Race · Round 17 of 19 ·
2011 Indian Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Buddh International Circuit. 5 of the starters were not classified.
Dry · High of 30 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)
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- Circuit
- Buddh International CircuitGreater Noida, India
- Winner
- Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
- Pole
- Sebastian Vettel
- Fastest lap
- Sebastian Vettel
- Entries
- 2419 classified
Classification
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:26.218 | 1:24.657 | 1:24.178 | — | 0 m | — |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 3 | 1:26.563 | 1:25.019 | 1:24.474 | +0.296 | 18 m | +0.296 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 2 | 1:26.473 | 1:25.282 | 1:24.508 | +0.330 | 20 m | +0.034 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | 1:26.774 | 1:25.158 | 1:24.519 | +0.341 | 21 m | +0.011 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 4 | 1:26.225 | 1:25.299 | 1:24.950 | +0.772 | 47 m | +0.431 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 | 1:27.012 | 1:25.522 | 1:25.122 | +0.944 | 57 m | +0.172 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 8 | 1:26.364 | 1:25.555 | 1:25.451 | +1.273 | 78 m | +0.329 |
| 8 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:26.271 | 1:26.140 | — | — | 90 m | — |
| 9 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 18 | 1:26.608 | 1:26.161 | — | — | 91 m | — |
| 10 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 19 | 1:26.557 | 1:26.319 | — | — | 101 m | — |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 10 | 1:26.189 | 1:26.319 | — | — | 101 m | — |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 7 | 1:26.790 | 1:26.337 | — | — | 102 m | — |
| 13 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | 1:26.864 | 1:26.503 | — | — | 112 m | — |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 12 | 1:26.829 | 1:26.537 | — | — | 114 m | — |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 9 | 1:26.766 | 1:26.651 | — | — | 121 m | — |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 11 | 1:27.479 | 1:27.247 | — | — | 157 m | — |
| 17 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 17 | 1:27.249 | 1:27.562 | — | — | 176 m | — |
| 18 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 16 | 1:27.876 | — | — | — | 100 m | — |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 20 | 1:28.565 | — | — | — | 141 m | — |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 21 | 1:28.752 | — | — | — | 152 m | — |
| 21 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 23 | 1:30.216 | — | — | — | 239 m | — |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 22 | 1:30.238 | — | — | — | 241 m | — |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:30.866 | — | — | — | 278 m | — |
| NC | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:34.046 | — | — | — | 467 m | — |
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.
Pit stops
Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.
A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.
Who stopped first, between neighbours
| Drivers, in grid order | Grid | Result | First recorded stop, lap | Stopped first | Grid to flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Vettel · Jenson Button | 1 · 4 | 1 · 2 | 19 · 18 | Jenson Button | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Mark Webber | 1 · 2 | 1 · 4 | 19 · 16 | Mark Webber | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Jenson Button | 3 · 4 | 3 · 2 | 16 · 18 | Fernando Alonso | Swapped places |
| Jenson Button · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 4 · 5 | 2 · 7 | 18 · 16 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Mark Webber · Fernando Alonso | 2 · 3 | 4 · 3 | 16 · 16 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Mark Webber · Michael Schumacher | 2 · 11 | 4 · 5 | 16 · 18 | Mark Webber | Kept their order |
| Nico Rosberg · Michael Schumacher | 7 · 11 | 6 · 5 | 17 · 18 | Nico Rosberg | Swapped places |
| Jaime Alguersuari · Michael Schumacher | 10 · 11 | 8 · 5 | 16 · 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Swapped places |
| Michael Schumacher · Paul di Resta | 11 · 12 | 5 · 13 | 18 · 2 | Paul di Resta | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg | 5 · 7 | 7 · 6 | 16 · 17 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Nico Rosberg · Adrian Sutil | 7 · 8 | 6 · 9 | 17 · 15 | Adrian Sutil | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Jaime Alguersuari | 5 · 10 | 7 · 8 | 16 · 16 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Adrian Sutil · Jaime Alguersuari | 8 · 10 | 9 · 8 | 15 · 16 | Adrian Sutil | Swapped places |
| Adrian Sutil · Sergio Perez | 8 · 20 | 9 · 10 | 15 · 1 | Sergio Perez | Kept their order |
| Vitaly Petrov · Sergio Perez | 16 · 20 | 11 · 10 | 3 · 1 | Sergio Perez | Swapped places |
| Jarno Trulli · Sergio Perez | 19 · 20 | 19 · 10 | 1 · 1 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Sergio Perez · Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 20 · 21 | 10 · 16 | 1 · 22 | Sergio Perez | Kept their order |
| Bruno Senna · Vitaly Petrov | 14 · 16 | 12 · 11 | 22 · 3 | Vitaly Petrov | Swapped places |
| Rubens Barrichello · Vitaly Petrov | 15 · 16 | 15 · 11 | 1 · 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Swapped places |
| Paul di Resta · Bruno Senna | 12 · 14 | 13 · 12 | 2 · 22 | Paul di Resta | Swapped places |
| Bruno Senna · Rubens Barrichello | 14 · 15 | 12 · 15 | 22 · 1 | Rubens Barrichello | Kept their order |
| Paul di Resta · Heikki Kovalainen | 12 · 18 | 13 · 14 | 2 · 21 | Paul di Resta | Kept their order |
| Rubens Barrichello · Heikki Kovalainen | 15 · 18 | 15 · 14 | 1 · 21 | Rubens Barrichello | Swapped places |
| Heikki Kovalainen · Jarno Trulli | 18 · 19 | 14 · 19 | 21 · 1 | Jarno Trulli | Kept their order |
| Rubens Barrichello · Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 15 · 21 | 15 · 16 | 1 · 22 | Rubens Barrichello | Kept their order |
| Jérôme d'Ambrosio · Narain Karthikeyan | 21 · 24 | 16 · 17 | 22 · 22 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Narain Karthikeyan | 23 · 24 | 18 · 17 | 25 · 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | Swapped places |
| Jarno Trulli · Daniel Ricciardo | 19 · 23 | 19 · 18 | 1 · 25 | Jarno Trulli | Swapped places |
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3
Practice 1
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 3 | 1:26.836 | — | 0 m | — | 22 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:27.416 | +0.580 | 34 m | +0.580 | 23 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 2 | 1:27.428 | +0.592 | 35 m | +0.012 | 27 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 4 | 1:28.394 | +1.558 | 92 m | +0.966 | 23 |
| 5 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 7 | 1:28.531 | +1.695 | 100 m | +0.137 | 23 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 8 | 1:28.542 | +1.706 | 101 m | +0.011 | 29 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 | 1:28.644 | +1.808 | 107 m | +0.102 | 22 |
| 8 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:28.705 | +1.869 | 110 m | +0.061 | 23 |
| 9 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 18 | 1:29.219 | +2.383 | 141 m | +0.514 | 24 |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 16 | 1:29.355 | +2.519 | 149 m | +0.136 | 29 |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | 1:29.700 | +2.864 | 169 m | +0.345 | 24 |
| 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 10 | 1:29.705 | +2.869 | 169 m | +0.005 | 22 |
| 13 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 9 | 1:29.799 | +2.963 | 175 m | +0.094 | 20 |
| 14 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 17 | 1:30.132 | +3.296 | 195 m | +0.333 | 25 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 11 | 1:30.367 | +3.531 | 208 m | +0.235 | 21 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 19 | 1:30.566 | +3.730 | 220 m | +0.199 | 19 |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 12 | 1:30.669 | +3.833 | 226 m | +0.103 | 22 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 21 | 1:30.818 | +3.982 | 235 m | +0.149 | 22 |
| 19 | Karun Chandhok | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 20 | 1:32.487 | +5.651 | 334 m | +1.669 | 24 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:32.771 | +5.935 | 350 m | +0.284 | 24 |
| 21 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 23 | 1:33.928 | +7.092 | 419 m | +1.157 | 27 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 22 | 1:34.113 | +7.277 | 429 m | +0.185 | 30 |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:35.796 | +8.960 | 529 m | +1.683 | 19 |
| 24 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | 1:35.899 | +9.063 | 535 m | +0.103 | 4 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 | 1:25.706 | — | 0 m | — | 33 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:25.794 | +0.088 | 5 m | +0.088 | 34 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | 1:25.930 | +0.224 | 13 m | +0.136 | 34 |
| 4 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 3 | 1:26.454 | +0.748 | 45 m | +0.524 | 26 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 2 | 1:26.500 | +0.794 | 47 m | +0.046 | 30 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 4 | 1:26.714 | +1.008 | 60 m | +0.214 | 28 |
| 7 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:27.316 | +1.610 | 96 m | +0.602 | 34 |
| 8 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 9 | 1:27.498 | +1.792 | 107 m | +0.182 | 36 |
| 9 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | 1:27.853 | +2.147 | 128 m | +0.355 | 35 |
| 10 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 18 | 1:27.868 | +2.162 | 129 m | +0.015 | 35 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 10 | 1:27.890 | +2.184 | 131 m | +0.022 | 37 |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 16 | 1:28.050 | +2.344 | 140 m | +0.160 | 34 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 17 | 1:28.289 | +2.583 | 154 m | +0.239 | 36 |
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 19 | 1:28.552 | +2.846 | 170 m | +0.263 | 31 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 11 | 1:28.691 | +2.985 | 178 m | +0.139 | 29 |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 12 | 1:28.708 | +3.002 | 180 m | +0.017 | 24 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 21 | 1:29.332 | +3.626 | 217 m | +0.624 | 39 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 20 | 1:30.241 | +4.535 | 271 m | +0.909 | 41 |
| 19 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 8 | 1:31.098 | +5.392 | 322 m | +0.857 | 38 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:31.469 | +5.763 | 345 m | +0.371 | 32 |
| 21 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 7 | 1:31.804 | +6.098 | 365 m | +0.335 | 28 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:32.593 | +6.887 | 412 m | +0.789 | 12 |
| 23 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 23 | 1:32.768 | +7.062 | 422 m | +0.175 | 33 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 22 | 1:32.824 | +7.118 | 426 m | +0.056 | 33 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:24.824 | — | 0 m | — | 18 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 4 | 1:25.191 | +0.367 | 22 m | +0.367 | 15 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 2 | 1:25.203 | +0.379 | 23 m | +0.012 | 19 |
| 4 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 3 | 1:25.288 | +0.464 | 28 m | +0.085 | 16 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | 1:25.784 | +0.960 | 58 m | +0.496 | 17 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 | 1:26.058 | +1.234 | 75 m | +0.274 | 16 |
| 7 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | 1:26.785 | +1.961 | 118 m | +0.727 | 19 |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 8 | 1:26.873 | +2.049 | 124 m | +0.088 | 22 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:26.958 | +2.134 | 129 m | +0.085 | 19 |
| 10 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 18 | 1:27.146 | +2.322 | 140 m | +0.188 | 20 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 7 | 1:27.217 | +2.393 | 145 m | +0.071 | 21 |
| 12 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 9 | 1:27.235 | +2.411 | 146 m | +0.018 | 20 |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 16 | 1:27.262 | +2.438 | 147 m | +0.027 | 19 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 10 | 1:27.280 | +2.456 | 148 m | +0.018 | 18 |
| 15 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 19 | 1:27.387 | +2.563 | 155 m | +0.107 | 20 |
| 16 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 17 | 1:27.749 | +2.925 | 177 m | +0.362 | 21 |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 12 | 1:27.793 | +2.969 | 179 m | +0.044 | 17 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 11 | 1:27.875 | +3.051 | 184 m | +0.082 | 20 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 21 | 1:29.355 | +4.531 | 274 m | +1.480 | 21 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 20 | 1:29.750 | +4.926 | 298 m | +0.395 | 19 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:30.683 | +5.859 | 354 m | +0.933 | 23 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 22 | 1:30.900 | +6.076 | 367 m | +0.217 | 25 |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:32.851 | +8.027 | 485 m | +1.951 | 19 |
| 24 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 23 | 1:33.246 | +8.422 | 509 m | +0.395 | 16 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 3
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
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McLaren MP4-26
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Ferrari 150º Italia
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Mercedes MGP W02
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Toro Rosso STR6
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Force India VJM04
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Sauber C30
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Renault R31
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Williams FW33
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Virgin MVR-02
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Hispania F111
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- Round
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- Standard weekend
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- Red Bull Racing
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