F1 » Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne - Race results

18 March 2012
McLaren's Jenson Button wins the F1 2012 Australian Grand Prix, 2.1 seconds up on Sebastian Vettel; Lewis Hamilton completes the podium.
1. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 58 laps 1hr 34m 09.565s
2. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault +00m 02.1s
3. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes +00m 04.0s
4. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault +00m 04.5s
5. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 21.5s
6. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari +00m 36.7s
7. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Lotus-Renault +00m 38.0s
8. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari +00m 39.4s
9. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari +00m 39.5s
10. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes +00m 39.7s

11. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari +00m 39.8s
12. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 57.6s
13. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault +1 lap
14. Timo Glock Germany Marussia-Cosworth +1 lap
15. Charles Pic France Marussia-Cosworth +5 laps
16. Bruno Senna Brazil Williams-Renault +6 laps

Rtd. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 46 laps completed
Rtd. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Caterham-Renault 38 laps completed
Rtd. Vitaly Petrov Russia Caterham-Renault 34 laps completed
Rtd. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 10 laps completed
Rtd. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 1 lap completed
Rtd. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 0 laps compelted

DNS. Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNS. Narain Karthikeyan India HRT-Cosworth Did not qualify


Fastest lap:

Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 29.187s lap 56


all results unofficial

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DontTalkNonsense

March 18, 2012 8:18 AM

Fantastic race. Congrats to McLaren, looks like they have a great package. Same for RedBull. Think they will fight it out this year and it's going to be awesome. Well done to Kimi, Sergio and even Fernando. The Ferrari looks like a dog so FA did what Massa couldn't. Maldonado hitting Grosjean, well, not nice. Have to say though the Williams is massively improved. Just wonder what Rubens would have done with it. Let's not forget young Daniel Ricciardo, after a horror start, he drove superbly. All in all, a great start to the season, I enjoyed it.

EnRiCo47

March 18, 2012 8:19 AM
Last Edited 432 days ago

The McLaren team keep making mistakes in timing the cars in the pits.
They did it last year, and they started again but,
Terrific drive by Button,if you give him an inch he will take your arm.
Good drive by Seb.
Terrible Ferrari


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