The 2012 F1 season got off to an exciting start in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix.
While Jenson Button won in style for McLaren there was a lot of action behind him in a busy midfield.
The rain that greeted the teams on Friday was a distance memory and the late afternoon sun at Albert Park in Melbourne provided the perfect backdrop for the opening race of the year – as this collection of pictures shows.
Start, Melbourne, 2012
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX F1/2012 – MELBOURNE 17/03/2012 – MARK WEBBER
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX F1/2012 – MELBOURNE 16/03/2012 – MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX F1/2012 – MELBOURNE 18/03/2012 – JENSON BUTTON
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX F1/2012 – MELBOURNE 18/03/2012 – NICO ROSBERG
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX F1/2012 – MELBOURNE 18/03/2012 – SEBASTIAN VETTEL – JENSON BUTTON – LEWIS HAMILTON
Jenson Button at Australian GP
Jenson Button at Australian GP
Jenson Button at Australian GP
Jenson Button at Australian GP
Jenson Button at Australian GP
Jenson Button at Australian GP
Jenson Button with his father John and his girlfriend Jessica Michibata at Australian GP
Team of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes celebrates victory of Jenson Button at Australian GP
Jenson Button at Australian GP
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX F1/2012 – MELBOURNE 18/03/2012 – MICHAEL SCHUMACHER – SEBASTIAN VETTEL
2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Charles Coates/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Glenn Dunbar/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Glenn Dunbar/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Glenn Dunbar/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Glenn Dunbar/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Glenn Dunbar/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Charles Coates/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Glenn Dunbar/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Glenn Dunbar/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Charles Coates/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Charles Coates/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Charles Coates/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Andrew Ferraro/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Andrew Ferraro/LAT Photographic
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2012 Australian Grand Prix Sunday
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
18th March 2012.
World Copyright:Andrew Ferraro/LAT Photographic
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Martin Whitmarsh, Jessica Michibata, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton at Australian GP
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX F1/2012 – MELBOURNE 16/03/2012 – KIMI RAIKKONEN – LEWIS HAMILTON
Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Melbourne, 2012
Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Melbourne, 2012
