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Australian Grand Prix

2012  ·  Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit  ·  18 March 2012  ·  58 laps

  1. 1st Jenson Button McLaren · 01:34:09.565
  2. 2nd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull · +2.139
  3. 3rd Lewis Hamilton McLaren · +4.075

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Romain Grosjean

Retirement Lotus F1  —  Collision

03 Lap 10

Michael Schumacher

Retirement Mercedes  —  Gearbox

04 Lap 46

Felipe Massa

Retirement Ferrari  —  Collision

05 Fastest Lap

Jenson Button

McLaren

06 On the Charge

Sergio Pérez

Sauber  —  P22 → P8

07 Victory

Jenson Button

McLaren  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jenson Button McLaren 2 58 01:34:09.565FL 25
2 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 6 58 +2.139 18
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1 58 +4.075 15
4 Mark Webber Red Bull 5 58 +4.547 12
5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 12 58 +21.565 10
6 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 13 58 +36.766 8
7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 17 58 +38.014 6
8 Sergio Pérez Sauber 22 58 +39.458 4
9 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 10 58 +39.556 2
10 Paul di Resta Force India 15 58 +39.737 1
11 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso 11 58 +39.848
12 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 7 58 +57.642
13 Pastor Maldonado Williams 8 57 Accident
14 Timo Glock Marussia 20 57 +1 Lap
15 Charles Pic Marussia 21 53 +5 Laps
16 Bruno Senna Williams 14 52 Collision
17 Felipe Massa Ferrari 16 46 Collision
18 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 18 38 Suspension
19 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 19 34 Steering
20 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 4 10 Gearbox
21 Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 3 1 Collision
22 Nico Hülkenberg Force India 9 0 Collision

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