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| « 2011 Malaysian GP |
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Avg Speed | Grid | Pts | ||
| 1 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 56 | 2:44:51.812 | 112.969 | 8 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 56 | + 2.263 secs | 112.943 | 9 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | + 14.591 secs | 112.803 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 56 | + 17.688 secs | 112.767 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 56 | + 29.456 secs | 112.634 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 56 | + 37.667 secs | 112.541 | 13 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | + 44.412 secs | 112.464 | 14 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | + 46.985 secs | 112.435 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | + 47.892 secs | 112.425 | 16 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 56 | + 49.996 secs | 112.401 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 56 | + 1m 15.527 secs | 112.113 | 5 | |||
| 12 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | + 1m 16.828 secs | 112.098 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 56 | + 1m 18.593 secs | 112.079 | 7 | |||
| 14 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | + 1m 19.719 secs | 112.066 | 2 | |||
| 15 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 56 | + 1m 37.319 secs | 111.868 | 12 | |||
| 16 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 55 | + 1 Lap | 110.802 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 55 | + 1 Lap | 110.327 | 20 | |||
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 55 | + 1 Lap | 110.283 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 54 | Engine | 110.559 | 11 | |||
| 20 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 54 | + 2 Laps | 108.878 | 21 | |||
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 54 | + 2 Laps | 107.941 | 22 | |||
| 22 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 54 | + 2 Laps | 107.867 | 23 | |||
| Ret | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 46 | Brakes | 102.457 | 17 | |||
| Ret | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 3 | Spun off | 149.233 | 6 | |||
| Fastest lap: 1:40.722 - Kimi Räikkönen (Lap 53) | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Narain Karthikeyan penalised 20 seconds for causing an avoidable collision (finished 21st) | |||||||||