Race · Round 18 of 19 · 13 November 2011

2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for McLaren from 2nd on the grid at Yas Marina Circuit. 4 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 28 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Yas Marina CircuitAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMcLaren
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Mark Webber
Entries: 2420 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-26	2	55	Finished	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	150° Italia	5	55	Finished	18
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-26	3	55	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB7	4	55	Finished	12	fastest lap
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	150° Italia	6	55	Finished	10
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02	7	55	Finished	8
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02	8	55	Finished	6
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM04	9	55	Finished	4
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM04	10	55	Finished	2
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C30	16	54	Finished	1
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C30	11	54	Finished	0
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	FW33	24	54	Finished	0
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	R31	12	54	Finished	0
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW33	23	54	Finished	0
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	15	54	Finished	0
16	Bruno Senna	Renault	R31	14	54	Finished	0
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	17	54	Finished	0
18	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	18	53	Finished	0
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	19	53	Finished	0
20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	F111	22	53	Finished	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	F111	20	48	Alternator	0
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	13	19	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	21	18	Brakes	0
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB7	1	1	Puncture damage	0

F1DB layout yas-marina-1 · 5.554 km · 21 turns, F1DB’s figures
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.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	1	55
Fernando Alonso	5	2	55
Jenson Button	3	3	55
Mark Webber	4	4	55
Felipe Massa	6	5	55
Nico Rosberg	7	6	55
Michael Schumacher	8	7	55
Adrian Sutil	9	8	55
Paul di Resta	10	9	55
Kamui Kobayashi	16	10	54
Sergio Perez	11	11	54
Rubens Barrichello	24	12	54
Vitaly Petrov	12	13	54
Pastor Maldonado	23	14	54
Jaime Alguersuari	15	15	54
Bruno Senna	14	16	54
Heikki Kovalainen	17	17	54
Jarno Trulli	18	18	53
Timo Glock	19	19	53
Vitantonio Liuzzi	22	20	53
Daniel Ricciardo	20	DNF	48
Sébastien Buemi	13	DNF	19
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	21	DNF	18
Sebastian Vettel	1	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:40.478	1:38.516	1:38.481	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:39.782	1:38.434	1:38.622	+0.141	8 m	+0.141
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:40.227	1:39.097	1:38.631	+0.150	8 m	+0.009
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:40.167	1:38.821	1:38.858	+0.377	21 m	+0.227
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:41.380	1:39.058	1:39.058	+0.577	33 m	+0.200
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:41.592	1:39.623	1:39.695	+1.214	68 m	+0.637
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:41.120	1:39.420	1:39.773	+1.292	73 m	+0.078
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:42.605	1:40.554	1:40.662	+2.181	123 m	+0.889
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:40.595	1:40.205	1:40.768	+2.287	129 m	+0.106
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:41.064	1:40.414	—	—	112 m	—
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:41.311	1:40.874	—	—	138 m	—
12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:40.955	1:40.919	—	—	140 m	—
13	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:41.737	1:41.009	—	—	145 m	—
14	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:41.391	1:41.079	—	—	149 m	—
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:41.386	1:41.162	—	—	154 m	—
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:41.613	1:41.240	—	—	158 m	—
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:42.258	1:41.760	—	—	188 m	—
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:42.979	—	—	—	178 m	—
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:43.884	—	—	—	228 m	—
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:44.515	—	—	—	263 m	—
21	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:44.641	—	—	—	270 m	—
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:44.699	—	—	—	274 m	—
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:45.159	—	—	—	299 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

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.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	55	2	16, 40	19.4, 19.4
Fernando Alonso	2	55	2	16, 43	20.2, 21.3
Jenson Button	3	55	2	16, 36	20.9, 20.3
Mark Webber	4	55	3	17, 35, 54	25.2, 20.0, 19.5
Felipe Massa	5	55	2	15, 40	20.5, 20.0
Nico Rosberg	6	55	2	17, 48	19.8, 19.9
Michael Schumacher	7	55	2	16, 42	19.7, 20.6
Adrian Sutil	8	55	2	16, 36	20.4, 20.6
Paul di Resta	9	55	1	27	20.2
Kamui Kobayashi	10	54	2	5, 33	19.8, 23.1
Sergio Perez	11	54	2	2, 27	24.7, 20.0
Rubens Barrichello	12	54	2	18, 34	24.2, 20.5
Vitaly Petrov	13	54	2	18, 38	20.7, 20.0
Pastor Maldonado	14	54	2	25, 30	20.2, 12.9
Jaime Alguersuari	15	54	2	15, 34	43.6, 21.4
Bruno Senna	16	54	3	1, 20, 36	20.9, 20.3, 13.0
Heikki Kovalainen	17	54	2	16, 39	21.1, 20.7
Jarno Trulli	18	53	2	17, 42	20.8, 20.8
Timo Glock	19	53	2	25, 44	21.8, 20.6
Vitantonio Liuzzi	20	53	1	24	21.2
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	48	2	18, 41	21.7, 23.2
Sébastien Buemi	DNF	19	0	None recorded	—
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DNF	18	0	None recorded	—
Sebastian Vettel	DNF	1	0	None recorded	—

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

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Fernando Alonso	2 · 5	1 · 2	16 · 16	Same lap	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Jenson Button	2 · 3	1 · 3	16 · 16	Same lap	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	3 · 5	3 · 2	16 · 16	Same lap	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	4 · 2	17 · 16	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Felipe Massa	5 · 6	2 · 5	16 · 15	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Mark Webber	3 · 4	3 · 4	16 · 17	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Felipe Massa	4 · 6	4 · 5	17 · 15	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Nico Rosberg	6 · 7	5 · 6	15 · 17	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Michael Schumacher	7 · 8	6 · 7	17 · 16	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Adrian Sutil	8 · 9	7 · 8	16 · 16	Same lap	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Paul di Resta	9 · 10	8 · 9	16 · 27	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Paul di Resta · Kamui Kobayashi	10 · 16	9 · 10	27 · 5	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Paul di Resta · Sergio Perez	10 · 11	9 · 11	27 · 2	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Kamui Kobayashi	11 · 16	11 · 10	2 · 5	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Jaime Alguersuari · Kamui Kobayashi	15 · 16	15 · 10	15 · 5	Kamui Kobayashi	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Heikki Kovalainen	16 · 17	10 · 17	5 · 16	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Rubens Barrichello	11 · 24	11 · 12	2 · 18	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Vitaly Petrov	11 · 12	11 · 13	2 · 18	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Rubens Barrichello	12 · 24	13 · 12	18 · 18	Same lap	Swapped places
Pastor Maldonado · Rubens Barrichello	23 · 24	14 · 12	25 · 18	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Vitaly Petrov · Pastor Maldonado	12 · 23	13 · 14	18 · 25	Vitaly Petrov	Kept their order
Jaime Alguersuari · Pastor Maldonado	15 · 23	15 · 14	15 · 25	Jaime Alguersuari	Swapped places
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Pastor Maldonado	22 · 23	20 · 14	24 · 25	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Jaime Alguersuari	14 · 15	16 · 15	1 · 15	Bruno Senna	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Heikki Kovalainen	14 · 17	16 · 17	1 · 16	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Jarno Trulli	17 · 18	17 · 18	16 · 17	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Timo Glock	18 · 19	18 · 19	17 · 25	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Vitantonio Liuzzi	19 · 22	19 · 20	25 · 24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order

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

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:40.263	—	0 m	—	21
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:40.389	+0.126	7 m	+0.126	26
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:40.403	+0.140	8 m	+0.014	27
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:40.755	+0.492	27 m	+0.352	27
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:40.801	+0.538	30 m	+0.046	25
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:41.260	+0.997	55 m	+0.459	17
7	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:41.340	+1.077	60 m	+0.080	23
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:42.130	+1.867	103 m	+0.790	26
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:42.151	+1.888	105 m	+0.021	28
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:42.377	+2.114	117 m	+0.226	26
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:42.633	+2.370	131 m	+0.256	26
12	Romain Grosjean	Renault	9	1:42.685	+2.422	134 m	+0.052	29
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:43.118	+2.855	158 m	+0.433	13
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:43.255	+2.992	166 m	+0.137	29
15	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:43.389	+3.126	173 m	+0.134	24
16	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:44.412	+4.149	230 m	+1.023	28
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:44.484	+4.221	234 m	+0.072	18
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:44.565	+4.302	238 m	+0.081	27
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:44.898	+4.635	257 m	+0.333	25
20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:46.385	+6.122	339 m	+1.487	28
21	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:46.532	+6.269	347 m	+0.147	27
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:48.024	+7.761	430 m	+1.492	20
23	Robert Wickens (never started a Grand Prix)	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:48.551	+8.288	459 m	+0.527	23
24	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	—	—	—	—	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:39.586	—	0 m	—	31
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:39.785	+0.199	11 m	+0.199	30
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:39.971	+0.385	21 m	+0.186	20
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:39.980	+0.394	22 m	+0.009	34
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:40.104	+0.518	29 m	+0.124	35
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:40.132	+0.546	30 m	+0.028	26
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:40.553	+0.967	54 m	+0.421	34
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:40.951	+1.365	76 m	+0.398	34
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:41.021	+1.435	80 m	+0.070	37
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:41.490	+1.904	106 m	+0.469	34
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:41.565	+1.979	110 m	+0.075	34
12	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:41.680	+2.094	117 m	+0.115	33
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:41.947	+2.361	132 m	+0.267	31
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:41.983	+2.397	134 m	+0.036	34
15	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:42.369	+2.783	155 m	+0.386	36
16	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:42.798	+3.212	179 m	+0.429	35
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:42.910	+3.324	185 m	+0.112	34
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:43.562	+3.976	222 m	+0.652	36
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:44.050	+4.464	249 m	+0.488	38
20	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:44.265	+4.679	261 m	+0.215	41
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:45.486	+5.900	329 m	+1.221	34
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:46.142	+6.556	366 m	+0.656	32
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:46.249	+6.663	372 m	+0.107	21
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:46.328	+6.742	376 m	+0.079	34

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:38.976	—	0 m	—	17
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:39.403	+0.427	24 m	+0.427	18
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:39.427	+0.451	25 m	+0.024	18
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:39.429	+0.453	25 m	+0.002	16
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:39.661	+0.685	38 m	+0.232	16
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:40.135	+1.159	65 m	+0.474	19
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:40.183	+1.207	68 m	+0.048	18
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:40.429	+1.453	82 m	+0.246	21
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:40.511	+1.535	86 m	+0.082	19
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:40.938	+1.962	110 m	+0.427	18
11	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:41.509	+2.533	142 m	+0.571	21
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:41.527	+2.551	143 m	+0.018	21
13	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:41.566	+2.590	145 m	+0.039	20
14	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:41.594	+2.618	147 m	+0.028	18
15	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:41.622	+2.646	148 m	+0.028	18
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:41.855	+2.879	162 m	+0.233	18
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:42.025	+3.049	171 m	+0.170	19
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:43.409	+4.433	249 m	+1.384	22
19	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:43.861	+4.885	274 m	+0.452	5
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:45.262	+6.286	353 m	+1.401	23
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:45.302	+6.326	355 m	+0.040	20
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:45.509	+6.533	367 m	+0.207	22
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:45.732	+6.756	379 m	+0.223	20
24	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	—	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 18 of 2011
Grand Prix: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Nov 2011
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.554 km · 21 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.