2011 Season/Races

Australian Grand Prix

Round 1 · Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia

2011-03-27

Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	—	1:29:30.259	Finished	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	—	+22.297	Finished	18
3	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	6	▲3	+30.560	Finished	15
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	▲1	+31.772	Finished	12
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull	3	▼2	+38.171	Finished	10
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	▼2	+54.304	Finished	8
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	8	▲1	+1:25.186	Finished	6
8	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	10	▲2	—	+1 Lap	4
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	16	▲7	—	+1 Lap	2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	▲4	—	+1 Lap	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	12	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
12	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	18	▲6	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Jarno Trulli	Lotus	20	▲7	—	+2 Laps	0
14	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	22	▲8	—	+4 Laps	0
R	Timo Glock	Virgin	21	—	—	+9 Laps	0
R	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	17	—	—	Transmission	0
R	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	—	—	Collision	0
R	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	19	—	—	Water leak	0
R	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	11	—	—	Collision	0
R	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	15	—	—	Transmission	0
D	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	9	—	—	Disqualified	0
D	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	13	—	—	Disqualified	0

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	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

2 stops

2 stops

2 stops

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

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2 stops

2 stops

2 stops

Lap 1

Lap 58

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	Final
Vettel	P1	P1	P4	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Hamilton	P2	P2	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Petrov	P4	P4	P2	P4	P4	P3	P3	P5	P3	P3	P3	P3
Alonso	P7	P7	P9	P5	P5	P6	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Webber	P3	P3	P6	P3	P3	P5	P4	P3	P5	P5	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Jaime Alguersuari	1	1	17:05:23	26.898
Michael Schumacher	1	1	17:05:52	25.021
Mark Webber	1	11	17:20:48	23.426
Fernando Alonso	1	12	17:22:34	23.251
Felipe Massa	1	13	17:24:10	23.842
Rubens Barrichello	1	13	17:24:29	23.643
Sebastian Vettel	1	14	17:25:17	22.603
Paul di Resta	1	14	17:26:03	24.863
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	14	17:26:50	25.259
Sébastien Buemi	1	15	17:27:34	25.342
Nick Heidfeld	1	15	17:27:41	22.994
Lewis Hamilton	1	16	17:28:24	23.227
Vitaly Petrov	1	16	17:28:39	24.535
Nico Rosberg	1	16	17:29:00	23.716
Kamui Kobayashi	1	16	17:29:06	24.064
Adrian Sutil	1	16	17:29:08	25.978
Jarno Trulli	1	16	17:29:49	24.899
Jenson Button	1	17	17:30:24	16.867
Heikki Kovalainen	1	17	17:31:11	24.865
Jaime Alguersuari	2	17	17:31:06	24.463
Michael Schumacher	2	17	17:32:08	23.988
Timo Glock	1	18	17:33:02	23.792
Jenson Button	2	19	17:33:53	23.303
Sergio Pérez	1	23	17:40:27	23.438
Rubens Barrichello	2	23	17:40:45	37.856
Mark Webber	2	26	17:44:29	22.520
Fernando Alonso	2	27	17:46:04	24.733
Rubens Barrichello	3	28	17:49:07	16.892
Sébastien Buemi	2	29	17:49:47	23.100
Nick Heidfeld	2	30	17:51:32	25.098
Felipe Massa	2	31	17:52:28	24.500
Kamui Kobayashi	2	32	17:54:21	24.192
Jaime Alguersuari	3	35	17:59:45	26.348
Lewis Hamilton	2	36	17:59:29	23.199
Sebastian Vettel	2	36	17:59:17	24.036
Vitaly Petrov	2	36	17:59:47	25.683
Paul di Resta	2	36	18:00:48	24.332
Jarno Trulli	2	37	18:03:55	24.848
Adrian Sutil	2	37	18:02:15	23.871
Jenson Button	3	37	18:01:49	22.681
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	2	38	18:06:53	26.446
Rubens Barrichello	4	40	18:08:03	26.309
Mark Webber	3	41	18:07:37	26.230
Fernando Alonso	3	42	18:09:08	24.181
Felipe Massa	3	48	18:18:54	24.095