2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
16 - 18 Mar 2012
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Australia
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.800 | 1:25.626 | 1:24.922 | 14 |
| 2 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.832 | 1:25.663 | 1:25.074 | 15 |
| 3 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 1:26.498 | 1:25.845 | 1:25.302 | 21 |
| 4 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 1:26.586 | 1:25.571 | 1:25.336 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:27.117 | 1:26.297 | 1:25.651 | 17 |
| 6 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:26.773 | 1:25.982 | 1:25.668 | 18 |
| 7 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 1:26.763 | 1:25.469 | 1:25.686 | 16 |
| 8 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 1:26.803 | 1:26.206 | 1:25.908 | 20 |
| 9 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:27.464 | 1:26.314 | 1:26.451 | 18 |
| 10 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 1:27.024 | 1:26.319 | DNS | 16 |
| 11 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 1:26.493 | 1:26.429 | 12 | |
| 12 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 1:26.688 | 1:26.494 | 12 | |
| 13 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:26.182 | 1:26.590 | 12 | |
| 14 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 1:27.004 | 1:26.663 | 16 | |
| 15 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:27.469 | 1:27.086 | 16 | |
| 16 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 1:27.633 | 1:27.497 | 16 | |
| 17 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:26.596 | DNF | 11 | |
| 18 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 1:27.758 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 1:28.679 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 1:29.018 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:30.923 | 10 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:31.670 | 9 | ||
| NC | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:33.495 | 6 | ||
| NC | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:33.643 | 6 |