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Saturday, 17 March 2012

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Australia

Qualifying parc ferme (L to R): Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus F1, Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren, and Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren.
Formula One World Championship, Rd1, Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012
Pole sitter Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren and Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren.
Formula One World Championship, Rd1, Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012
Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus F1 in parc ferme.
Formula One World Championship, Rd1, Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012

Reproduced with kind permission of the FIA

Drivers: 1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 2 - Jenson Button (McLaren), 3 - Romain Grosjean (Lotus)

Perez handed gearbox grid penalty

Sergio Perez (MEX) Sauber C31.
Formula One World Championship, Rd1, Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012
Sergio Perez will drop five places on the grid for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix after the gearbox was changed on his Sauber following Saturday’s qualifying session.

Qualifying - Hamilton heads McLaren one-two

Qualifying parc ferme (L to R): Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus F1, Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren, and Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren.
Formula One World Championship, Rd1, Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012 Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus E20.
Formula One World Championship, Rd1, Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012 Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB8.
Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Qualifying Day, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012 Alonso touches the grass and ends up in the gravel trap, prompting red flags Jean Eric Vergne (FRA), Scuderia Toro Rosso STR7.
Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Qualifying Day, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012 Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus E20.
Formula One World Championship, Rd1, Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) Caterham CT01.Vitaly Petrov (RUS) Caterham CT01.
Formula One World Championship, Rd1, Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button got their 2012 world championship campaign off to the best possible start as they took the top two positions on the grid for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park on Saturday evening, and just to make things even better for the Woking team, Romain Grosjean put his Lotus third ahead of Michael Schumacher’s Mercedes and the Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.