2011 Chinese Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 17 April 2011
Winner	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Circuit	Shanghai, 56 laps
Round	3 of 19
Race numbers	The 2011 Chinese Grand Prix was the: 842nd World Championship race 8th World Championship Chinese Grand Prix 8th World Championship race at Shanghai
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1hr 36m 58.226s	25
2	-1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	+5.198s	18
3	+15	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	+7.555s	15
4	-2	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+10.000s	12
5	-1	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+13.448s	10
6		(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+15.840s	8
7	-2	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+30.622s	6
8	+6	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	+31.026s	4
9	+1	(RUS) Vitaly Petrov	Renault	56	+57.404s	2
10	+3	(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1m 03.273s	1
11	-3	(GBR) Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1m 08.757s
12	+4	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Renault	56	+1m 12.739s
13	+2	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	56	+1m 30.189s
14	-5	(CHE) Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1m 30.671s
15	-4	(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
16	+3	(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	55	+1 lap
17	-5	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
18	-1	(VEN) Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	55	+1 lap
19	+1	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	55	+1 lap
20	+1	(BEL) Jerome d’Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	54	+2 laps
21	+1	(DEU) Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	54	+2 laps
22	+1	(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	54	+2 laps
23	+1	(IND) Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	54	+2 laps
R		(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	9	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:33.706
2	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:34.421	0.715
3	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:34.463	0.757
4	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.670	0.964
5	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:35.119	1.413
6	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.145	1.439
7	(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.158	2.452
8	(GBR) Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:36.190	2.484
9	(CHE) Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.203	2.497
10	(RUS) Vitaly Petrov	Renault	–
Q2
11	(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:35.874
12	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.053
13	(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.236
14	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.457
15	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:36.465
16	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1:36.611
17	(VEN) Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1:36.956
Q1
18	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.468
19	(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1:37.894
20	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1:38.318
21	(BEL) Jerome d’Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1:39.119
22	(DEU) Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:39.708
23	(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1:40.212
24	(IND) Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:40.445

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Wins: 15th for Lewis Hamilton; 170th for McLaren
Podiums: 38th for Lewis Hamilton; 22nd for Sebastian Vettel; 21st for Mark Webber; 455th for McLaren; 42nd & 43rd for Red Bull
Poles: 18th for Sebastian Vettel; 23rd for Red Bull
Fastest laps: 8th for Mark Webber; 14th for Red Bull
Front row starts: 26th for Sebastian Vettel; 17th for Jenson Button