El Gran Premio de Australia de 2011 fue la primera prueba de la temporada 2011 de Fórmula 1, se disputó los días 25 al 27 en el Circuito de Albert Park, en Melbourne (Australia). Jenson Button fue el ganador de la edición anterior, seguido de Robert Kubica y Felipe Massa. Los únicos pilotos en activo que habían logrado ganar el Gran Premio de Australia eran, curiosamente, cuatro de los cinco campeones de Fórmula 1 en la parrilla: Fernando Alonso Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton y Michael Schumacher. Además, supuso el regreso de Team Lotus a la Fórmula 1. [Wikipedia]
Gran Premio de Australia 2011: Resultados de la carrera
| Pos. | No. | Piloto | Escuderia | Puntos | Tiempo | Vueltas | Parrilla | Vuelta rápida |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 25 | 1:29:30.259 | 58 | 1 | 1:29.844 |
| 2 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 18 | +22.297 | 58 | 2 | 1:30.314 |
| 3 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 15 | +30.560 | 58 | 6 | 1:30.064 |
| 4 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 12 | +31.772 | 58 | 5 | 1:29.487 |
| 5 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 10 | +38.171 | 58 | 3 | 1:29.600 |
| 6 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 8 | +54.304 | 58 | 4 | 1:29.883 |
| 7 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 | +1:25.186 | 58 | 8 | 1:28.947 |
| 8 | 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 4 | +1 vuelta | 57 | 10 | 1:30.836 |
| 9 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 2 | +1 vuelta | 57 | 16 | 1:31.526 |
| 10 | 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1 | +1 vuelta | 57 | 14 | 1:31.941 |
| 11 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 0 | +1 vuelta | 57 | 12 | 1:30.467 |
| 12 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 0 | +1 vuelta | 57 | 18 | 1:32.377 |
| 13 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 0 | +2 vueltas | 56 | 20 | 1:32.550 |
| 14 | 25 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 0 | +4 vueltas | 54 | 22 | 1:34.523 |
| 15 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 0 | +9 vueltas | 49 | 21 | 1:35.789 |
| 16 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 0 | Transmisión | 48 | 17 | 1:31.404 |
| 17 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 0 | Choque | 22 | 7 | 1:33.503 |
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 0 | DNF | 19 | 19 | 1:34.918 |
| 19 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 0 | Choque | 19 | 11 | 1:35.319 |
| 20 | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 0 | Transmisión | 9 | 15 | 1:34.102 |
| 21 | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 0 | +0 vuelta | 58 | 9 | 1:30.384 |
| 22 | 17 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 0 | +0 vuelta | 58 | 13 | 1:29.962 |
| 23 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 0 | +58 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 0 | +58 vueltas | 0 | 0 |
| Pos. | No. | Piloto | Escuderia | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.296 | 1:24.090 | 1:23.529 |
| 2 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.384 | 1:24.595 | 1:24.307 |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.900 | 1:24.658 | 1:24.395 |
| 4 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:25.886 | 1:24.957 | 1:24.779 |
| 5 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.707 | 1:25.242 | 1:24.974 |
| 6 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:25.543 | 1:25.582 | 1:25.247 |
| 7 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:25.856 | 1:25.606 | 1:25.421 |
| 8 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:26.031 | 1:25.611 | 1:25.599 |
| 9 | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:25.717 | 1:25.405 | 1:25.626 |
| 10 | 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:26.232 | 1:25.882 | 1:27.066 |
| 11 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:25.962 | 1:25.971 | |
| 12 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:26.620 | 1:26.103 | |
| 13 | 17 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:25.812 | 1:26.108 | |
| 14 | 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:27.222 | 1:26.739 | |
| 15 | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.298 | 1:26.768 | |
| 16 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:26.245 | 1:31.407 | |
| 17 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:26.270 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:27.239 | ||
| 19 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:29.254 | ||
| 20 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:29.342 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:29.858 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:30.822 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:32.978 | ||
| 24 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:34.293 |
