2011 Spanish Grand Prix

 2011 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2011
Date:	May 22, 2011
Place:	Montmeló
Course:	Circuit de Catalunya
Length:	307.104 km in 66 laps of 4.655 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 78,100
Pole position
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing
Time:	1: 20.981 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 26.727 min (lap 52)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2011 Spanish Grand Prix took place on May 22nd at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló and was the fifth race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Turkish Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 34 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 38 points ahead of Mark Webber . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 43 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 83 points ahead of Ferrari .

At the Spanish Grand Prix, Pirelli competed for the first time of the season with modified tire compounds. The previous hard tire compound has been replaced by a new, hard variant. The name and marking (silver) of the tire remained the same. Pirelli also provided the drivers with soft (yellow) tire compounds , as well as intermediates (light blue) and full wets (orange) for wet conditions .

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

training

The rear wing of the Ferrari that was classified as non-compliant in Friday practice

In the first free practice session, last year's winner Webber set the fastest lap ahead of his teammates Vettel and Nico Rosberg . In this training Nico Hülkenberg took over the Force India from Paul di Resta and Daniel Ricciardo took over the Toro Rosso from Sébastien Buemi . In the second free practice, Webber kept the top position. Hamilton and Vettel followed in second and third place. In the third free practice session, Vettel set the fastest lap ahead of Webber and Schumacher.

Before the last training session in Barcelona, ​​Ferrari had to retrofit its new rear wing with Gurney Flaps because they did not comply with the rules.

Qualifying

In the first segment of qualifying Schumacher achieved the fastest lap. The HRT and Virgin pilots as well as Nick Heidfeld , Rubens Barrichello and Jarno Trulli were eliminated. Heidfeld did not score any time and therefore did not manage to qualify within the 107 percent rule . He was subsequently given permission to start the race. In the second section, Vettel drove back to the front of the field. The Force India, Sauber and Toro Rosso pilots and Heikki Kovalainen were eliminated. In the third section, Webber set the fastest time and achieved his first pole position of the season. Vettel, who started the race from pole position in the first four races, finished in second place ahead of Hamilton, who was third.

run

Alonso, who started the race from fourth on the grid, had the best start of the front drivers. He overtook the Vettel starting in front of him on the inside lane and took the lead. Webber, who started from pole position, fell back to third place. Schumacher, who moved up from tenth to sixth, and Heidfeld, who started from last place, improved to 19th position, also started well. In the following laps, the positions at the top remained unchanged, the leading four drivers, Alonso, Vettel, Webber and Hamilton, however, separated from fifth-placed Vitali Petrow . In the meantime, Button, who had dropped to tenth place at the start, made up a position with an overtaking maneuver against Buemi.

After a few pilots from midfield had completed their first pit stop, Vettel pitted on lap nine and stayed on soft tires. He dropped to ninth place, but improved to seventh place after his stop by overtaking Button and Massa on the first lap. One lap after Vettel, Alonso and Webber also made their first pit stops. While Hamilton took the lead, Alonso held the position in front of Vettel, who was on the track directly behind him. Webber, like Vettel before, also fell behind Button and Massa. A little later, however, both Button and Webber managed to overtake Massa.

Vettel took the lead of the race on lap 24

After Hamilton's stop on lap 11, Alonso took over the lead of the race again. Hamilton passed Webber, who had overtaken Button in the meantime, through the later pit stop and took third position. As with the first stops, it was Vettel who made his first stop on lap 18 as the first pilot in the leading group. He switched to his third soft set of tires. After Alonso and Webber pitted on the next lap, Vettel was in front of the two racing drivers. Meanwhile, Hamilton led the race until his second pit stop. On the 22nd lap, Heidfeld was the last driver to make his first pit stop. He started on hard tires and had three new sets of soft tires available for the rest of the race. After 28 laps, Vitantonio Liuzzi was the first driver to retire. The HRT pilot had to give up with transmission problems.

At the top, Vettel and Hamilton separated from Alonso and Webber in the following rounds. Once in the pits, Button finished fifth. On lap 29, Alonso and Webber again made their third pit stop at the same time. Since both pilots had used up their soft tire sets, they switched to the hard tire compound. A lap later, Button, who was on a different strategy, made his second pit stop. Webber increased the pressure on Alonso in the following laps, but it took several laps to perform an overtaking maneuver. Alonso managed to counter and overtake Webber back. A little later, both drivers were overtaken by Button.

Meanwhile, Vettel and Hamilton were in the pits for the third time. However, their positions did not change. The two racing drivers already had a bigger lead on Button, Alonso and Webber. However, Alonso and Webber did not make their fourth pit stop at the same time. Alonso made the 39th, Webber in the 47th round. With the later pit stop, Webber managed to pass Alonso. Alonso also had problems setting good lap times with the hard tires. Shortly after Webber's pit stop, Vettel, Button and Hamilton also made their final pit stops. Vettel lost the lead briefly to Hamilton, but took it back after his stop. With the change in leadership, however, Hamilton managed to drive the 10,000 lead lap of a McLaren in Formula 1.

A little later Kovalainen retired with a driving error. While the yellow flags were showing, Hamilton set the fastest lap, and Button and Webber set their personal best. After the race, investigations were carried out against the three pilots, but there were no sanctions.

Sergio Pérez scored his first points

While there were no more changes in the front positions, there were shifts in the lower points. Massa was first overtaken by Sergio Pérez and then by Heidfeld. While Heidfeld also passed Pérez, Massa had to give up the race after 58 laps with a gearbox failure.

Vettel eventually won the race ahead of Hamilton, Button and Webber. All other pilots did not finish in the lead lap. Alonso was fifth ahead of the Mercedes drivers Schumacher and Rosberg. Heidfeld finished the race in eighth place and made up 16 positions in the race. Pérez, who crossed the finish line in ninth place ahead of his teammate Kamui Kobayashi , scored his first points in Formula 1.

In the world championship, Vettel further expanded his lead. The positions in the front seats remained unchanged. In terms of the designers, Red Bull-Renault and McLaren-Mercedes continued to stand out from the other teams.

With Sebastian Vettel, another driver won for the sixth time in a row. For the first time since the Spanish Grand Prix in 2000 , the pole setter did not win.

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	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} 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.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 23.619	1: 21.773	1: 20.981	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 24.142	1: 21.540	1: 21.181	02
03	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 24.370	1: 22.148	1: 21.961	03
04th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 23.485	1: 22.813	1: 21.964	04th
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 24.428	1: 22.050	1: 21.996	05
06th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 23.069	1: 22.948	1: 22.471	06th
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 23.507	1: 22.569	1: 22.599	07th
08th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 23.506	1: 23.026	1: 22.888	08th
09	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 23.406	1: 22.854	1: 22,952	09
10	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 22.960	1: 22.671	no time	10
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 23.962	1: 23.231	-	11
12	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 24.209	1: 23.367	-	12
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 24.049	1: 23.694	-	13
14th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 23.656	1: 23.702	-	14th
15th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 25.874	1: 25.403	-	15th
16	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 24.332	1: 26.126	-	16
17th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 24.648	1: 26.571	-	17th
18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 26.521	-	-	18th
19th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 26.910	-	-	19th
20th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 27.315	-	-	20th
21st	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1: 27.809	-	-	21st
22nd	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1: 27.908	-	-	22nd
23	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 28.556	-	-	23
107 percent time : 1: 28.767 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 22.960 min)
DNQ	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	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
2. ↑ Nick Heidfeld failed to qualify within the 107 percent rule . However, he was subsequently admitted to the race.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	66	4th	1: 39: 03,301	02	1: 27,162 (60.)
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	66	4th	+ 0.630	03	1: 26.727 (52nd)
03	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	66	3	+ 35.697	05	1: 27,518 (63.)
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	66	4th	+ 47.966	01	1: 27.187 (50.)
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	65	4th	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 28.737 (22nd)
06th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	65	3	+ 1 lap	10	1: 29.463 (34th)
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	65	3	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 29,155 (34.)
08th	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	65	3	+ 1 lap	24	1: 26,958 (61.)
09	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	65	3	+ 1 lap	12	1: 27.247 (55.)
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	65	3	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 27.615 (52nd)
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	65	3	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 29,592 (35th)
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	65	3	+ 1 lap	16	1: 29,469 (42nd)
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	65	3	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 28.791 (52nd)
14th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	65	3	+ 1 lap	11	1: 30.049 (27.)
15th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	65	4th	+ 1 lap	09	1: 29.391 (64th)
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	64	4th	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 29.132 (34.)
17th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	64	4th	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 26.891 (60.)
18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	64	3	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 30.783 (34th)
19th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	63	3	+ 3 rounds	20th	1: 31.635 (40th)
20th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	62	3	+ 4 rounds	23	1: 32,549 (36th)
21st	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	61	3	+ 5 rounds	22nd	1: 32.848 (33.)
-	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58	3	DNF	08th	1: 29.081 (24.)
-	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	48	3	DNF	15th	1: 30.618 (34th)
-	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	28	1	DNF	21st	1: 33.884 (22.)

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 118 02  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 77 03  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 67 04th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 61 05  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 51 06th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 26th 07th  Nick Heidfeld Renault 25th 08th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 24 09  Vitaly Petrov Renault 21st 10  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 14th 11  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 9 12  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6th

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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 185 02  McLaren-Mercedes 138 03  Ferrari 75 04th  Renault 46 05  Mercedes 40 06th  Clean Ferrari 11

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6th 08th  Force India-Mercedes 4th 09  Williams-Cosworth 0 10  Lotus Renault 0 11  Virgin Cosworth 0 12  HRT-Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Pirelli admits: four stops are too many" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 19, 2011)
2. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 20, 2011)
3. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 20, 2011)
4. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 21, 2011)
5. ^ Ferrari: Barcelona rear wing was illegal . Focus . May 21, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
6. ^ "Officially: Heidfeld can take part in the race" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 21, 2011)
7. ^ "HRT with problems in the race" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 22, 2011)
8. ↑ "Alonso: 'Not fast enough'" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 22, 2011)
9. ↑ "Olé! Vettel wins in Alonso-Land " (Bild.de on May 22, 2011)
10. ↑ "Lotus: still just missed out on midfield" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 22, 2011)
11. ↑ "Investigation against Hamilton, Button and Webber" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 22, 2011)
12. ^ "Whitmarsh: Button, Hamilton and Webber without penalties" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 22, 2011)
13. ↑ "Ferrari in racing trim slower than expected" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 22, 2011)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com