2012 Australian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 18 March 2012 | ||
| 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 mi) | ||
| Distance | 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Fine Air Temp 22 °C (72 °F) Track Temp 30 °C (86 °F) dropping to 22 °C (72 °F) |
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| Attendance | 114,900 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:24.922 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jenson Button
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:29.187 on lap 56 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
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Fine Air Temp 22 °C (72 °F)
The 2012 Australian Grand Prix (formally, the 2012 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 18 March 2012 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.
Australian Mark Webber was fourth, his best result in his home Grand Prix. 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.
With Vitantonio Liuzzi unable to secure a seat for 2012 and Jarno Trulli being replaced at Caterham during the pre-season, the race was the first Grand Prix since the 1973 German Grand Prix not to feature an Italian driver on the grid. It was also the first Grand Prix to feature six current and former Formula One World Champions taking part in the race. It was the first Australian Grand Prix to feature two Australians on the grid.
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