2011 Brazilian Grand Prix

 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
19th of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2011
Date:	November 27, 2011
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	305.909 km in 71 laps of 4.309 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 11.918 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 15.324 min (lap 71)
Podium
First:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix took place on November 27th at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo and was the 19th and final race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 119 points from Jenson Button and 129 points from Fernando Alonso . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 125 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 254 points ahead of Ferrari . Vettel and Red Bull-Renault were already established as world champions ahead of time.

At the Brazilian 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 .

At the Brazilian Grand Prix, three designers used their chassis names for the last time. Renault changed the chassis name for the coming season to Lotus , the previous team Lotus to Caterham and Virgin to Marussia .

With Michael Schumacher (four times), Felipe Massa (twice), Vettel and Mark Webber (once each), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Massa started this race for Ferrari for the 100th time.

training

In the first free practice, Mark Webber was the fastest driver ahead of Button and Hamilton's McLaren. In this training Romain Grosjean took over the Renault from Vitali Petrow , Nico Hülkenberg the Force India from Adrian Sutil , Jean-Éric Vergne the Toro Rosso from Sébastien Buemi , Luiz Razia the Lotus from Jarno Trulli and Jan Charouz the HRT from Vitantonio Liuzzi . For Charouz it was the first outing on a Formula 1 weekend. In the second free practice, Hamilton achieved the fastest lap ahead of Vettel and Webber. In the third training session, Vettel took the lead in front of Button and Webber.

Qualifying

In the first part of the time practice, Button was the fastest driver. The Virgin, HRT and Lotus pilots and Pastor Maldonado were eliminated. In the second part of qualifying, Vettel took the lead. The Sauber and Toro Rosso drivers as well as Petrow, Rubens Barrichello and Paul di Resta were eliminated. In the final segment, Vettel set the fastest time and took 15th pole position this season. With that he set a new record. Webber and Button followed in the seats behind him.

run

Webber scored his first win of the season in this race ahead of Vettel and Button.

Vettel kept the lead at the start, but had problems with his transmission in the race, which is why he was unable to keep Webber behind.

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	Bruno Senna	Renault R31	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	10	Romain Grosjean
		Vitaly Petrov
AT&T Williams	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams FW33	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	12	Pastor Maldonado
Force India F1 Team	14th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM04	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
		Adrian Sutil
	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	Luiz Razia
		Jarno Trulli
HRT F1 team	22nd	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT F111	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	23	Jan Charouz
		Vitantonio Liuzzi
Marussia Virgin Racing	24	Timo Glock	Virgin MVR-02	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	25th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Grosjean drove the Renault with the number 10 in the first free practice. Petrow then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Hulkenberg drove the Force India with the number 14 in the first free practice. Sutil then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
3. ↑ ^{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.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Razia drove the Lotus with the number 21 in the first free practice. Trulli then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Charouz drove the HRT with the number 23 in the first free practice. Liuzzi 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: 13.664	1: 12.446	1: 11.918	01
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 13.467	1: 12.658	1: 12.099	02
03	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 13.281	1: 12.820	1: 12.283	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 13.361	1: 12.811	1: 12.480	04th
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 13.969	1: 12.870	1: 12.591	05
06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 14.083	1: 12.569	1: 13.050	06th
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 14.269	1: 13.291	1: 13.068	07th
08th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 13.480	1: 13.261	1: 13.298	08th
09	Bruno Senna	Renault	1: 14.453	1: 13,300	1: 13.761	09
10	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 13.694	1: 13.571	no time	10
11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 13.733	1: 13.584	-	11
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 14.117	1: 13.801	-	12
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 14.225	1: 13.804	-	13
14th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 14,500	1: 13.919	-	14th
15th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 13.859	1: 14.053	-	15th
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 14.571	1: 14.129	-	16
17th	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 14.430	1: 14.182	-	17th
18th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 14.625	-	-	18th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 15.068	-	-	19th
20th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 15.358	-	-	20th
21st	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1: 16.631	-	-	21st
22nd	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	1: 16.890	-	-	22nd
23	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 17.019	-	-	23
24	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 17.060	-	-	24
107 percent time : 1: 18.410 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 13.281 min)

Remarks

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

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	3	1: 32: 17.464	02	1: 15.324 (71.)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	71	3	+ 16.983	01	1: 16.076 (68.)
03	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	71	3	+ 27.638	03	1: 15,580 (63rd)
04th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	3	+ 35.048	05	1: 16.181 (65.)
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71	2	+1: 06.733	07th	1: 17,271 (64th)
06th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	70	3	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 17,161 (36th)
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	70	2	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 17.207 (45th)
08th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	70	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 17.452 (64th)
09	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	70	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 17,644 (55th)
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	70	3	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 17.011 (58th)
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 17,162 (55.)
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 17.428 (59.)
13	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	70	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 17.780 (63rd)
14th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	70	3	+ 1 lap	12	1: 16.684 (70th)
15th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	70	3	+ 1 lap	10	1: 16.681 (62nd)
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	69	3	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 18.023 (69.)
17th	Bruno Senna	Renault	69	4th	+ 2 rounds	09	1: 18.274 (62.)
18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	69	2	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 18.596 (47th)
19th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	68	2	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 19.902 (60th)
20th	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	68	2	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 19.649 (64th)
-	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	61	2	DNF	21st	1: 20.648 (60th)
-	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	46	3	DNF	04th	1: 17.209 (35th)
-	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	26th	1	DNF	18th	1: 19.706 (26.)
-	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	21st	1	DNF	24	1: 21.773 (14th)

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 392 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 270 03  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 258 04th  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 257 05  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 227 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 118 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 89 08th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 76 09  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 42 10  Vitaly Petrov Renault 37 11  Nick Heidfeld Renault 34 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 30th 13  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 27 14th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 26th

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 650 02  McLaren-Mercedes 497 03  Ferrari 375 04th  Mercedes 165 05  Renault 73 06th  Force India-Mercedes 69

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ferrari 44 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 41 09  Williams-Cosworth 5 10  Lotus Renault 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Pirelli determines tire allocation for the final spurt" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 7, 2011)
2. ^ "Sao Paulo: Massa's double anniversary" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 22, 2011)
3. ^ "GP Brazil in Interlagos / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 25, 2011)
4. ^ "HRT: Charouz in action on Friday" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 24, 2011)
5. ↑ "GP Brazil in Interlagos / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 25, 2011)
6. ^ "GP Brazil in Interlagos / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 26, 2011)