2011 Italian Grand Prix

 2011 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
13th of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXXXII Gran Premio Santander d'Italia
Date:	September 11, 2011
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Length:	306.72 km in 53 laps of 5.793 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 22.275 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 26.187 min (lap 52)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari

The 2011 Italian Grand Prix took place on September 11th at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and was the 13th race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Belgian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 92 points ahead of Mark Webber and 102 points ahead of Fernando Alonso . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 131 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 195 points ahead of Ferrari .

At the Italian 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 .

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

training

In the first free practice, Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of his McLaren teammates Jenson Button and Vettel. This training took over Nico Hülkenberg the Force India of Paul di Resta and Karun Chandhok the Lotus of Jarno Trulli . In the second free practice, Vettel drove the fastest lap ahead of Hamilton and Schumacher. In the third free practice session, Vettel was again the fastest pilot. Webber and Felipe Massa followed in second and third place .

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Hamilton drove the fastest lap. The HRT , Virgin and Lotus pilots and Jaime Alguersuari were eliminated. In the second segment, Vettel was the fastest pilot. The Sauber , Williams and Force India pilots and Sébastien Buemi were eliminated. In the final section, Vettel finally prevailed and achieved pole position in front of Hamilton and Button.

run

The future winner Sebastian Vettel in Friday training in his Red Bull RB7

At the start of the Italian Grand Prix, Alonso, who started from fourth place, took the lead ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. Schumacher also got off to a good start, starting from eighth position and taking over fourth position. There was a starting collision in midfield. Vitantonio Liuzzi , who started from last place, lost control of his car and turned into the field. It collided with Vitaly Petrow and Nico Rosberg . The race ended immediately for the three drivers. Liuzzi was blamed for the accident by the race stewards and received a starting place penalty of five positions for the next race.

In the subsequent safety car phase, Kamui Kobayashi , Barrichello, Daniel Ricciardo and Bruno Senna came to the pits to make repairs. Ricciardo, who already had technical problems at the start, stayed in the pits for over 16 minutes and then resumed the race. He crossed the finish line 14 laps behind and was not classified. Jérôme D'Ambrosio gave up after the first lap because he had a transmission problem.

At the restart the first two positions remained unchanged. However, Schumacher managed to overtake Hamilton on the start-finish straight and take third place. Shortly thereafter there was a collision between Webber and Massa, in which Webber damaged the front wing. He drove on, but in the Parabolica he lost control of his vehicle and drove into the tire wall. It was the first and only retirement of a Red Bull driver of the season. In the meantime, Vettel had taken over the leadership of Alonso. He passed his opponent in the variant della Roggia .

Button, Hamilton and Schumacher (from left) exit the Parabolica, shortly before Button overtook both opponents

While Vettel and Alonso break away at the top, Schumacher and Hamilton dueled behind the two. Hamilton tried several times to get past his opponent, but was initially unsuccessful. After Adrian Sutil retired with hydraulic problems, Hamilton managed to overtake Schumacher on the start-finish straight. However, Schumacher did not give up and immediately overtook Hamilton by overtaking him on the outside of the Curva Grande . As a result of the duel between the two racing drivers, Hamilton's team-mate Button managed to catch up with the two. After Hamilton did not get past Schumacher again, Button overtook him in the Curva Grande . On the same lap, Button managed to overtake Schumacher as well. In the next few laps, the three drivers went to the pits in the order Schumacher, Hamilton and Button to change tires. However, there were no changes in position within this trio. Even when Vettel and Alonso pitted, the positions remained unchanged.

Another exciting duel for fourth position developed between Schumacher and Hamilton. After Schumacher was informed by his team that he was not allowed to change lanes several times during the duel, Hamilton finally managed to drive past Schumacher on the 27th lap. Hamilton had no chance against Schumacher for long stretches because the car was too slow with its set-up on the straight and it was not faster even with the help of the DRS . At this stage of the race, both Sauber drivers retired due to gearbox damage. Sergio Pérez was in seventh place before his retirement and had not yet completed his only planned pit stop.

The drivers at the award ceremony: Button, Vettel and Alonso (from left)

After the second pit stop, Button, who had already approached Alonso before the pit stop, managed to overtake his opponent and take second position. Hamilton also managed to get close to Alonso, but there was not enough time for an overtaking maneuver.

Vettel finally won his eighth race of the season ahead of Button and Alonso. Hamilton was fourth ahead of Schumacher and Massa. Alguersuari, who started the race from 18th place, achieved his best result in Formula 1 in seventh place. The other points went to Paul di Resta , Senna and Buemi. Bruno Senna scored Formula 1 points for the first time. Pastor Maldonado , who was sixth in the initial phase, remained in eleventh without points.

In the drivers' world championship, Vettel extended his lead again. Webber dropped to fourth place behind Alonso and Button. In the constructors' world championship the first positions remained unchanged.

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	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	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso STR6	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	19th	Jaime Alguersuari
Team Lotus	20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus T128	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	21st	Karun Chandhok
		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 15 in the first free practice. Di Resta then took over the vehicle for the remainder of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{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: 24.002	1: 22.914	1: 22.275	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 23.976	1: 23.172	1: 22.725	02
03	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 24.013	1: 23.031	1: 22.777	03
04th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 24.134	1: 23.342	1: 22.841	04th
05	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 24.148	1: 23.387	1: 22.972	05
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 24.523	1: 23.681	1: 23.188	06th
07th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 24.486	1: 23.741	1: 23.530	07th
08th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 25.108	1: 23.671	1: 23.777	08th
09	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 24.550	1: 23.335	1: 24.477	09
10	Bruno Senna	Renault	1: 24.914	1: 24.157	no time	10
11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 24.574	1: 24.163	-	11
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 24.595	1: 24.209	-	12
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 24.975	1: 24.648	-	13
14th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 24.798	1: 24.726	-	14th
15th	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 25.113	1: 24.845	-	15th
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 25.164	1: 24.932	-	16
17th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 24.879	1: 25.065	-	17th
18th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 25.334	-	-	18th
19th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 26.647	-	-	19th
20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 27.184	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 27.591	-	-	21st
22nd	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 27.609	-	-	22nd
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	1: 28.054	-	-	23
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1: 28.231	-	-	24
107 percent time : 1: 29.854 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 23.976 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	53	2	1: 20: 46,172	01	1: 26,557 (49.)
02	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	53	2	+ 9.590	03	1: 26.207 (52nd)
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	53	2	+ 16,909	04th	1: 27.191 (50.)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	53	2	+ 17.417	02	1: 26,187 (52nd)
05	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	53	2	+ 32.677	08th	1: 27.402 (46.)
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	53	2	+ 42.993	06th	1: 26.924 (53rd)
07th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	2	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 28,357 (49.)
08th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	52	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 28.054 (52nd)
09	Bruno Senna	Renault	52	3	+ 1 lap	10	1: 26.895 (51st)
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 28.202 (51.)
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	52	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 28.934 (51st)
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	52	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 28.377 (49.)
13	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	51	2	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 29.639 (50th)
14th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	51	2	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 29.825 (50.)
15th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	51	2	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 30.783 (51st)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	39	2	+ 14 rounds	23	1: 32.013 (36th)
-	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	32	0	DNF	15th	1: 29.403 (29.)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	21st	2	DNF	17th	1: 30,000 (21.)
-	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	09	0	DNF	12	1: 31.455 ( 08.)
-	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	04th	0	DNF	05	1: 30.994 ( 04.)
-	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	01	0	DNF	22nd	-
-	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	00	0	DNF	07th	-
-	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	00	0	DNF	09	-
-	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	00	0	DNF	24	-

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 284 02  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 172 03  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 167 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 167 05  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 158 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 82 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 08th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 52 09  Vitaly Petrov Renault 34 10  Nick Heidfeld Renault 34 11  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 27 12  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 24 13  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16 14th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 13

Item driver constructor Points 15th  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 12 16  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 8th 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 451 02  McLaren-Mercedes 325 03  Ferrari 254 04th  Mercedes 108 05  Renault 70 06th  Force India-Mercedes 36

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ferrari 35 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 29 09  Williams-Cosworth 5 10  Lotus Renault 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Pirelli nominates future mixtures" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 3, 2011)
2. ^ "GP Italy in Monza / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 9, 2011)
3. ^ "GP Italy in Monza / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 9, 2011)
4. ^ "GP Italy in Monza / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 10, 2011)
5. ↑ ^{a b} "HRT: A weekend to forget" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 11, 2011)
6. ^ "Liuzzi punished for collision" (focus.de on September 11, 2011)
7. ^ "Marussia-Virgin: Missed a small chance" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 11, 2011)
8. ↑ "Points for Force India - Sutil unlucky" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 11, 2011)
9. ^ "McLaren frustrated: Schumacher as a brake block" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 11, 2011)
10. ↑ "Clean: Reliability problems cost a lot of championship points" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 11, 2011)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com