Great Britain Grand Prix 2011

 Great Britain Grand Prix 2011

Racing data
9th of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	61st Santander British Grand Prix
Date:	July 10, 2011
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	306.227 km in 52 laps of 5.891 km
Weather:	cloudy
Spectator:	~ 122,000
Pole position
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 30.399 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Time:	1: 34.908 min (lap 41)
Podium
First:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault

The 2011 British Grand Prix took place on July 10th at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone and was the ninth race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the European Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 77 points from Jenson Button and 77 points from Mark Webber . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 89 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 166 points ahead of Ferrari .

From this Grand Prix, the double-declutching ban came into force. Previously, it was possible to keep the engine running even when braking, so that the exhaust gases could flow into the diffuser . After a dispute between team bosses Christian Horner (Red Bull-Renault) and Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren-Mercedes) over an exemption for the Renault engine on Friday afternoon , this exemption was withdrawn on Saturday. Originally, Renault was allowed to open the throttle valve up to 50% and fire six out of eight cylinders, while the Mercedes and Cosworth engines were only allowed to open the throttle valve up to 10% and fire four out of eight cylinders. An exception rule for Mercedes engines, which are allowed to reignite their engine during braking due to reliability problems on the crankshaft housing, remains in place. The technical director of Red Bull, Adrian Newey , felt reminded of the 1994 Formula 1 World Championship with these changes to the regulations . At that time, the traction control and active wheel suspension developed by Williams-Renault were forbidden.

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

Daniel Ricciardo made his Grand Prix debut at the British Grand Prix. He replaced Narain Karthikeyan at HRT-Cosworth . Ricciardo previously took part in the first free practice sessions of the season for Toro Rosso .

Ferrari changed its official name from Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro to Scuderia Ferrari ahead of the Grand Prix . The team last competed under this name at the 1996 Japanese Grand Prix . Ferrari and Philip Morris International responded to criticism from anti-tobacco organizations. Ferrari also celebrated the 60th anniversary of their first Formula 1 victory. On July 14, 1951, José Froilán González won the Grand Prix of Great Britain for the first time as a driver for the Italian racing team.

With Michael Schumacher (three times), Rubens Barrichello , Fernando Alonso , Lewis Hamilton , Vettel and Webber (once each), six former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice session, which took place under wet conditions, Webber set the fastest lap ahead of Schumacher and Barrichello. This training took over Nico Hülkenberg the Force India of Adrian Sutil and Karun Chandhok the Lotus of Heikki Kovalainen . In the second free practice session, most of the drivers did not go out onto the track until the last third, as the track was again wet and the drivers wanted to use fewer tires. After all , Felipe Massa was the fastest pilot ahead of Nico Rosberg and Kamui Kobayashi . In the third free practice session, in which the drivers consistently used slicks, Vettel prevailed against Alonso and Webber.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Webber set the fastest lap. As it began to rain at the end of the section, the pilots were no longer able to improve their times in the final phase. The HRT, Virgin and Toro Rosso pilots as well as Jarno Trulli were eliminated. In the second qualifying segment, in which slicks were used again, Massa took over the leadership position. The Renault drivers as well as Kovalainen, Barrichello, Schumacher, Sergio Pérez and Sutil were eliminated. In the third section, Webber finally achieved pole position in front of Vettel and Alonso. There was also light rain in this segment in the last few minutes.

run

Alonso won the race ahead of Vettel and Webber. He achieved the first win of the season for Scuderia Ferrari.

The race started in wet conditions. However, the track dried out during the race, so the drivers switched to slicks in the first half of the race.

Vettel took over the lead from Webber at the start and lost it to Alonso in an incorrect pit stop. In the further course of the race he did not manage to catch up with his opponent.

In Fernando Alonso, another driver won for the fifth time in a row. After Michael Schumacher was the last driver to win the Grand Prix at least twice ( 1998 , 2002 and 2004 ), Alonso has now succeeded (previously in 2006 ). This interrupted the streak of eight different winners since the 2003 British Grand Prix .

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	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	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	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso STR6	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	19th	Jaime Alguersuari
Team Lotus	20th	Karun Chandhok	Lotus T128	Renault 2.4 V8	P
		Heikki Kovalainen
	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	Jérôme D'Ambrosio

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{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.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chandhok drove the Lotus with the number 20 in the first free practice. Kovalainen then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 32.670	1: 31.673	1: 30.399	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 32.977	1: 32.379	1: 30.431	02
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 32.986	1: 31.727	1: 30.516	03
04th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 32.760	1: 31.640	1: 31.124	04th
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 34.230	1: 32.273	1: 31.898	05
06th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 34.472	1: 32.569	1: 31.929	06th
07th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 32.702	1: 32.588	1: 31.933	07th
08th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 34.324	1: 32.399	1: 32.128	08th
09	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 34.186	1: 32.295	1: 32.209	09
10	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 33.581	1: 32.505	1: 32.376	10
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 34.454	1: 32.617	-	11
12	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 34.145	1: 32.624	-	12
13	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 34.160	1: 32.656	-	13
14th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 34.766	1: 32.734	-	14th
15th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 33.532	1: 33.119	-	15th
16	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1: 35.132	1: 33.805	-	16
17th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 34.923	1: 34.821	-	17th
18th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 35.245	-	-	18th
19th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 35.749	-	-	19th
20th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 36.203	-	-	20th
21st	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 36.456	-	-	21st
22nd	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 37.154	-	-	22nd
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1: 37.484	-	-	23
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	1: 38.059	-	-	24
107 percent time : 1: 39.156 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 32.670 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	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	52	3	1: 28: 41.196	03	1: 34.908 (41st)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	52	3	+ 16,511	02	1: 35,565 (38th)
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	52	3	+ 16.947	01	1: 35.665 (49.)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	52	3	+ 28.986	10	1: 36,180 (39.)
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	52	3	+ 29.010	04th	1: 35,474 (49.)
06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	52	2	+1: 00.665	09	1: 37.073 (32nd)
07th	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	52	2	+1: 05.590	12	1: 36.656 (35.)
08th	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	52	2	+1: 15.542	16	1: 37,117 (37.)
09	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	52	3	+1: 17.912	13	1: 37.034 (34.)
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	2	+1: 19.108	18th	1: 37,160 (38.)
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	52	3	+1: 19.712	11	1: 36.744 (42nd)
12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	52	2	+1: 20.681	14th	1: 36,308 (40.)
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	51	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 36.733 (38th)
14th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	51	3	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 37.036 (41st)
15th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	51	3	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 37.936 (48th)
16	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	50	2	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 39.811 (49.)
17th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	50	2	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 40.560 (30.)
18th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	50	2	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 40,524 (40.)
19th	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	49	2	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 40.910 (30.)
-	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	39	3	DNF	05	1: 36.982 (31st)
-	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	25th	2	DNF	19th	1: 40.224 (24.)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	23	2	DNF	08th	1: 40.703 (23.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	10	0	DNF	21st	1: 55.491 ( 09.)
-	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	02	0	DNF	17th	2: 10.404 ( 02.)

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 204 02  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 124 03  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 112 04th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 109 05  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 109 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 52 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 40 08th  Nick Heidfeld Renault 34 09  Vitaly Petrov Renault 31 10  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 28 11  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 25th 12  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 10 13  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 9

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 8th 15th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8th 16  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 4th 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  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 0 24  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 25th  Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0 26th  Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 328 02  McLaren-Mercedes 218 03  Ferrari 164 04th  Mercedes 68 05  Renault 65 06th  Clean Ferrari 33

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 17th 08th  Force India-Mercedes 12 09  Williams-Cosworth 4th 10  Lotus Renault 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Double-declutching ban: Of conspiracy and combustion" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 8, 2011)
2. ↑ " Double-declutching exception regulation causes a dispute" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 8, 2011)
3. ^ " Double-declutching : Renault loses special permit" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 9, 2011)
4. ^ "Double-declutching ban: Newey feels reminded of 1993" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 5, 2011)
5. ↑ "Pirelli: Soft / Hard for Silverstone" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 29, 2011)
6. ↑ "HRT and Ricciardo: The devil is in the details ..." (Motorsport-Total.com on June 30, 2011)
7. ^ "Ferrari with even less Marlboro" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 8, 2011)
8. ↑ "Ferrari celebrates its own history" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 9, 2011)
9. ^ "GP Great Britain in Silverstone / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 8, 2011)
10. ^ "GP Great Britain in Silverstone / 2nd Free Practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 8, 2011)
11. ^ "GP Great Britain in Silverstone / 3rd Free Practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 9, 2011)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com