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

2011 Spanish Grand Prix

DateSunday, 22 May 2011
Winner
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Mark Webber
  • Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Lewis Hamilton
  • McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitCatalunya, 66 laps
Round5 of 19
Race numbers

The 2011 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 844th World Championship race
  • 41st World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 21st World Championship race at Catalunya
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault661hr 39m 03.301s25
2+1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes66+0.630s18
3+2(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes66+35.697s15
4-3(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault66+47.966s12
5-1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari65+1 lap10
6+4(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes65+1 lap8
7 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes65+1 lap6
8+16(DEU) Nick HeidfeldRenault65+1 lap4
9+3(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari65+1 lap2
10+4(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari65+1 lap1
11-5(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault65+1 lap 
12+4(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes65+1 lap 
13+4(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes65+1 lap 
14-3(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari65+1 lap 
15-6(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth65+1 lap 
16-3(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari64+2 laps 
17+2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth64+2 laps 
18 (ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault64+2 laps 
19+1(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth63+3 laps 
20+3(BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth62+4 laps 
21+1(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth61+5 laps 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari58DNF 
R (FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault48DNF 
R (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth28DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:20.981 
2(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:21.1810.200
3(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.9610.980
4(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:21.9640.983
5(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.9961.015
6(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault1:22.4711.490
7(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:22.5991.618
8(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:22.8881.907
9(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth1:22.9521.971
10(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes– 
Q2
11(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.231 
12(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:23.367 
13(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.694 
14(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:23.702 
15(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault1:25.403 
16(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:26.126 
17(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:26.571 
Q1
18(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault1:26.521 
19(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:26.910 
20(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:27.315 
21(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth1:27.809 
22(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:27.908 
23(BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth1:28.556 
24(DEU) Nick HeidfeldRenault– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Sebastian Vettel118
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton77
3(AUS) Mark Webber67
4(GBR) Jenson Button61
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso51
6(DEU) Nico Rosberg26
7(DEU) Nick Heidfeld25
8(BRA) Felipe Massa24
9(RUS) Vitaly Petrov21
10(DEU) Michael Schumacher14
11(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi9
12(CHE) Sebastien Buemi6
13(DEU) Adrian Sutil2
14(MEX) Sergio Perez2
15(GBR) Paul di Resta2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Renault185
2McLaren-Mercedes138
3Ferrari75
4Renault46
5Mercedes40
6Sauber-Ferrari11
7Toro Rosso-Ferrari6
8Force India-Mercedes4

Stats & milestones

Wins
14th for Sebastian Vettel
19th for Red Bull
Podiums
39th for Lewis Hamilton
33rd for Jenson Button
24th for Sebastian Vettel
456th & 457th for McLaren
46th for Red Bull
Poles
7th for Mark Webber
25th for Red Bull
1-2 start
10th for Red Bull (6th constructor to start 1-2 in ten races)
Fastest laps
9th for Lewis Hamilton
144th for McLaren
Front row starts
28th for Sebastian Vettel
20th for Mark Webber (38th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 2nd Australian driver)
Points finishes
1st for Sergio Perez (316th different point scorer, 4th Mexican driver)

See also

  • Spanish Grand Prix
  • Catalunya circuit
  • 2011 World Championship season

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