Race · Round 19 of 19 · 27 November 2011

2011 Brazilian Grand Prix

Mark Webber won for Red Bull Racing from 2nd on the grid at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 4 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 23 °C, 14.4 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: Mark WebberRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Mark Webber
Entries: 2420 classified

Two sources disagree about this race

Conditions

dryagainst14.4 mm of rain on the day, modelled

The race's Wikipedia article's words are read as dry: by data/harvest.py's rule, which finds no rain, showers or wet track in them, or by a reading declared there (race_weather_reported holds the words). ERA5's reanalysis of 27 November 2011, through Open-Meteo, holds 14.4 mm of rain over 10 hours of that day in the grid cell the circuit is in - a heavy-precipitation day, 10 mm or more. A daily total cannot say whether the rain fell during the race, and a grid cell is not the track, so neither is overruled. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Brazilian_Grand_Prix; weather data by Open-Meteo.com, https://open-meteo.com/

Recorded rather than resolved, and open for somebody to settle. Every one is listed on the quality page. If you can settle it against a source that can be checked, report what you have.

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB7	2	71	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB7	1	71	Finished	18
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-26	3	71	Finished	15
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	150° Italia	5	71	Finished	12
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	150° Italia	7	71	Finished	10
6	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM04	8	70	Finished	8
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02	6	70	Finished	6
8	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM04	11	70	Finished	4
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C30	16	70	Finished	2
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	R31	15	70	Finished	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	13	70	Finished	0
12	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	14	70	Finished	0
13	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C30	17	70	Finished	0
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	FW33	12	70	Finished	0
15	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02	10	70	Finished	0
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	19	69	Finished	0
17	Bruno Senna	Renault	R31	9	69	Finished	0
18	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	20	69	Finished	0
19	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	23	68	Finished	0
20	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	F111	22	68	Finished	0
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	F111	21	61	Alternator	0
DNF	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-26	4	46	Gearbox	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW33	18	26	Spin	0
DNF	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	24	21	Wheel	0

F1DB layout interlagos-2 · 4.309 km · 15 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
Mark Webber	2	1	71
Sebastian Vettel	1	2	71
Jenson Button	3	3	71
Fernando Alonso	5	4	71
Felipe Massa	7	5	71
Adrian Sutil	8	6	70
Nico Rosberg	6	7	70
Paul di Resta	11	8	70
Kamui Kobayashi	16	9	70
Vitaly Petrov	15	10	70
Jaime Alguersuari	13	11	70
Sébastien Buemi	14	12	70
Sergio Perez	17	13	70
Rubens Barrichello	12	14	70
Michael Schumacher	10	15	70
Heikki Kovalainen	19	16	69
Bruno Senna	9	17	69
Jarno Trulli	20	18	69
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	23	19	68
Daniel Ricciardo	22	20	68
Vitantonio Liuzzi	21	DNF	61
Sir Lewis Hamilton	4	DNF	46
Pastor Maldonado	18	DNF	26
Timo Glock	24	DNF	21

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:13.664	1:12.446	1:11.918	—	0 m	—
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:13.467	1:12.658	1:12.099	+0.181	11 m	+0.181
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:13.281	1:12.820	1:12.283	+0.365	22 m	+0.184
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:13.361	1:12.811	1:12.480	+0.562	34 m	+0.197
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:13.969	1:12.870	1:12.591	+0.673	40 m	+0.111
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:14.083	1:12.569	1:13.050	+1.132	68 m	+0.459
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:14.269	1:13.291	1:13.068	+1.150	69 m	+0.018
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:13.480	1:13.261	1:13.298	+1.380	83 m	+0.230
9	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:14.453	1:13.300	1:13.761	+1.843	110 m	+0.463
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:13.694	1:13.571	—	—	67 m	—
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:13.733	1:13.584	—	—	68 m	—
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:14.117	1:13.801	—	—	81 m	—
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:14.225	1:13.804	—	—	81 m	—
14	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:14.500	1:13.919	—	—	88 m	—
15	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:13.859	1:14.053	—	—	96 m	—
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:14.571	1:14.129	—	—	100 m	—
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:14.430	1:14.182	—	—	103 m	—
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:14.625	—	—	—	79 m	—
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:15.068	—	—	—	105 m	—
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:15.358	—	—	—	122 m	—
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:16.631	—	—	—	197 m	—
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:16.890	—	—	—	212 m	—
23	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:17.019	—	—	—	220 m	—
24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:17.060	—	—	—	222 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. 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)
Mark Webber	1	71	3	18, 38, 58	20.8, 21.0, 20.8
Sebastian Vettel	2	71	3	17, 39, 59	20.9, 20.7, 22.1
Jenson Button	3	71	3	15, 31, 52	22.0, 21.0, 21.6
Fernando Alonso	4	71	3	16, 35, 54	20.8, 20.7, 20.8
Felipe Massa	5	71	2	21, 45	21.7, 21.1
Adrian Sutil	6	70	3	14, 31, 45	21.1, 20.9, 21.1
Nico Rosberg	7	70	2	16, 42	20.8, 20.7
Paul di Resta	8	70	2	17, 40	20.7, 21.8
Kamui Kobayashi	9	70	2	21, 43	25.1, 21.2
Vitaly Petrov	10	70	3	13, 30, 45	21.2, 23.1, 21.8
Jaime Alguersuari	11	70	2	21, 48	22.8, 21.9
Sébastien Buemi	12	70	2	19, 42	22.4, 22.5
Sergio Perez	13	70	2	20, 44	22.2, 21.3
Rubens Barrichello	14	70	3	16, 34, 53	21.5, 22.6, 21.6
Michael Schumacher	15	70	3	10, 32, 51	25.5, 20.8, 21.4
Heikki Kovalainen	16	69	3	17, 31, 49	22.9, 22.0, 21.5
Bruno Senna	17	69	4	12, 18, 28, 48	21.9, 14.0, 23.3, 22.1
Jarno Trulli	18	69	2	22, 42	22.6, 21.6
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	19	68	2	20, 41	21.9, 23.5
Daniel Ricciardo	20	68	2	20, 41	23.5, 22.9
Vitantonio Liuzzi	DNF	61	2	21, 45	22.7, 23.0
Sir Lewis Hamilton	DNF	46	3	16, 33, 44	21.1, 20.4, 20.7
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	26	1	17	21.6
Timo Glock	DNF	21	1	21	22.5

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
Sebastian Vettel · Mark Webber	1 · 2	2 · 1	17 · 18	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Jenson Button	2 · 3	1 · 3	18 · 15	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Jenson Button	1 · 3	2 · 3	17 · 15	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	3 · 5	3 · 4	15 · 16	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Felipe Massa	5 · 7	4 · 5	16 · 21	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Nico Rosberg	5 · 6	4 · 7	16 · 16	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Felipe Massa	6 · 7	7 · 5	16 · 21	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Adrian Sutil	7 · 8	5 · 6	21 · 14	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Adrian Sutil	6 · 8	7 · 6	16 · 14	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Adrian Sutil · Bruno Senna	8 · 9	6 · 17	14 · 12	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Paul di Resta	6 · 11	7 · 8	16 · 17	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Paul di Resta	10 · 11	15 · 8	10 · 17	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Kamui Kobayashi	11 · 16	8 · 9	17 · 21	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Paul di Resta · Rubens Barrichello	11 · 12	8 · 14	17 · 16	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Kamui Kobayashi	15 · 16	10 · 9	13 · 21	Vitaly Petrov	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Sergio Perez	16 · 17	9 · 13	21 · 20	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Jaime Alguersuari · Vitaly Petrov	13 · 15	11 · 10	21 · 13	Vitaly Petrov	Swapped places
Sébastien Buemi · Vitaly Petrov	14 · 15	12 · 10	19 · 13	Vitaly Petrov	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Jaime Alguersuari	12 · 13	14 · 11	16 · 21	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Jaime Alguersuari · Sébastien Buemi	13 · 14	11 · 12	21 · 19	Sébastien Buemi	Kept their order
Sébastien Buemi · Sergio Perez	14 · 17	12 · 13	19 · 20	Sébastien Buemi	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Sergio Perez	12 · 17	14 · 13	16 · 20	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Rubens Barrichello	10 · 12	15 · 14	10 · 16	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Michael Schumacher	9 · 10	17 · 15	12 · 10	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Heikki Kovalainen	10 · 19	15 · 16	10 · 17	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Heikki Kovalainen	9 · 19	17 · 16	12 · 17	Bruno Senna	Swapped places
Heikki Kovalainen · Jarno Trulli	19 · 20	16 · 18	17 · 22	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Jarno Trulli	9 · 20	17 · 18	12 · 22	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20 · 23	18 · 19	22 · 20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22 · 23	20 · 19	20 · 20	Same lap	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

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:13.811	—	0 m	—	26
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:13.825	+0.014	1 m	+0.014	25
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:13.961	+0.150	9 m	+0.136	20
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:14.025	+0.214	12 m	+0.064	28
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:14.507	+0.696	41 m	+0.482	34
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:14.541	+0.730	43 m	+0.034	26
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:15.162	+1.351	79 m	+0.621	28
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	14	1:15.178	+1.367	80 m	+0.016	28
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:15.241	+1.430	83 m	+0.063	31
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:15.321	+1.510	88 m	+0.080	29
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:15.468	+1.657	97 m	+0.147	29
12	Romain Grosjean	Renault	10	1:15.547	+1.736	101 m	+0.079	18
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:15.663	+1.852	108 m	+0.116	27
14	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:15.732	+1.921	112 m	+0.069	32
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:15.747	+1.936	113 m	+0.015	31
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:15.836	+2.025	118 m	+0.089	27
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:15.979	+2.168	127 m	+0.143	35
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:16.052	+2.241	131 m	+0.073	33
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:16.514	+2.703	158 m	+0.462	33
20	Luiz Razia (never started a Grand Prix)	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:17.595	+3.784	221 m	+1.081	31
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:18.140	+4.329	253 m	+0.545	29
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:18.653	+4.842	283 m	+0.513	29
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:18.952	+5.141	300 m	+0.299	33
24	Jan Charouz (never started a Grand Prix)	HRT	23	1:19.577	+5.766	337 m	+0.625	37

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	1:13.392	—	0 m	—	35
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:13.559	+0.167	10 m	+0.167	41
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:13.587	+0.195	11 m	+0.028	41
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:13.598	+0.206	12 m	+0.011	35
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:13.723	+0.331	19 m	+0.125	38
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:13.750	+0.358	21 m	+0.027	39
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:13.787	+0.395	23 m	+0.037	36
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:13.872	+0.480	28 m	+0.085	42
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:14.144	+0.752	44 m	+0.272	41
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:14.807	+1.415	83 m	+0.663	48
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:14.856	+1.464	86 m	+0.049	38
12	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:14.931	+1.539	90 m	+0.075	37
13	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:14.970	+1.578	93 m	+0.039	32
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:15.019	+1.627	96 m	+0.049	45
15	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:15.264	+1.872	110 m	+0.245	44
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:15.388	+1.996	117 m	+0.124	41
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:15.679	+2.287	134 m	+0.291	43
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:15.903	+2.511	147 m	+0.224	40
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:16.298	+2.906	171 m	+0.395	36
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:16.338	+2.946	173 m	+0.040	48
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:18.031	+4.639	272 m	+1.693	39
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:18.051	+4.659	274 m	+0.020	45
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:18.367	+4.975	292 m	+0.316	42
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:18.476	+5.084	298 m	+0.109	42

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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:12.460	—	0 m	—	21
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:12.547	+0.087	5 m	+0.087	19
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:12.597	+0.137	8 m	+0.050	21
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:12.622	+0.162	10 m	+0.025	15
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:12.765	+0.305	18 m	+0.143	17
6	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:13.113	+0.653	39 m	+0.348	22
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:13.286	+0.826	49 m	+0.173	21
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:13.393	+0.933	55 m	+0.107	19
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:13.419	+0.959	57 m	+0.026	19
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:13.583	+1.123	67 m	+0.164	18
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:13.838	+1.378	82 m	+0.255	20
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:14.283	+1.823	108 m	+0.445	19
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:14.286	+1.826	109 m	+0.003	20
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:14.311	+1.851	110 m	+0.025	24
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:14.454	+1.994	119 m	+0.143	22
16	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:14.547	+2.087	124 m	+0.093	24
17	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:14.551	+2.091	124 m	+0.004	15
18	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:15.843	+3.383	201 m	+1.292	24
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:16.026	+3.566	212 m	+0.183	22
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:16.616	+4.156	247 m	+0.590	26
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:17.143	+4.683	278 m	+0.527	23
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:17.296	+4.836	288 m	+0.153	23
23	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:17.984	+5.524	328 m	+0.688	23
24	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	—	—	—	—	3

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: 19 of 2011
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Nov 2011
Layout raced: Current layout · 4.309 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
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.