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 | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:55.445 | +1:25.186 | +30.882 | 1:28.947 | 55 | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | Sébastien Buemi | BUE | Switzerland | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 57 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:30.836 | 44 | 0 | |
| 9 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | SUT | Germany | Ferrari | Pirelli | 57 | 1 lap | 1:31.526 | 55 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 15 | Paul di Resta | DIR | Great Britain | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 57 | 1 lap | 1:31.941 | 40 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | ALG | Spain | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 57 | 1 lap | 1:30.467 | 41 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | HEI | Germany | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 57 | 1 lap | 1:32.377 | 43 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | TRU | Italy | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 56 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:32.550 | 52 | ||
| 14 | 25 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | DAM | Belgium | Renault | Pirelli | 54 | 4 laps | 2 laps | 1:34.523 | 44 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | BAR | Brazil | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 48 | 1:31.404 | 47 | ||||
| DNF | 8 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Germany | Virgin Cosworth | Pirelli | 22 | 1:33.503 | 21 | ||||
| DNF | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | KOB | Finland | Virgin Cosworth | Pirelli | 19 | 1:34.918 | 19 | ||||
| DNF | 7 | Michael Schumacher | MSC | Germany | Williams Cosworth | Pirelli | 19 | 1:35.319 | 13 | ||||
| DNF | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | MAL | Venezuela | Mercedes | Pirelli | 9 | 1:34.102 | 7 | ||||
| NCL | 24 | Timo Glock | GLO | Germany | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 49 | 1:35.789 | 48 | ||||
| DSQ | 17 | Sergio Pérez | PER | Mexico | Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:29.962 | 39 | ||||
| DSQ | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | KOB | Japan | Williams Cosworth | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30.384 | 51 | ||||
| DNQ | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | LIU | Italy | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | |||||||
| DNQ | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | KAR | India | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli |