Australia 2012 - Free Practice 1 results - The first 90 minutes of action in Melbourne sees Button on top

Published 16 March 2012 by Christine

A damp start to the season, but that didn't stop some tentative runners trying their hand at a few laps of Albert Park. There wasn't as much running as we might have liked, but everyone bar the two HRT drivers. Pedro de la Rosa couldn't participate as his car wasn't quite ready, whilst Narain Karthikeyan only completed installation laps before grinding to a halt out on track. Meanwhile, Felipe Massa managed to beach his car in the gravel, but the McLaren team got off to a great start with their drivers finishing 1-2.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:27.560	11
2	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:27.805	14
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:28.235	17
4	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:28.360	21
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:28.467	21
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:28.683	22
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:28.908	23
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:29.415	16
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:29.565	8
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:29.722	26
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:29.790	21
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:29.865	17
13	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:29.881	18
14	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:29.953	21
15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:30.124	22
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:30.515	16
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:30.586	16
18	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:30.743	11
19	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:31.178	17
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:31.983	8
21	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:34.730	8
22	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:40.256	11
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	No Time	3
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	No Time	0