2011 German Grand Prix

2011 German Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	July 24, 2011
Official Name	Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.148 km (3.199 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 308.88 km (191.929 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:30.079
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:34.302 on lap 59
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton
Second	Fernando Alonso
Third	Mark Webber
Lap Leaders

The 2011 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on the 24th of July at the Nürburgring, in Nürburg, Germany. It was the tenth round of the 2011 Formula One Season. The race was won by McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton from second on the grid, who also set the fastest lap. Fernando Alonso, of Ferrari, came home second, followed in third place by Red Bull-Renault polesitter Mark Webber, who has finished in third place for the fourth race running. The championship leader, Sebastian Vettel finished fourth.

Qualifying Results

Qualifying Overview

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1		Q2		Q3 time	Laps
				Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:33.096	11	1:31.311	4	1:30.079	18
2	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.934	8	1:30.998	1	1:30.134	15
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.973	9	1:31.017	2	1:30.216	16
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.916	7	1:31.150	3	1:30.442	16
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:31.826	1	1:31.582	7	1:30.910	19
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:32.785	6	1:31.343	5	1:31.263	22
7	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.224	13	1:31.532	6	1:31.288	14
8	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.286	2	1:31.809	8	1:32.010	18
9	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:33.187	12	1:31.985	9	1:32.187	16
10	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:32.603	4	1:32.180	10	1:32.482	18
11	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1:32.505	3	1:32.215			16
12	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.651	5	1:32.560			15
13	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1:33.003	10	1:32.635			13
14	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:33.664	17	1:33.043			18
15	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.295	14	1:33.176			14
16	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:33.635	15	1:33.546			11
17	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:33.658	16	1:33.698			11
18	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.786					5
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1:35.599					9
20	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:36.400					12
21	21	Karun Chandhok	Lotus-Renault	1:36.422					11
22	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1:36.641					12
23	23	Vitantonio Luizzi	HRT-Cosworth	1:37.011					11
24	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	1:37.036					11

Grid

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

* Vitantonio Luizzi was relegated five places for an extra gearbox change (did not change grid slot).
** Sébastien Buemi's qualifying times were removed and he was sent to the back of grid because of fuel irregularities (16th to 24th).

Race Results

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Avg Speed	Grid	Points
1	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	60	1:37:30.334	189.911	2	25
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	60	+ 3.980s	189.782	4	18
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	60	+ 9.788s	189.594	1	15
4	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	60	+ 47.921s	188.368	3	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	60	+ 52.252s	188.230	5	10
6	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	60	+ 1m 26.208s	187.153	8	8
7	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	59	+ 1 lap	186.561	6	6
8	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	59	+ 1 lap	186.245	10	4
9	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	59	+ 1 lap	185.964	17	2
10	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	59	+ 1 lap	185.954	9	1
11	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	59	+ 1 lap	185.532	15
12	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	59	+ 1 lap	185.342	16
13	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	59	+ 1 lap	185.327	12
14	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	59	+ 1 lap	185.130	13
15	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	59	+ 1 lap	184.148	24
16	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	58	+ 2 laps	182.312	18
17	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	57	+ 3 laps	179.748	19
18	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	57	+ 3 laps	179.433	21
19	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	57	+ 3 laps	178.641	22
20	21	Karun Chandhok	Lotus-Renault	56	+ 4 laps	175.541	20
Ret	23	Vitantonio Luizzi	HRT-Cosworth	37	Eletrical	179.495	23
Ret	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	35	Hydraulics	185.620	7
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	16	Oil Leak/Engine	180.947	14
Ret	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	Collision/Accident	180.179	11

Lap Leaders

Lap-by-lap

Stint	Driver	Laps	Count	Distance (km)
1	Lewis Hamilton	1 - 11	11	56.371
2	Mark Webber	12	1	5.148
3	Lewis Hamilton	13 - 16	4	20.592
4	Mark Webber	17 - 29	13	66.924
5	Lewis Hamilton	30	1	5.148
6	Fernando Alonso	31 - 32	2	10.296
7	Lewis Hamilton	33 - 50	18	92.644
8	Fernando Alonso	51 - 53	3	15.444
9	Mark Webber	54 - 56	3	15.444
10	Lewis Hamilton	57 - 60	4	20.592

Totals

Pos.	Driver	Laps	Distance (km)
1	Lewis Hamilton	38	195.367
2	Mark Webber	17	87.516
3	Fernando Alonso	5	25.740

Notes

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