2011 Malaysian Grand Prix

 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XIII Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
Date:	April 10, 2011
Place:	Sepang
Course:	Sepang International Circuit
Length:	310.408 km in 56 laps of 5.543 km
Weather:	cloudy
Spectator:	~ 65,000
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 34.870 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 40.571 min (lap 46)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Nick Heidfeld	Renault

The 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix took place on April 10th at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang and was the second race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Australian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 7 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 10 points ahead of Vitaly Petrow . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 9 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 17 points ahead of Ferrari .

At the Malaysian 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 . For testing purposes on Friday, the teams also received two sets of tires made of the Supersoft (red) compound , which were used for the first time.

With Michael Schumacher (three times), Fernando Alonso (twice), Jenson Button and Vettel (once each), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

Jérôme D'Ambrosios Virgin was damaged by a technical problem in the first free practice; in the background is HRT pilot Narain Karthikeyan

In the first free practice, Mark Webber set the fastest lap ahead of Hamilton and Schumacher. He was 1.6 s ahead of Hamilton. Davide Valsecchi drove into this training the Lotus of Heikki Kovalainen and participated for the first time in a Formula 1 training meeting. In addition, Nico Hülkenberg took over the Force India from Paul di Resta and Daniel Ricciardo took over the Toro Rosso from Sébastien Buemi . Nick Heidfeld , Witali Petrow (both Renault ) and Jérôme D'Ambrosio ( Virgin ) suffered technical problems when braking during this session. In the second free practice session, Webber kept the lead. Button, who finished second, reduced the gap to five thousandths of a second. Hamilton finished third.

In the third free practice, McLaren driver Hamilton took the lead in front of Webber and Button.

Qualifying

Sebastian Vettel first achieved pole position and won the race a day later

The first qualifying segment was interrupted after eight minutes because Buemi had lost part of his side box panel. When qualifying resumed, Felipe Massa set the fastest lap. The HRT , Virgin and Lotus pilots and Pastor Maldonado did not make it into the second segment. All pilots kept their time below the 107 percent time . In the second section Button sat at the head of the field. The Force India and Toro Rosso pilots as well as Sergio Pérez , Rubens Barrichello and Schumacher were eliminated. In the last section of qualifying, Vettel finally achieved the fastest lap and secured pole position in front of Hamilton and Webber.

run

The first round of the Grand Prix

Before and during the race, meteorologists expected rain. Except for a few raindrops, however, it stayed dry the entire time and the pilots used slicks throughout.

At the start of the race, third-placed Webber fell back to tenth position. On the other hand, the Renault started well: Heidfeld improved from sixth place to second place behind Vettel and Petrow from eighth to fifth place. There were already a few overtaking maneuvers in the first laps and both Ferrari drivers drove past Petrov. In addition, Webber initially took over the ninth position from Kamui Kobayashi . However, he was overtaken back again because he had problems with his KERS . Nevertheless, a little later he managed to drive past Kobayashi again.

After Maldonado gave up with a technical problem, the first pit stop phase began on the eleventh lap by Webber. In the next few laps, all the pilots came to the pits. Vettel only had to give up his lead to Alonso for one lap. Heidfeld, on the other hand, dropped from second to fifth place due to the pit stop. Hamilton was in second place in front of Alonso, who overtook Button shortly after his pit stop. While Narain Karthikeyan gave up with cooling problems, Buemi received a drive-through penalty. He drove too fast in the pit lane during the pit stop.

With Webber, who had stopped first from the leading group, the tires continued to deteriorate and he also began the second phase of the pit stops. During this Vettel lost the lead again for one lap to Alonso. With the exception of Hamilton in second place, all drivers in the front part of the field kept the softer tire compound. In the meantime, Barrichello had retired with hydraulic problems and Pérez with electrical damage.

Kobayashi during the overtaking maneuver against Schumacher

On lap 28, Kobayashi, who, unlike the other drivers, had only made one pit stop, overtook Schumacher in an overtaking maneuver in the first sector. Jarno Trulli retired on lap 31 with a technical problem. At the top, Vettel increased his lead over Hamilton, who did not seem to benefit from the harder tires and turned into the pit lane before Vettel for his last stop. There was a delay at Hamilton's pit stop, so that he fell back through the stop behind Button, who had already overtaken Alonso at the second stop. Vettel kept the lead even after his last pit stop.

Heidfeld achieved a podium finish in a Renault

While D'Ambrosio rolled out with technical problems, a duel between Hamilton and Alonso developed. Alonso, who was catching up on Hamilton, had problems with his DRS . The two racing drivers finally touched because Alonso misjudged his pace while accelerating out and ran into Hamilton. He damaged his front wing and had to go to the pits for repairs. Heidfeld was a beneficiary of this contact, as he occupied fourth position behind Vettel, Button and Hamilton.

While Vitantonio Liuzzi gave up the race with technical problems, some overtaking maneuvers occurred. Petrov passed Kobayashi and took eighth position. Webber approached Massa with fresher tires and finally drove past him. Heidfeld also managed an overtaking maneuver against Hamilton in a duel for a podium place. He used his DR system for this. After Hamilton had also fallen behind Webber, he changed his tires one more time and fell back to seventh place.

The podium at the Malaysian Grand Prix

Petrov had an accident four laps before the end of the race. His steering column broke during a ride and the race was over for him. His teammate Heidfeld braked shortly before the end of the race, but remained about a second ahead of Webber.

Vettel finally won the race ahead of Button and Heidfeld. Webber finished fourth and Massa fifth.

After the race, Alonso and Hamilton each received a 20-second time penalty. Alonso's sixth place remained unchanged, Hamilton dropped from seventh to eighth place. Alonso received the time penalty because he had run into his vehicle in a duel with Hamilton, Hamilton was punished for changing lanes too often in the duel against Alonso. Kobayashi thus received seventh place. The other points went to Schumacher and di Resta.

In the world championship, Vettel and Red Bull-Renault expanded their existing lead. Button took over the second position from Hamilton, who was now in third place.

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	Davide Valsecchi	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	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} Valsecchi 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: 37.468	1: 35.934	1: 34.870	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 36.861	1: 35.852	1: 34.974	02
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 37.924	1: 36.080	1: 35.179	03
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 37.033	1: 35.569	1: 35.200	04th
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 36.897	1: 36.320	1: 35.802	05
06th	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1: 37.224	1: 36.811	1: 36.124	06th
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 36.744	1: 36.557	1: 36.251	07th
08th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 37.210	1: 36.642	1: 36.324	08th
09	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 37.316	1: 36.388	1: 36.809	09
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 36.994	1: 36.691	1: 36.820	10
11	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 36.904	1: 37.035	-	11
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 37.693	1: 37.160	-	12
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 37.677	1: 37.347	-	13
14th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 38.045	1: 37.370	-	14th
15th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 38.163	1: 37.496	-	15th
16	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 37.759	1: 37.528	-	16
17th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 37.693	1: 37.593	-	17th
18th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 38.276	-	-	18th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 38.645	-	-	19th
20th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 38.791	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 40.648	-	-	21st
22nd	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 41.001	-	-	22nd
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1: 41.549	-	-	23
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1: 42.574	-	-	24
107 percent time : 1: 43.516 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 36.744 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	56	3	1: 37: 39.832	01	1: 41,539 (33.)
02	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	3	+ 3.261	04th	1: 41.264 (50.)
03	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	56	3	+ 25.075	06th	1: 41,547 (47th)
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	4th	+ 26.384	03	1: 40.571 (46.)
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	2	+ 36,958	07th	1: 41.999 (41st)
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	4th	+ 57.248	05	1: 40.717 (49.)
07th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	56	2	+1: 06.439	10	1: 42.095 (39.)
08th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	4th	+1: 09.957	02	1: 41,512 (54.)
09	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	56	3	+1: 24.896	11	1: 42,491 (45th)
10	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	3	+1: 31.563	14th	1: 42.883 (48th)
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	56	3	+1: 41.379	17th	1: 42.973 (34.)
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	3	+ 1 lap	09	1: 41.778 (45th)
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	3	+ 1 lap	12	1: 42.659 (36th)
14th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 43.744 (37th)
15th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	55	2	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 43.677 (43.)
16	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	54	3	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 45.357 (50.)
17th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	52	3	DNF	08th	1: 41.054 (49.)
-	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	46	2	DNF	23	1: 46,521 (42nd)
-	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	42	2	DNF	22nd	1: 45.346 (41st)
-	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	31	1	DNF	20th	1: 45.280 (23.)
-	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	23	1	DNF	16	1: 43.298 (19.)
-	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	22nd	2	DNF	15th	1: 45.516 (10.)
-	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	14th	0	DNF	24	1: 49.385 ( 05.)
-	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	08th	0	DNF	18th	1: 45.689 ( 05.)

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. ↑ Alonso received a 20-second time penalty for causing a collision after the race.
3. ↑ Hamilton received a 20-second time penalty after the race for changing lanes several times to defend the position.

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 50 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 26th 03  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 22nd 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 22nd 05  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 20th 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 16 07th  Nick Heidfeld Renault 15th 08th  Vitaly Petrov Renault 15th 09  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 6th 10  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4th 11  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 2 12  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 2

Item driver constructor Points 13  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2 14th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 15th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 0 16  Jarno Trulli Lotus Renault 0 17th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio Virgin Cosworth 0 18th  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Renault 0 19th  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 -  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 0 -  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 0 -  Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 0 -  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 0 -  Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 72 02  McLaren-Mercedes 48 03  Ferrari 36 04th  Renault 30th 05  Clean Ferrari 6th 06th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4th

Item constructor Points 07th  Force India-Mercedes 4th 08th  Mercedes 2 09  Lotus Renault 0 10  Virgin Cosworth 0 -  Williams-Cosworth 0 -  HRT-Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Pirelli in Malaysia: The big endurance test is pending" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 7, 2011)
2. ^ "Lotus: Valsecchi Friday driver in Sepang" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 5, 2011)
3. ^ "GP Malaysia in Sepang / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 8, 2011)
4. ↑ "Worrying mishaps at the start of training" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 8, 2011)
5. ^ "GP Malaysia in Sepang / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 8, 2011)
6. ^ "GP Malaysia in Sepang / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 9, 2011)
7. ↑ "20-second penalties for Alonso and Hamilton" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 10, 2011)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com