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2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING

16 18 Mar 2012 Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Australia

Pos No Driver Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 4 Lewis Hamilton HAM McLaren Mercedes 1:26.800 1:25.626 1:24.922 14
2 3 Jenson Button BUT McLaren Mercedes 1:26.832 1:25.663 1:25.074 15
3 10 Romain Grosjean GRO Lotus Renault 1:26.498 1:25.845 1:25.302 21
4 7 Michael Schumacher MSC Mercedes 1:26.586 1:25.571 1:25.336 18
5 2 Mark Webber WEB Red Bull Racing Renault 1:27.117 1:26.297 1:25.651 17
6 1 Sebastian Vettel VET Red Bull Racing Renault 1:26.773 1:25.982 1:25.668 18
7 8 Nico Rosberg ROS Mercedes 1:26.763 1:25.469 1:25.686 16
8 18 Pastor Maldonado MAL Williams Renault 1:26.803 1:26.206 1:25.908 20
9 12 Nico Hulkenberg HUL Force India Mercedes 1:27.464 1:26.314 1:26.451 18
10 16 Daniel Ricciardo RIC STR Ferrari 1:27.024 1:26.319 DNS 16
11 17 Jean-Eric Vergne VER STR Ferrari 1:26.493 1:26.429 12
12 5 Fernando Alonso ALO Ferrari 1:26.688 1:26.494 12
13 14 Kamui Kobayashi KOB Sauber Ferrari 1:26.182 1:26.590 12
14 19 Bruno Senna SEN Williams Renault 1:27.004 1:26.663 16
15 11 Paul di Resta DIR Force India Mercedes 1:27.469 1:27.086 16
16 6 Felipe Massa MAS Ferrari 1:27.633 1:27.497 16
17 15 Sergio Perez PER Sauber Ferrari 1:26.596 DNF 11
18 9 Kimi Räikkönen RAI Lotus Renault 1:27.758 9
19 20 Heikki Kovalainen KOV Caterham Renault 1:28.679 7
20 21 Vitaly Petrov PET Caterham Renault 1:29.018 8
21 24 Timo Glock GLO Marussia Cosworth 1:30.923 10
22 25 Charles Pic PIC Marussia Cosworth 1:31.670 9
NC 22 Pedro de la Rosa DLR HRT Cosworth 1:33.495 6
NC 23 Narain Karthikeyan KAR HRT Cosworth 1:33.643 6

Note - Perez qualified 17th but was penalised five grid places for a gearbox change. De la Rosa and Karthikeyan did not qualify after failing to meet the Q1 107% time.