Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2011-03-27
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 2011 con un crono de 1:23.529.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) completó la primera fila a 0.778s de la pole, con Mark Webber (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 3.537s — de la pole a P10 — con Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.296 | 1:24.090 | 1:23.529 | 1:23.529 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.384 | 1:24.595 | 1:24.307 | +0.778 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.900 | 1:24.658 | 1:24.395 | +0.866 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:25.886 |
| 1:24.957 |
| 1:24.779 |
| +1.250 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.707 | 1:25.242 | 1:24.974 | +1.445 |
| 6 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:25.543 | 1:25.582 | 1:25.247 | +1.718 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:25.856 | 1:25.606 | 1:25.421 | +1.892 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:26.031 | 1:25.611 | 1:25.599 | +2.070 |
| 9 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:25.717 | 1:25.405 | 1:25.626 | +2.097 |
| 10 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:26.232 | 1:25.882 | 1:27.066 | +3.537 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:25.962 | 1:25.971 | — | +2.442 |
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:26.620 | 1:26.103 | — | +2.574 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:25.812 | 1:26.108 | — | +2.579 |
| 14 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:27.222 | 1:26.739 | — | +3.210 |
| 15 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.298 | 1:26.768 | — | +3.239 |
| 16 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:26.245 | 1:31.407 | — | +7.878 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:26.270 | — | — | +2.741 |
| 18 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:27.239 | — | — | +3.710 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:29.254 | — | — | +5.725 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:29.342 | — | — | +5.813 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:29.858 | — | — | +6.329 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:30.822 | — | — | +7.293 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:32.978 | — | — | +9.449 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:34.293 | — | — | +10.764 |