Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-03-27
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:23.529 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.778s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.537s — pole to P10 — with Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | SĂ©bastien 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 |