Race · Round 1 of 19 · 27 March 2011

2011 Australian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Albert Park. 8 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Vitaly Petrov.

Dry · High of 19 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Felipe Massa
Entries: 2214 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB7	1	58	Finished	25
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-26	2	58	Finished	18
3	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	R31	6	58	Finished	15
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	150° Italia	5	58	Finished	12
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB7	3	58	Finished	10
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-26	4	58	Finished	8
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	150° Italia	8	58	Finished	6	fastest lap
8	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	10	57	Finished	4
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM04	16	57	Finished	2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM04	14	57	Finished	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	12	57	Finished	0
12	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	R31	18	57	Finished	0
13	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	20	56	Finished	0
14	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	22	54	Finished	0
DSQ	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C30	13	58	Illegal rear wing	0
DSQ	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C30	9	58	Illegal rear wing	0
NC	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	21	49	NC	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	FW33	17	48	Transmission	0
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02	7	22	Collision damage	0
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	19	19	Water leak	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02	11	19	Collision damage	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW33	15	9	Transmission	0

F1DB layout melbourne-1 · 5.303 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	58
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	2	58
Vitaly Petrov	6	3	58
Fernando Alonso	5	4	58
Mark Webber	3	5	58
Jenson Button	4	6	58
Felipe Massa	8	7	58
Sébastien Buemi	10	8	57
Adrian Sutil	16	9	57
Paul di Resta	14	10	57
Jaime Alguersuari	12	11	57
Nick Heidfeld	18	12	57
Jarno Trulli	20	13	56
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22	14	54
Sergio Perez	13	DSQ	58
Kamui Kobayashi	9	DSQ	58
Timo Glock	21	NC	49
Rubens Barrichello	17	DNF	48
Nico Rosberg	7	DNF	22
Heikki Kovalainen	19	DNF	19
Michael Schumacher	11	DNF	19
Pastor Maldonado	15	DNF	9

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:25.296	1:24.090	1:23.529	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:25.384	1:24.595	1:24.307	+0.778	49 m	+0.778
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:25.900	1:24.658	1:24.395	+0.866	55 m	+0.088
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:25.886	1:24.957	1:24.779	+1.250	79 m	+0.384
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:25.707	1:25.242	1:24.974	+1.445	92 m	+0.195
6	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:25.543	1:25.582	1:25.247	+1.718	109 m	+0.273
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:25.856	1:25.606	1:25.421	+1.892	120 m	+0.174
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:26.031	1:25.611	1:25.599	+2.070	131 m	+0.178
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:25.717	1:25.405	1:25.626	+2.097	133 m	+0.027
10	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:26.232	1:25.882	1:27.066	+3.537	225 m	+1.440
11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:25.962	1:25.971	—	—	119 m	—
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:26.620	1:26.103	—	—	127 m	—
13	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:25.812	1:26.108	—	—	127 m	—
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:27.222	1:26.739	—	—	167 m	—
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:26.298	1:26.768	—	—	169 m	—
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:26.245	1:31.407	—	—	461 m	—
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:26.270	—	—	—	61 m	—
18	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:27.239	—	—	—	121 m	—
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:29.254	—	—	—	246 m	—
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:29.342	—	—	—	252 m	—
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:29.858	—	—	—	284 m	—
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:30.822	—	—	—	344 m	—
NC	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:34.293	—	—	—	559 m	—
NC	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:32.978	—	—	—	478 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sebastian Vettel	1	58	2	14, 36	22.6, 24.0
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	58	2	16, 36	23.2, 23.2
Vitaly Petrov	3	58	2	16, 36	24.5, 25.7
Fernando Alonso	4	58	3	12, 27, 42	23.3, 24.7, 24.2
Mark Webber	5	58	3	11, 26, 41	23.4, 22.5, 26.2
Jenson Button	6	58	3	17, 19, 37	16.9, 23.3, 22.7
Felipe Massa	7	58	3	13, 31, 48	23.8, 24.5, 24.1
Sébastien Buemi	8	57	2	15, 29	25.3, 23.1
Adrian Sutil	9	57	2	16, 37	26.0, 23.9
Paul di Resta	10	57	2	14, 36	24.9, 24.3
Jaime Alguersuari	11	57	3	1, 17, 35	26.9, 24.5, 26.3
Nick Heidfeld	12	57	2	15, 30	23.0, 25.1
Jarno Trulli	13	56	2	16, 37	24.9, 24.8
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	14	54	2	14, 38	25.3, 26.4
Sergio Perez	DSQ	58	1	23	23.4
Kamui Kobayashi	DSQ	58	2	16, 32	24.1, 24.2
Timo Glock	NC	49	2	18, 19	23.8, 536.6
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	48	4	13, 23, 28, 40	23.6, 37.9, 16.9, 26.3
Nico Rosberg	DNF	22	1	16	23.7
Heikki Kovalainen	DNF	19	1	17	24.9
Michael Schumacher	DNF	19	2	1, 17	25.0, 24.0
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	9	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sebastian Vettel · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	1 · 2	14 · 16	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Vitaly Petrov	2 · 6	2 · 3	16 · 16	Same lap	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Mark Webber	2 · 3	2 · 5	16 · 11	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Vitaly Petrov	5 · 6	4 · 3	12 · 16	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Fernando Alonso	3 · 5	5 · 4	11 · 12	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	6 · 4	17 · 12	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Jenson Button	3 · 4	5 · 6	11 · 17	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Felipe Massa	4 · 8	6 · 7	17 · 13	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Sébastien Buemi	8 · 10	7 · 8	13 · 15	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Sébastien Buemi · Adrian Sutil	10 · 16	8 · 9	15 · 16	Sébastien Buemi	Kept their order
Paul di Resta · Adrian Sutil	14 · 16	10 · 9	14 · 16	Paul di Resta	Swapped places
Jaime Alguersuari · Paul di Resta	12 · 14	11 · 10	1 · 14	Jaime Alguersuari	Swapped places
Jaime Alguersuari · Nick Heidfeld	12 · 18	11 · 12	1 · 15	Jaime Alguersuari	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Jarno Trulli	18 · 20	12 · 13	15 · 16	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20 · 22	13 · 14	16 · 14	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:26.831	—	0 m	—	20
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:27.158	+0.327	20 m	+0.327	19
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:27.749	+0.918	56 m	+0.591	20
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:28.152	+1.321	81 m	+0.403	16
5	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:28.430	+1.599	98 m	+0.278	24
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:28.440	+1.609	98 m	+0.010	29
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:28.483	+1.652	101 m	+0.043	26
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:28.690	+1.859	114 m	+0.207	14
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:28.725	+1.894	116 m	+0.035	13
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:28.765	+1.934	118 m	+0.040	15
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:28.842	+2.011	123 m	+0.077	20
12	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:28.928	+2.097	128 m	+0.086	14
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:29.314	+2.483	152 m	+0.386	19
14	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:29.328	+2.497	152 m	+0.014	21
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:29.403	+2.572	157 m	+0.075	24
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:29.468	+2.637	161 m	+0.065	23
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:29.643	+2.812	172 m	+0.175	18
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	15	1:31.002	+4.171	255 m	+1.359	20
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:32.428	+5.597	342 m	+1.426	13
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:35.282	+8.451	516 m	+2.854	17
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:35.289	+8.458	517 m	+0.007	15
22	Karun Chandhok	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	—	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:25.854	—	0 m	—	32
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:25.986	+0.132	8 m	+0.132	31
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:26.001	+0.147	9 m	+0.015	28
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:26.014	+0.160	10 m	+0.013	35
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:26.283	+0.429	26 m	+0.269	33
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:26.590	+0.736	45 m	+0.307	31
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:26.789	+0.935	58 m	+0.199	34
8	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:27.101	+1.247	77 m	+0.312	39
9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:27.280	+1.426	88 m	+0.179	34
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:27.448	+1.594	98 m	+0.168	23
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:27.525	+1.671	103 m	+0.077	31
12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:27.528	+1.674	103 m	+0.003	29
13	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:27.536	+1.682	104 m	+0.008	22
14	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:27.697	+1.843	114 m	+0.161	30
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:28.095	+2.241	138 m	+0.398	35
16	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:28.376	+2.522	156 m	+0.281	33
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:28.583	+2.729	169 m	+0.207	31
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:29.386	+3.532	218 m	+0.803	29
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:30.829	+4.975	307 m	+1.443	22
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:30.912	+5.058	312 m	+0.083	23
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:32.106	+6.252	386 m	+1.194	36
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:32.135	+6.281	388 m	+0.029	30
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	—	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:24.507	—	0 m	—	15
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:25.364	+0.857	54 m	+0.857	14
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:25.553	+1.046	66 m	+0.189	15
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:25.567	+1.060	67 m	+0.014	16
5	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:25.906	+1.399	88 m	+0.339	18
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:26.121	+1.614	101 m	+0.215	16
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:26.417	+1.910	120 m	+0.296	17
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:26.520	+2.013	126 m	+0.103	17
9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:26.746	+2.239	141 m	+0.226	17
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:26.856	+2.349	147 m	+0.110	15
11	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:27.008	+2.501	157 m	+0.152	17
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:27.011	+2.504	157 m	+0.003	15
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:27.066	+2.559	161 m	+0.055	14
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:27.087	+2.580	162 m	+0.021	15
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:27.180	+2.673	168 m	+0.093	15
16	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:28.068	+3.561	223 m	+0.888	7
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:28.077	+3.570	224 m	+0.009	9
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:29.772	+5.265	330 m	+1.695	17
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:30.003	+5.496	345 m	+0.231	18
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:30.261	+5.754	361 m	+0.258	15
21	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:30.496	+5.989	376 m	+0.235	5
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:30.704	+6.197	389 m	+0.208	18
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:41.554	+17.047	1,070 m	+10.850	5
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	—	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 2011
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Mar 2011
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.303 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.