| Circuit | Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012-03-18 |
| Round | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time/Status | Fastest Lap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 2 | 58 | 1:34:09.565 | 1:29.187 | 25 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 6 | 58 | +2.139 | 1:29.417 | 18 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1 | 58 | +4.075 | 1:29.538 | 15 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 5 | 58 | +4.547 | 1:29.438 | 12 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 12 | 58 | +21.565 | 1:30.277 | 10 |
| 6 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 13 | 58 | +36.766 | 1:30.620 | 8 |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 17 | 58 | +38.014 | 1:30.759 | 6 |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 22 | 58 | +39.458 | 1:30.843 | 4 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 10 | 58 | +39.556 | 1:30.592 | 2 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | 58 | +39.737 | 1:30.605 | 1 |
| 11 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 11 | 58 | +39.848 | 1:30.274 | 0 |
| 12 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 7 | 58 | +57.642 | 1:30.931 | 0 |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 8 | 57 | Accident | 1:30.254 | 0 |
| 14 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | 57 | +1 Lap | 1:34.253 | 0 |
| 15 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 21 | 53 | +5 Laps | 1:35.011 | 0 |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 14 | 52 | Collision | 1:30.855 | 0 |
| 17 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 16 | 46 | Collision | 1:31.940 | 0 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | 38 | Suspension | 1:33.693 | 0 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | 34 | Steering | 1:33.214 | 0 |
| 20 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 4 | 10 | Gearbox | 1:34.021 | 0 |
| 21 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 3 | 1 | Collision | — | 0 |
| 22 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 9 | 0 | Collision | — | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:26.800 | 1:25.626 | 1:24.922 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:26.832 | 1:25.663 | 1:25.074 |
| 3 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:26.498 | 1:25.845 | 1:25.302 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:26.586 | 1:25.571 | 1:25.336 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:27.117 | 1:26.597 | 1:25.651 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:26.773 | 1:25.982 | 1:25.668 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.763 | 1:25.469 | 1:25.686 |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.803 | 1:26.206 | 1:25.908 |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:27.464 | 1:26.314 | 1:26.451 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:27.024 | 1:26.319 | — |
| 11 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:26.493 | 1:26.429 | — |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:26.688 | 1:26.494 | — |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:26.182 | 1:26.590 | — |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:27.004 | 1:26.663 | — |
| 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:27.469 | 1:27.086 | — |
| 16 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.633 | 1:27.497 | — |
| 17 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:26.596 | — | — |
| 18 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:27.758 | — | — |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:28.679 | — | — |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:29.018 | — | — |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:30.923 | — | — |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:31.670 | — | — |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:33.495 | — | — |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:33.643 | — | — |