2011 Malaysian Grand Prix

2011 Malaysian Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	10 April, 2011
Race Number	841
Official Name	2011 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Distance	56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:34.870
Fastest Lap
Driver	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:40.571 on lap 46
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Second	Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Nick Heidfeld Renault
Lap Leaders

The 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix, formally known as the 2011 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix, was the second round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship. It took place at the Sepang International Circuit on the 10th of April. The race was won by Red Bull-Renault driver Sebastian Vettel with Jenson Button for McLaren-Mercedes in second and Nick Heidfeld of Renault in third.

Background

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB7	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB7	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
3	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-26	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
4	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-26	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
5	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	150° Italia	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
6	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	150° Italia	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	MGP W02	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	MGP W02	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
9	Nick Heidfeld	Lotus Renault GP	Renault	R31	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
10	Vitaly Petrov	Lotus Renault GP	Renault	R31	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
11	Rubens Barrichello	AT&T Williams	Williams	FW33	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
12	Pastor Maldonado	AT&T Williams	Williams	FW33	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM04	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
15	Paul di Resta	Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM04	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C30	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C30	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
18	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR6	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
19	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR6	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	Lotus	T128	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	Lotus	T128	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P
22	Narain Karthikeyan	Hispanic Formula 1 Team	HRT	F111	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Hispanic Formula 1 Team	HRT	F111	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
24	Timo Glock	Maurussia Virgin Racing	Virgin	MVR-02	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Maurussia Virgin Racing	Virgin	MVR-02	Cosworth	CA2011 2.4 V8	P
Test Drivers for Free Practice 1 only
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM04	Mercedes	FO 108Y 2.4 V8	P
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR6	Ferrari	056 2.4 V8	P
20	Davide Valsecchi	Team Lotus	Lotus	T128	Renault	RS27-2011 2.4 V8	P

Practice Overview

Practice Results

No.	Driver	Constructor	Fri 1		Fri 2		Sat
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:41.627	17	1:37.090	4	1:37.175	5
2	Mark Webber		1:37.651	1	1:36.876	1	1:36.630	2
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:39.316	2	1:37.010	3	1:36.340	1
4	Jenson Button		1:40.927	15	1:36.881	2	1:36.762	3
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:40.601	9	1:38.583	9	1:37.284	6
6	Felipe Massa		1:40.453	6	1:38.089	6	1:37.762	8
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:39.791	3	1:38.088	5	1:38.300	10
8	Nico Rosberg		1:40.646	10	1:38.565	7	1:38.307	11
9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1:40.525	7	1:38.570	8	1:37.115	4
10	Vitaly Petrov		1:47.932	24	1:39.267	13	1:37.297	7
11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:40.581	8	1:39.187	12	1:38.681	16
12	Pastor Maldonado		1:40.443	5	1:38.968	11	1:38.597	14
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:40.734	11	1:39.809	17	1:38.464	13
15	Nico Hülkenberg		1:40.377	4	DNP		DNP
	Paul di Resta		DNP		1:39.625	16	1:38.864	18
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:40.872	14	1:39.398	14	1:38.059	9
17	Sergio Pérez		1:41.642	18	1:39.603	15	1:38.448	12
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:40.748	12	DNP		DNP
	Sébastien Buemi		DNP		1:40.115	18	1:38.665	15
19	Jaime Alguersuari		1:40.770	13	1:38.846	10	1:38.716	17
20	Davide Valsecchi	Lotus-Renault	1:44.054	20	DNP		DNP
	Heikki Kovalainen		DNP		1:44.866	23	1:39.260	19
21	Jarno Trulli		1:41.620	16	1:41.890	20	1:39.699	20
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:46.267	23	1:43.197	21	1:43.383	24
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi		1:45.228	22	1:43.991	22	1:43.147	23
24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:42.154	19	1:40.866	19	1:41.414	22
25	Jerome D'Ambrosio		1:42.540	20	no time	24	1:41.215	21

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		10	1:37.468		3	1:35.934		1	1:34.870	1
2	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes		2	1:36.861		2	1:35.852		2	1:34.974	2
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault		15	1:37.924		4	1:36.080		3	1:35.179	3
4	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		6	1:37.033		1	1:35.569		4	1:35.200	4
5	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		3	1:36.897		5	1:36.320		5	1:35.802	5
6	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault		8	1:37.224		10	1:36.811		6	1:36.124	6
7	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		1	1:36.744		7	1:36.557		7	1:36.251	7
8	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault		7	1:37.210		8	1:36.642		8	1:36.324	8
9	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		9	1:37.316		6	1:36.388		9	1:36.809	9
10	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari		5	1:36.994		9	1:36.691		10	1:36.820	10
11	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes		4	1:36.904		11	1:37.035				11
12	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		12	1:37.693		12	1:37.160				12
13	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		11	1:37.677		13	1:37.347				13
14	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		16	1:38.045		14	1:37.370				14
15	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth		17	1:38.163		15	1:37.496				15
16	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari		14	1:37.759		16	1:37.528				16
17	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes		13	1:37.693		17	1:37.593				17
18	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth		18	1:38.276							18
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault		19	1:38.645							19
20	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault		20	1:38.791							20
21	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth		21	1:40.648							21
22	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth		22	1:41.001							22
23	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth		23	1:41.549							23
24	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth		24	1:42.574							24
107% Time: 1:43.516

• Bold indicates the driver's fastest qualifying time in each qualifying round.
• ^T Indicates a driver using a spare car to set their time in that session.

Grid

The full grid for the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix is displayed below:

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

Race

Results

The full results for the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	1:37:39.832	1	25
2	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+3.261s	4	18
3	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	56	+25.075s	6	15
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	+26.384s	3	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+36.958s	7	10
6*	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+57.248s	5	8
7	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1:06.439	10	6
8*	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+1:09.957	2	4
9	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	+1:24.896	11	2
10	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1:31.563	14	1
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1:41.379	17
12	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	+1 lap	9
13	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	+1 lap	12
14	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	+1 lap	13
15	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	55	+1 lap	19
16	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	54	+2 laps	21
17†	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	52	Accident	8
Ret	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	46	Rear wing	23
Ret	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	42	Electronics	22
Ret	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	31	Clutch	20
Ret	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	23	Electrical	16
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	22	Hydraulics	15
Ret	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	14	Mechanical	24
Ret	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	8	Engine	18

• ^T Indicates a driver using a spare car.
• * Alonso and Hamilton both received a 20-second penalty for passing each other.
• ^† Petrov was still classified despite retiring as he had completed 90% of the race distance.

Milestones

• Nick Heidfeld's Last Podium

Standings

World Championship for Drivers Pos. Driver Pts. 1 Sebastian Vettel 50 2 Jenson Button 26 3 Lewis Hamilton 22 4 Mark Webber 22 5 Fernando Alonso 20 6 Felipe Massa 16 7 Nick Heidfeld 15 8 Vitaly Petrov 15 9 Kamui Kobayashi 6 10 Sébastien Buemi 4 11 Adrian Sutil 2 12 Michael Schumacher 2 13 Paul di Resta 2 14 Jaime Alguersuari 0 15 Nico Rosberg 0 16 Jarno Trulli 0 17 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 0 18 Heikki Kovalainen 0 19 Timo Glock 0

World Championship for Constructors Pos. Team Pts. 1 Red Bull-Renault 72 2 McLaren-Mercedes 48 3 Ferrari 36 4 Renault 30 5 Sauber-Ferrari 6 6 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4 7 Force India-Mercedes 4 8 Lotus-Renault 2 9 Mercedes 0 10 Virgin-Cosworth 0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

Notes

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