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2011 Australia Grand Prix

2011 Australia Grand Prix is 840th Formula 1 Grand Prix. Passed at the Melbourne circuit. Sebastian Vettel won the pole position and this race. This was his 11th victory. Lewis Hamilton and Vitaly Petrov also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 58 laps (308 km).

Previous Grand Prix: 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Next Grand Prix: 2011 Malaysia Grand Prix

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2011 Australia Grand Prix

16th victory for the Red Bull team
11th victory for the Sebastian Vettel
20th podium for the Sebastian Vettel
37th podium for the Lewis Hamilton
1st podium for the Vitaly Petrov

Sebastian Vettel - Winner of the 2011 Australia Grand Prix

2011 Australia Grand Prix

Red Bull RB7 - 2011 Australia Grand Prix winner

2011 Australia Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Sebastian Vettel	25.00	1h 29m 30.259s ( 206.185 km/h )	58	Red Bull Racing
2	Lewis Hamilton	18.00	1h 29m 52.556s ( +22.297s )	58	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
3	Vitaly Petrov	15.00	1h 30m 00.819s ( +30.560s )	58	Lotus Renault GP
4	Fernando Alonso	12.00	1h 30m 02.031s ( +31.772s )	58	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
5	Mark Webber	10.00	1h 30m 08.430s ( +38.171s )	58	Red Bull Racing
6	Jenson Button	8.00	1h 30m 24.563s ( +54.304s )	58	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
7	Felipe Massa	6.00	1h 30m 55.445s ( +1m 25.186s )	58	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
8	Sébastien Buemi	4.00		57	Scuderia Toro Rosso
9	Adrian Sutil	2.00		57	Force India F1 Team
10	Paul Di Resta	1.00		57	Force India F1 Team
11	Jaime Alguersuari	0		57	Scuderia Toro Rosso
12	Nick Heidfeld	0		57	Lotus Renault GP
13	Jarno Trulli	0		56	Team Lotus
14	Jérôme D'ambrosio	0		54	Marussia Virgin Racing
dsq	Kamui Kobayashi	0	1h 30m 47.131s ( +1m 16.872s )	58	Sauber F1 Team
dsq	Sergio Perez	0	1h 30m 36.104s ( +1m 05.845s )	58	Sauber F1 Team
nc	Timo Glock	0		49	Marussia Virgin Racing
ab	Rubens Barrichello	0	Transmission	48	AT&T Williams
ab	Nico Rosberg	0	Collision	22	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team
ab	Michael Schumacher	0	Suspension	19	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team
ab	Heikki Kovalainen	0	Water leak	19	Team Lotus
ab	Pastor Maldonado	0	Transmission	9	AT&T Williams
nq	Narain Karthikeyan	0			HRT F1 Team
nq	Vitantonio Liuzzi	0			HRT F1 Team

Qualifying Results for the 2011 Australia Grand Prix on the Melbourne circuit

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	Sebastian Vettel	1'23''529	Red Bull Racing
2	Lewis Hamilton	1'24''307	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
3	Mark Webber	1'24''395	Red Bull Racing
4	Jenson Button	1'24''779	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
5	Fernando Alonso	1'24''974	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
6	Vitaly Petrov	1'25''247	Lotus Renault GP
7	Nico Rosberg	1'25''421	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team
8	Felipe Massa	1'25''599	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
9	Kamui Kobayashi	1'25''626	Sauber F1 Team
10	Sébastien Buemi	1'27''066	Scuderia Toro Rosso
11	Michael Schumacher	1'25''971	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team
12	Jaime Alguersuari	1'26''103	Scuderia Toro Rosso
13	Sergio Perez	1'26''108	Sauber F1 Team
14	Paul Di Resta	1'26''739	Force India F1 Team
15	Pastor Maldonado	1'26''768	AT&T Williams
16	Adrian Sutil	1'31''407	Force India F1 Team
17	Rubens Barrichello	-	AT&T Williams
18	Nick Heidfeld	1'27''239	Lotus Renault GP
19	Heikki Kovalainen	1'29''254	Team Lotus
20	Jarno Trulli	1'29''342	Team Lotus
21	Timo Glock	1'29''858	Marussia Virgin Racing
22	Jérôme D'ambrosio	1'30''822	Marussia Virgin Racing
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	1'32''978	HRT F1 Team
24	Narain Karthikeyan	1'34''293	HRT F1 Team