2011 Turkish Grand Prix

F1 Turkey Turkish 2011 Chinese Grand Prix 2011 Spanish Grand Prix 8 May 2011 4 19 Istanbul park.svg 2011 Formula 1 DHL Turkish Grand Prixhttp://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/5/11999.html DHL the official title sponsor of 2011 Turkish race Formula One Formula One Administration 6 May 2011 6 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110509051958/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/5/11999.html May 9, 2011 Istanbul Park, Tuzla, Turkey Permanent racing facility 3.317 5.338 58 192.250 309.396 Sunny, Fine and Dry2011 FORMULA 1 DHL TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Race) https://f1standings.net/races/2011-turkish-grand-prix-6038e884eedfc8465599a4eb f1standings.net F1Standings 8 May 2011 5 April 2021 27 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220127080232/https://f1standings.net/races/2011-turkish-grand-prix-6038e884eedfc8465599a4eb dead Air Temp 17 °C °F Track Temp 35 °C °F dropping to 30 °C °F Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:25.049 DEU Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:29.703 48 AUS Sebastian Vettel GER Red Bull Racing-Renault Mark Webber AUS Red Bull Racing-Renault Fernando Alonso ESP Ferrari TUR 25,000 The 2011 Turkish Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 DHL Turkish Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race held on 8 May 2011 at Istanbul Park in Tuzla, near Istanbul, Turkey.http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2010/Pages/wmsc_031110.aspx World Motor Sport Council: 03/11/2010 fia.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 3 November 2010 6 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101106022446/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2010/Pages/wmsc_031110.aspx November 6, 2010 It was the fourth round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 58-lap race was won by the championship leader, Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel after starting from pole position. His teammate Mark Webber finished in second place, and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso completed the podium in third position.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9479645.stm Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel clinches Turkish Grand Prix BBC Sport BBC 8 May 2011 8 May 2011 Sarah Holt As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 34 points over McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who finished the race in fourth position. Webber's second-place finish moved him into third place in the championship, 4 points behind Hamilton in third, and nine ahead of Jenson Button, who was sixth in Turkey. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull extended their championship advantage to 43 points over McLaren, with Ferrari a further 40 points behind in third position. It was the last Turkish Grand Prix until 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption to the schedule. Report Background With Turkey being the first European race of the season, several teams introduced upgrades to their cars in order to aid with their respective performances on the grid. Williams introduced improvements to help with the handling of their car, having suffered a testing start to the season with no points at the first three races.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91089 Autosport Haymarket Publications 3 May 2011 6 May 2011 Turkey preview quotes: Williams Virgin Racing's aerodynamic updates were bit-part, as only Timo Glock received the package with Jérôme d'Ambrosio's package due to be ready for the 2011 Spanish.http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2011/5/11984.html Let battle resume in Istanbul formula1.com Formula One Administration 5 May 2011 6 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110507063325/http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2011/5/11984.html May 7, 2011 Hispania Racing set their sights on trying to overhaul Virgin Racing, by introducing updates to their car for the second successive race. Other teams to introduce packages were McLaren, Renault, Ferrari and Mercedes as they all strived to move closer on overall pace to Red Bull Racing, who were confident that they had rectified the KERS problems that had hampered their performance over the first few races. Several teams made driver changes for the first practice session. Nico Hülkenberg substituted for Adrian Sutil at Force India, while Daniel Ricciardo drove in the place of Jaime Alguersuari at Scuderia Toro Rosso. Karun Chandhok took part once again, replacing Heikki Kovalainen at Lotus. 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 to bring to the Turkish Grand Prix for the past two years.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/20120210020300/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/10/12604.html February 10, 2012 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 Bridgestone announce tyre compounds for remaining races http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/8/9808.html Formula1.com Formula One Group 24 August 2009 2 June 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140222182747/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/8/9808.html February 22, 2014 They also changed the design of their tyres. From now on they carry new and more prominent colour markings on the sidewalls.2011 Turkish Grand Prix https://press.pirelli.com/2011-turkish-grand-prix/ 3 May 2011 Before the race, Sebastian Vettel led the World Drivers' Championship with 68 points, 21 ahead of his nearest rival at the time - Lewis Hamilton - who was on 47 points. Hamilton had cut Vettel's lead from 24 to 21 points after winning his first race of the year, and also the first Vettel did not win, in China. Jenson Button was third in the standings with 38 points, 1 ahead of Mark Webber who had scored his first podium of the year when he drove from 18th to 3rd in China, three weeks previously. Fernando Alonso's Ferrari was still relatively slow compared to what it would be later in the year - and Ferrari hadn't been on the podium yet - he was fifth in the standings with just 26 points, 2 ahead of teammate Massa. Red Bull Racing were the only team over 100 points and therefore lead the Constructors' Championship on 105. McLaren were the only other team to have a podium at all three races and were in second place on 85 points. Ferrari had less than half of Red Bull on 50 points, but were still in third place. Renault and Mercedes GP were fourth and fifth with 32 and 16 points respectively. Free practice The opening session was run in wet conditions – the first competitive session in which Pirelli's wet weather tyres had been used in the seasonhttp://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91141 Simon Strang Autosport Haymarket Publications 6 May 2011 6 May 2011 Alonso fastest, Vettel crashes in FP1 – where Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was quickest by 1.4 seconds ahead of the Mercedes cars of Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher in second and third places respectively, with the only other drivers within two seconds of Alonso being the Renaults of Nick Heidfeld and Vitaly Petrov, and Kamui Kobayashi's Sauber. However, due to the conditions, many teams opted for conservative running with McLaren running the fewest laps; their pairing of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton completing five laps between them. Championship leader Sebastian Vettel caused a red flag during the session after spinning into the barrier; he put his right-rear wheel over the kerb at the exit of Turn 8 and thus ended the session – as well as his day's running – in 17th place. The second session was held in drying conditions, where Button was marginally quickest ahead of Rosberg, the only drivers to record a sub-1:27 lap time. After sitting out the first session save for an exploratory lap, Hamilton ran 31 laps in the second session and finished third ahead of Schumacher and Mark Webber, who ran mainly long-distance stints during the session.http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/5/11993.html Button edges out Rosberg in Istanbul formula1.com Formula One Administration 6 May 2011 6 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110509063349/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/5/11993.html May 9, 2011 Morning pacesetter Alonso was eleventh after a hydraulic problem limited track running, while on track, he had a spin at Turn 6.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91150 Matt Beer Autosport Haymarket Publications 6 May 2011 6 May 2011 Button pips Rosberg in second practice Pastor Maldonado crashed his Williams into the barrier, having run wide on the exit of Turn 8, and spun out on a damp patch. Virgin Racing's Jérôme d'Ambrosio later received a five-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags in the area of Maldonado's accident.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91183 Jonathan Noble Autosport Haymarket Publications 6 May 2011 6 May 2011 D'Ambrosio receives grid penalty The third session saw the top four places taken by the Red Bull and Mercedes cars; Vettel finishing as the fastest driver ahead of Schumacher by 0.001 seconds. Webber was almost four tenths adrift in third, just edging out Rosberg in fourth, after recovering from a high-speed spin at Turn 8 during the session, while McLaren wound up fifth and sixth with Button getting the better of Hamilton. Qualifying The first session started with Kamui Kobayashi having a mechanical fault on his first flying lap, meaning that he was unable to post a qualifying time, but the race stewards ultimately decided to allow him to take part in the race.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91239 Pablo Elizalde Autosport Haymarket Publications 7 May 2011 7 May 2011 Di Resta reprimanded after qualifying The stewards have also ruled that Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi will be allowed to take part in the race despite failing to set a time in qualifying. By the end of the session, both Lotuses were eliminated, with Heikki Kovalainen ending the session half a second behind Rubens Barrichello's Williams, who had been 17th. D'Ambrosio outqualified his teammate Glock on-track but with his grid penalty, he would start the race from last place. Vitantonio Liuzzi also outqualified Glock, with Narain Karthikeyan recording the slowest time, 1.7 seconds within the 107% benchmark. The second session saw Vettel return to the top of the timesheets, recording the first instance of a sub-1:26 lap time all weekend. Rosberg also broke into the 1:25s as he ended the second part in second place ahead of Hamilton and Webber. A late lap from Nick Heidfeld saw him qualify for the final session at the expense of Rubens Barrichello. Adrian Sutil outqualified his Force India teammate Paul di Resta as they ended the session in twelfth and thirteenth places, with di Resta escaping a penalty for missing the weighbridge. Maldonado and Sergio Pérez were next on the grid ahead of the Toro Rosso pair, with Sébastien Buemi getting the better of Jaime Alguersuari by three tenths. The third period saw the Red Bull cars only attempt a single run at the start of the session, in order to save tyres for the race, with Vettel ending the session over four tenths of a second clear from Webber; it was Vettel's fifth consecutive pole, the first driver to record five in succession since Fernando Alonso did so in 2006.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/8500179/Turkish-Grand-Prix-2011-seventh-pole-in-eight-races-for-Sebastian-Vettel-sends-out-chilling-warning-to-rivals.html Tom Cary The Daily Telegraph 7 May 2011 7 May 2011 Seventh pole in eight races for Sebastian Vettel sends out chilling warning to rivals Rosberg finished third, moving ahead of Lewis Hamilton on his final run, with Alonso in fifth having not improved on his first run time. Jenson Button qualified in sixth place for McLaren, followed by Vitaly Petrov in the Renault and Schumacher in the second Mercedes in eighth. Heidfeld and Felipe Massa completed the top ten, with Massa failing to record a time, abandoning his only run in Q3 due to a mistake and elected to save tyres for the race.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91232 Turkey Saturday quotes: Ferrari Autosport Haymarket Publications 7 May 2011 8 May 2011 Race All the drivers started except for Timo Glock, who lost fifth gear prior to the race. Sebastian Vettel led the race from the start, with a lead of 6 seconds by the time he took his first pitstop on lap 10. Behind him there were battles, with Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber fighting for second place in the closing laps, the victory falling to Webber giving Red Bull a one-two result. Behind Webber and Alonso, Hamilton and Button fought for fourth place, with Hamilton getting the upper hand, and Nico Rosberg later slipping in between the pair, taking fifth from Button when Button's tyres were degrading massively on the last stint. Paul di Resta made a bad pit exit with a loose wheel, and retired from the race. The race, which had the most pitstops for a Grand Prix race ever (over 80) and the most overtaking moves since 1983,Symonds Pat The Turkish Grand Prix Race Debrief F1 Racing June 2011 extended Sebastian Vettel's lead in the world championship standings to 93 points to second placed Hamilton's 59. In the constructors' standings, Red Bull increased their tally to 148 points to McLaren's 105, with Ferrari in third place with 65. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Grid 1 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:27.039 1:25.610 1:25.049 1 2 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:27.090 1:26.075 1:25.454 2 3 8 DEU Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:27.514 1:25.801 1:25.574 3 4 3 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.091 1:26.066 1:25.595 4 5 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:27.349 1:26.152 1:25.851 5 6 4 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.374 1:26.485 1:25.982 6 7 10 RUS Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:27.475 1:26.654 1:26.296 7 8 7 DEU Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:27.697 1:26.121 1:26.646 8 9 9 DEU Nick Heidfeld Renault 1:27.901 1:26.740 1:26.659 9 10 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.013 1:26.395 No time 10 11 11 BRA Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:28.246 1:26.764 11 12 14 DEU Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:27.392 1:27.027 12 13 15 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:27.625 1:27.145 13 14 12 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:27.396 1:27.236 14 15 17 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.778 1:27.244 15 16 18 CHE Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:27.620 1:27.255 16 17 19 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.055 1:27.572 17 18 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:28.780 18 19 21 ITA Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:29.673 19 20 25 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:30.445 231 1 21 23 ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:30.692 20 22 24 DEU Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:30.813 21 23 22 IND Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:31.564 22107% time: 1:33.103 24 16 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari No time2 2 24Source:2011 FORMULA 1 DHL TURKISH GRAND PRIX - Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/850/6841/ formula1.com 28 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130824064454/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2011/850/6841/ 24 August 2013 Notes: 1 – Jérôme d'Ambrosio was given a five-place grid penalty, for ignoring yellow flags in the area of Pastor Maldonado's accident in the second free practice session. 2 – Kamui Kobayashi failed to set a time in qualifying after experiencing problems with his fuel pump. However, he was permitted to take part in the race because he had consistently demonstrated lap times that were well within the 107% margin during free practice. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 58 1:30:17.558 1 25 2 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 58 +8.807 2 18 3 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 58 +10.075 5 15 4 3 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +40.232 4 12 5 8 DEU Nico Rosberg Mercedes 58 +47.539 3 10 6 4 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 58 +59.431 6 8 7 9 DEU Nick Heidfeld Renault 58 +1:00.857 9 6 8 10 RUS Vitaly Petrov Renault 58 +1:08.168 7 4 9 18 CHE Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 58 +1:09.394 16 2 10 16 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 58 +1:18.021 24 1 11 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 +1:19.823 10 12 7 DEU Michael Schumacher Mercedes 58 +1:25.444 8 13 14 DEU Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 57 +1 Lap 12 14 17 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 15 15 11 BRA Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 57 +1 Lap 11 16 19 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 17 17 12 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 57 +1 Lap 14 18 21 ITA Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 57 +1 Lap 19 19 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 56 +2 Laps 18 20 25 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 56 +2 Laps 23 21 22 IND Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 55 +3 Laps 22 22 23 ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 53 +5 Laps 20 Ret Retired 15 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 44 Wheel 13 DNS Did not start 24 DEU Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 0 Gearbox 21Source:2011 FORMULA 1 DHL TURKISH GRAND PRIX - Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/850/ formula1.com 28 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150103043654/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2011/850/ 3 January 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel 93 10px 2 GBR Lewis Hamilton 59 10px 1 3 AUS Mark Webber 55 10px 1 4 GBR Jenson Button 46 10px 5 ESP Fernando Alonso 41Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2011/turquie/championnat.aspx Turkey 2011 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 21 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 AUT Red Bull Racing-Renault 148 10px 2 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 105 10px 3 ITA Ferrari 65 10px 4 GBR Renault 42 10px 5 DEU Mercedes 26Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2011 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round 2011 Istanbul Park GP3 Series round References External links Turkish Grand Prix 2011 2011 Chinese Grand Prix 2011 Spanish Grand Prix 2010 Turkish Grand Prix 2020 Turkish Grand Prix Turkish Category:Turkish Grand Prix Turkish Grand Prix Category:May 2011 sports events in Turkey