The 2011 European Grand Prix (formally titled the LV Grand Prix of Europe was a Formula One race held on the 26th of June. It was the eighth race of the 2011 Formula One Season. It was held at the Valencia Street Circuit.
It was won by Sebastian Vettel in his Red Bull-Renault, who completed a hat-trick by taking pole and the fastest lap. Fernando Alonso came second, and in what he called his best performance of the year, Mark Webber came home in third place.
The race was notable for having no retirements, like the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix (15 starters), the 2005 United States Grand Prix (6 starters) and the 2005 Italian Grand Prix (20 starters); and Narain Karthikeyan became the equal lowest-classified driver in history (with Jim Rathmann from the 1950 Indianapolis 500) by coming 24th and last. Due to the fact that some of the 1950 Indy 500 drivers that did not finish and were still classified, this race had the most finishers of any Grand Prix.
Free Practice Results[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying Results[]
Grid[]
Race[]
Race Results[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Avg Speed | Grid | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Sebastian Vettel
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Red Bull-Renault | 57 | 1:39:36.169 | 186.069 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 |  Fernando Alonso
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Ferrari | 57 | + 10.981s | 185.730 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 |  Mark Webber
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Red Bull-Renault | 57 | + 27.255s | 185.224 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 |  Lewis Hamilton
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McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | + 46.190s | 184.642 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 6 |  Felipe Massa
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Ferrari | 57 | + 51.705s | 184.473 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | + 1m 0.065s | 184.217 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 8 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes | 57 | + 1m 38.090s | 183.064 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari
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Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | + 1 lap | 182.584 | 18 | 4 |
| 9 | 14 | Adrian Sutil
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Force India-Mercedes | 56 | + 1 lap | 182.569 | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld
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Renault | 56 | + 1 lap | 182.313 | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 |  Sergio Pérez
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Sauber-Ferrari | 56 | + 1 lap | 182.108 | 16 | |
| 12 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello
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Williams-Cosworth | 56 | + 1 lap | 181.953 | 13 | |
| 13 | 18 |  Sébastien Buemi
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Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | + 1 lap | 181.915 | 17 | |
| 14 | 15 | Paul di Resta
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Force India-Mercedes | 56 | + 1 lap | 181.855 | 12 | |
| 15 | 10 |  Vitaly Petrov
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Renault | 56 | + 1 lap | 181.744 | 11 | |
| 16 | 16 |  Kamui Kobayashi
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Sauber-Ferrari | 56 | + 1 lap | 181.700 | 14 | |
| 17 | 7 | Michael Schumacher
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Mercedes | 56 | + 1 lap | 181.253 | 8 | |
| 18 | 12 |  Pastor Maldonado
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Williams-Cosworth | 56 | + 1 lap | 180.714 | 15 | |
| 19 | 20 |  Heikki Kovalainen
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Lotus-Renault | 55 | + 2 laps | 179.189 | 19 | |
| 20 | 21 |  Jarno Trulli
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Lotus-Renault | 55 | + 2 laps | 178.061 | 20 | |
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock
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Virgin-Cosworth | 55 | + 2 laps | 177.584 | 21 | |
| 22 | 25 |  Jérôme d'Ambrosio
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Virgin-Cosworth | 55 | + 2 laps | 176.979 | 23 | |
| 23 | 23 | Vitantonio Luizzi
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HRT-Cosworth | 54 | + 3 laps | 176.085 | 22 | |
| 24 | 22 |  Narain Karthikeyan
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HRT-Cosworth | 54 | + 3 laps | 173.313 | 24 |
Fastest Laps[]
Lap Leaders[]
Lap-by-lap[]
1-13 (13): Sebastian Vettel
14 (1): Felipe Massa
15-57 (43): Sebastian Vettel
Totals[]
Sebastian Vettel: 56
Felipe Massa: 1
Milestones[]
- Most finishers in a Grand Prix (24).
- Sebastian Vettel's second hat-trick, two years after his first.
- It was also Vettel's fifth double of 2011, though his sixth win.
- And it was Vettel's first fastest lap of 2011.
- Red Bull's 50th and 51st podia.
- It was also Red Bull's 10th and 11th front row starts of 2011.
Standings[]
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