2011 Indian Grand Prix

 2011 Indian Grand Prix

Racing data
17th of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2011 Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix
Date:	October 30, 2011
Place:	Greater Noida
Course:	Buddh International Circuit
Length:	307.249 km in 60 laps of 5.125 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 24.178 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 27.249 min (lap 60)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari

The 2011 Indian Grand Prix took place on October 30th at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida and was the 17th race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Korean Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 127 points from Jenson Button and 137 points from Fernando Alonso . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 140 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 248 points ahead of Ferrari . Vettel and Red Bull-Renault were already established as world champions ahead of time.

At the Indian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds hard (silver) and soft (yellow), as well as intermediates (light blue) and full wets (orange) for wet conditions . On the first day of training, the pilots received an additional set of Soft tire compound.

Vitantonio Liuzzi was replaced by Narain Karthikeyan before the Grand Prix at HRT . Karthikeyan received the car with the number 22, which he drove at the start of the season. Daniel Ricciardo took over the vehicle with the number 23 from Liuzzi.

Jarno Trulli completed his 250th and Felipe Massa his 150th race.

training

The first free practice session was interrupted shortly after it started because a dog was on the track. Lewis Hamilton finally set the first fastest time on this track ahead of Vettel and Mark Webber . Karun Chandhok took over the lotus from Heikki Kovalainen in this training session . After the practice, Hamilton and Sergio Pérez were given a starting place penalty of three positions by the race stewards because they did not slow down clearly enough when the yellow flags were waved twice. In the second free practice session, Massa was the fastest driver ahead of Vettel and Alonso. After Jérôme D'Ambrosio had an accident at Turn 11, training was briefly interrupted. In the third free practice session, Vettel set the fastest lap ahead of Button and Webber. D'Ambrosio and the two HRT pilots Karthikeyan and Ricciardo did not achieve a time within the 107 percent rule in any training session .

Qualifying

Vitaly Petrov set the fastest lap in the first qualifying segment . Due to transmission problems , Timo Glock was unable to set a time within the 107 percent rule and therefore failed to qualify. He was subsequently admitted to the race. In addition, the HRT and Lotus pilots as well as D'Ambrosio and Kamui Kobayashi did not make the leap into the second segment. In this, Vettel was the fastest driver. The Williams and Renault drivers as well as Sergio Pérez , Paul di Resta and Michael Schumacher were eliminated. In the final section, Vettel kept the lead and achieved pole position ahead of Hamilton and Webber. Qualifying ended under yellow as Massa drove into the lane at turn 9 with a damaged suspension.

run

Vettel won the race ahead of Button and Alonso.

Vettel led the race from pole position throughout and also drove the fastest race lap. With that he achieved a Grand Slam .

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	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	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	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT F111	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	23	Daniel Ricciardo
Marussia Virgin Racing	24	Timo Glock	Virgin MVR-02	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	25th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 26.218	1: 24.657	1: 24.178	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 26.563	1: 25.019	1: 24.474	05
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 26.473	1: 25.282	1: 24.508	02
04th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 26.774	1: 25.158	1: 24.519	03
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 26.225	1: 25.299	1: 24.950	04th
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 27.012	1: 25.522	1: 25.122	06th
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 26.364	1: 25.555	1: 25.451	07th
08th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 26.271	1: 26,140	no time	08th
09	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 26.608	1: 26.161	no time	09
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 26.557	1: 26.319	no time	10
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 26.189	1: 26.319	-	16
12	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 26.790	1: 26.337	-	11
13	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 26.864	1: 26.503	-	12
14th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 26.829	1: 26.537	-	13
15th	Bruno Senna	Renault	1: 26.766	1: 26.651	-	14th
16	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 27.479	1: 27.247	-	15th
17th	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 27.249	1: 27.562	-	20th
18th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 27.876	-	-	17th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 28.565	-	-	18th
20th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 28.752	-	-	19th
21st	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	1: 30.216	-	-	23
22nd	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1: 30.238	-	-	24
23	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 30.866	-	-	21st
107 percent time : 1: 32.222 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 26.189 min)
DNQ	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 34.046	-	-	22nd

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. ↑ Hamilton was moved three positions back for disregarding double-waved yellow flags.
3. ↑ Petrov was moved five positions back for causing a collision with Schumacher in Korea.
4. ↑ Pérez was moved three positions back for disregarding double-waved yellow flags.
5. ↑ Ricciardo was moved five positions back because of a gear change.
6. ↑ Karthikeyan was set back five positions for hindering Schumacher.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	60	2	1: 30: 35.002	01	1: 27.249 (60.)
02	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	60	2	+ 8.433	04th	1: 27.967 (60th)
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	60	2	+ 24.301	03	1: 27.953 (58th)
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	60	2	+ 25,529	02	1: 27,520 (59.)
05	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	60	2	+1: 05.421	11	1: 28,549 (48th)
06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	60	2	+1: 06.851	07th	1: 28,600 (59th)
07th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	60	3	+1: 24.183	05	1: 28.721 (58th)
08th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	59	2	+ 1 lap	10	1: 29.239 (57.)
09	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	59	2	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 29.289 (59.)
10	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	59	2	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 29.345 (58th)
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	59	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 29.289 (58.)
12	Bruno Senna	Renault	59	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 29,310 (55th)
13	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	59	3	+ 1 lap	12	1: 28.679 (59th)
14th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	58	2	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 30.294 (58th)
15th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	58	2	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 28.635 (56th)
16	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	57	2	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 31.990 (51st)
17th	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	57	2	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 31.988 (44th)
18th	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	57	3	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 31.674 (49.)
19th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	57	3	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 31.691 (52nd)
-	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	32	3	DNF	06th	1: 30.243 (19.)
-	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	24	1	DNF	09	1: 30.956 (23.)
-	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	12	0	DNF	13	1: 33.573 (12.)
-	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	02	1	DNF	22nd	2: 09.008 ( 02.)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	00	0	DNF	17th	-

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 240 03  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 227 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 221 05  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 202 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 98 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 75 08th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 70 09  Vitaly Petrov Renault 36 10  Nick Heidfeld Renault 34 11  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 30th 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 27 13  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 26th 14th  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 21st

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 595 02  McLaren-Mercedes 442 03  Ferrari 325 04th  Mercedes 145 05  Renault 72 06th  Force India-Mercedes 51

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ferrari 41 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 plays it safe in India" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 25, 2011)
2. ^ "HRT: Without Liuzzi to India" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 22, 2011)
3. ^ "Dog on the track: training interrupted" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 28, 2011)
4. ^ "GP India in Noida / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 28, 2011)
5. ↑ "Yellow flags ignored: Hamilton and Perez punished" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 28, 2011)
6. ^ "GP India in Noida / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 28, 2011)
7. ^ "GP India in Noida / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 29, 2011)
8. ↑ "Glock is allowed to take part in the Indian Grand Prix" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 29, 2011)

Web links

Commons : Indian Grand Prix 2011  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com