2011 Singapore Grand Prix

 2011 Singapore Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2011 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix
Date:	September 25, 2011
Place:	Singapore
Course:	Marina Bay Street Circuit
Length:	309.224 km in 61 laps of 5.067 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 44.381 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 48.454 min (lap 54)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault

The 2011 Singapore Grand Prix took place on September 25th at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore and was the 14th race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Italian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 112 points ahead of Fernando Alonso and with 117 points ahead of Jenson Button . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 126 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 197 points ahead of Ferrari . At this Grand Prix, Vettel had the chance to win the drivers' world championship early.

This was the last time Sam Michael was technical director for Williams . Michael left the racing team after eleven years. In 2012 he will work for McLaren.

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

With Alonso (twice) and Lewis Hamilton (once) two former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

training

The first free practice started half an hour late as some curbs had been damaged by a series of frames and was shortened to an hour. The training was interrupted twice. The first time, Heikki Kovalainen's car had to be salvaged, the second time, repairs had to be carried out on the track because a notch was loose and a nail came out. Hamilton posted the fastest lap ahead of Vettel and Mark Webber . In this training, Narain Karthikeyan took over the HRT from Vitantonio Liuzzi . In the second free practice session, Vettel took the lead. Alonso and Hamilton followed in second and third place. In the third free practice session, Webber set the fastest lap ahead of Button and Vettel. HRT pilots Daniel Ricciardo and Liuzzi never managed a time within the 107 percent rule in any training session .

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Vettel achieved the fastest lap. The HRT, Virgin and Lotus pilots as well as Vitaly Petrow were eliminated. All pilots stayed within the 107 percent limit and qualified. The second segment was interrupted nine minutes before the end because Kamui Kobayashi hit the boundary at the exit of the Singapore Sling . Kobayashi left the car on his own and was uninjured. Vettel was again the fastest pilot. The Sauber , Toro Rosso and Williams drivers and Bruno Senna were eliminated. In the last section, Vettel again achieved the fastest lap and took pole position in front of Webber and Button.

run

Vettel won the race ahead of Button and Webber. Vettel kept the lead throughout and scored a start-to-finish victory. There were several duels in midfield, some of which ended in collisions.

Vettel and Red Bull-Renault increased their lead in the world championship. At this point, Vettel only needed one point to win the World Cup. There were only theoretical chances of a title for Button.

The finish line on the first five places corresponded to the later final placement of the drivers' world championship at the end of the season. Apart from this race in Formula 1 history, this was only the case at the 2015 Japanese 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	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	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus T128	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	21st	Jarno Trulli
HRT F1 team	22nd	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT F111	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	23	Narain Karthikeyan
		Vitantonio Liuzzi
Marussia Virgin Racing	24	Timo Glock	Virgin MVR-02	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	25th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Karthikeyan drove the HRT with the number 23 in the first free practice. Liuzzi 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: 46.397	1: 44.931	1: 44.381	01
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 47.332	1: 45.651	1: 44.732	02
03	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 46.956	1: 45.472	1: 44.804	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 47.014	1: 46.829	1: 44.809	04th
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 47.054	1: 45.779	1: 44.874	05
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 47.945	1: 45.955	1: 45.800	06th
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 47.688	1: 46.405	1: 46.013	07th
08th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 48.819	1: 46.043	no time	08th
09	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 47.952	1: 47.093	no time	09
10	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 48.022	1: 47.486	no time	10
11	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 47.717	1: 47.616	-	11
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 48.061	1: 48.082	-	12
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 49.710	1: 48.270	-	13
14th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 48.753	1: 48.634	-	14th
15th	Bruno Senna	Renault	1: 48.861	1: 48.662	-	15th
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 49.588	1: 49.862	-	16
17th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 48.054	no time	-	17th
18th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 49.835	-	-	18th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 50.948	-	-	19th
20th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 51.012	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 52.154	-	-	21st
22nd	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 52.363	-	-	22nd
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	1: 52.404	-	-	23
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1: 52.810	-	-	24
107 percent time : 1: 53.844 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 46.397 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
2. ↑ Liuzzi was moved five positions down for causing a collision at the Italian Grand Prix.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	61	3	1: 59: 06.757	01	1: 48.688 (51st)
02	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	61	3	+ 1.737	03	1: 48.454 (54th)
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	61	3	+ 29.279	02	1: 50.088 (54th)
04th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	61	3	+ 55,449	05	1: 50.891 (58th)
05	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	61	5	+1: 07.766	04th	1: 50.832 (54th)
06th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	61	2	+1: 51.067	10	1: 54.239 (41st)
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	60	3	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 54.383 (42nd)
08th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	60	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 54,564 (45th)
09	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	60	4th	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 52.550 (26.)
10	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	60	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 54.615 (42nd)
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	60	3	+ 1 lap	13	1: 53.198 (50.)
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	60	3	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 52,197 (51.)
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	60	2	+ 1 lap	12	1: 55.235 (40th)
14th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	59	4th	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 51.329 (56th)
15th	Bruno Senna	Renault	59	4th	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 53.774 (55th)
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	59	3	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 54.063 (56th)
17th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	59	3	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 54.204 (56.)
18th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	59	2	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 58.730 (22.)
19th	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	57	3	+ 4 rounds	23	1: 59.064 (40th)
20th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	57	4th	+ 4 rounds	24	1: 58.283 (41.)
21st	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	3	DNF	16	1: 53.676 (37th)
-	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	47	3	DNF	20th	1: 57.126 (25.)
-	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	28	2	DNF	08th	1: 53.096 (26.)
-	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	09	0	DNF	21st	2: 00.412 ( 06.)

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 309 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 185 03  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 184 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 182 05  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 168 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 84 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 62 08th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 52 09  Vitaly Petrov Renault 34 10  Nick Heidfeld Renault 34 11  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 28 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 27 13  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 20th 14th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16

Item driver constructor Points 15th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 13 16  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 9 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 491 02  McLaren-Mercedes 353 03  Ferrari 268 04th  Mercedes 114 05  Renault 70 06th  Force India-Mercedes 48

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ferrari 36 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 29 09  Williams-Cosworth 5 10  Lotus Renault 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Formula 1 - 11th and 13th places to say goodbye to Sam Michael" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on September 25, 2011)
2. ↑ "Pirelli nominates future mixtures" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 3, 2011)
3. ↑ "Half-hour delay in Singapore" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 23, 2011)
4. ↑ "First training shortened: Hamilton before Vettel" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 23, 2011)
5. ^ "GP Singapore in Singapore / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 23, 2011)
6. ^ "GP Singapore in Singapore / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 23, 2011)
7. ^ "GP Singapore in Singapore / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 24, 2011)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com