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Australia 2012 - Race results - A frantic race leads to a more familiar podium

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A chaotic Australian Grand Prix kicked off 2012 with familiar faces at the top of the podium, some interesting pit stop strategies, retirements aplenty, and some DRS action along with non-DRS overtaking. The race was bookmarked with first and last lap chaos, and punctuated with a Safety Car in the middle. Caterham suffered a double DNF with both cars troubled with power steering issues. McLaren had a good run from the start, but Vettel wasn't going to give up easily.

PositionDriverTeamTimeStops
BestJenson ButtonVodafone McLaren Mercedes1:29.187Lap 56
1Jenson ButtonVodafone McLaren Mercedes1:34:09.5652
2Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing+2.12
3Lewis HamiltonVodafone McLaren Mercedes+4.02
4Mark WebberRed Bull Racing+4.52
5Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari+21.52
6Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team+36.72
7Kimi RäikkönenLotus F1 Team+38.02
8Sergio PérezSauber F1 Team+39.41
9Daniel RicciardoScuderia Toro Rosso+39.53
10Paul di RestaSahara Force India F1 Team+39.72
11Jean-Éric VergneScuderia Toro Rosso+39.82
12Nico RosbergMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team+57.62
13Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team+1 lap2
14Timo GlockMarussia F1 Team+1 lap2
15Charles PicMarussia F1 Team+5 laps4
16Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team+6 laps4
DNFFelipe MassaScuderia FerrariLap 464
DNFHeikki KovalainenCaterham F1 TeamLap 384
DNFVitaly PetrovCaterham F1 TeamLap 341
DNFMichael SchumacherMercedes AMG Petronas F1 TeamLap 101
DNFRomain GrosjeanLotus F1 TeamLap 10
DNFNico HülkenbergSahara Force India F1 TeamLap 00
DNSPedro de la RosaHRT Formula 1 Team0
DNSNarain KarthikeyanHRT Formula 1 Team0

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