2011 British Grand Prix

2011 British Grand Prix
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Round	9 of 2011
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Race Details
Date	July 10, 2011
Official Name	LXIV Santander British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, Northamptonshire/Buckinghamshire, UK
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.891 km (3.660 mi)
Distance	52 laps, 306.332 km (190.346 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:30.399
Fastest Lap
Driver	Fernando Alonso Ferrari
Time	1:34.908 on lap 41
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso Ferrari
Second	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Third	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Lap Leaders

The 2011 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on the 10th of July at Silverstone. It was won by Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari. Second was championship leader Sebastian Vettel, and third was Vettel's teammate, polesitter Mark Webber.

Daniel Ricciardo made his début for HRT in this race.

Qualifying Results

Qualifying Overview

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1		Q2		Q3 Time	Laps
				Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.670	1	1:31.673	2	1:30.399	19
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.977	4	1:32.379	6	1:30.431	19
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.986	5	1:31.727	3	1:30.516	20
4	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32.760	3	1:31.640	1	1:31.124	16
5	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:34.230	11	1:32.273	4	1:31.898	21
6	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.472	15	1:32.569	9	1:31.929	14
7	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1:32.702	2	1:32.588	10	1:31.933	16
8	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.324	12	1:32.399	7	1:32.128	16
9	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.186	10	1:32.295	5	1:32.209	18
10	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.581	7	1:32.505	8	1:32.376	20
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.454	14	1:32.505			14
12	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.145	8	1:32.617			14
13	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:34.160	9	1:32.656			15
14	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:34.428	13	1:32.754			14
15	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:33.532	6	1:33.119			12
16	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1:35.132	17	1:33.805			15
17	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1:34.923	16	1:34.821			9
18	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:35.245					7
19	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:35.749					7
20	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:36.203					7
21	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1:36.456					4
22	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1:37.154					6
23	23	Vitantonio Luizzi	HRT-Cosworth	1:37.484					7
24	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	1:38.059					6

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	Mark Webber
	Sebastian Vettel	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	Fernando Alonso
	Felipe Massa	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	Jenson Button
	Paul di Resta	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	Pastor Maldonado
	Kamui Kobayashi	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	Nico Rosberg
	Lewis Hamilton	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	Adrian Sutil
	Sergio Pérez	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	Michael Schumacher
	Vitaly Petrov	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	Rubens Barrichello
	Nick Heidfeld	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	Heikki Kovalainen
	Jaime Alguersuari	______________
Row 10	______________	19
	20	Sébastien Buemi
	Timo Glock	______________
Row 11	______________	21
	22	Jarno Trulli
	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	______________
Row 12	______________	23
	24	Vitantonio Luizzi
	Daniel Ricciardo	______________

Race Results

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Avg Speed	Grid	Pts
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	52	1:28:41.196	207.155	3	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	52	+ 16.511s	206.514	2	18
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	52	+ 16.947s	206.947	1	15
4	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	52	+ 28.986	206.033	10	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	52	+ 29.010	206.032	4	10
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	52	+ 1m 0.665s	204.820	9	8
7	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+ 1m 5.590s	204.633	12	6
8	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	52	+ 1m 15.542s	204.255	16	4
9	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	52	+ 1m 17.912s	204.166	13	2
10	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	+ 1m 19.108s	204.121	18	1
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	52	+ 1m 19.712s	204.098	11
12	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	52	+ 1m 20.681s	204.061	14
13	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	51	+ 1 lap	203.129	15
14	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	51	+ 1 lap	203.097	7
15	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	51	+ 1 lap	201.195	6
16	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	50	+ 2 laps	197.431	20
17	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	50	+ 2 laps	196.445	22
18	23	Vitantonio Luizzi	HRT-Cosworth	50	+ 2 laps	196.163	23
19	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	49	+ 3 laps	192.941	24
Ret	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	39	Wheel	203.252	5
Ret	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	25	Collision	194.043	19
Ret	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	23	Oil leak	190.697	8
Ret	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	10	Oil leak	179.026	21
Ret	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	2	Gearbox	161.167	17

Lap Leaders

Lap-by-lap

Stint	Driver	Laps	Lap Count	Distance (km)
1	Sebastian Vettel	1 - 27	27	158.923
2	Fernando Alonso	28 - 52	25	147.409

Totals

Pos	Driver	Total Laps	Distance (km)
1	Sebastian Vettel	27	158.923
2	Fernando Alonso	25	147.409

Milestones

• Fernando Alonso's and Ferrari's only victory in 2011.
• Daniel Ricciardo's first race.
• Nick Heidfeld's last points scored in F1.

Notes

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