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

2011 Turkish Grand Prix

DateSunday, 8 May 2011
Winner
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Mark Webber
  • Red Bull-Renault
CircuitIstanbul, 58 laps
Round4 of 19
Race numbers

The 2011 Turkish Grand Prix was the:

  • 843rd World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship Turkish Grand Prix (last until 2020)
  • 7th World Championship race at Istanbul (last until 2020)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault581hr 30m 17.558s25
2 (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault58+8.807s18
3+2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari58+10.075s15
4 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes58+40.232s12
5-2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes58+47.539s10
6 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes58+59.431s8
7+2(DEU) Nick HeidfeldRenault58+1m 00.857s6
8-1(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault58+1m 08.168s4
9+7(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari58+1m 09.394s2
10+14(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari58+1m 18.021s1
11-1(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari58+1m 19.823s 
12-4(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes58+1m 25.444s 
13-1(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes57+1 lap 
14+1(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari57+1 lap 
15-4(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth57+1 lap 
16+1(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari57+1 lap 
17-3(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth57+1 lap 
18+1(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault57+1 lap 
19-1(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault56+2 laps 
20+3(BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth56+2 laps 
21+1(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth55+3 laps 
22-2(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth53+5 laps 
R (GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes44DNF 
Did not start
  (DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth   

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Jerome d’Ambrosio received a five-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags in practice.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:25.049 
2(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:25.4540.405
3(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:25.5740.525
4(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.5950.546
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:25.8510.802
6(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.9820.933
7(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault1:26.2961.247
8(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:26.6461.597
9(DEU) Nick HeidfeldRenault1:26.6591.610
10(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari– 
Q2
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:26.764 
12(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:27.027 
13(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:27.145 
14(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth1:27.236 
15(MEX) Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:27.244 
16(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:27.255 
17(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:27.572 
Q1
18(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault1:28.780 
19(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault1:29.673 
20(BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth1:30.445 
21(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth1:30.692 
22(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:30.813 
23(IND) Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:31.564 
24(JPN) Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(IND) Karun ChandhokLotus-Renault
(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
(AUS) Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Sebastian Vettel93
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton59
3(AUS) Mark Webber55
4(GBR) Jenson Button46
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso41
6(BRA) Felipe Massa24
7(DEU) Nick Heidfeld21
8(RUS) Vitaly Petrov21
9(DEU) Nico Rosberg20
10(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi8
11(DEU) Michael Schumacher6
12(CHE) Sebastien Buemi6
13(DEU) Adrian Sutil2
14(GBR) Paul di Resta2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Renault148
2McLaren-Mercedes105
3Ferrari65
4Renault42
5Mercedes26
6Sauber-Ferrari8
7Toro Rosso-Ferrari6
8Force India-Mercedes4

Stats & milestones

Wins
13th for Sebastian Vettel
18th for Red Bull
Race 1-2
9th for Red Bull
Podiums
64th for Fernando Alonso
23rd for Sebastian Vettel
22nd for Mark Webber
644th for Ferrari
44th & 45th for Red Bull
Poles
19th for Sebastian Vettel
24th for Red Bull
1-2 start
9th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
9th for Mark Webber
15th for Red Bull
Front row starts
27th for Sebastian Vettel
19th for Mark Webber
Pole & win
10th for Sebastian Vettel (9th driver to win ten races from pole, 2nd German driver)

See also

  • Turkish Grand Prix
  • Istanbul circuit
  • 2011 World Championship season

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