| Flag: | Victoria |
| 2012 V8 Supercars Albert Park Challenge | |
| Non Champ: | yes |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Series: | IVSC |
| Track Map: | Albert Lake Park Street Circuit in Melbourne, Australia.svg |
| Date: | 25–28 March |
| Location: | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Circuit: | Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit |
| Weather: | Fine |
| Race1 Laps: | 12 |
| Race1 Dist: | 64 |
| Pole1: | Mark Winterbottom |
| Pole1 Team: | Ford Performance Racing |
| Winner1: | Mark Winterbottom |
| Winner1 Team: | Ford Performance Racing |
| Winner1 Time: | 24:34.7788 |
| Race2 Laps: | 7 |
| Race2 Dist: | 37 |
| Winner2: | Mark Winterbottom |
| Winner2 Team: | Ford Performance Racing |
| Winner2 Time: | 42:52.4637 |
| Race3 Laps: | 15 |
| Race3 Dist: | 80 |
| Winner3: | Shane van Gisbergen |
| Winner3 Team: | Stone Brothers Racing |
| Winner3 Time: | 30:36.8057 |
| First Round: | Mark Winterbottom |
| First Round Team: | Ford Performance Racing |
| First Pts: | 274 |
| Second Round: | Shane van Gisbergen |
| Second Round Team: | Stone Brothers Racing |
| Second Pts: | 272 |
| Third Round: | Garth Tander |
| Third Round Team: | Holden Racing Team |
| Third Pts: | 264 |
The 2012 V8 Supercars Albert Park Challenge was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was a stand-alone event not part of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship but it was attended by all of the International Championship's teams. The event was held as the principal support event of the 2012 Australian Grand Prix.
The event was won by Ford Performance Racing's lead-driver Mark Winterbottom after winning the qualifying race and the second and third races of the event. Fifth place in the final race was enough to claim a two-point win over Shane van Gisbergen of Stone Brothers Racing despite Van Gisbergen winning the fourth race. Winterbottom won $100,000 as the big prize of the non-championship event. Garth Tander was third driving for the Holden Racing Team.[1]
The event was marred by a multi-car pile-up in the third race in the opening lap when Jamie Whincup spun in the middle of the pack after contact from James Courtney as the field negotiated turn 3. Karl Reindler, Taz Douglas and Russell Ingall subsequently became involved. There was a long delay as there was a fuel leak from Reindler's Holden Commodore which needed to be cleaned up.[2] The race was restarted but drastically shortened so as to not delay qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.