2011 European Grand Prix

 2011 European Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LV Grand Prix of Europe
Date:	June 26, 2011
Place:	Valencia
Course:	Valencia Street Circuit
Length:	308.883 km in 57 laps of 5.419 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 85,100
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 36.975 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 41.852 min (lap 53)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Third:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault

The 2011 European Grand Prix took place on June 26th at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia ( Spain ) and was the eighth race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Canadian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 60 points ahead of Jenson Button and 67 points ahead of Mark Webber . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 69 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 154 points ahead of Ferrari .

In the week before the race, the FIA decided that the engine mapping must not be changed between qualifying and the race. Up until now it was possible to burn additional fuel in qualifying. With the increased exhaust gases, a higher suction effect was achieved at the diffuser . A change in the engine mapping during the race is still allowed, but the racing cars would have to be connected to a notebook during a pit stop . Red Bull-Renault was said to have benefited particularly from the change in engine mapping between qualifying and the race.

At the European 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 . The medium mixture was first used in the race.

At Sauber , Sergio Pérez , who had sidelined in Canada due to an injury, returned to the cockpit and replaced Pedro de la Rosa .

With Michael Schumacher (six times), Rubens Barrichello , Fernando Alonso (twice each), Felipe Massa and Vettel (once each), five former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice session, Webber set the fastest lap ahead of Vitaly Petrow and Alonso. This training took over Nico Hülkenberg the Force India of Paul di Resta , Daniel Ricciardo the Toro Rosso of Sebastien Buemi and Karun Chandhok the Lotus of Jarno Trulli . In the second free practice session, Alonso took the lead ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Vettel. In the third free practice session, Vettel was the fastest driver ahead of Alonso and Massa.

Qualifying

In the first segment of qualifying, Massa achieved the fastest lap. The HRT , Virgin and Lotus pilots and Jaime Alguersuari were eliminated. The second part of the qualification was interrupted after 7 minutes due to a technical defect in Pastor Maldonado's car , which stopped on the track. Vettel drove the fastest lap. The Sauber and Williams pilots as well as Buemi, di Resta and Petrow were eliminated. In the third segment, Vettel finally prevailed and achieved pole position in front of Webber and Hamilton.

run

Sebastian Vettel won the race ahead of Fernando Alonso and team mate Mark Webber.

Sebastian Vettel dominated the race from the start. He quickly gained an advantage while his teammate Mark Webber was able to consolidate second place. At Ferrari, Felipe Massa seemed to be taking third place, but he was slowed down at the first corner by Lewis Hamilton, which meant that team-mate Fernando Alonso was able to overtake him.

The first pit stops were made in laps 12 to 16. This allowed Hamilton to overtake Massa. Michael Schumacher collided with Petrov after exiting the pit lane, causing damage to the front wing. Despite the great distance, the record world champion made it back into the pits and was able to have the front wing replaced. As a result, however, he lost a few positions, which is why he was the last to start again.

On lap 22 Fernando Alonso managed to overtake Mark Webber to the delight of the home fans and was thus second behind Sebastian Vettel. However, there was no pursuit duel with the defending champion, Vettel was always able to extend his lead and drove flawlessly.

The race continued in this constellation. Vettel managed to expand his lead on Alonso. Webber and Hamilton fought for third place. In the meantime, Webber was even able to take second place after Fernando Alonso was in the pits. But he was very unlucky at his pit stops, first he drove too fast into the pit lane and ended up next to the track and then the mechanics messed up changing tires, which is why Webber lost a lot of time and Alonso drove past again.

McLaren driver Jenson Button had problems with the KERS during the race , which is why he was unable to get any closer to the leading group. Mark Webber also complained about transmission problems shortly before the end. Sebastian Vettel was able to easily bring victory over the finish line in front of Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber.

There were no retirements in the race, all 24 drivers finished the race, which is a new record .

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 Marlboro	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	Nick Heidfeld	Renault R31	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	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	Nico Hulkenberg
		Paul di Resta
Sauber F1 Team	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean C30	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	17th	Sergio Perez
Scuderia Toro Rosso	18th	Daniel Ricciardo	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	Karun Chandhok
		Jarno Trulli
HRT F1 team	22nd	Narain Karthikeyan	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	Jérôme D'Ambrosio

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Hulkenberg drove the Force India with the number 15 in the first free practice. Di Resta then took over the vehicle for the remainder of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ricciardo 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} Chandhok 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.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 39.116	1: 37.305	1: 36.975	01
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 39.956	1: 38.058	1: 37.163	02
03	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 39.244	1: 37.727	1: 37.380	03
04th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 39.725	1: 37.930	1: 37.454	04th
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 38.413	1: 38.566	1: 37.535	05
06th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 39.453	1: 37.749	1: 37.645	06th
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 39.266	1: 38.373	1: 38.231	07th
08th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 39.198	1: 38.365	1: 38.240	08th
09	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1: 39.877	1: 38.781	no time	09
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 39.329	1: 39.034	no time	10
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 39.690	1: 39.068	-	11
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 39.852	1: 39.422	-	12
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 39.602	1: 39.489	-	13
14th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 40.131	1: 39.525	-	14th
15th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 39.690	1: 39.645	-	15th
16	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 39.494	1: 39.657	-	16
17th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 39.679	1: 39.711	-	17th
18th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 40.232	-	-	18th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 41.664	-	-	19th
20th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 42.234	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 42.553	-	-	21st
22nd	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1: 43.584	-	-	22nd
23	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 43.735	-	-	23
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1: 44.363	-	-	24
107 percent time : 1: 45.301 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 38.413 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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	57	3	1: 39: 36.169	1	1: 41.852 (53.)
02	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	57	3	+ 10.891	4th	1: 42.308
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	57	3	+ 27.255	2	1: 42.534
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	57	3	+ 46.190	3	1: 42.947
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	3	+ 51.705	5	1: 42.705
06th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	57	3	+1: 00.065	6th	1: 42.340
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	3	+1: 38.090	7th	1: 43.649
08th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	2	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 43.579
09	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	56	3	+ 1 lap	10	1: 43.526
10	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	56	3	+ 1 lap	9	1: 43.901
11	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	56	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 43.949
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	56	3	+ 1 lap	13	1: 44.131
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	3	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 44.103
14th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	3	+ 1 lap	12	1: 43.851
15th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	56	3	+ 1 lap	11	1: 43.151
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	56	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 43.517
17th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	56	3	+ 1 lap	8th	1: 44.578
18th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	56	3	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 43.134
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	55	3	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 45.055
20th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	55	2	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 46.208
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	55	2	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 46.628
22nd	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	55	2	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 47.164
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	54	3	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 47.418
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	54	3	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 47.708

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 186 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 109 03  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 109 04th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 97 05  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 87 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 42 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 32 08th  Vitaly Petrov Renault 31 09  Nick Heidfeld Renault 30th 10  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 26th 11  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 25th 12  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 10 13  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8th

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8th 15th  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 4th 16  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 2 17th  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2 18th  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 0 19th  Jarno Trulli Lotus Renault 0 20th  Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 0 21st  Jérôme D'Ambrosio Virgin Cosworth 0 22nd  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Renault 0 23  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 24  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 0 25th  Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 295 02  McLaren-Mercedes 206 03  Ferrari 129 04th  Renault 61 05  Mercedes 58 06th  Clean Ferrari 27

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16 08th  Force India-Mercedes 12 09  Williams-Cosworth 4th 10  Lotus Renault 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Red Bull's qualifying trick banned from Valencia" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 21, 2011)
2. ↑ "Pirelli: New medium tires are used" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 21, 2011)
3. ^ "GP Europe in Valencia / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 24, 2011)
4. ^ "GP Europe in Valencia / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 24, 2011)
5. ^ "GP Europe in Valencia / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 25, 2011)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com