The 2011 Australian Grand Prix was Round 1 of the 2011 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday, 27 March 2011. Sebastian Vettel started on pole position in the Red Bull Renault and was the race winner.
2011 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Abbreviation | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Germany | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 58 | 1:29:30.259 | - | - | 1:29.844 | 44 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:29:52.556 | +22.297 | +22.297 | 1:30.314 | 41 | 18 |
| 3 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | PET | Russia | Renault | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:00.819 | +30.560 | +8.263 | 1:30.064 | 55 | 15 |
| 4 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | Spain | Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:02.031 | +31.772 | +1.212 | 1:29.487 | 49 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Mark Webber | WEB | Australia | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:08.430 | +38.171 | +6.399 | 1:29.600 | 50 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | Jenson Button | BUT | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:24.563 | +54.304 | +16.133 | 1:29.883 | 49 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 | Felipe Massa | MAS | Brazil | Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:55.445 | +1:25.186 | +30.882 | 1:28.947 | 55 | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | Sébastien Buemi | BUE | Switzerland | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 57 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:30.836 | 44 | 0 | |
| 9 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | SUT | Germany | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 57 | 1 lap | 1:31.526 | 55 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 15 | Paul di Resta | DIR | Great Britain | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 57 | 1 lap | 1:31.941 | 40 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | ALG | Spain | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 57 | 1 lap | 1:30.467 | 41 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | HEI | Germany | Renault | Pirelli | 57 | 1 lap | 1:32.377 | 43 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | TRU | Italy | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 56 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:32.550 | 52 | ||
| 14 | 25 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | DAM | Belgium | Virgin Cosworth | Pirelli | 54 | 4 laps | 2 laps | 1:34.523 | 44 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | BAR | Brazil | Williams Cosworth | Pirelli | 48 | 1:31.404 | 47 | ||||
| DNF | 8 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 22 | 1:33.503 | 21 | ||||
| DNF | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | KOB | Finland | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 19 | 1:34.918 | 19 | ||||
| DNF | 7 | Michael Schumacher | MSC | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 19 | 1:35.319 | 13 | ||||
| DNF | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | MAL | Venezuela | Williams Cosworth | Pirelli | 9 | 1:34.102 | 7 | ||||
| NCL | 24 | Timo Glock | GLO | Germany | Virgin Cosworth | Pirelli | 49 | 1:35.789 | 48 | ||||
| DSQ | 17 | Sergio Pérez | PER | Mexico | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:29.962 | 39 | ||||
| DSQ | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | KOB | Japan | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30.384 | 51 | ||||
| DNQ | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | LIU | Italy | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | |||||||
| DNQ | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | KAR | India | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli |