	Williams	FW34	14	52	Collision damage	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	16	46	Collision damage	0
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	18	38	Suspension	0
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	19	34	Steering	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	4	10	Gearbox	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E20	3	1	Collision	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM05	9	0	Collision damage	0
DNQ	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	F112	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F112	—	—	DNQ	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Jenson Button	2	1	58
Sebastian Vettel	6	2	58
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	3	58
Mark Webber	5	4	58
Fernando Alonso	12	5	58
Kamui Kobayashi	13	6	58
Kimi Raikkonen	17	7	58
Sergio Perez	22	8	58
Daniel Ricciardo	10	9	58
Paul di Resta	15	10	58
Jean-Éric Vergne	11	11	58
Nico Rosberg	7	12	58
Pastor Maldonado	8	13	57
Timo Glock	20	14	57
Charles Pic	21	15	53
Bruno Senna	14	16	52
Felipe Massa	16	DNF	46
Heikki Kovalainen	18	DNF	38
Vitaly Petrov	19	DNF	34
Michael Schumacher	4	DNF	10
Romain Grosjean	3	DNF	1
Nico Hulkenberg	9	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:26.800	1:25.626	1:24.922	—	—
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:26.832	1:25.663	1:25.074	+0.152	+0.152
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:26.498	1:25.845	1:25.302	+0.380	+0.228
4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:26.586	1:25.571	1:25.336	+0.414	+0.034
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:27.117	1:26.297	1:25.651	+0.729	+0.315
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:26.773	1:25.982	1:25.668	+0.746	+0.017
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:26.763	1:25.469	1:25.686	+0.764	+0.018
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:26.803	1:26.206	1:25.908	+0.986	+0.222
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:27.464	1:26.314	1:26.451	+1.529	+0.543
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:27.024	1:26.319	—	—	—
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:26.493	1:26.429	—	—	—
12	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:26.688	1:26.494	—	—	—
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:26.182	1:26.590	—	—	—
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:27.004	1:26.663	—	—	—
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:27.469	1:27.086	—	—	—
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:27.633	1:27.497	—	—	—
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:26.596	—	—	—	—
18	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:27.758	—	—	—	—
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:28.679	—	—	—	—
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:29.018	—	—	—	—
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:30.923	—	—	—	—
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:31.670	—	—	—	—
NC	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:33.495	—	—	—	—
NC	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:33.643	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Jenson Button	1	58	2	16, 36
Sebastian Vettel	2	58	2	16, 37
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	58	2	17, 36
Mark Webber	4	58	2	14, 37
Fernando Alonso	5	58	2	13, 34
Kamui Kobayashi	6	58	2	13, 36
Kimi Raikkonen	7	58	2	19, 37
Sergio Perez	8	58	1	24
Daniel Ricciardo	9	58	3	1, 22, 38
Paul di Resta	10	58	2	13, 33
Jean-Éric Vergne	11	58	2	19, 37
Nico Rosberg	12	58	2	12, 31
Pastor Maldonado	13	57	2	16, 37
Timo Glock	14	57	2	20, 36
Charles Pic	15	53	3	21, 35, 51
Bruno Senna	16	52	3	1, 30, 47
Felipe Massa	DNF	46	3	11, 28, 37
Heikki Kovalainen	DNF	38	3	14, 34, 37
Vitaly Petrov	DNF	34	1	18
Michael Schumacher	DNF	10	0	None recorded
Romain Grosjean	DNF	1	0	None recorded
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	0	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Jenson Button	1 · 2	3 · 1	17 · 16	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 6	1 · 2	16 · 16	Same lap	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 6	3 · 2	17 · 16	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Sebastian Vettel	5 · 6	4 · 2	14 · 16	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Nico Rosberg	6 · 7	2 · 12	16 · 12	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Mark Webber	1 · 5	3 · 4	17 · 14	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Fernando Alonso	5 · 12	4 · 5	14 · 13	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Jean-Éric Vergne · Fernando Alonso	11 · 12	11 · 5	19 · 13	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Kamui Kobayashi	12 · 13	5 · 6	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Kimi Raikkonen	13 · 17	6 · 7	13 · 19	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Bruno Senna	13 · 14	6 · 16	13 · 1	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sergio Perez	17 · 22	7 · 8	19 · 24	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sergio Perez	10 · 22	9 · 8	1 · 24	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Charles Pic · Sergio Perez	21 · 22	15 · 8	21 · 24	Charles Pic	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Paul di Resta	10 · 15	9 · 10	1 · 13	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Jean-Éric Vergne	10 · 11	9 · 11	1 · 19	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Jean-Éric Vergne · Paul di Resta	11 · 15	11 · 10	19 · 13	Paul di Resta	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Paul di Resta	14 · 15	16 · 10	1 · 13	Bruno Senna	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Jean-Éric Vergne	7 · 11	12 · 11	12 · 19	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Pastor Maldonado	7 · 8	12 · 13	12 · 16	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Timo Glock	8 · 20	13 · 14	16 · 20	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Charles Pic	20 · 21	14 · 15	20 · 21	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Charles Pic	14 · 21	16 · 15	1 · 21	Bruno Senna	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:27.560	—	—	11
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:27.805	+0.245	+0.245	14
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:28.235	+0.675	+0.430	17
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:28.360	+0.800	+0.125	21
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:28.467	+0.907	+0.107	21
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:28.683	+1.123	+0.216	22
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:28.908	+1.348	+0.225	23
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:29.415	+1.855	+0.507	16
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:29.565	+2.005	+0.150	8
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:29.722	+2.162	+0.157	26
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:29.790	+2.230	+0.068	21
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:29.865	+2.305	+0.075	17
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:29.881	+2.321	+0.016	18
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:29.953	+2.393	+0.072	21
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:30.124	+2.564	+0.171	22
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:30.515	+2.955	+0.391	16
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:30.586	+3.026	+0.071	16
18	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:30.743	+3.183	+0.157	11
19	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:31.178	+3.618	+0.435	17
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:31.983	+4.423	+0.805	8
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:34.730	+7.170	+2.747	8
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:40.256	+12.696	+5.526	11
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	—	—	—	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:29.183	—	—	16
2	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:29.292	+0.109	+0.109	19
3	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:30.199	+1.016	+0.907	23
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:30.341	+1.158	+0.142	13
5	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:30.709	+1.526	+0.368	14
6	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:31.466	+2.283	+0.757	13
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:31.505	+2.322	+0.039	14
8	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:31.932	+2.749	+0.427	16
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:32.184	+3.001	+0.252	17
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:32.194	+3.011	+0.010	19
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:32.296	+3.113	+0.102	20
12	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:32.632	+3.449	+0.336	17
13	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:32.767	+3.584	+0.135	15
14	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:32.822	+3.639	+0.055	11
15	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:33.039	+3.856	+0.217	18
16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:33.252	+4.069	+0.213	11
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:34.108	+4.925	+0.856	21
18	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:34.275	+5.092	+0.167	7
19	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:34.312	+5.129	+0.037	17
20	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:34.485	+5.302	+0.173	29
21	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:34.604	+5.421	+0.119	31
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:34.770	+5.587	+0.166	13
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:42.627	+13.444	+7.857	16
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:25.681	—	—	18
2	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:25.758	+0.077	+0.077	21
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:25.900	+0.219	+0.142	20
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:25.906	+0.225	+0.006	17
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:25.929	+0.248	+0.023	23
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:26.078	+0.397	+0.149	14
7	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:26.211	+0.530	+0.133	12
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:26.470	+0.789	+0.259	17
9	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:26.632	+0.951	+0.162	20
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:26.723	+1.042	+0.091	17
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:26.733	+1.052	+0.010	15
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:26.737	+1.056	+0.004	19
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:26.755	+1.074	+0.018	21
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:27.029	+1.348	+0.274	23
15	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:27.119	+1.438	+0.090	20
16	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:27.323	+1.642	+0.204	19
17	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:27.428	+1.747	+0.105	22
18	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:28.023	+2.342	+0.595	19
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:28.341	+2.660	+0.318	19
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:28.702	+3.021	+0.361	11
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:30.728	+5.047	+2.026	13
22	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:31.225	+5.544	+0.497	14
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:33.114	+7.433	+1.889	12
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:33.261	+7.580	+0.147	13

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 2012
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 18 Mar 2012
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.303 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.