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Home / Seasons / 2011 F1 World Championship Season / 2011 Australian Grand Prix

2011 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 27 March 2011
Winner
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Felipe Massa
  • Ferrari
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round1 of 19
Race numbers

The 2011 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 840th World Championship race
  • 27th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 16th World Championship race at Melbourne
More 2011 season
More Australian Grands Prix
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On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Free practice appearances
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault581hr 29m 30.259s25
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes58+22.297s18
3+3(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault58+30.560s15
4+1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari58+31.772s12
5-2(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault58+38.171s10
6-2(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes58+54.304s8
DQ (MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari58+1m 05.845s 
DQ (JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari58+1m 16.872s 
7+1(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari58+1m 25.186s6
8+2(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari57+1 lap4
9+7(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes57+1 lap2
10+4(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes57+1 lap1
11+1(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari57+1 lap 
12+6(DEU) Nick HeidfeldRenault57+1 lap 
13+7(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault56+2 laps 
14+8(BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth54+4 laps 
NC (DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth49+9 laps 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth48DNF 
R (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes22DNF 
R (FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault19DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes19DNF 
R (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth9DNF 

Notes

  • Sauber drivers Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi were disqualified post-race for rear wing infringements.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
3(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
6(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault
7(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
8(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
9(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
10(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
11(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes
12(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari
13(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
14(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
15(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth
16(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
17(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth
18(DEU) Nick HeidfeldRenault
19(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault
20(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault
21(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth
22(BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:23.529 
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:24.3070.778
3(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:24.3950.866
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:24.7791.250
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:24.9741.445
6(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault1:25.2471.718
7(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:25.4211.892
8(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:25.5992.070
9(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:25.6262.097
10(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:27.0663.537
Q2
11(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:25.971 
12(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.103 
13(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:26.108 
14(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:26.739 
15(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth1:26.768 
16(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:31.407 
17(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth– 
Q1
18(DEU) Nick HeidfeldRenault1:27.239 
19(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault1:29.254 
20(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault1:29.342 
21(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:29.858 
22(BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth1:30.822 
Did not qualify
23(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth1:32.978 
24(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:34.293 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(IND) Karun ChandhokLotus-Renault
(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Sebastian Vettel25
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton18
3(RUS) Vitaly Petrov15
4(ESP) Fernando Alonso12
5(AUS) Mark Webber10
6(GBR) Jenson Button8
7(BRA) Felipe Massa6
8(CHE) Sebastien Buemi4
9(DEU) Adrian Sutil2
10(GBR) Paul di Resta1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Renault35
2McLaren-Mercedes26
3Ferrari18
4Renault15
5Toro Rosso-Ferrari4
6Force India-Mercedes3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Jerome d’Ambrosio (first Belgian driver to start a race since 1994)
Paul di Resta
Pastor Maldonado (first Venezuelan driver to start a race since 1984)
Sergio Perez (first Mexican driver to start a race since 1981)
Wins
11th for Sebastian Vettel
16th for Red Bull
Podiums
37th for Lewis Hamilton
20th for Sebastian Vettel (45th driver to score 20 podiums, 3rd German driver)
1st and only for Vitaly Petrov (198th different podium finisher, 1st Russian driver)
453rd for McLaren
99th for Renault
40th for Red Bull (12th constructor to score 40 podiums)
Poles
16th for Sebastian Vettel
21st for Red Bull
Fastest laps
13th for Felipe Massa (first since 2009)
225th for Ferrari
Front row starts
30th for Lewis Hamilton (21st driver to achieve 30 front row starts, 8th British driver)
24th for Sebastian Vettel
Points finishes
1st for Paul di Resta (315th different point scorer, 58th British driver)
Pole & win
8th for Sebastian Vettel

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne circuit
  • 2011 World Championship season

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