2011 · Round 1
Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit · Melbourne, Australia
Pole position
Vettel
Converted to the win
Fastest lap
1:28.947
Felipe Massa
Biggest climber
▲8
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Finishers
15/22
7 did not finish
Classification
Australian GP result
| Pos | Driver | Grid | +/− | Laps | Time / status | Fastest lap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian VettelRed Bull | 1 | • | 58 | 1:29:30.259 | 1:29.844 | 25 |
| 2 | Lewis HamiltonMcLaren | 2 | • | 58 | +22.297 | 1:30.314 | 18 |
| 3 | Vitaly PetrovRenault | 6 | ▲3 | 58 | +30.560 | 1:30.064 | 15 |
| 4 | Fernando AlonsoFerrari | 5 | ▲1 | 58 | +31.772 | 1:29.487 | 12 |
| 5 | Mark WebberRed Bull | 3 | ▼2 | 58 | +38.171 | 1:29.600 | 10 |
| 6 | Jenson ButtonMcLaren | 4 | ▼2 | 58 | +54.304 | 1:29.883 | 8 |
| 7 | Felipe MassaFerrari | 8 | ▲1 | 58 | +1:25.186 | 1:28.947 | 6 |
| 8 | Sébastien BuemiToro Rosso | 10 | ▲2 | 57 | +1 Lap | 1:30.836 | 4 |
| 9 | Adrian SutilForce India | 16 | ▲7 | 57 | +1 Lap | 1:31.526 | 2 |
| 10 | Paul di RestaForce India | 14 | ▲4 | 57 | +1 Lap | 1:31.941 | 1 |
| 11 | Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso | 12 | ▲1 | 57 | +1 Lap | 1:30.467 | |
| 12 | Nick HeidfeldRenault | 18 | ▲6 | 57 | +1 Lap | 1:32.377 | |
| 13 | Jarno TrulliLotus | 20 | ▲7 | 56 | +2 Laps | 1:32.550 | |
| 14 | Jérôme d'AmbrosioVirgin | 22 | ▲8 | 54 | +4 Laps | 1:34.523 | |
| DNF | Timo GlockVirgin | 21 | 49 | +9 Laps | 1:35.789 | ||
| DNF | Rubens BarrichelloWilliams | 17 | 48 | Transmission | 1:31.404 | ||
| DNF | Nico RosbergMercedes | 7 | 22 | Collision | 1:33.503 | ||
| DNF | Heikki KovalainenLotus | 19 | 19 | Water leak | 1:34.918 | ||
| DNF | Michael SchumacherMercedes | 11 | 19 | Collision | 1:35.319 | ||
| DNF | Pastor MaldonadoWilliams | 15 | 9 | Transmission | 1:34.102 | ||
| DSQ | Kamui KobayashiSauber | 9 | 58 | Disqualified | 1:30.384 | ||
| DSQ | Sergio PérezSauber | 13 | 58 | Disqualified | 1:29.962 |
Grid
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian VettelRed Bull | 1:25.296 | 1:24.090 | 1:23.529 |
| 2 | Lewis HamiltonMcLaren | 1:25.384 | 1:24.595 | 1:24.307 |
| 3 | Mark WebberRed Bull | 1:25.900 | 1:24.658 | 1:24.395 |
| 4 | Jenson ButtonMcLaren | 1:25.886 | 1:24.957 | 1:24.779 |
| 5 | Fernando AlonsoFerrari | 1:25.707 | 1:25.242 | 1:24.974 |
| 6 | Vitaly PetrovRenault | 1:25.543 | 1:25.582 | 1:25.247 |
| 7 | Nico RosbergMercedes | 1:25.856 | 1:25.606 | 1:25.421 |
| 8 | Felipe MassaFerrari | 1:26.031 | 1:25.611 | 1:25.599 |
| 9 | Kamui KobayashiSauber | 1:25.717 | 1:25.405 | 1:25.626 |
| 10 | Sébastien BuemiToro Rosso | 1:26.232 | 1:25.882 | 1:27.066 |
| 11 | Michael SchumacherMercedes | 1:25.962 | 1:25.971 | – |
| 12 | Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso | 1:26.620 | 1:26.103 | – |
| 13 | Sergio PérezSauber | 1:25.812 | 1:26.108 | – |
| 14 | Paul di RestaForce India | 1:27.222 | 1:26.739 | – |
| 15 | Pastor MaldonadoWilliams | 1:26.298 | 1:26.768 | – |
| 16 | Adrian SutilForce India | 1:26.245 | 1:31.407 | – |
| 17 | Rubens BarrichelloWilliams | 1:26.270 | – | – |
| 18 | Nick HeidfeldRenault | 1:27.239 | – | – |
| 19 | Heikki KovalainenLotus | 1:29.254 | – | – |
| 20 | Jarno TrulliLotus | 1:29.342 | – | – |
| 21 | Timo GlockVirgin | 1:29.858 | – | – |
| 22 | Jérôme d'AmbrosioVirgin | 1:30.822 | – | – |
| 23 | Vitantonio LiuzziHRT | 1:32.978 | – | – |
| 24 | Narain KarthikeyanHRT | 1:34.293 | – | – |