2011 Formula One Season

2011 Formula One Season
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Sebastian Vettel, the 2011 Drivers' World Champion
Season data
Number of races	19
First race	Australian Grand Prix
Last race	Brazilian Grand Prix
Engine suppliers	Renault, Ferrari, Cosworth, Mercedes
Tyre suppliers	P
Points system	10 places 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1
Drivers' World Championship
Champion	Sebastian Vettel 392 points
Runners-up	Jenson Button 270 points
3rd	Mark Webber 258 points
Constructors' World Championship
Champions	Red Bull-Renault 650 points
Runners-up	McLaren-Mercedes 497 points
3rd	Ferrari 375 points

The 2011 Formula One season was the 62nd season of Formula One. It begun on March 27 at Australia and ended on November 27 at Brazil.

The Driver's Championship was won by Sebastian Vettel, clinching it at the Japanese Grand Prix, becoming the youngest ever double champion, while his team Red Bull won the Constructors title a race later.

Entry List

Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Driver	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers
Team	Engine
Red Bull-Renault	RB7	P	1	Sebastian Vettel	All	Daniel Ricciardo Jean-Éric Vergne
Red Bull Racing	Renault RS27-2011		2	Mark Webber	All
McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-26	P	3	Lewis Hamilton	All	Pedro de la Rosa Gary Paffett Oliver Turvey Lewis Williamson
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	Mercedes FO 108Y		4	Jenson Button	All
Ferrari	150° Italia	P	5	Fernando Alonso	All	Giancarlo Fisichella Jules Bianchi Marc Gené Luca Badoer Sergio Campana Michael Lewis
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro (1−8) Scuderia Ferrari (9−19)	Ferrari 056		6	Felipe Massa	All
Mercedes	MGP W02	P	7	Michael Schumacher	All	Anthony Davidson Sam Bird
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes FO 108Y		8	Nico Rosberg	All
Renault	R31	P	9	Nick Heidfeld	1–11	Bruno Senna Romain Grosjean Fairuz Fauzy Ho-Pin Tung Jan Charouz Robert Wickens Kevin Korjus Robert Kubica María de Villota Nicolas Prost
Lotus Renault GP	Renault RS27-2011		9	Bruno Senna	12–19
			10	Vitaly Petrov	All
Williams-Cosworth	FW33	P	11	Rubens Barrichello	All	Valtteri Bottas Mirko Bortolotti
AT&T Williams	Cosworth CA2011		12	Pastor Maldonado	All
Force India-Mercedes	VJM04	P	14	Adrian Sutil	All	Nico Hülkenberg Max Chilton Johnny Cecotto, Jr.
Force India F1 Team (1−15) Sahara Force India F1 Team (16−19)	Mercedes FO 108Y		15	Paul di Resta	All
Sauber-Ferrari	C30	P	16	Kamui Kobayashi	All	Esteban Gutiérrez Pedro de la Rosa Fabio Leimer
Sauber F1 Team	Ferrari 056		17	Sergio Pérez	1–6, 8–19
			17	Pedro de la Rosa	7
Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR6	P	18	Sébastien Buemi	All	Daniel Ricciardo Jean-Éric Vergne Stefano Coletti Kevin Ceccon
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Ferrari 056		19	Jaime Alguersuari	All
Lotus-Renault	T128	P	20	Heikki Kovalainen	All	Karun Chandhok Luiz Razia Davide Valsecchi Ricardo Teixeria Rodolfo González Alexander Rossi
Team Lotus	Renault RS27-2011		21	Jarno Trulli	1–9, 11–19
			21	Karun Chandhok	10
HRT-Cosworth	F111	P	22	Narain Karthikeyan	1–8, 17	Narain Karthikeyan Jan Charouz Dani Clos Nathanaël Berthon Giorgio Mondini
Hispania Racing F1 Team (1−9) HRT Formula One Team (10−19)	Cosworth CA2011		22	Daniel Ricciardo	9–16, 18–19
			23	Vitantonio Luizzi	1–16, 18–19
			23	Daniel Ricciardo	17
Virgin-Cosworth	MVR-02	P	24	Timo Glock	All	Sakon Yamamoto Robert Wickens Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Charles Pic
Marussia Virgin Racing	Cosworth CA2011		25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	All

Dates Drivers Confirmed

Driver	Date Confirmed	Team
Lewis Hamilton	January 18 2008	McLaren-Mercedes
Sebastian Vettel	August 21 2009	Red Bull-Renault
Fernando Alonso	September 30 2009	Ferrari
Jenson Button	November 18 2009	McLaren-Mercedes
Michael Schumacher	December 23 2009	Mercedes
Mark Webber	June 7 2010	Red Bull-Renault
Felipe Massa	June 9 2010	Ferrari
Jaime Alguersuari	July 15 2010	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Sébastien Buemi	July 15 2010	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Kamui Kobayashi	September 7 2010	Sauber-Ferrari
Nico Rosberg	September 30 2010	Mercedes
Sergio Pérez	October 4 2010	Sauber-Ferrari
Rubens Barrichello	November 15 2010	Williams-Cosworth
Heikki Kovalainen	November 30 2010	Lotus-Renault
Jarno Trulli	November 30 2010	Lotus-Renault
Pastor Maldonado	December 1 2010	Williams-Cosworth
Timo Glock	December 3 2010	Virgin-Cosworth
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	December 21 2010	Virgin-Cosworth
Vitaly Petrov	December 22 2010	Renault
Narain Karthikeyan	January 7 2011	HRT-Cosworth
Paul di Resta	January 26 2011	Force India-Mercedes
Adrian Sutil	January 26 2011	Force India-Mercedes
Nick Heidfeld	February 16 2011	Renault
Vitantonio Liuzzi	March 9 2011	HRT-Cosworth

Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Time
					Local	UTC
1	Qantas Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park, Melbourne	March 27	17:00	06:00
2	Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	April 10	16:00	08:00
3	UBS Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	April 17	15:00	07:00
4	DHL Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Tuzla	May 8	15:00	12:00
5	Gran Premio de España Santander	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	May 22	14:00	12:00
6	Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	May 29	14:00	12:00
7	Grand Prix du Canada	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	June 12	13:00	17:00
8	Grand Prix of Europe	European GP	Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia	June 26	14:00	12:00
9	Santander British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	July 10	13:00	12:00
10	Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland	German GP	Nürburgring, Nürburg	July 24	14:00	12:00
11	Eni Magyar Nagydíj	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	July 31	14:00	12:00
12	Shell Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	August 28	14:00	12:00
13	Gran Premio Santander d'Italia	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	September 11	14:00	12:00
14	SingTel Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay	September 25	20:00	12:00
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	October 9	15:00	06:00
16	Korean Grand Prix	Korean GP	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	October 16	15:00	06:00
17	Grand Prix of India	Indian GP	Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida	October 30	15:00	09:30
18	Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	November 13	17:00	13:00
19	Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	November 27	14:00	16:00

Calendar Changes

The 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix was due to be held on the 13th of March, but was postponed on the 21st of February due to civil unrest in Bahrain resulting from the Arab Spring. On the 3rd of June, it was announced that the race was to be held on the 30th of October, as round 17 of 20, with the Indian Grand Prix being placed as the season finale. However, the race organisers chose to cancel the event, and the Indian Grand Prix was put back into its original position.

Changes from the 2010 calendar:

• Not raced in 2010, but raced in 2011:
  • The Indian Grand Prix.
• Raced in 2010, but not in 2011:
  • The Bahrain Grand Prix (see above paragraph).
• Race name changes:
  • The Malaysian Grand Prix changed its name to the "Malaysia Grand Prix" to promote the country.
  • The Chinese Grand Prix gained sponsorship from UBS.
  • Telefónica choose not to sponsor the Spanish Grand Prix and the European Grand Prix.
  • The Turkish Grand Prix gained DHL sponsorship.
  • The Belgian Grand Prix gained Shell sponsorship.
• Circuit changes:
  • The German Grand Prix moved from the Hockenheimring to the Nürburgring, as with the race's policy.
• Movement in the calendar:
  • With the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix, the Australian Grand Prix became the season opener again.
  • The Turkish Grand Prix was moved to after the Chinese Grand Prix, which became round 4.
  • The Indian Grand Prix was originally round 18, which became round 17.
  • The Brazilian Grand Prix and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix swapped positions at the rear of the calendar, meaning that the Brazilian Grand Prix became the season-ender again.

Results, Standings and Statistics

Test Drivers

Team	Driver	Testing Role
Red Bull-Renault	Daniel Ricciardo	Reserve Driver
	Jean-Éric Vergne	Young Driver Programme
	Sébastien Buemi	Demonstration Driver
	Jaime Alguersuari	Demonstration Driver
	David Coulthard	Demonstration Driver
McLaren-Mercedes	Pedro de la Rosa	Reserve Driver
	Gary Paffett	Reserve Driver
	Oliver Turvey	Young Driver Programme
Ferrari	Jules Bianchi	Reserve Driver
	Marc Gené	Development Driver
	Giancarlo Fisichella	Development Driver
Mercedes	Anthony Davidson	Development Driver
	Sam Bird	Young Driver Programme
Renault	Bruno Senna	Third & Reserve Driver
	Romain Grosjean	Third & Reserve Driver
	Ho-Pin Tung	Development Driver
	Fairuz Fauzy	Development Driver
	Jan Charouz	Development Driver
	Robert Wickens	Young Driver Programme
	Kevin Korjus	Young Driver Programme
	Robert Kubica	Pre-Season Driver
	María de Villota	Invitational Test
Williams-Cosworth	Valtteri Bottas	Reserve Driver
	Mirko Bortolotti	Young Driver Programme
Force India-Mercedes	Nico Hülkenberg	Third & Reserve Driver
	Max Chilton	Young Driver Programme
	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	Young Driver Programme
Sauber-Ferrari	Esteban Gutiérrez	Reserve Driver
	Fabio Leimer	Young Driver Programme
Toro Rosso-Ferrari	Daniel Ricciardo	Third & Reserve Driver
	Jean-Éric Vergne	Third & Reserve Driver
	Stefano Coletti	Young Driver Programme
	Kevin Ceccon	Young Driver Programme
Lotus-Renault	Karun Chandhok	Third & Reserve Driver
	Luiz Razia	Third & Reserve Driver
	Davide Valsecchi	Third & Reserve Driver
	Ricardo Teixeria	Development Driver
	Rodolfo González	Young Driver Programme
	Alexander Rossi	Young Driver Programme
HRT-Cosworth	Narain Karthikeyan	Third & Reserve Driver
	Jan Charouz	Third & Reserve Driver
	Dani Clos	Young Driver Programme
	Nathanael Berthon	Young Driver Programme
Virgin-Cosworth	Robert Wickens	Third & Reserve Driver
	Sakon Yamamoto	Development Driver
	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Young Driver Programme
	Charles Pic	Young Driver Programme

Grands Prix

Round	Event				Report
	Grid		Result

* Indian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton was given a three-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags in the first practice session. He qualified 2nd, and was placed 5th.

Standings and Statistics

Points system: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 from first to tenth.

Drivers

Drivers' World Championship
Pos	Driver																				Pts
1st	Vettel	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	Ret	2nd	392
2nd	Button	6th	2nd	4th	6th	3rd	3rd	1st	6th	Ret	Ret	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd	270
3rd	Webber	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	5th	2nd	Ret	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	4th	1st	258
4th	Alonso	4th	6th	7th	3rd	5th	2nd	Ret	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	2nd	5th	3rd	2nd	4th	257
5th	Hamilton	2nd	8th	1st	4th	2nd	6th	Ret	4th	4th	1st	4th	Ret	4th	5th	5th	2nd	7th	1st	Ret	227
6th	Massa	7th	5th	6th	11th	Ret	Ret	6th	5th	5th	5th	6th	8th	6th	9th	7th	6th	Ret	5th	5th	118
7th	Rosberg	Ret	12th	5th	5th	7th	11th	11th	7th	6th	7th	9th	6th	Ret	7th	10th	8th	6th	6th	7th	89
8th	Schumacher	Ret	9th	8th	12th	6th	Ret	4th	17th	9th	8th	Ret	5th	5th	Ret	6th	Ret	5th	7th	15th	76
9th	Sutil	9th	11th	15th	13th	13th	7th	Ret	9th	11th	6th	14th	7th	Ret	8th	11th	11th	9th	8th	6th	42
10th	Petrov	3rd	17th	9th	8th	11th	Ret	5th	15th	12th	10th	12th	9th	Ret	17th	9th	Ret	11th	13th	10th	37
11th	Heidfeld	12th	3rd	12th	7th	8th	8th	Ret	10th	8th	Ret	Ret									34
12th	Kobayashi	DSQ	7th	10th	10th	10th	5th	7th	16th	Ret	9th	11th	12th	Ret	14th	13th	15th	Ret	10th	9th	30
13th	di Resta	10th	10th	11th	Ret	12th	12th	18th	14th	15th	13th	7th	11th	8th	6th	12th	10th	13th	9th	8th	27
14th	Alguersuari	11th	14th	Ret	16th	16th	Ret	8th	8th	10th	12th	10th	Ret	7th	21st	15th	7th	8th	15th	11th	26
15th	Buemi	8th	13th	14th	9th	14th	10th	10th	13th	Ret	15th	8th	Ret	10th	12th	Ret	9th	Ret	Ret	12th	15
16th	Pérez	DSQ	Ret	17th	14th	9th	DNS	WD	11th	7th	11th	15th	Ret	Ret	10th	8th	16th	10th	11th	13th	14
17th	Barrichello	Ret	Ret	13th	15th	17th	9th	9th	12th	13th	Ret	13th	16th	12th	13th	17th	12th	15th	12th	14th	4
18th	Senna												13th	9th	15th	16th	13th	12th	16th	17th	2
19th	Maldonado	Ret	Ret	18th	17th	15th	18th	Ret	18th	14th	14th	16th	10th	11th	11th	14th	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	1
20th	de la Rosa							12th													0
21st	Trulli	13th	Ret	19th	18th	18th	13th	16th	20th	Ret		Ret	14th	14th	Ret	19th	17th	19th	18th	18th	0
22nd	Kovalainen	Ret	15th	16th	19th	Ret	14th	Ret	19th	Ret	16th	Ret	15th	13th	16th	18th	14th	14th	17th	16th	0
23rd	Liuzzi	DNQ	Ret	22nd	22nd	Ret	16th	13th	23rd	18th	Ret	20th	19th	Ret	20th	23rd	21st		20th	Ret	0
24th	d'Ambrosio	14th	Ret	20th	20th	20th	15th	14th	22nd	17th	18th	19th	17th	Ret	18th	21st	20th	16th	Ret	19th	0
25th	Glock	NC	16th	21th	DNS	19th	Ret	15th	21th	16th	17th	17th	18th	15th	Ret	20th	18th	Ret	19th	Ret	0
26th	Karthikeyan	DNQ	Ret	23rd	21st	21st	17th	17th	24th									17th			0
27th	Ricciardo									19th	19th	18th	Ret	NC	19th	22nd	19th	18th	Ret	20th	0
28th	Chandhok										20th										0

WDC	Driver	Races	Starts	Poles	FR	Wins	Podia	FLs	Laps Led	kms Led	GPs Led	DNFs	Pts	Report
1	Vettel	19	19	15	18	11	17	3	739	3794	17	1	392	Report
2	Button	19	19	0	3	3	12	3	88	429	7	2	270	Report
3	Webber	19	19	3	8	1	10	7	59	270	3	1	258	Report
4	Alonso	19	19	0	1	1	10	1	68	335	11	1	257	Report
5	Hamilton	19	19	1	8	3	6	1	150	766	7	3	227	Report
6	Massa	19	19	0	0	0	0	2	9	46	5	3	118	Report
7	Rosberg	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	17	97	2	2	89	Report
8	Schumacher	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	1	5	76	Report
9	Sutil	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	42	Report
10	Petrov	19	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	37	Report
11	Heidfeld	11	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	34	Report
12	Kobayashi	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	30	Report
13	di Resta	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	Report
14	Alguersuari	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	26	Report
15	Buemi	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	Report
16	Pérez	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	Report
17	Barrichello	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	Report
18	Senna	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	Report
19	Maldonado	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	Report
20	de la Rosa	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Report
21	Trulli	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	Report
22	Kovalainen	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	Report
23	Luizzi	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	Report
24	d'Ambrosio	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	Report
25	Glock	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	Report
26	Karthikeyan	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	Report
27	Ricciardo	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	Report
28	Chandhok	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Report

Constructors

WCC	Team	Races	Starts	Poles	FR	Wins	Podia	FLs	Laps Led	kms Led	GPs Led	DNFs	Pts	Report
1	Red Bull	19	38	18	26	12	27	10	798	4064	19	2	650	Report
2	McLaren	19	38	1	11	6	18	6	238	1194	11	5	497	Report
3	Ferrari	19	38	0	1	1	10	3	104	580	14	4	375	Report
4	Mercedes	19	38	0	0	0	0	0	20	115	3	7	165	Report
5	Renault	19	38	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	73	Report
6	Force India	19	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	69	Report
7	Sauber	19	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	44	Report
8	Toro Rosso	19	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	41	Report
9	Williams	19	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	Report
10	Lotus	19	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	Report
11	HRT	19	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	Report
12	Virgin	19	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	Report

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