Pit Lane F1
Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2012-03-18
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 2012 con un crono de 1:24.922.
Jenson Button (McLaren) completó la primera fila a 0.152s de la pole, con Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) tercero en parrilla. Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Jean-Éric Vergne (Toro Rosso) se quedó fuera por 0.110s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.397s — de la pole a P10 — con Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:26.800 | 1:25.626 | 1:24.922 | 1:24.922 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:26.832 | 1:25.663 | 1:25.074 | +0.152 |
| 3 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:26.498 | 1:25.845 | 1:25.302 | +0.380 |
| 4 |
| Michael Schumacher |
| Mercedes |
| 1:26.586 |
| 1:25.571 |
| 1:25.336 |
| +0.414 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:27.117 | 1:26.597 | 1:25.651 | +0.729 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:26.773 | 1:25.982 | 1:25.668 | +0.746 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.763 | 1:25.469 | 1:25.686 | +0.764 |
| 8 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.803 | 1:26.206 | 1:25.908 | +0.986 |
| 9 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:27.464 | 1:26.314 | 1:26.451 | +1.529 |
| 10 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:27.024 | 1:26.319 | — | +1.397 |
| 11 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:26.493 | 1:26.429 | — | +1.507 |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:26.688 | 1:26.494 | — | +1.572 |
| 13 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:26.182 | 1:26.590 | — | +1.668 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:27.004 | 1:26.663 | — | +1.741 |
| 15 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:27.469 | 1:27.086 | — | +2.164 |
| 16 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.633 | 1:27.497 | — | +2.575 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:26.596 | — | — | +1.674 |
| 18 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:27.758 | — | — | +2.836 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:28.679 | — | — | +3.757 |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:29.018 | — | — | +4.096 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:30.923 | — | — | +6.001 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:31.670 | — | — | +6.748 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:33.495 | — | — | +8.573 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:33.643 | — | — | +8.721 |