- Winner
- Sebastian Vettel
- Team
- Red Bull
- Top listed
- Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, and Vitaly Petrov
- Race date
- March 27, 2011
- Pole
- Sebastian Vettel
- Fastest lap
- Felipe Massa
- Classified drivers
- 22
- Circuit
- Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
The decisive result
Sebastian Vettel finished first for Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton is listed 2 for McLaren, with Vitaly Petrov 3 for Renault.
Grid to finish
Jérôme d'Ambrosio from P22 to P14 (+8), Adrian Sutil from P16 to P9 (+7), and Jarno Trulli from P20 to P13 (+7) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Sebastian Vettel started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 7 Finished, 5 +1 lap, 2 Collision damage, 2 Illegal rear wing, and 2 Transmission. Felipe Massa holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:28.947 on lap 55. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.