Australian Grand Prix
2011 · Round 1 · Melbourne, Australia · Mar 26-27, 2011Race summary
Victory went to Vettel (from 1st on the grid), with a 22.3s margin. d'Ambrosio made the biggest gain, from 22nd on the grid to 14th (up 8 places). Webber had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 5th. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Massa (1:28.947).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 58 | 1:29:30.259 | 25 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 58 | +22.297 | 18 |
| 3 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 6 | 58 | +30.560 | 15 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | 58 | +31.772 | 12 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 3 | 58 | +38.171 | 10 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 4 | 58 | +54.304 | 8 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa 1:28.947 | Ferrari | 8 | 58 | +1:25.186 | 6 |
| 8 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 10 | 57 | +1 Lap | 4 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 16 | 57 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 14 | 57 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 12 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 18 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 20 | 56 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 22 | 54 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| – | Timo Glock | Virgin | 21 | 49 | +9 Laps | 0 |
| – | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 17 | 48 | Transmission | 0 |
| – | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 7 | 22 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 19 | 19 | Water leak | 0 |
| – | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 11 | 19 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 15 | 9 | Transmission | 0 |
| – | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 9 | 58 | Disqualified | 0 |
| – | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 13 | 58 | Disqualified | 0 |