Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel wins Australian Grand Prix!!!!

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel made a perfect start to his Formula One world title defence with a pole to flag victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday after Bahrain failed to start formula one race due to political unrest in the country.Former champion Lewis Hamilton settled for the second spot, while the local hero Mark Webber finished fifth on his home soil.

Red Bull's car

Sebastian Vettel started the new Formula season in a pole position and maintained his lead through out the race. Vettel finished 22.2 seconds earlier than Lewis Hamilton, who won the race in 2008. Renault driver Vitaly Petrov finished third and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso settled behind him.
 

"Thank you boys. Fantastic race, really controlled. Thank you very much. Very cool. Excellent car. Excellent stops. We learned a lot from today, keep it mind," said Vettel after the race.

"We have to keep our feet on the floor. A lot of things can happen. It will be very close. With McLaren and Mercedes, even though they did not have the best day today. I don't like the word 'dominate' today because there is such a long way to go. The sun came out today. I was missing it all week and the car was perfect," he added. "It wasn't an easy win, the start was crucial and obviously I got a good getaway," Vettel added in a news conference.

"The second part of the race, Lewis dropped off and I could control the situation a bit better.

"It's the first time I've finished in the Australian Grand Prix so I'm really happy."

Renault's Vitaly Petrov claimed his and Russia's first ever podium in third place as the top three all ran two-stop strategies, despite the new Pirelli tyres which are supposed to degrade more quickly.

 The Formula One hero Michael Schumacher for Mercedes was forced to retire between the race after engine problems. The defending Australian Grand Prix winner Jenson Button was fined for his illegal overtaking move on Felipe Massa.

Overall Result of Australian Grand Prix 2011

Position	Driver	Team	Time
1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	Winner
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	+22.2 secs
3	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	+30.5 secs
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+31.7 secs
5	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	+38.1 secs
6	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	+54.3 secs
7	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	+65.8 secs
8	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	+76.8 secs
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+85.1 secs
10	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	+1 Lap
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	+1 Lap
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	+1 Lap
13	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	+1 Lap
14	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	+1 Lap
15	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	+2 Laps
16	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	+4 Laps
Ret	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	+9 Laps
Ret	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	+10 Lap
Ret	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	+36 Laps
Ret	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	+39 Laps
Ret	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	+39 Laps
Ret	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	+49 Laps