Here are the results of the 2011 Australian Grand Prix which saw Sebastian Vettel triumph for RBR-Renault. The German finished in a time of one hour and twenty six minutes at Albert Park in Melbourne – two minutes short of the record set there in 2004 by Michael Schumacher.
Mark Webber said that he “didn’t feel comfortable” and had a lot of tyre degradation which was partly to blame for his finish in fifth. His team mate, winner Sebastian Vettel, said:
“I’m very pleased, it was a very good weekend and I had a very nice car to sit in this afternoon. It was a good race – towards the end things calmed down a bit. Lewis didn’t push as hard, so we tried to control the last part of the race. I don’t think it was easy today.
“The start was crucial and being on the clean side I had a very good getaway. I didn’t know if it was enough, but then I saw Lewis and Mark battling for position. I got a cushion on lap one and we tried to hold the gap for the first stint. When the tyres went off, Lewis caught up and we came in. I think it was the right time, as I couldn’t have done more laps.
“After my first stop it was crucial to get past Jenson, which I did. That was important. In the second part of the race I didn’t know what was gong on behind Lewis, if he was under pressure or not, but towards the end of the race I could control it more. We learned a lot of things today. It’s good coming here after a long winter and setting the pace.”
| Pos | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 58 | 1:29:30.259 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | +22.2 secs | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 58 | +30.5 secs | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 58 | +31.7 secs | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 58 | +38.1 secs | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | +54.3 secs | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 58 | +85.1 secs | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 57 | +1 Lap | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +1 Lap | 16 | 2 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +1 Lap | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 57 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
| 12 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 57 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 56 | +2 Laps | 20 | |
| 14 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 54 | +4 Laps | 22 | |
| NC | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 49 | +9 Laps | 21 | |
| DSQ | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 58 | +65.8 secs | 13 | |
| DSQ | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 58 | +76.8 secs | 9 | |
| Ret | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 48 | Transmission | 17 | |
| Ret | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 22 | Accident damage | 7 | |
| Ret | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 19 | Water leak | 19 | |
| Ret | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 19 | Puncture damage | 11 | |
| Ret | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 9 | Transmission | 15 |
