2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Racing data
18th of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	III Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Date:	November 13, 2011
Place:	Yas Island
Course:	Yas Marina Circuit
Length:	305.47 km in 55 laps of 5.554 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 38.481 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 42.612 min (lap 51)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren-Mercedes
Second:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Third:	Jenson Button	Mclaren-Mercedes

The 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix took place on November 13th at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island and was the 18th race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

background

After the Indian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 134 points ahead of Jenson Button and 147 points ahead of Fernando Alonso . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 153 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 270 points ahead of Ferrari . Vettel and Red Bull-Renault were already established as world champions ahead of time.

At the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with medium (white) and soft (yellow) tire compounds , as well as intermediates (light blue) and full wets (orange) for wet conditions .

Vitantonio Liuzzi returned to the cockpit at HRT . He again took over the vehicle with the number 23, which was driven by Daniel Ricciardo in India . Narain Karthikeyan , who drove the other HRT in India, handed the cockpit of the car with the number 22 back to Ricciardo.

The driver, who has won every Abu Dhabi Grand Prix so far, competed with Vettel.

training

In the first free practice, Button was the fastest driver ahead of Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton . Robert Wickens took over the Virgin from Jérôme D'Ambrosio in this training session and made his debut on a Formula 1 weekend. Moreover returned Romain Grosjean in this training in the Renault of Bruno Senna back in F1. His last participation in a Grand Prix weekend was on this track two years earlier, when he started the race. In addition, Jean-Éric Vergne received the Toro Rosso from Sébastien Buemi in the first free practice . In the second free practice, Hamilton drove the fastest lap ahead of his teammates Button and Alonso. In the third free practice, Hamilton again achieved the fastest time. Vettel and Webber followed in second and third place.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Hamilton set the fastest time. Rubens Barrichello did not set any time and therefore failed to qualify. He was subsequently admitted to the start. In addition, the HRT, Virgin and Lotus pilots failed to make the leap to the next section. In this, Hamilton kept the lead. The Sauber , Toro Rosso and Renault drivers and Pastor Maldonado were eliminated. In the final segment, Vettel achieved the fastest lap and thus the pole position ahead of Hamilton and Button.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Alonso and Button.

Vettel, who started from pole position, dropped out on the first lap because he suffered tire damage in the first corners. Hamilton then led the race consistently after adjusting for pit stops.

Webber achieved the fastest lap for the sixth time, earning the DHL Fastest Lap Award early .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Red Bull Racing	01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB7	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	02	Mark Webber
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	03	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren MP4-26	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	04th	Jenson Button
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari 150 ° Italia	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	06th	Felipe Massa
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	07th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes MGP W02	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	08th	Nico Rosberg
Lotus Renault GP	09	Romain Grosjean	Renault R31	Renault 2.4 V8	P
		Bruno Senna
	10	Vitaly Petrov
AT&T Williams	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams FW33	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	12	Pastor Maldonado
Force India F1 Team	14th	Adrian Sutil	Force India VJM04	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	15th	Paul di Resta
Sauber F1 Team	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean C30	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	17th	Sergio Perez
Scuderia Toro Rosso	18th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso STR6	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
		Sébastien Buemi
	19th	Jaime Alguersuari
Team Lotus	20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus T128	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	21st	Jarno Trulli
HRT F1 team	22nd	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT F111	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi
Marussia Virgin Racing	24	Timo Glock	Virgin MVR-02	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	25th	Robert Wickens
		Jérôme D'Ambrosio

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Grosjean drove the Renault with the number 9 in the first free practice. Senna then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Vergne drove the Toro Rosso with the number 18 in the first free practice. Buemi then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Wickens drove the Virgin with the number 25 in the first free practice. D'Ambrosio then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 40.478	1: 38.516	1: 38.481	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 39.782	1: 38.434	1: 38.622	02
03	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 40.227	1: 39.097	1: 38.631	03
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 40.167	1: 38.821	1: 38.858	04th
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 41.380	1: 39.058	1: 39.058	05
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 41.592	1: 39.623	1: 39.695	06th
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 41.120	1: 39.420	1: 39.773	07th
08th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 42.605	1: 40.554	1: 40.662	08th
09	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 40.595	1: 40.205	1: 40.768	09
10	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 41.064	1: 40.414	no time	10
11	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 41.311	1: 40.874	-	11
12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 40.955	1: 40.919	-	12
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 41.737	1: 41.009	-	13
14th	Bruno Senna	Renault	1: 41.391	1: 41.079	-	14th
15th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 41.386	1: 41.162	-	15th
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 41.613	1: 41.240	-	16
17th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 42.258	1: 41.760	-	24
18th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 42.979	-	-	17th
19th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 43.884	-	-	18th
20th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 44.515	-	-	19th
21st	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	1: 44.641	-	-	20th
22nd	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 44.699	-	-	21st
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1: 45.159	-	-	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 46.766 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 39.782 min)
DNQ	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	no time	-	-	23

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} racing cars with KERS
2. ↑ Maldonado was moved ten positions back because of the use of the ninth engine of the season.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	55	2	1: 37: 11.886	02	1: 43.461 (51.)
02	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	2	+ 8.457	05	1: 43.914 (41st)
03	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	2	+ 25.881	03	1: 43,154 (51.)
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	55	3	+ 35.784	04th	1: 42.612 (51.)
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	2	+ 50.578	06th	1: 44.288 (51.)
06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	2	+ 52.317	07th	1: 43,993 (55.)
07th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	55	2	+1: 15.964	08th	1: 44.916 (48th)
08th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	2	+1: 27.122	09	1: 44,709 (53rd)
09	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	1	+1: 41.087	10	1: 44,120 (49.)
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	54	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 43,521 (47.)
11	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	54	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 44,566 (41.)
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	54	2	+ 1 lap	23	1: 44,438 (50th)
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	54	2	+ 1 lap	12	1: 43.673 (52nd)
14th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	54	2	+ 1 lap	24	1: 44.628 (52nd)
15th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	54	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 44.093 (47th)
16	Bruno Senna	Renault	54	3	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 46,150 (32nd)
17th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	54	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 46.610 (50th)
18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	53	2	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 47.444 (36th)
19th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	53	2	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 48.085 (42nd)
20th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	53	1	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 49.242 (52nd)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	48	2	DNF	20th	1: 48.274 (35.)
-	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	19th	0	DNF	13	1: 47.094 (17.)
-	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	18th	0	DNF	21st	1: 51.196 (16.)
-	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	01	0	DNF	01	-

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} racing cars with KERS

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 374 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 255 03  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 245 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 233 05  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 227 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 108 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 83 08th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 76 09  Vitaly Petrov Renault 36 10  Nick Heidfeld Renault 34 11  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 34 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 28 13  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 26th 14th  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 23

Item driver constructor Points 15th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 15th 16  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 14th 17th  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 4th 18th  Bruno Senna Renault 2 19th  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1 20th  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 0 21st  Jarno Trulli Lotus Renault 0 22nd  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Renault 0 23  Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 0 24  Jérôme D'Ambrosio Virgin Cosworth 0 25th  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 26th  Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0 27  Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 0 28  Karun Chandhok Lotus Renault 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 607 02  McLaren-Mercedes 482 03  Ferrari 353 04th  Mercedes 159 05  Renault 72 06th  Force India-Mercedes 57

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ferrari 42 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 41 09  Williams-Cosworth 5 10  Lotus Renault 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Pirelli determines tire allocation for the final spurt" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 7, 2011)
2. ↑ "Marussia-Virgin with Wickens to Abu Dhabi" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 5, 2011)
3. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 11, 2011)
4. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 11, 2011)
5. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 12, 2011)

Web links

Commons : Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2011  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com