Australian GP 2012
MARCH 16, 2012
Practice 1 Results
| Friday Practice Session 1 | ||||
| POS | DRIVER | NATIONALITY | ENTRANT | TIME |
| 1. | Jenson Button | Britain | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:27.560 |
| 2. | Lewis Hamilton | Britain | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:27.805 |
| 3. | Michael Schumacher | Germany | Mercedes GP | 1:28.235 |
| 4. | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Ferrari | 1:28.360 |
| 5. | Mark Webber | Australia | Red Bull-Renault | 1:28.467 |
| 6. | Nico Rosberg | Germany | Mercedes GP | 1:28.683 |
| 7. | Daniel Ricciardo | Australia | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:28.908 |
| 8. | Pastor Maldonado | Venezuela | Williams-Renault | 1:29.415 |
| 9. | Kimi Raikkonen | Finland | Lotus-Renault | 1:29.565 |
| 10. | Kamui Kobayashi | Japan | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:29.722 |
| 11. | Sebastian Vettel | Germany | Red Bull-Renault | 1:29.790 |
| 12. | Nico Hulkenberg | Germany | Force India-Mercedes | 1:29.865 |
| 13. | Paul di Resta | Britain | Force India-Mercedes | 1:29.881 |
| 14. | Bruno Senna | Brazil | Williams-Renault | 1:29.953 |
| 15. | Sergio Perez | Mexico | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:30.124 |
| 16. | Romain Grosjean | France | Lotus-Renault | 1:30.515 |
| 17. | Heikki Kovalainen | Finland | Caterham-Renault | 1:30.586 |
| 18. | Felipe Massa | Brazil | Ferrari | 1:30.743 |
| 19. | Jean-Eric Vergne | France | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:31.178 |
| 20. | Vitaly Petrov | Russia | Caterham-Renault | 1:31.983 |
| 21. | Timo Glock | Germany | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:34.730 |
| 22. | Charles Pic | France | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:40.256 |
| 23. | Narain Karthikeyan | India | HRT-Cosworth | No Time |
| 24. | Pedro de la Rosa | Spain | HRT-Cosworth | No Time |