March 18, 2012
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Qualifying Results for Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. 2012
16 – 18 Mar 2012
2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.800 1:25.626 1:24.922 14 2 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.832 1:25.663 1:25.074 15 3 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.498 1:25.845 1:25.302 21 4 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:26.586 1:25.571 1:25.336 18 5 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:27.117 1:26.297 1:25.651 17 6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.773 1:25.982 1:25.668 18 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.763 1:25.469 1:25.686 16 8 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:26.803 1:26.206 1:25.908 20 9 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:27.464 1:26.314 1:26.451 18 10 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:27.024 1:26.319 No time 16 11 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:26.493 1:26.429 12 12 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.688 1:26.494 12 13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.182 1:26.590 12 14 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:27.004 1:26.663 16 15 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:27.469 1:27.086 16 16 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.633 1:27.497 16 17 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.596 11 18 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:27.758 9 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:28.679 7 20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:29.018 8 21 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:30.923 10 22 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:31.670 9 DNQ 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:33.495 6 DNQ 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:33.643 6 Q1 107% Time 1:32.214 Note – Perez qualified 17th but dropped five places as penalty for a gearbox change. De la Rosa and Karthikeyan did not qualify after failing to meet the Q1 107% time.
