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Australian Grand Prix</strong></p> </div> <h2 class="pagetitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-australian-grand-prix/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 2012 Australian Grand Prix">2012 Australian Grand Prix</a></h2> <div class="post" id="post-54668"> <div class="entry"> <h3>Race weekend information</h3> <div class="alignright"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/03/27/2011-australian-grand-prix-pictures/gp-australia-f12011-16/" rel="attachment wp-att-44100"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120309054030im_/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/start_melb_2011_4-e1301995533843-208x117.jpg" alt="Start, Melbourne, 2011" title="Start, Melbourne, 2011" width="208" height="117" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-44100"/> <p align="center"><strong>2011 Australian Grand Prix<br/>in pictures</strong></p> <p></a></div> <p><a href="#F1 session 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href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-spanish-grand-prix/">Spain</a> | <a title="Monaco" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-monaco-grand-prix/">Monaco</a> | <a title="Canada" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-canadian-grand-prix/">Canada</a> | <a title="Europe" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-european-grand-prix/">Europe</a> | <a title="Britain" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-british-grand-prix/">Britain</a> | <a title="Germany" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-german-grand-prix/">Germany</a> | <a title="Hungary" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-hungarian-grand-prix/">Hungary</a> | <a title="Belgium" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-belgian-grand-prix/">Belgium</a> | <a title="Italy" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-italian-grand-prix/">Italy</a> | <a title="Singapore" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-singapore-grand-prix/">Singapore</a> | <a title="Japan" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-japanese-grand-prix/">Japan</a> | <a title="Korea" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-korean-grand-prix/">Korea</a> | <a title="India" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-indian-grand-prix/">India</a> | <a title="Abu Dhabi" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-abu-dhabi-grand-prix/">Abu Dhabi</a> | <a title="United States" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-united-states-grand-prix/">United States</a> | <a title="Brazil" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-calendar/2012-brazilian-grand-prix/">Brazil</a></p> <h4>2012 F1 drivers</h4> <p><a title="Sebastian Vettel" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-v/sebastian-vettel/">Sebastian Vettel</a> | <a title="Mark Webber" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-w/mark-webber/">Mark Webber</a> | <a title="Jenson Button" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-b/jenson-button/">Jenson Button</a> | <a title="Lewis Hamilton" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-h/lewis-hamilton/">Lewis Hamilton</a> | <a title="Fernando Alonso" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-a/fernando-alonso/">Fernando Alonso</a> | <a title="Felipe Massa" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-m/felipe-massa/">Felipe Massa</a> | <a title="Michael Schumacher" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-s/michael-schumacher/">Michael Schumacher</a> | <a title="Nico Rosberg" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-r/nico-rosberg/">Nico Rosberg</a> | <a title="Paul di Resta" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-d/paul-di-resta/">Paul di Resta</a> | <a title="Nico Hulkenberg" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-h/nico-hulkenberg/">Nico Hulkenberg</a> | <a title="Kamui Kobayashi" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-k/kamui-kobayashi/">Kamui Kobayashi</a> | <a title="Sergio Perez" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-p/sergio-perez/">Sergio Perez</a> | <a title="Daniel Ricciardo" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-r/daniel-ricciardo/">Daniel Ricciardo</a> | <a title="Jean-Eric Vergne" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-v/jeaneric-vergne/">Jean-Eric Vergne</a> | <a title="Pastor Maldonado" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-m/pastor-maldonado/">Pastor Maldonado</a> | <a title="Jarno Trulli" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-t/jarno-trulli/">Jarno Trulli</a> | <a title="Heikki Kovalainen" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-k/heikki-kovalainen/">Heikki Kovalainen</a> | <a title="Timo Glock" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-g/timo-glock/">Timo Glock</a> | <a title="Charles Pic" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-p/charles-pic/">Charles Pic</a><em> | <a title="Nick Heidfeld" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-h/nick-heidfeld/">Nick Heidfeld</a> | <a title="Vitaly Petrov" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-p/vitaly-petrov/">Vitaly Petrov</a> | <a title="Rubens Barrichello" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-b/rubens-barrichello/">Rubens Barrichello</a> | <a title="Adrian Sutil" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-s/adrian-sutil/">Adrian Sutil</a> | <a title="sebastien-buemi-" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-b/sebastien-buemi/">Sebastien Buemi</a> | <a title="Jaime Alguersuari" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-a/jaime-alguersuari/">Jaime Alguersuari</a> | <a title="Narain Karthikeyan" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-k/narain-karthikeyan/">Narain Karthikeyan</a> | <a title="Vitantonio Liuzzi" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-l/vitantonio-liuzzi/">Vitantonio Liuzzi</a> | <a title="Jerome d'Ambrosio" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-d/jerome-dambrosio/">Jerome d'Ambrosio</a> | <a title="Karun Chandhok" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-c/karun-chandhok/">Karun Chandhok</a> | <a title="Bruno Senna" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-s/bruno-senna/">Bruno Senna</a> | <a title="Robert Kubica" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-k/robert-kubica/">Robert Kubica</a></em></p> <h4>2012 F1 teams</h4> <p><a title="Red Bull" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/red-bull/">Red Bull</a> | <a title="McLaren" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/mclaren/">McLaren</a> | <a title="Ferrari" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/ferrari/">Ferrari</a> | <a title="Mercedes" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/mercedes/">Mercedes</a> | <a title="Lotus" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/lotus/">Lotus</a> | <a title="Force India F1 Team" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/force-india-f1-team/">Force India</a> | <a title="Sauber" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/sauber/">Sauber</a> | <a title="Scuderia Toro Rosso" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/scuderia-toro-rosso/">Toro Rosso</a> | <a title="Williams" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/williams/">Williams</a> | <a title="Caterham" href="/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/caterham/">Caterham</a> | <a title="HRT" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120309054030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-teams/hrt-f1/">HRT</a> | <a title="Marussia" 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