2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - PRACTICE 1
16 - 18 Mar 2012
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Australia
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:27.560 | 11 |
| 2 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | +0.245s | 14 |
| 3 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | +0.675s | 17 |
| 4 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | +0.800s | 21 |
| 5 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | +0.907s | 21 |
| 6 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | +1.123s | 22 |
| 7 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | +1.348s | 23 |
| 8 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | +1.855s | 16 |
| 9 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | +2.005s | 8 |
| 10 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | +2.162s | 26 |
| 11 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | +2.230s | 21 |
| 12 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | +2.305s | 17 |
| 13 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | +2.321s | 18 |
| 14 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | +2.393s | 21 |
| 15 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | +2.564s | 22 |
| 16 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | +2.955s | 16 |
| 17 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | +3.026s | 16 |
| 18 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | +3.183s | 11 |
| 19 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | +3.618s | 17 |
| 20 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | +4.423s | 8 |
| 21 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | +7.170s | 8 |
| 22 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | +12.696s | 11 |
| 23 | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 3 |