2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

F1 UAE Abu Dhabi 2011 Indian Grand Prix 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix Circuit Yas-Island.svg 13 November 2011 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 18 19 Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit 3.451 5.554 55 189.810 305.470 Fine and Dry Air Temp 25 C2011 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Race) https://f1standings.net/races/2011-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-6038e885eedfc8465599a4f9 f1standings.net F1Standings 13 November 2011 5 April 2021 4 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211204041417/https://f1standings.net/races/2011-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-6038e885eedfc8465599a4f9 dead Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.481 GER Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:42.612 51 AUS Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes GBR Fernando Alonso Ferrari ESP Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes GBR ABU The 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally the 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2011 Formula One season. It was held on 13 November 2011 at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, a man-made island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.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 27 October 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110906044409/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2010/Pages/wmsc_031110.aspx September 6, 2011 It was the third running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. As is customary with the race, it was the only twilight Grand Prix of the 2011 Formula One season, with a start time of 17:00 local time. The race was won by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton. Second was Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, with Jenson Button coming third in the other McLaren. Sebastian Vettel, having won both of the previous iterations of the race for Red Bull Racing-Renault, had been in pole position, but retired after a puncture in the first lap, near the second corner, which was his first retirement since the 2010 Korean Grand Prix, where he encountered a problem with his engine. As a result, this prevented him from equalling Michael Schumacher's record of 13 wins in one season, but Vettel did equal Nigel Mansell's 1992 record of 14 pole positions in one season. This was also the only race of 2011 in which neither Red Bull finished on the podium, as Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finished fourth. Report Background Vitantonio Liuzzi returned to Hispania for the race, having been replaced by Narain Karthikeyan for the Indian Grand Prix to make way for him to drive in front of his home crowd.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95612 Narain Karthikeyan says racing at home will be a surreal experience Autosport Haymarket Publications 22 October 2011 25 October 2011 Sam Tremayne Williams driver Pastor Maldonado took a ten-place grid penalty for exceeding his engine quota for the season.Maldonado to get grid penalty in Abu Dhabi for using ninth engine of the season http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95833 Pablo Elizalde Autosport Haymarket Publications 1 November 2011 1 November 2011 Drivers are entitled to use up to eight engines over the course of the season without penalty, but Maldonado's eighth and final engine was damaged beyond repair when he retired from the 2011 Indian. In the week before the race, it was announced that the teams would trial several new compounds of tyre rubber in Friday practice, to offer tyre supplier Pirelli more feedback on their planned 2012 tyre compounds.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95997 Jonathan Noble Teams to try experimental soft tyre compound in Abu Dhabi Autosport Haymarket Publications 7 November 2011 7 November 2011 Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound as the softer "option" compound, as opposed to the previous year where Bridgestone brought the red-banded super-soft compound as the option.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 31 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120210020300/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/10/12604.html February 10, 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Robert Wickens and runner-up Jean-Éric Vergne drove during free practice; Vergne drove for Toro Rosso,http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95272 Matt Beer Toro Rosso to run Jean-Eric Vergne in Friday practice at three grands prix Autosport Haymarket Publications 12 October 2011 12 October 2011 while Wickens drove for Virgin in place of Jérôme d'Ambrosio.http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/11/12749.html Virgin to run Wickens in Abu Dhabi practice Formula1.com Formula One Administration 7 November 2011 7 November 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111108123920/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/11/12749.html November 8, 2011 GP2 Series champion Romain Grosjean also drove during free practice, for Renault.http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/270592/grosjean-to-drive-renault-on-remaining-fridays/ Grosjean to drive Renault on remaining Fridays gpupdate.net GPUpdate 29 October 2011 11 November 2011 The circuit included two DRS zones, each with their own independent detection points.http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2011/Pages/f1-preview-abd.aspx 2011 Abu Dhabi GP – Preview fia.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 8 November 2011 9 November 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111112105657/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2011/Pages/f1-preview-abd.aspx November 12, 2011 The first detection point was located just before the Turn 7 hairpin, with its corresponding activation point positioned halfway down the long back straight; the second detection point was set after the exit of Turn 9, with its activation point adjacent to the secondary pit lane at Turn 10.Abu Dhabi preview – DRS to dial up electric Yas Marina http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2011/11/12764.html Formula1.com Formula One Administration 10 November 2011 12 November 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111111091219/http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2011/11/12764.html November 11, 2011 The drivers' representative on the stewards panel for the Grand Prix weekend was Derek Warwick. Free practice The first practice session saw Jenson Button set the fastest lap time, one tenth of a second ahead of Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton had set the early pace, using Pirelli's experimental development tyres, but Webber and Sebastian Vettel surpassed him, and Button set his fastest lap time as the session drew to a close. Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa experienced several off-track excursions between them. Romain Grosjean set a faster lap time than teammate Vitaly Petrov, though Petrov was forced to abandon his car during his final run with engine troubles. Rubens Barrichello was also forced out with technical problems, failing to set a lap time. The second session was known for two separate incidents at Turn 1; Vettel spun and became stuck in the outside barrier early in the session, while Alonso crashed at the same place. Hamilton went on to set the fastest time, two-tenths faster than Button's fastest time in the first session. Qualifying Qualifying began with dusk approaching in Abu Dhabi, with Vettel looking to equal Nigel Mansell's record of 14 poles in a season. In the first session Rubens Barrichello had an oil leak, therefore unable to set a lap time, but was allowed to race. He joined the Lotuses, HRTs and Virgins in failing to make it to the second part of qualifying. In the second qualifying session, which took place as the sun went down, there was a red flag mid way, due to a loose bollard, which Massa drove over but escaped without damage. When the bollard was removed the session resumed. Sauber, Renault, Toro Rosso, and the remaining Williams car of Pastor Maldonado were all knocked out. Pastor Maldonado had been given a 10 place grid penalty for a ninth engine, so started in 23rd, just in front of his teammate on the back row of the grid. Hamilton led most of the final qualifying session, only to be beaten to pole position by Vettel, on Vettel's last lap. The order then followed with Button in 3rd, Webber 4th, then Alonso, Massa, Rosberg, Schumacher, Sutil, and di Resta, having not set a time in order to save tyres for the race. Race Vettel led into the first corner, but an unexplained puncture on his right rear tyre caused him to spin off the track at Turn 2 and suffer his first retirement of the season. Hamilton led the race afterwards, and won the race mostly untroubled. Alonso finished second after he overtook Button on lap 1, Button eventually finished third. Webber dropped to behind Alonso at the start, but remained fourth after Vettel's retirement. He battled with Button throughout the race, but to no avail, eventually finishing fourth. He was followed by Felipe Massa, the two Mercedes, the two Force Indias, and the two Saubers - with Kobayashi taking the final point and Pérez missing out in eleventh. Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Sébastien Buemi and Daniel Ricciardo were the other retirements of the race. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Grid 1 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:40.478 1:38.516 1:38.481 1 2 3 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.782 1:38.434 1:38.622 2 3 4 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.227 1:39.097 1:38.631 3 4 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:40.167 1:38.821 1:38.858 4 5 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:41.380 1:39.058 1:39.058 5 6 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:41.592 1:39.623 1:39.695 6 7 8 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:41.120 1:39.420 1:39.773 7 8 7 GER Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:42.605 1:40.554 1:40.662 8 9 14 GER Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:40.595 1:40.205 1:40.768 9 10 15 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:41.064 1:40.414 no time 10 11 17 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.311 1:40.874 11 12 10 RUS Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:40.955 1:40.919 12 13 18 SUI Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:41.737 1:41.009 13 14 9 BRA Bruno Senna Renault 1:41.391 1:41.079 14 15 19 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:41.386 1:41.162 15 16 16 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.613 1:41.240 16 17 12 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:42.258 1:41.760 231 1 18 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:42.979 17 19 21 ITA Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:43.884 18 20 24 GER Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:44.515 19 21 22 AUS Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1:44.641 20 22 25 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:44.699 21 23 23 ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:45.159 22107% time: 1:46.766 24 11 BRA Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth no time 242 2Source:2011 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX - Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/847/6925/ formula1.com 28 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141113180931/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2011/847/6925/ 13 November 2014 Notes 1 1 – Pastor Maldonado was given a ten-place grid penalty for using his ninth engine of the season, exceeding the limit of eight engines. 2 2 – Rubens Barrichello failed to set a lap time after his team discovered an oil leak following an engine change. As he had set practice times within 107% of the fastest driver's time, he was given permission to start the race.Barrichello hit by engine problems as he completes worst qualifying of his career http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96139 Simon Strang Autosport Haymarket Publications 12 November 2011 13 November 2011 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 55 1:37:11.886 2 25 2 5 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +8.457 5 18 3 4 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 +25.871 3 15 4 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 55 +35.784 4 12 5 6 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 55 +50.578 6 10 6 8 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 55 +52.317 7 8 7 7 GER Michael Schumacher Mercedes 55 +1:15.964 8 6 8 14 GER Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 55 +1:17.122 9 4 9 15 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 55 +1:41.087 10 2 10 16 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 54 +1 Lap 16 1 11 17 MEX Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 54 +1 Lap 11 12 11 BRA Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 54 +1 Lap 24 13 10 RUS Vitaly Petrov Renault 54 +1 Lap 12 14 12 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 54 +1 Lap3 3 23 15 19 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 54 +1 Lap3 3 15 16 9 BRA Bruno Senna Renault 54 +1 Lap 14 17 20 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 54 +1 Lap 17 18 21 ITA Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 53 +2 Laps 18 19 24 GER Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 53 +2 Laps 19 20 23 ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 53 +2 Laps 22 Ret Retired 22 AUS Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 47 Alternator 20 Ret Retired 18 SUI Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18 Hydraulics 13 Ret Retired 25 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 17 Brakes 21 Ret Retired 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1 Puncture damage 1Source:2011 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX - Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/847/ formula1.com 28 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150129091015/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2011/847/ 29 January 2015 Notes 3 3 – Pastor Maldonado (30 seconds) and Jaime Alguersuari (20 seconds) were given time penalties for ignoring blue flags, but did not alter their respective finishing positions.Maldonado, Alguersuari hit with penalties http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/13112011/66/maldonado-alguersuari-hit-penalties.html 14 November 2011 Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 13 November 2011 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 GER Sebastian Vettel 374 10px 2 GBR Jenson Button 255 10px 3 ESP Fernando Alonso 245 10px 4 AUS Mark Webber 233 10px 5 GBR Lewis Hamilton 227Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2011/abou-dhabi/championnat.aspx Abu Dhabi 2011 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 5 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 AUT Red Bull Racing-Renault 607 10px 2 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 482 10px 3 ITA Ferrari 353 10px 4 GER Mercedes 159 10px 5 GBR Renault 72Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text indicates the 2011 World Champions. 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