2012 season/ Round 1

Australian Grand Prix

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. Sun, 18 Mar 2012, 06:00. 58 laps.

Winner: BUTMcLaren
Pole: HAMMcLaren
Fastest lap: BUT1:29.187

Weekend

Race

Sebastian VettelRed Bull+2.1392
Jenson ButtonMcLaren1:34:09.5651
Lewis HamiltonMcLaren+4.0753

Overtakes

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No overtake data

Biggest mover

SAPER

+14 places, P22 to P8

Beat our forecast

–

No forecast for this race

Fastest Pit Stop

MAPIC

17.088 s pit lane, lap 51

Fastest lap

BUT

1:29.187, lap 56

DNFs

MAS, KOV, PET, MSC, GRO, HUL

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts	Stops	Fastest lap
1	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	2+1	58	1:34:09.565	25	2	1:29.187L56
2	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	6+4	58	+2.139	18	2	1:29.417L57
3	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1-2	58	+4.075	15	2	1:29.538L57
4	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	5+1	58	+4.547	12	2	1:29.438L57
5	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	12+7	58	+21.565	10	2	1:30.277L52
6	SAKOBKamui Kobayashi	SASauber	13+7	58	+36.766	8	2	1:30.620L55
7	LORAIKimi Räikkönen	LOLotus F1	17+10	58	+38.014	6	2	1:30.759L50
8	SAPERSergio Pérez	SASauber	22+14	58	+39.458	4	1	1:30.843L46
9	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	10+1	58	+39.556	2	3	1:30.592L53
10	FIDIRPaul di Resta	FIForce India	15+5	58	+39.737	1	2	1:30.605L57
11	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	11	58	+39.848		2	1:30.274L52
12	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	7-5	58	+57.642		2	1:30.931L53
13	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	8-5	57	Accident		2	1:30.254L53
14	MAGLOTimo Glock	MAMarussia	20+6	57	+1 Lap		2	1:34.253L43
15	MAPICCharles Pic	MAMarussia	21+6	53	+5 Laps		3	1:35.011L45
16	SENBruno Senna	Williams	14-2	52	Collision		3	1:30.855L49
DNF	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	16	46	Collision		3	1:31.940L46
DNF	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	18	38	Suspension		3	1:33.693L26
DNF	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	19	34	Steering		1	1:33.214L27
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	4	10	Gearbox		0	1:34.021L4
DNF	LOGRORomain Grosjean	LOLotus F1	3	1	Collision		0
DNF	FIHULNico Hülkenberg	FIForce India	9	0	Collision		0

Lap chart

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Table view

Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58
BUT	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
VET	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
HAM	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
WEB	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	8	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
ALO	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	8	9	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
KOB	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	7	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6
RAI	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	6	5	5	3	3	2	9	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7
PER	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	6	6	5	4	3	2	2	4	4	7	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
RIC	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9
DIR	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	10	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10
VER	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	9	7	7	6	5	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
ROS	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	12	10	10	9	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12
MAL	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
GLO	14	14	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
PIC	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
SEN	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
MAS	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
KOV	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	13	13	11	16	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	17	16	16	16	16
PET	19	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
MSC	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
GRO	6

Fastest laps

Rank	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
0	LORomain Grosjean			+0.000
0	FINico Hülkenberg			+0.000
1	Jenson Button	56	1:29.187
2	Sebastian Vettel	57	1:29.417	+1:29.417
3	Mark Webber	57	1:29.438	+1:29.438
4	Lewis Hamilton	57	1:29.538	+1:29.538
5	Pastor Maldonado	53	1:30.254	+1:30.254
6	Jean-Éric Vergne	52	1:30.274	+1:30.274
7	Fernando Alonso	52	1:30.277	+1:30.277
8	Daniel Ricciardo	53	1:30.592	+1:30.592

Pit stops

Lap	Driver	Stop	Pit lane time
1	SENBruno Senna	1	24.599
1	RICDaniel Ricciardo	1	32.319
11	MASFelipe Massa	1	22.313
12	ROSNico Rosberg	1	23.203
13	ALOFernando Alonso	1	22.035
13	SAKOBSAKamui Kobayashi	1	25.346
13	FIDIRFIPaul di Resta	1	24.933
14	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	1	24.397
14	WEBMark Webber	1	23.302
16	BUTJenson Button	1	23.275
16	MALPastor Maldonado	1	23.427
16	VETSebastian Vettel	1	24.256
17	HAMLewis Hamilton	1	22.862
18	PETVitaly Petrov	1	24.579
19	LORAILOKimi Räikkönen	1	24.881
19	VERJean-Éric Vergne	1	23.203
20	MAGLOMATimo Glock	1	26.322
21	MAPICMACharles Pic	1	25.303
22	RICDaniel Ricciardo	2	23.257
24	SAPERSASergio Pérez	1	23.882
28	MASFelipe Massa	2	22.528
30	SENBruno Senna	2	23.777
31	ROSNico Rosberg	2	23.017
33	FIDIRFIPaul di Resta	2	24.579
34	ALOFernando Alonso	2	21.910
34	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	2	24.580
35	MAPICMACharles Pic	2	48.984
36	BUTJenson Button	2	22.837
36	MAGLOMATimo Glock	2	25.046
36	HAMLewis Hamilton	2	23.464
36	SAKOBSAKamui Kobayashi	2	24.162
37	MALPastor Maldonado	2	23.166
37	LORAILOKimi Räikkönen	2	23.310
37	VERJean-Éric Vergne	2	23.569
37	VETSebastian Vettel	2	24.131
37	WEBMark Webber	2	22.915
37	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	3	28.888
37	MASFelipe Massa	3	22.103
38	RICDaniel Ricciardo	3	24.348
47	SENBruno Senna	3	30.888
51	MAPICMACharles Pic	3	17.088