2012 sezonunun açılış yarışı olan Avustralya GP 1. antrenman turlarında Button 1:27.560'lık derecesi ile ilk sırada yer aldı. Hamilton 2. ve Schumacher 3. oldu.
1. Jenson Button – McLaren – 1:27.560 – 11 laps
2. Lewis Hamilton – McLaren – 1:27.805 – 14 laps
3. Michael Schumacher – Mercedes – 1:28.235 – 17 laps
4. Fernando Alonso – Ferrari 1:28.360 – 21 laps
5. Mark Webber – Red Bull Racing – 1:28.467 – 21 laps
6. Nico Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:28.683 – 22 laps
7. Daniel Ricciardo – Scuderia Toro Rosso – 1:28.908 – 23 laps
8. Pastor Maldonado – Williams – 1:29.415 – 16 laps
9. Kimi Raikkonen – Lotus – 1:29.565 – 8 laps
10.Kamui Kobayashi – Sauber – 1:29.722 – 26 laps
11. Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull Racing – 1:29.790 – 21 laps
12. Nico Hulkenberg – Force India – 1:29.865 – 17 laps
13. Paul di Resta – Force India – 1:29.881 – 18 laps
14. Bruno Senna – Williams – 1:29.953 – 21 laps
15. Sergio Perez – Sauber – 1:30.124 – 22 laps
16. Romain Grosjean – Lotus – 1:30.515 – 16 laps
17. Heikki Kovalainen – Caterham – 1:30.586 – 16 laps
18. Felipe Massa – Ferrari – 1:30.743 – 11 laps
19. Jean-Eric Vergne – Scuderia Toro Rosso – 1:31.178 – 17 laps
20. Vitaly Petrov – Caterham – 1:31.983 – 8 laps
21. Timo Glock – Marussia – 1:34.730 – 8 laps
22. Charles Pic – Marussia – 1:40.256 – 11 laps
23. Narain Karthikeyan – HRT – no time – 3 laps
24. Pedro de la Rosa – HRT – no time – 0 laps
