2011 Australian Grand Prix
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Circuit | Melbourne, 58 laps |
Round | 1 of 19 |
Race numbers | The 2011 Australian Grand Prix was the:
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Previous race | 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 58 | 1hr 29m 30.259s | 25 | |
2 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | +22.297s | 18 | |
3 | +3 | (RUS) Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 58 | +30.560s | 15 |
4 | +1 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 58 | +31.772s | 12 |
5 | -2 | (AUS) Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 58 | +38.171s | 10 |
6 | -2 | (GBR) Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | +54.304s | 8 |
DQ | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 58 | +1m 05.845s | ||
DQ | (JPN) Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 58 | +1m 16.872s | ||
7 | +1 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 58 | +1m 25.186s | 6 |
8 | +2 | (CHE) Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 57 | +1 lap | 4 |
9 | +7 | (DEU) Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +1 lap | 2 |
10 | +4 | (GBR) Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +1 lap | 1 |
11 | +1 | (ESP) Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 57 | +1 lap | |
12 | +6 | (DEU) Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 57 | +1 lap | |
13 | +7 | (ITA) Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 56 | +2 laps | |
14 | +8 | (BEL) Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 54 | +4 laps | |
NC | (DEU) Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 49 | +9 laps | ||
R | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 48 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 22 | DNF | ||
R | (FIN) Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 19 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 19 | DNF | ||
R | (VEN) Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 9 | DNF |
Notes
- Sauber drivers Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi were disqualified post-race for rear wing infringements.
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault |
2 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes |
3 | (AUS) Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault |
4 | (GBR) Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes |
5 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
6 | (RUS) Vitaly Petrov | Renault |
7 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
8 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | Ferrari |
9 | (JPN) Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari |
10 | (CHE) Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
11 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | Mercedes |
12 | (ESP) Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
13 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari |
14 | (GBR) Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes |
15 | (VEN) Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth |
16 | (DEU) Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes |
17 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth |
18 | (DEU) Nick Heidfeld | Renault |
19 | (FIN) Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault |
20 | (ITA) Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault |
21 | (DEU) Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth |
22 | (BEL) Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth |
Free practice appearances
Driver | Constructor |
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(IND) Karun Chandhok | Lotus-Renault |
(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes |
(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | 25 |
2 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | 18 |
3 | (RUS) Vitaly Petrov | 15 |
4 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | 12 |
5 | (AUS) Mark Webber | 10 |
6 | (GBR) Jenson Button | 8 |
7 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | 6 |
8 | (CHE) Sebastien Buemi | 4 |
9 | (DEU) Adrian Sutil | 2 |
10 | (GBR) Paul di Resta | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | Red Bull-Renault | 35 |
2 | McLaren-Mercedes | 26 |
3 | Ferrari | 18 |
4 | Renault | 15 |
5 | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 4 |
6 | Force India-Mercedes | 3 |
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