2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE RESULT

16 18 Mar 2012 Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Australia

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	PTS
1	3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren Mercedes	58	1:34:09.565	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing Renault	58	+2.139s	18
3	4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren Mercedes	58	+4.075s	15
4	2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing Renault	58	+4.547s	12
5	5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	58	+21.565s	10
6	14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber Ferrari	58	+36.766s	8
7	9	Kimi Räikkönen RAI	Lotus Renault	58	+38.014s	6
8	15	Sergio Perez PER	Sauber Ferrari	58	+39.458s	4
9	16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	STR Ferrari	58	+39.556s	2
10	11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India Mercedes	58	+39.737s	1
11	17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	STR Ferrari	58	+39.848s	0
12	8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	58	+57.642s	0
13	18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams Renault	57	DNF	0
14	24	Timo Glock GLO	Marussia Cosworth	57	+1 lap	0
15	25	Charles Pic PIC	Marussia Cosworth	53	DNF	0
16	19	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams Renault	52	DNF	0
NC	6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	46	DNF	0
NC	20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham Renault	38	DNF	0
NC	21	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham Renault	34	DNF	0
NC	7	Michael Schumacher MSC	Mercedes	10	DNF	0
NC	10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus Renault	1	DNF	0
NC	12	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Force India Mercedes	0	DNF	0

Note - Perez qualified 17th but dropped five grid places as penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. De la Rosa and Karthikeyan did not qualify after failing to meet the Q1 107% time.