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Home / Seasons / 2011 F1 World Championship Season / 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix

2011 Hungarian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 31 July 2011
Winner
  • Jenson Button
  • McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Felipe Massa
  • Ferrari
CircuitHungaroring, 70 laps
Round11 of 19
Race numbers

The 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix was the:

  • 850th World Championship race
  • 26th World Championship Hungarian Grand Prix
  • 26th World Championship race at Hungaroring
More 2011 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes701hr 46m 42.337s25
2-1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault70+3.588s18
3+2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari70+19.819s15
4-2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes70+48.338s12
5+1(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault70+49.742s10
6-2(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari70+1m 23.176s8
7+4(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes69+1 lap6
8+15(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari69+1 lap4
9-2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes69+1 lap2
10+6(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari69+1 lap1
11+2(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari69+1 lap 
12 (RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault69+1 lap 
13+2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth68+2 laps 
14-6(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes68+2 laps 
15-5(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari68+2 laps 
16+1(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth68+2 laps 
17+3(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth66+4 laps 
18+4(AUS) Daniel RicciardoHRT-Cosworth66+4 laps 
19+5(BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth65+5 laps 
20+1(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth65+5 laps 
R (FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault55DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes26DNF 
R (DEU) Nick HeidfeldRenault23DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault17DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
3 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
4 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
5 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
6 (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
7 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
8 (DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
9 (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes
10 (MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
11 (GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
12 (RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault
13 (JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
14 (DEU) Nick HeidfeldRenault
15 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth
16 (ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari
17 (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth
18 (FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault
19 (ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault
20 (DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth
21 (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth
22 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoHRT-Cosworth
23-5(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
24 (BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth

Notes

  • Sebastien Buemi received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Nick Heidfeld in the previous race.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:19.815 
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.9780.163
3(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:20.0240.209
4(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:20.3500.535
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:20.3650.550
6(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:20.4740.659
7(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:21.0981.283
8(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:21.4451.630
9(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:21.9072.092
10(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari– 
Q2
11(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:22.256 
12(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault1:22.284 
13(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:22.435 
14(DEU) Nick HeidfeldRenault1:22.470 
15(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:22.684 
16(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:22.979 
17(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth– 
Q1
18(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:24.070 
19(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault1:24.362 
20(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault1:24.534 
21(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:26.294 
22(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth1:26.323 
23(AUS) Daniel RicciardoHRT-Cosworth1:26.479 
24(BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth1:26.510 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
(BRA) Bruno SennaRenault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Sebastian Vettel234
2(AUS) Mark Webber149
3(GBR) Lewis Hamilton146
4(ESP) Fernando Alonso145
5(GBR) Jenson Button134
6(BRA) Felipe Massa70
7(DEU) Nico Rosberg48
8(DEU) Nick Heidfeld34
9(RUS) Vitaly Petrov32
10(DEU) Michael Schumacher32
11(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi27
12(DEU) Adrian Sutil18
13(CHE) Sebastien Buemi12
14(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari10
15(MEX) Sergio Perez8
16(GBR) Paul di Resta8
17(BRA) Rubens Barrichello4

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Renault383
2McLaren-Mercedes280
3Ferrari215
4Mercedes80
5Renault66
6Sauber-Ferrari35
7Force India-Mercedes26
8Toro Rosso-Ferrari22
9Williams-Cosworth4

Stats & milestones

Last start
Nick Heidfeld
Milestone race start
200th for Jenson Button (11th driver to start 200 races, 2nd British driver)
100th for Nico Rosberg (59th driver to start 100 races, 6th German driver)
100th for Toro Rosso (26th constructor to start 100 races)
Wins
11th for Jenson Button
173rd for McLaren
Podiums
69th for Fernando Alonso
36th for Jenson Button
29th for Sebastian Vettel
649th for Ferrari
461st for McLaren
55th for Red Bull
Poles
23rd for Sebastian Vettel
31st for Red Bull
Fastest laps
14th for Felipe Massa (last until 2014; last for Ferrari)
227th for Ferrari
Front row starts
33rd for Sebastian Vettel & Lewis Hamilton
Points finishes
75th for Mark Webber

See also

  • Hungarian Grand Prix
  • Hungaroring circuit
  • 2011 World Championship season

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