2011 Monaco Grand Prix

 2011 Monaco Grand Prix

Racing data
6th of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2011
Date:	May 29, 2011
Place:	Monte Carlo
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	260.52 km in 78 laps of 3.34 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 69,000
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 13.556 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 16.234 min (lap 78)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Third:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2011 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 29th at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the sixth race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Spanish Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 41 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 51 points ahead of Mark Webber . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 47 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 110 points ahead of Ferrari .

Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds Soft (yellow) and Supersoft (red), as well as intermediates (light blue) and full wets (orange) for wet conditions . The Supersoft tire compound was first used in Monaco.

There was a personnel change at Ferrari in the run-up to the Grand Prix. Aldo Costa , who until then had held the position of technical director, was released from his duties. Pat Fry took over the technical management in the chassis area.

With Michael Schumacher (five times), Fernando Alonso (twice), Jarno Trulli , Hamilton, Jenson Button and Webber (once each), six former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

The first day of training in Monaco usually took place on Thursday. During the first free practice sessions, Vettel achieved the fastest lap ahead of Alonso and Nico Rosberg . In this training Daniel Ricciardo took over the Toro Rosso from Jaime Alguersuari . Webber only drove three laps during the first practice session; the transmission on his Red Bull got stuck in sixth gear after leaving the pit lane, so that he did not set a lap time. There was a five-minute interruption during training, as repairs were being carried out on the start-finish straight.

In the second free practice, Alonso took the lead from Hamilton and Rosberg.

In the third free practice session on Saturday, Alonso again achieved the fastest lap ahead of Button and Massa. Training had to be interrupted after accidents involving Rosberg and Vitantonio Liuzzi . Both drivers were uninjured.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Hamilton posted the fastest lap. The HRT drivers did not take part in qualifying. Liuzzi's vehicle could not be repaired in time after his accident in the third free practice session and a problem with the rear suspension was discovered on Narain Karthikeyan's car . Although they did not qualify, the race stewards allowed them to race. In addition, the Virgin and Lotus pilots as well as Jaime Alguersuari did not make the leap into the second segment. In this Hamilton sat again at the front of the field. The Force India and Renault pilots as well as Sébastien Buemi , Kamui Kobayashi and Rubens Barrichello were eliminated.

The final qualifying segment was overshadowed by Sergio Pérez's serious accident . As he left the tunnel, he lost control of his vehicle, turned and hit the side wall of the harbor chicane. Training was interrupted for the rescue of the pilot and repair work on the track. Pérez remained conscious and was taken to a hospital. According to his team, he did not suffer any serious injuries. Pérez is said to have suffered a concussion and a sprain in his thigh. The accident was similar to Karl Wendlinger's accident , who also had a serious accident in 1994 in the Sauber . Wendlinger was in a coma for weeks after this accident.

In the end, Vettel was the first to finish qualifying ahead of Button and Webber. Hamilton, who had set the fastest time in the previous sections, only came in seventh after the restart of qualifying. However, this fastest lap time was canceled because he had shortened the harbor chicane. He fell back to tenth place. Since Pérez did not start the race, he moved up to ninth place.

run

Shortly before the end of the race, there was an accident in which Vitali Petrov needed medical care and the race was interrupted. Vettel finally won the race ahead of Alonso and Button.

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	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	Daniel Ricciardo
		Jaime Alguersuari
Team Lotus	20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus T128	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	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} Ricciardo drove the Toro Rosso with the number 19 in the first free practice. Alguersuari 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: 15.606	1: 14.277	1: 13.556	01
02	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 15.397	1: 14.545	1: 13.997	02
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 16.087	1: 14.742	1: 14.019	03
04th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 16.051	1: 14.569	1: 14.483	04th
05	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 16.092	1: 14.981	1: 14.682	05
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 16.309	1: 14.648	1: 14.877	06th
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 15.858	1: 14.741	1: 15.766	07th
08th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 15.819	1: 15.545	1: 16.528	08th
09	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 15.207	1: 14.275	no time	09
10	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 15.918	1: 15.482	no time	10
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 16.378	1: 15.815	-	11
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 16.616	1: 15.826	-	12
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 16.513	1: 15.973	-	13
14th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 16.813	1: 16.118	-	14th
15th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 16,600	1: 16.121	-	15th
16	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1: 16.681	1: 16.214	-	16
17th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 16.358	1: 16,300	-	17th
18th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 17.343	-	-	18th
19th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 17.381	-	-	19th
20th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 17.820	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 17.914	-	-	21st
22nd	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 18.736	-	-	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 20.471 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 15.207 min)
DNQ	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	no time	-	-	23
DNQ	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	no time	-	-	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

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	78	1	2: 09: 38.373	01	1: 16.267 (78.)
02	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	78	2	+ 1.138	04th	1: 16.471 (77.)
03	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	78	3	+ 2.378	02	1: 16.463 (78th)
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	78	2	+ 23.101	03	1: 16.234 (78.)
05	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	78	1	+ 26.916	13	1: 18.308 (76.)
06th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	78	3	+ 47.210	09	1: 17.847 (54th)
07th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	77	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 18.872 (77.)
08th	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	77	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 17.857 (77.)
09	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	77	2	+ 1 lap	12	1: 18.584 (76.)
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	77	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 18.832 (77.)
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	76	3	+ 2 rounds	07th	1: 18.699 (56th)
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	76	3	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 18.724 (75th)
13	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	76	2	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 21.277 (66.)
14th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	76	2	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 20.678 (54th)
15th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	75	2	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 21.391 (75th)
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	75	1	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 21,566 (74.)
17th	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	74	2	+ 4 rounds	23	1: 22.731 (74.)
18th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	73	2	DNF	08th	1: 18.904 (62nd)
-	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	67	1	DNF	11	1: 20.058 (57th)
-	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	66	2	DNF	20th	1: 18.608 (59th)
-	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	32	1	DNF	06th	1: 20.202 (16.)
-	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	32	1	DNF	05	1: 19.801 (30.)
-	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	30th	1	DNF	21st	1: 22.102 (30.)
-	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	-	-	DNS	10	-

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. ↑ Lewis Hamilton received a 20 second time penalty for causing a collision

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 143 02  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 85 03  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 79 04th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 76 05  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 69 06th  Nick Heidfeld Renault 29 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 26th 08th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 24 09  Vitaly Petrov Renault 21st 10  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 19th 11  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 14th 12  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 8th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7th 14th  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 2 15th  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 2 16  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2 17th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 18th  Jarno Trulli Lotus Renault 0 19th  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Renault 0 20th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio Virgin Cosworth 0 21st  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 0 22nd  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 23  Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 0 24  Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 222 02  McLaren-Mercedes 161 03  Ferrari 93 04th  Renault 50 05  Mercedes 40 06th  Clean Ferrari 21st

Item constructor Points 07th  Force India-Mercedes 10 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7th 09  Williams-Cosworth 2 10  Lotus Renault 0 11  Virgin Cosworth 0 12  HRT-Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Pirelli in Monaco: The super-soft tire debuts" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 23, 2011)
2. ^ "Ferrari is restructuring, Chief Technology Officer Costa has to go" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 24, 2011)
3. ^ "GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 27, 2011)
4. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: Start in Monaco: Vettel first, Webber last. Motorsport-Total.com, May 26, 2011, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
5. ^ "GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 27, 2011)
6. ^ "GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 28, 2011)
7. ↑ "Accidents before qualifying cause guesswork" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 28, 2011)
8. ↑ "HRT: Damned to Watch" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 28, 2011)
9. ↑ "Accident in qualifying: Perez is conscious" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 28, 2011)
10. ↑ "No broken bones in Perez" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 28, 2011)
11. ↑ "Perez accident overshadows Vettel's pole position" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 28, 2011)
12. ↑ "Hamilton: fastest lap deleted" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 28, 2011)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com