2011 Chinese Grand Prix

March 2019 F1 China Chinese 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix 2011 Turkish Grand Prix Shanghai International Racing Circuit track map.svg 17 April 2011 2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix 3 19 Shanghai International CircuitShanghai, People's Republic of China Permanent racing facility 3.387 5.451 56 189.559 305.066 Fine and Dry2011 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Race) https://f1standings.net/races/2011-chinese-grand-prix-6038e884eedfc8465599a4ea f1standings.net F1Standings 17 April 2011 5 April 2021 27 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211027094707/https://f1standings.net/races/2011-chinese-grand-prix-6038e884eedfc8465599a4ea dead Air Temp 22 °C °F Track Temp 32 °C °F dropping to 26 °C °F Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:33.706 GER Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.993 42 AUS Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes GBR Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault GER Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault AUS CHN The 2011 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix)2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/china_848/circuit_diagram.html Formula1.com Formula One Administration 7 March 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101225092908/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/china_848/circuit_diagram.html December 25, 2010 was a Formula One motor race held on 17 April 2011 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It was the third round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 56-lap race was won by McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton after starting from third on the grid, also becoming the first ever multiple winner of the Chinese Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel finished second in a Red Bull Racing, having started from pole position, and teammate Mark Webber completed the podium, in third place having started eighteenth.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9460612.stm Lewis Hamilton storms to China victory over Red Bulls BBC Sport BBC 17 April 2011 17 April 2011 Sarah Holt https://web.archive.org/web/20120305115424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9460612.stm March 5, 2012 live As a consequence of the race, Vettel's lead in the World Drivers' Championship was cut to 21 points by Hamilton, who moved into second place in the championship. Hamilton's McLaren teammate Jenson Button, who finished fourth in China, fell 9 points behind Hamilton in third, a single point ahead of Webber. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull's championship lead was also cut from 24 points to 20 by McLaren, with Ferrari a further 35 points behind in third position after drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso finished in sixth and seventh places respectively. Report Background Heading into the race, Sebastian Vettel led the Championship on the maximum 50 points after winning the first two races. Jenson Button was in second place in the standings after a 2nd and a 6th that put him on 26 points - just over half Vettel's total, and almost a race win behind. The other McLaren of Lewis Hamilton and yet to reach the podium, Mark Webber, were third and fourth respectively, both on 22 points. Fernando Alonso was fifth with 20 points, followed by Heidfeld on 17, Massa on 16 and Petrov on 15. In both races thus far in 2011 the podium had featured Vettel as the winner, a McLaren in second place and a Renault in third. Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its silver-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound as the softer "option" compound. This was the same tyre selection that Bridgestone had chosen bring to the Chinese Grand Prix for the previous year.Pirelli announce tyre choices for remaining races http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/10/12604.html Formula1.com Formula One Group 7 October 2011 2 June 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130929180620/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/10/12604.html September 29, 2013 Bridgestone announce tyre compounds for remaining races http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/9/11213.html Formula1.com Formula One Group 7 September 2010 2 June 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120419135730/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/9/11213.html April 19, 2012 In the Constructors' table, Red Bull Racing led with 72 points, one and a half times McLaren's score (48), and double Ferrari's (36). Despite having two podiums, Renault were still behind Ferrari; but only just - with 30 points - and were putting up a good fight for the time being. Sauber were fifth in the standings, with 6 points, Toro Rosso and Force India had 4, and Mercedes had 2. By this point of the season, Williams were yet to finish a race. Qualifying Sebastian Vettel took a comfortable pole position in qualifying, with the second placed Jenson Button 0.7 seconds behind him and Button's McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton in third. Mark Webber had a torrid session, eliminated in the first part of qualifying after electrical problems in the earlier free practice, placing him 18th on the starting grid.Holt Sarah Sebastian Vettel beats McLaren in Chinese GP qualifying https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/13102798 BBC News 1 June 2011 16 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110429062720/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/13102798.stm 29 April 2011 live Nico Rosberg in his Mercedes found himself fourth, Rosberg also recorded the fastest time of the first part of the qualifying session. Behind him were the Ferraris of Alonso and Massa, who had been unable to keep up with the pace of Red Bull or McLaren, Alonso recording a time almost a second off Vettel's pole position lap. Vitaly Petrov recorded a time in part two that got him through to the final part of qualifying, however, his car developed problems and stopped on the track, meaning he was unable to take part in the final session and would take the tenth place on the grid. Race Lewis Hamilton faced a stressful situation just minutes before the start of the race; a fuel problem with his car meant that if he had started his journey to the grid just 35 seconds later, he would have had to start from the pit-lane.Weaver Paul Lewis Hamilton wins thrilling Chinese grand prix https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/apr/17/chinese-grand-prix-louis-hamilton 1 June 2011 The Guardian 17 Apr 2011 London Hamilton however, went on to a thrilling three-stop race, overtaking his two-stopping rival and World Drivers' Championship leader Sebastian Vettel on lap 52 of the 56 lap race. Vettel had had a poor start to his race, being beaten on the first lap by both McLarens, with Jenson Button initially holding the upper hand, but his teammate Hamilton putting in a series of fastest laps that would ultimately give him victory to Button's fourth-place finish.Brett Oliver Chinese Grand Prix as it happened https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9459834.stm BBC News 1 June 2011 17 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110527042413/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9459834.stm 27 May 2011 live Also Hamilton performed an overtake on his teammate in Turn 1, about the midpoint of the race to take second place. Mark Webber drove a spectacular race from 18th on the starting grid to bring his Red Bull to the chequered flag in 3rd position, beating Jenson Button for the final podium place on only the last lap. Button had made a terrible mistake on the 15th lap when bringing his car into the pits, stopping in the Red Bull pit before being waved off by the Red Bull mechanics into his own McLaren pit one place ahead. The mistake cost Button time, as it did for Sebastian Vettel who was also coming into the pits and had to wait behind Button for him to realise his error; although Button entered the pits in the lead, but exited behind Vettel. Jaime Alguersuari lost a wheel on his exit from the pits on lap 10, forcing his retirement from the race. He was the race's only retirement, meaning that this race set the record for the most finishers (23). The record was beaten later in the season, in Valencia, where all 24 starters finished the race. The race cut Sebastian Vettel's championship lead to 21 points from second placed Lewis Hamilton, with Red Bull constructors lead to McLaren falling to 20 points. Hamilton was ecstatic after his victory, saying "It was one of the best races I've experienced. It feels amazing to be able to bring home a victory for the guys in the factory." Due to the lack of all but one retirement in the course of the race and the size of the grid at the time, Narain Karthikeyan posted a finishing position of 23rd for HRT. This would earn Karthikeyan the title of the lowest finishing position ever recorded in Formula One history at the time. This record would then be broken five races later when Karthikeyan posted a 24th finishing position at the 2011 European Grand Prix. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Grid 1 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:35.674 1:34.776 1:33.706 1 2 4 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.924 1:34.662 1:34.421 2 3 3 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.091 1:34.486 1:34.463 3 4 8 DEU Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:35.272 1:35.850 1:34.670 4 5 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:35.389 1:35.165 1:35.119 5 6 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:35.478 1:35.437 1:35.145 6 7 19 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:36.133 1:35.563 1:36.158 7 8 15 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:35.702 1:35.858 1:36.190 8 9 18 CHE Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:36.110 1:35.500 1:36.203 9 10 10 RUS Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:35.370 1:35.149 no time1 1 10 11 14 DEU Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:36.092 1:35.874 11 12 17 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.046 1:36.053 12 13 16 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.147 1:36.236 13 14 7 DEU Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:35.508 1:36.457 14 15 11 BRA Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:35.911 1:36.465 15 16 9 DEU Nick Heidfeld Renault 1:35.910 1:36.611 16 17 12 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:36.121 1:36.956 17 18 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:36.468 18 19 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:37.894 19 20 21 ITA Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:38.318 20 21 25 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.119 21 22 24 DEU Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.708 22 23 23 ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:40.212 23 24 22 IND Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:40.445 24 107% time: 1:41.941Source:2011 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX - Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/848/6835/ formula1.com 28 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140708110453/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2011/848/6835/ 8 July 2014 Notes 1 – Vitaly Petrov stopped on track during Q2. While the lap time he posted managed to get him into Q3, he was not able to take further part in the qualifying session. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 1:36:58.226 3 25 2 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 56 +5.198 1 18 3 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 56 +7.555 18 15 4 4 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56 +10.000 2 12 5 8 DEU Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 +13.448 4 10 6 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +15.840 6 8 7 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 +30.622 5 6 8 7 DEU Michael Schumacher Mercedes 56 +31.026 14 4 9 10 RUS Vitaly Petrov Renault 56 +57.404 10 2 10 16 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 56 +1:03.273 13 1 11 15 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 56 +1:08.757 8 12 9 DEU Nick Heidfeld Renault 56 +1:12.739 16 13 11 BRA Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 56 +1:30.189 15 14 18 CHE Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 +1:30.671 9 15 14 DEU Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 11 16 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 55 +1 Lap 19 17 17 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 12 18 12 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 55 +1 Lap 17 19 21 ITA Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 55 +1 Lap 20 20 25 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 54 +2 Laps 21 21 24 DEU Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 54 +2 Laps 22 22 23 ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 54 +2 Laps 23 23 22 IND Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 54 +2 Laps 24 Ret Retired 19 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 9 Wheel 7Source:2011 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX - Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/848/ formula1.com 28 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150103175852/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2011/848/ 3 January 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel 68 10px 1 2 GBR Lewis Hamilton 47 10px 1 3 GBR Jenson Button 38 10px 4 AUS Mark Webber 37 10px 5 ESP Fernando Alonso 26Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2011/chine/championnat.aspx China 2011 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 AUT Red Bull Racing-Renault 105 10px 2 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 85 10px 3 ITA Ferrari 50 10px 4 GBR Renault 32 10px 4 5 DEU Mercedes 16Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links Chinese Grand Prix 2011 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix 2011 Turkish Grand Prix 2010 Chinese Grand Prix 2012 Chinese Grand Prix Category:Chinese Grand Prix China Grand Prix Chinese Grand Prix