2011 Australian Grand Prix

The , formally known as the 2011 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix, was the first round of the 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.
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==Background==
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB7 	 	RS27-2011 2.4 V8 	
2 	Mark Webber 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB7 	 	RS27-2011 2.4 V8 	
3 	Lewis Hamilton 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-26 	 	FO 108Y 2.4 V8 	
4 	Jenson Button 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-26 	 	FO 108Y 2.4 V8 	
5 	Fernando Alonso 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	150° Italia 	 	056 2.4 V8 	
6 	Felipe Massa 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	150° Italia 	 	056 2.4 V8 	
7 	Michael Schumacher 	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team 	 	MGP W02 	 	FO 108Y 2.4 V8 	
8 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team 	 	MGP W02 	 	FO 108Y 2.4 V8 	
9 	Nick Heidfeld 	Lotus Renault GP 	 	R31 	 	RS27-2011 2.4 V8 	
10 	Vitaly Petrov 	Lotus Renault GP 	 	R31 	 	RS27-2011 2.4 V8 	
11 	Rubens Barrichello 	AT&T Williams 	 	FW33 	 	CA2011 2.4 V8 	
12 	Pastor Maldonado 	AT&T Williams 	 	FW33 	 	CA2011 2.4 V8 	
14 	Adrian Sutil 	Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM04 	 	FO 108Y 2.4 V8 	
15 	Paul di Resta 	Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM04 	 	FO 108Y 2.4 V8 	
16 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C30 	 	056 2.4 V8 	
17 	Sergio Pérez 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C30 	 	056 2.4 V8 	
18 	Sébastien Buemi 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR6 	 	056 2.4 V8 	
19 	Jaime Alguersuari 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR6 	 	056 2.4 V8 	
20 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Team Lotus 	 	T128 	 	RS27-2011 2.4 V8 	
21 	Jarno Trulli 	Team Lotus 	 	T128 	 	RS27-2011 2.4 V8 	
22 	Narain Karthikeyan 	Hispanic Formula 1 Team 	 	F111 	 	CA2011 2.4 V8 	
23 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	Hispanic Formula 1 Team 	 	F111 	 	CA2011 2.4 V8 	
24 	Timo Glock 	Maurussia Virgin Racing 	 	MVR-02 	 	CA2011 2.4 V8 	
25 	Jérôme d'Ambrosio 	Maurussia Virgin Racing 	 	MVR-02 	 	CA2011 2.4 V8 	
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15 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM04 	 	FO 108Y 2.4 V8 	
19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR6 	 	056 2.4 V8 	
21 	Karun Chandhok 	Team Lotus 	 	T128 	 	RS27-2011 2.4 V8 	
==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No.	Driver 	Constructor	Fri 1 	Fri 1	Fri 2 	Fri 2	Sat 	Sat
No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:27.158	2 	1:26.104	4 	1:24.507	1
2 	Mark Webber 	 	1:26.831	1 	1:26.283	5 	1:25.364	2
3 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:28.843	7 	1:25.986	2 	1:25.553	3
4 	Jenson Button 	 	1:28.440	6 	1:25.854	1 	1:25.567	4
5 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:27.749	3 	1:26.001	3 	1:26.121	6
6 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:28.842	11 	1:26.789	7 	1:27.001	12
7 	Michael Schumacher	 	1:28.690	8 	1:26.590	6 	1:26.856	10
8 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:28.152	4 	1:27.448	10 	1:26.520	8
9 	Nick Heidfeld 	 	1:28.928	11 	1:27.536	13 	1:26.746	9
10 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	1:28.765	9 	1:27.528	12 	1:25.906	5
11 	Rubens Barrichello	 	1:28.430	5 	1:27.280	9 	1:26.068	16
12 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:29.403	15 	1:29.386	18 	1:30.496	21
14 	Adrian Sutil 	 	1:29.314	13 	1:28.583	17 	1:27.180	15
15 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:31.002	18 	DNP 	DNP 	DNP 	DNP
15 	Paul di Resta 	 	DNP 	DNP 	1:28.376	16 	1:27.087	14
16 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	1:28.725	9 	1:28.095	15 	1:26.417	7
17 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:29.643	17 	1:27.101	8 	1:28.077	17
18 	Sébastien Buemi 	 	1:29.328	14 	1:27.697	14 	1:27.008	11
19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:29.468	16 	DNP 	DNP 	DNP 	DNP
19 	Jaime Alguersuari 	 	DNP 	DNP 	1:27.525	11 	1:27.066	13
20 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	1:32.428	19 	1:30.829	19 	1:29.772	18
21 	Karun Chandhok 	 	no time 	22 	DNP 	DNP 	DNP 	DNP
21 	Jarno Trulli 	 	DNP 	DNP 	1:30.912	20 	1:30.003	19
22 	Narain Karthikeyan	 	no time 	23 	no time 	24 	1:41.554	23
23 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	no time 	24 	no time 	23 	no time 	24
24 	Timo Glock 	 	1:35.289	21 	1:32.135	22 	1:30.261	20
25 	Jerome D'Ambrosio 	 	1:35.282	20 	1:32.106	21 	1:30.704	22
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	Grid
1 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	1 	1:25.296 	 	1 	1:24.090 	 	1 	1:23.529 	1
2 	3 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	2 	1:25.384 	 	2 	1:24.595 	 	2 	1:24.307 	2
3 	2 	Mark Webber 	 	 	9 	1:25.900 	 	3 	1:24.658 	 	3 	1:24.395 	3
4 	4 	Jenson Button 	 	 	8 	1:25.886 	 	4 	1:24.957 	 	4 	1:24.779 	4
5 	5 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	4 	1:25.707 	 	5 	1:25.242 	 	5 	1:24.974 	5
6 	10 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	 	3 	1:25.543 	 	7 	1:25.582 	 	6 	1:25.247 	6
7 	8 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	7 	1:25.856 	 	8 	1:25.606 	 	7 	1:25.421 	7
8 	6 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	11 	1:26.031 	 	9 	1:25.611 	 	8 	1:25.599 	8
9 	16 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	 	5 	1:25.717 	 	6 	1:25.405 	 	9 	1:25.626 	9
10 	18 	Sébastien Buemi 	 	 	12 	1:26.232 	 	10 	1:25.882 	 	10 	1:27.066 	10
11 	7 	Michael Schumacher 	 	 	10 	1:25.962 	 	11 	1:25.971 	 	 	 	11
12 	19 	Jaime Alguersuari 	 	 	16 	1:26.620 	 	12 	1:26.103 	 	 	 	12
13 	17 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	6 	1:25.812 	 	13 	1:26.108 	 	 	 	13
14 	15 	Paul di Resta 	 	 	17 	1:26.739 	 	14 	1:26.108 	 	 	 	14
15 	12 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	 	15 	1:26.298 	 	15 	1:26.768 	 	 	 	15
16 	14 	Adrian Sutil 	 	 	13 	1:26.245 	 	16 	1:31.407 	 	 	 	16
17 	11 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	 	14 	1:26.270 	 	NC 	— 	 	 	 	17
18 	9 	Nick Heidfeld 	 	 	18 	1:27.239 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	20 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	 	19 	1:29.254 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	21 	Jarno Trulli 	 	 	20 	1:29.342 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
21 	24 	Timo Glock 	 	 	21 	1:29.858 	 	 	 	 	 	 	21
22 	25 	Jérôme d'Ambrosio 	 	 	22 	1:30.822 	 	 	 	 	 	 	22
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NC 	23 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	 	NC 	1:32.978 	 	 	 	 	 	 	DNQ
NC 	22 	Narain Karthikeyan 	 	 	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 is displayed below:
==Race==
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	58 	1:29:30.259 	1 	25
2 	3 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	58 	+22.297s 	2 	18
3 	10 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	58 	+30.560s 	6 	15
4 	5 	Fernando Alonso 	 	58 	+31.772s 	5 	12
5 	2 	Mark Webber 	 	58 	+38.171s 	3 	10
6 	4 	Jenson Button 	 	58 	+54.304s 	4 	8
7 	6 	Felipe Massa 	 	58 	+1:25.186 	8 	6
8 	18 	Sébastien Buemi 	 	57 	+1 lap 	10 	4
9 	14 	Adrian Sutil 	 	57 	+1 lap 	16 	2
10 	15 	Paul di Resta 	 	57 	+1 lap 	14 	1
11 	19 	Jaime Alguersuari 	 	57 	+1 lap 	12 	
12 	9 	Nick Heidfeld 	 	57 	+1 lap 	18 	
13 	21 	Jarno Trulli 	 	56 	+2 laps 	20 	
14 	25 	Jérôme d'Ambrosio 	 	54 	+4 laps 	22 	
NC* 	24 	Timo Glock 	 	49 	+9 laps 	21 	
DSQ†	17 	Sergio Pérez 	 	58 	Disqualified	13 	
DSQ†	16 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	58 	Disqualified	9 	
Ret 	11 	Rubens Barrichello	 	48 	Transmission	17 	
Ret 	8 	Nico Rosberg 	 	22 	Collision 	7 	
Ret 	20 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	19 	Water leak 	19 	
Ret 	7 	Michael Schumacher	 	19 	Collision 	11 	
Ret 	12 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	9 	Transmission	15 	
DNQ 	23 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	22 	Narain Karthikeyan	 	 	 	 	
*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	World Championship for Drivers	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	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors
Pos. 	Team 	Pts.
1 	 	35
2 	 	26
3 	 	18
4 	 	15
5 	 	4
6 	 	3
7 	 	0
8 	 	0
Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.
==Notes==
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