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Race details
Date
18 March 2012 (2012-03-18)
Official name
2012 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Location
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
Course
Temporary street circuit
Course length
5.303 km (3.295 miles)
Distance
58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles)
Weather
Fine[1]
Air Temp 22 °C (72 °F)[1]
Track Temp 30 °C (86 °F) dropping to 22 °C (72 °F)[1]
Attendance
114,900[2]
Pole position
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Time
1:24.922
Fastest lap
Driver
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
Time
1:29.187 on lap 56
Podium
First
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
Third
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2012 Australian Grand Prix (formally, the 2012 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix)[3] was a Formula One motor race held on 18 March 2012[4] as the opening round of the 2012 Formula One season. It was the 77th race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix that dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928, and the 17th time the event has been held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit at Albert Park.
The 58-lap race was won by McLaren driver Jenson Button who took his third victory at the Albert Park Circuit. Reigning double World Champion Sebastian Vettel, driving for Red Bull Racing, finished in second place, while polesitter and Button's McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton completed the podium.[5][6]
Australian Mark Webber was fourth, his best result in his home Grand Prix.[7] Webber's fourth place was the best finish by an Australian in an Australian Grand Prix since Alfredo Costanzo finished fourth in 1984, the last time the race was run under Australian domestic rules before becoming a round of the World Championship in 1985.
^ abc"2012 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix (Race)". f1standings.net. F1Standings. 18 March 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^"Australian F1 GP (d4)". austadiums.com. AUSTRALIAN STADIUMS & SPORT. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
^"AGPC announces Qantas to continue as title rights sponsor for 2012 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix". grandprix.com.au. Australian Grand Prix. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^Cary, Tom (18 March 2012). "Jenson Button wins opening race of the season for McLaren in Melbourne". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
^Benson, Andrew (18 March 2012). "Jenson Button wins Australian Grand Prix for McLaren". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
^"Button wins Australian GP, Webber fourth". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
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