The top three in Australia: (Left to Right) Lewis Hamilton (2nd), Sebastian Vettel (Winner), and Vitaly Petrov (3rd) - Photo Credit: Mark Thompson/Getty Images
Australian Grand Prix 2011: Race Result
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Points | |
| 1 | 1 |  Sebastian Vettel |
 Red Bull |
58 | 1:29:30.259 | 25 | |
| 2 | 3 |  Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren |
58 | +22.2 secs | 18 | |
| 3 | 10 |  Vitaly Petrov |
Renault |
58 | +30.5 secs | 15 | |
| 4 | 5 |  Fernando Alonso |
 Ferrari |
58 | +31.7 secs | 12 | |
| 5 | 2 |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull |
58 | +38.1 secs | 10 | |
| 6 | 4 | Jenson Button |
McLaren |
58 | +54.3 secs | 8 | |
| 7 | 6 |  Felipe Massa |
Ferrari |
58 | +85.1 secs | 6 | |
| 8 | 18 |  Sebastien Buemi |
Toro Rosso |
57 | +1 Lap | 4 | |
| 9 | 14 | Adrian Sutil |
 Force India |
57 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 10 | 15 | Paul di Resta |
Force India |
57 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 11 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari |
Toro Rosso |
57 | +1 Lap | ||
| 12 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld |
Renault |
57 | +1 Lap | ||
| 13 | 21 | Jarno Trulli |
Team Lotus |
56 | +2 Laps | ||
| 14 | 25 |  Jerome d’Ambrosio |
Virgin Racing |
54 | +4 Laps | ||
| NC | 24 | Timo Glock |
Virgin Racing |
49 | +9 Laps | ||
| DSQ | 17 |  Sergio Perez |
Sauber |
58 | +65.8 secs | ||
| DSQ | 16 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber |
58 | +76.8 secs | ||
| Ret | 11 | Rubens Barrichello |
Williams |
48 | Transmission | ||
| Ret | 8 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
22 | Accident damage | ||
| Ret | 20 |  Heikki Kovalainen |
Team Lotus |
19 | Water leak | ||
| Ret | 7 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes |
19 | Puncture damage | ||
| Ret | 12 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams |
9 | Transmission | ||
| DNQ | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT |
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| DNQ | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi |
HRT |
