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Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Sebastian Vettel won the Australian Grand Prix 2011 at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on 27 March 2011, starting from pole position. Lewis Hamilton finished second for McLaren, with Vitaly Petrov completing the podium for Renault. Felipe Massa set the fastest lap with a time of 1:28.947.
Race Results
| Pos | Grid | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Status | Pts | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull | 58 | 1:29:30.259 | 25 | |
| 2 | 2 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren | 58 | +22.297 | 18 | |
| 3 | 6 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Renault | 58 | +30.560 | 15 | |
| 4 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 58 | +31.772 | 12 | |
| 5 | 3 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull | 58 | +38.171 | 10 | |
| 6 | 4 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren | 58 | +54.304 | 8 | |
| 7 | 8 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 58 | +1:25.186 | 6 | ⚡ 1:28.947 |
| 8 | 10 | Sébastien BuemiBUE | Toro Rosso | 57 | +1 Lap | 4 | |
| 9 | 16 | Adrian SutilSUT | Force India | 57 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 10 | 14 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India | 57 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 11 | 12 | Jaime AlguersuariALG | Toro Rosso | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 12 | 18 | Nick HeidfeldHEI | Renault | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 13 | 20 | Jarno TrulliTRU | Lotus | 56 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 14 | 22 | Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAM | Virgin | 54 | +4 Laps | 0 | |
| N | 21 | Timo GlockGLO | Virgin | 49 | +9 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 17 | Rubens BarrichelloBAR | Williams | 48 | Transmission | 0 | |
| R | 7 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 22 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 19 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Lotus | 19 | Water leak | 0 | |
| R | 11 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 19 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 15 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams | 9 | Transmission | 0 | |
| D | 9 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber | 58 | Disqualified | 0 | |
| D | 13 | Sergio PérezPER | Sauber | 58 | Disqualified | 0 | |
| F | 0 | Vitantonio LiuzziLIU | HRT | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 0 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
Key links:
- Winner Sebastian Vettel
- Circuit Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit
- Winning team Red Bull
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.296 | 1:24.090 | 1:23.529 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.384 | 1:24.595 | 1:24.307 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.900 | 1:24.658 | 1:24.395 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:25.886 | 1:24.957 | 1:24.779 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.707 | 1:25.242 | 1:24.974 |
| 6 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:25.543 | 1:25.582 | 1:25.247 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:25.856 | 1:25.606 | 1:25.421 |
| 8 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:26.031 | 1:25.611 | 1:25.599 |
| 9 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:25.717 | 1:25.405 | 1:25.626 |
| 10 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:26.232 | 1:25.882 | 1:27.066 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:25.962 | 1:25.971 | - |
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:26.620 | 1:26.103 | - |
| 13 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:25.812 | 1:26.108 | - |
| 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:27.222 | 1:26.739 | - |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.298 | 1:26.768 | - |
| 16 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:26.245 | 1:31.407 | - |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:26.270 | - | - |
| 18 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:27.239 | - | - |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:29.254 | - | - |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:29.342 | - | - |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:29.858 | - | - |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:30.822 | - | - |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:32.978 | - | - |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:34.293 | - | - |