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Formula 1 Australian GP

2011 Australian Grand Prix The Australian Grand Prix

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Red Bull racing picks up where it left off at the end of last year - winners. McLaren will be pleased with Hamilton's drive, while Petrov and Perez will be celebrating amazing results.

This was the 2011 Australian Grand Prix weekend on AUTOSPORT Live. Thank you for your company throughout the last three days. We will be back with full coverage of round two from Malaysia in two weeks' time.
Christian Horner tells the BBC that Red Bull has not used its KERS this weekend after reliability concerns following Friday practice.
The top three pose on the top step for the world's photographers as the team members disperse.
The champagne sprays on the podium during sunset at the end of an interesting and strategical Australian Grand Prix.
It's a moment that Petrov will never forget as he accepts the trophy for a remarkable maiden podium.
Lewis Hamilton receives his trophy for second place in today's race. It was a gritty drive from the Briton, who clearly had damage.
Red Bull chief designer Rob Marshall picks up the constructors' award.
Vettel has a huge smile as the world champion takes the impressive trophy for a fine win in the first race of the year.
That is followed by the Austrian national anthem saluting Red Bull Racing, today's winning constructor.
The drivers step out onto the podium and the German national anthem rings out for today's winner - Sebastian Vettel.
Barrichello retired in the pits late in the race, while Rosberg was out when the Brazilian hit him at Turn 3. Kovalainen retired with a water leak. Schumacher also retired in the pits and Maldonado was the first casualty, having pulled off the circuit at Turn 9 early in the race.
Hamilton is now taking a look at the damage to the undertray on his McLaren and will be hoping the car passes technical checks later.
Glock was still running at the end but spent several laps in the pits mid-race.
Trulli was 15th for Lotus and Jerome D'Ambrosio finished his first grand prix in 16th place.
Vettel tours back into the pitlane and is delighted with his 11th win.
Adrian Sutil finishes 11th in the Force India, out of the points. His team-mate di Resta was 12th, with Alguersuari 13th and Heidfeld 14th.
Webber has pulled up in his Red Bull at the end of the pitlane and is now walking back to the garage following a tough afternoon.
Massa finishes ninth in the second Ferrari with Buemi grabbing the final point for Toro Rosso.
Kobayashi cerements a great day for Sauber with eighth.
Perez finishes a remarkable seventh on his debut for Sauber after making a thoroughly impressive one-stop strategy work today.
Button grabs sixth but must be ruing that drive-through penalty after taking to the escape road to pass Massa early in the race.
Webber takes fifth after a disappointing performance from the Australian on home soil.
Alonso finishes a battling fourth in his Ferrari, just failing to make it past Petrov after chasing him down in the closing stages.
Petrov takes a storming third in his Renault for his first ever podium after a stunning drive by the Russian.
Hamilton grabs a fine second for McLaren, which the team will be delighted by after a remarkable turn around from a troubled winter.
It was a typical commanding performance from the world champion, who starts his title defence in the best possible way.
Sebastian Vettel wins the Australian Grand Prix.
Lap 58: Vettel's Red Bull is ticking like a clock as he comes round the final few corners at Albert Park ...
Lap 58: Alonso cuts the gap to Petrov only by two-tenths to 1.4s as they cross the line 31s behind the leader.
Lap 58: Vettel goes on to the final lap in Australia with a 19 second gap over Hamilton.
Lap 57: Alonso cuts the gap to 1.6s with two laps to go. The other positions behind them are unchanged.
Lap 56: Petrov responds to Alonso's challenge with his quickest lap of the race so far - 1m30.064s. That'll please Alonso no end ...
Lap 56: Webber is fifth, 1.9s behind Alonso's Ferrari, with Button sixth and Perez a stunning seventh on his debut.
Lap 55: Alonso is just 2.7s behind the Renault and closing in with three laps to go.
Lap 55: Vettel leads by 15.2s ahead of Hamilton with Petrov still third but now coming under serious attack from Alonso.
Lap 55: Massa activates the drag reduction system and it helps him up the inside and past Buemi into ninth place at Turn 1.
Lap 54: The pair are nose to tail through Turns 11 and 12 but again Massa can't get the move for ninth done.
Lap 54: Five laps to the flag in Australia.
Lap 54: Massa tries again as they head into Turn 1 but is unable to get close enough on this occasion.
Lap 53: Massa is at least two seconds per lap quicker than Buemi when in clear air. He has just a handful of laps to make the pass.

By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton

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