2011 Australian Grand Prix

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Race Details

Date

27 March, 2011

Race Number

840

Official Name

2011 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix

Location

Albert Park Circuit
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia

Course

Temporary street circuit
5.303 km (3.295 mi)

Distance

58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 mi)

Pole Position

Driver

Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull-Renault

Time

1:23.529

Fastest Lap

Driver

Felipe Massa

Ferrari

Time

1:28.947 on lap 55

Podium

Lap Leaders

The 2011 Australian Grand Prix, formally known as the 2011 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix, was the first round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship. It took place at the Albert Park Circuit on the 27th of March. The race was won by Red Bull-Renault driver Sebastian Vettel with Lewis Hamilton for McLaren-Mercedes in second and Vitaly Petrov of Renault F1 in third.

Background[]

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 2011 Australian Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB7	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB7	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
3	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-26	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
4	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-26	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
5	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	150° Italia	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
6	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	150° Italia	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	MGP W02	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	MGP W02	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
9	Nick Heidfeld	Lotus Renault GP	Renault	R31	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
10	Vitaly Petrov	Lotus Renault GP	Renault	R31	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
11	Rubens Barrichello	AT&T Williams	Williams	FW33	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
12	Pastor Maldonado	AT&T Williams	Williams	FW33	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM04	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
15	Paul di Resta	Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM04	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C30	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C30	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
18	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR6	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
19	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR6	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	Lotus	T128	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	Lotus	T128	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
22	Narain Karthikeyan	Hispanic Formula 1 Team	HRT	F111	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Hispanic Formula 1 Team	HRT	F111	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
24	Timo Glock	Maurussia Virgin Racing	Virgin	MVR-02	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Maurussia Virgin Racing	Virgin	MVR-02	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
Test Drivers for Free Practice 1 only
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM04	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
19	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR6	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
21	Karun Chandhok	Team Lotus	Lotus	T128	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P

Practice Overview[]

FP1[]

FP2[]

FP3[]

Practice Results[]

No.	Driver	Constructor	Fri 1		Fri 2		Sat
No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:27.158	2	1:26.104	4	1:24.507	1
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:26.831	1	1:26.283	5	1:25.364	2
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.843	7	1:25.986	2	1:25.553	3
4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.440	6	1:25.854	1	1:25.567	4
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:27.749	3	1:26.001	3	1:26.121	6
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:28.842	11	1:26.789	7	1:27.001	12
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:28.690	8	1:26.590	6	1:26.856	10
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:28.152	4	1:27.448	10	1:26.520	8
9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1:28.928	11	1:27.536	13	1:26.746	9
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:28.765	9	1:27.528	12	1:25.906	5
11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:28.430	5	1:27.280	9	1:26.068	16
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1:29.403	15	1:29.386	18	1:30.496	21
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.314	13	1:28.583	17	1:27.180	15
15	Nico Hülkenberg		1:31.002	18	DNP		DNP
15	Paul di Resta		DNP		1:28.376	16	1:27.087	14
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:28.725	9	1:28.095	15	1:26.417	7
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:29.643	17	1:27.101	8	1:28.077	17
18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:29.328	14	1:27.697	14	1:27.008	11
19	Daniel Ricciardo		1:29.468	16	DNP		DNP
19	Jaime Alguersuari		DNP		1:27.525	11	1:27.066	13
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1:32.428	19	1:30.829	19	1:29.772	18
21	Karun Chandhok		no time	22	DNP		DNP
21	Jarno Trulli		DNP		1:30.912	20	1:30.003	19
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	no time	23	no time	24	1:41.554	23
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	no time	24	no time	23	no time	24
24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:35.289	21	1:32.135	22	1:30.261	20
25	Jerome D'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1:35.282	20	1:32.106	21	1:30.704	22

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

Q2[]

Q3[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 2011 Australian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3		Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos.	Time	Pos.	Time	Pos.	Time	Grid
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	1:25.296	1	1:24.090	1	1:23.529	1
2	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	2	1:25.384	2	1:24.595	2	1:24.307	2
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	9	1:25.900	3	1:24.658	3	1:24.395	3
4	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	8	1:25.886	4	1:24.957	4	1:24.779	4
5	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	4	1:25.707	5	1:25.242	5	1:24.974	5
6	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	3	1:25.543	7	1:25.582	6	1:25.247	6
7	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	1:25.856	8	1:25.606	7	1:25.421	7
8	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	11	1:26.031	9	1:25.611	8	1:25.599	8
9	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	5	1:25.717	6	1:25.405	9	1:25.626	9
10	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	12	1:26.232	10	1:25.882	10	1:27.066	10
11	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	10	1:25.962	11	1:25.971			11
12	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	16	1:26.620	12	1:26.103			12
13	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	6	1:25.812	13	1:26.108			13
14	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	17	1:26.739	14	1:26.108			14
15	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	15	1:26.298	15	1:26.768			15
16	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	13	1:26.245	16	1:31.407			16
17	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	14	1:26.270	NC	—			17
18	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	18	1:27.239					18
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	19	1:29.254					19
20	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	20	1:29.342					20
21	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	21	1:29.858					21
22	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	22	1:30.822					22
107% Time: 1:31.267
NC	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	NC	1:32.978					DNQ
NC	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	NC	1:34.293					DNQ

Bold indicates the driver's fastest qualifying time in each qualifying round.
^T Indicates a driver using a spare car to set their time in that session.

Grid[]

The full grid for the 2011 Australian Grand Prix is displayed below:

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Sebastian Vettel	2
	______________	Lewis Hamilton
Row 2	3	______________
	Mark Webber	4
	______________	Jenson Button
Row 3	5	______________
	Fernando Alonso	6
	______________	Vitaly Petrov
Row 4	7	______________
	Nico Rosberg	8
	______________	Felipe Massa
Row 5	9	______________
	Kamui Kobayashi	10
	______________	Sébastien Buemi
Row 6	11	______________
	Michael Schumacher	12
	______________	Jaime Alguersuari
Row 7	13	______________
	Sergio Pérez	14
	______________	Paul di Resta
Row 8	15	______________
	Pastor Maldonado	16
	______________	Adrian Sutil
Row 9	17	______________
	Rubens Barrichello	18
	______________	Nick Heidfeld
Row 10	19	______________
	Heikki Kovalainen	20
	______________	Jarno Trulli
Row 11	21	______________
	Timo Glock	22
	______________	Jérôme d'Ambrosio

Race[]

Results[]

The full results for the 2011 Australian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	58	1:29:30.259	1	25
2	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+22.297s	2	18
3	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	58	+30.560s	6	15
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	58	+31.772s	5	12
5	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	58	+38.171s	3	10
6	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+54.304s	4	8
7	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58	+1:25.186	8	6
8	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	+1 lap	10	4
9	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	57	+1 lap	16	2
10	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	57	+1 lap	14	1
11	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	+1 lap	12
12	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	57	+1 lap	18
13	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	56	+2 laps	20
14	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	54	+4 laps	22
NC*	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	49	+9 laps	21
DSQ^†	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	58	Disqualified	13
DSQ^†	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	58	Disqualified	9
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	48	Transmission	17
Ret	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	22	Collision	7
Ret	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	19	Water leak	19
Ret	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	19	Collision	11
Ret	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	9	Transmission	15
DNQ	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth
DNQ	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth

^T Indicates a driver using a spare car.
* Glock could not be classified as he had failed to complete 90% of the race distance.
^† Pérez and Kobayashi were both disqualified for using illegal rear wings.

Milestones[]

First F1 Grand Prix: Sergio Pérez, Paul di Resta, Pastor Maldonado, Jerome D'Ambrosio
First and only podium: Vitaly Petrov
- This race also marks the first time that a Russian driver has finished on the podium.
First point-earning finish: Paul di Resta.
Pirelli's first race as a tyre supplier since the 1991 edition of the race, and also their first win as a tyre supplier since the 1991 Canadian Grand Prix.

Standings[]

World Championship for Drivers
Pos.	Driver	Pts.
1	Sebastian Vettel	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	18
3	Vitaly Petrov	15
4	Fernando Alonso	12
5	Mark Webber	10
6	Jenson Button	8
7	Felipe Massa	6
8	Sébastien Buemi	4
9	Adrian Sutil	2
10	Paul di Resta	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari	0
12	Nick Heidfeld	0
13	Jarno Trulli	0
14	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	0

World Championship for Constructors
Pos.	Team	Pts.
1	Red Bull-Renault	35
2	McLaren-Mercedes	26
3	Ferrari	18
4	Renault	15
5	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	4
6	Force India-Mercedes	3
7	Lotus-Renault	0
8	Virgin-Cosworth	0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

Notes[]

V T E	2011 Formula One Season
Teams	Red Bull \| McLaren \| Ferrari \| Mercedes \| Renault \| Williams \| Force India \| Sauber \| Toro Rosso \| Lotus \| HRT \| Virgin
Engines	Renault \| Mercedes \| Ferrari \| Cosworth
Race Drivers	1 Vettel \| 2 Webber \| 3 Hamilton \| 4 Button \| 5 Alonso \| 6 Massa \| 7 Schumacher \| 8 Rosberg \| 9 Heidfeld \| 9 Senna \| 10 Petrov \| 11 Barrichello \| 12 Maldonado \| 14 Sutil \| 15 Di Resta \| 16 Kobayashi \| 17 Pérez \| 17 De la Rosa \| 18 Buemi \| 19 Alguersuari \| 20 Kovalainen \| 21 Trulli \| 21 Chandhok \| 22 Karthikeyan \| 22/23 Ricciardo \| 23 Luizzi \| 24 Glock \| 25 D'Ambrosio
Other Drivers	Paffett \| Fisichella \| Bianchi \| Gené \| Davidson \| Grosjean \| Fauzy \| Tung \| Charouz \| Bottas \| Hülkenberg \| Gutiérrez \| Vergne \| Razia \| Valsecchi \| Teixeira \| Yamamoto \| Wickens \| Quaife-Hobbs
Cars	RB7 \| MP4-26 \| 150° Italia \| MGP W02 \| R31 \| FW33 \| VJM04 \| C30 \| STR6 \| T128 \| F111 \| MVR-02
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	~~Bahrain~~ \| Australia \| Malaysia \| China \| Turkey \| Spain \| Monaco \| Canada \| Europe \| Great Britain \| Germany \| Hungary \| Belgium \| Italy \| Singapore \| Japan \| Korea \| India \| Abu Dhabi \| Brazil
Team Reports	Red Bull \| McLaren \| Ferrari \| Mercedes \| Renault \| Williams \| Force India \| Sauber \| Toro Rosso \| Lotus \| HRT \| Virgin
Driver Reports	Vettel \| Webber \| Hamilton \| Button \| Alonso \| Massa \| Schumacher \| Rosberg \| Heidfeld \| Senna \| Petrov \| Barrichello \| Maldonado \| Sutil \| Di Resta \| Kobayashi \| Pérez \| De la Rosa \| Buemi \| Alguersauri \| Kovalainen \| Trulli \| Chandhok \| Karthikeyan \| Ricciardo \| Luizzi \| Glock \| D'Ambrosio
Tests	Valencia \| Jerez \| Barcelona 1 \| Barcelona 2 \| Young Driver
See also	2010 Formula One Season \| 2012 Formula One Season \| Category

V T E	Australian Grand Prix
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