Race · Round 2 of 19 · 10 April 2011

2011 Malaysian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Sepang International Circuit. 7 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 28 °C, 31.2 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: Sepang International CircuitSepang, Malaysia
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Mark Webber
Entries: 2417 classified

Two sources disagree about this race

Conditions

dryagainst31.2 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 10 April 2011, through Open-Meteo, holds 31.2 mm of rain over 19 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_Malaysian_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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB7	1	56	Finished	25
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-26	4	56	Finished	18
3	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	R31	6	56	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB7	3	56	Finished	12	fastest lap
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	150° Italia	7	56	Finished	10
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	150° Italia	5	56	Finished	8
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C30	10	56	Finished	6
8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-26	2	56	Finished	4
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02	11	56	Finished	2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM04	14	56	Finished	1
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM04	17	56	Finished	0
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02	9	55	Finished	0
13	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	12	55	Finished	0
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	13	55	Finished	0
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	19	55	Finished	0
16	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	21	54	Finished	0
17	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	R31	8	52	Accident	0
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	F111	23	46	Rear wing	0
DNF	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	22	42	Electrical	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	20	31	Clutch	0
DNF	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C30	16	23	Electrical	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	FW33	15	22	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F111	24	14	Mechanical	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW33	18	8	Engine	0

F1DB layout sepang-1 · 5.543 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
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	56
Jenson Button	4	2	56
Nick Heidfeld	6	3	56
Mark Webber	3	4	56
Felipe Massa	7	5	56
Fernando Alonso	5	6	56
Kamui Kobayashi	10	7	56
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	8	56
Michael Schumacher	11	9	56
Paul di Resta	14	10	56
Adrian Sutil	17	11	56
Nico Rosberg	9	12	55
Sébastien Buemi	12	13	55
Jaime Alguersuari	13	14	55
Heikki Kovalainen	19	15	55
Timo Glock	21	16	54
Vitaly Petrov	8	17	52
Vitantonio Liuzzi	23	DNF	46
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22	DNF	42
Jarno Trulli	20	DNF	31
Sergio Perez	16	DNF	23
Rubens Barrichello	15	DNF	22
Narain Karthikeyan	24	DNF	14
Pastor Maldonado	18	DNF	8

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.468	1:35.934	1:34.870	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:36.861	1:35.852	1:34.974	+0.104	6 m	+0.104
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:37.924	1:36.080	1:35.179	+0.309	18 m	+0.205
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:37.033	1:35.569	1:35.200	+0.330	19 m	+0.021
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:36.897	1:36.320	1:35.802	+0.932	54 m	+0.602
6	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:37.224	1:36.811	1:36.124	+1.254	73 m	+0.322
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:36.744	1:36.557	1:36.251	+1.381	81 m	+0.127
8	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:37.210	1:36.642	1:36.324	+1.454	85 m	+0.073
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:37.316	1:36.388	1:36.809	+1.939	113 m	+0.485
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:36.994	1:36.691	1:36.820	+1.950	114 m	+0.011
11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:36.904	1:37.035	—	—	85 m	—
12	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:37.693	1:37.160	—	—	92 m	—
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:37.677	1:37.347	—	—	103 m	—
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:38.045	1:37.370	—	—	104 m	—
15	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:38.163	1:37.496	—	—	112 m	—
16	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:37.759	1:37.528	—	—	114 m	—
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:37.693	1:37.593	—	—	117 m	—
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:38.276	—	—	—	88 m	—
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:38.645	—	—	—	109 m	—
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:38.791	—	—	—	117 m	—
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:40.648	—	—	—	224 m	—
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:41.001	—	—	—	244 m	—
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:41.549	—	—	—	275 m	—
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:42.574	—	—	—	334 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)
Sebastian Vettel	1	56	3	13, 25, 41	23.0, 21.9, 22.3
Jenson Button	2	56	3	13, 23, 38	22.4, 22.5, 22.5
Nick Heidfeld	3	56	3	13, 26, 39	23.9, 23.2, 22.6
Mark Webber	4	56	4	10, 22, 32, 43	22.6, 22.0, 22.1, 22.2
Felipe Massa	5	56	3	13, 27, 38	29.2, 22.5, 22.9
Fernando Alonso	6	56	4	14, 26, 41, 46	23.2, 23.9, 23.8, 27.2
Kamui Kobayashi	7	56	2	17, 36	23.3, 23.4
Sir Lewis Hamilton	8	56	4	12, 24, 37, 52	22.6, 22.6, 25.4, 22.5
Michael Schumacher	9	56	3	14, 28, 42	22.6, 22.3, 22.2
Paul di Resta	10	56	3	11, 24, 37	22.8, 22.4, 24.0
Adrian Sutil	11	56	3	3, 16, 32	31.7, 22.0, 22.6
Nico Rosberg	12	55	3	15, 29, 40	25.0, 22.6, 22.5
Sébastien Buemi	13	55	3	15, 20, 32	23.3, 29.8, 27.4
Jaime Alguersuari	14	55	2	16, 32	23.6, 22.9
Heikki Kovalainen	15	55	2	15, 34	29.1, 23.3
Timo Glock	16	54	2	17, 34	24.6, 24.4
Vitaly Petrov	17	52	3	15, 27, 44	23.2, 22.7, 28.7
Vitantonio Liuzzi	DNF	46	3	17, 38, 44	27.8, 26.6, 38.8
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DNF	42	2	17, 35	26.3, 24.4
Jarno Trulli	DNF	31	1	13	25.5
Sergio Perez	DNF	23	1	17	23.6
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	22	2	3, 17	33.0, 24.5
Narain Karthikeyan	DNF	14	0	None recorded	—
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	8	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
Sebastian Vettel · Jenson Button	1 · 4	1 · 2	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	1 · 8	13 · 12	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Jenson Button	3 · 4	4 · 2	10 · 13	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Nick Heidfeld	4 · 6	2 · 3	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	2 · 6	13 · 14	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Nick Heidfeld	3 · 6	4 · 3	10 · 13	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Nick Heidfeld	5 · 6	6 · 3	14 · 13	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Felipe Massa	6 · 7	3 · 5	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Mark Webber	2 · 3	8 · 4	12 · 10	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Felipe Massa	3 · 7	4 · 5	10 · 13	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Felipe Massa	5 · 7	6 · 5	14 · 13	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Vitaly Petrov	7 · 8	5 · 17	13 · 15	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Kamui Kobayashi	5 · 10	6 · 7	14 · 17	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Kamui Kobayashi	2 · 10	8 · 7	12 · 17	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Kamui Kobayashi	9 · 10	12 · 7	15 · 17	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Michael Schumacher	10 · 11	7 · 9	17 · 14	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Michael Schumacher	2 · 11	8 · 9	12 · 14	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Paul di Resta	11 · 14	9 · 10	14 · 11	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Sébastien Buemi	11 · 12	9 · 13	14 · 15	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Jaime Alguersuari · Paul di Resta	13 · 14	14 · 10	16 · 11	Paul di Resta	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Adrian Sutil	14 · 17	10 · 11	11 · 3	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Adrian Sutil	9 · 17	12 · 11	15 · 3	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Vitaly Petrov · Nico Rosberg	8 · 9	17 · 12	15 · 15	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Sébastien Buemi	9 · 12	12 · 13	15 · 15	Same lap	Kept their order
Sébastien Buemi · Jaime Alguersuari	12 · 13	13 · 14	15 · 16	Sébastien Buemi	Kept their order
Jaime Alguersuari · Heikki Kovalainen	13 · 19	14 · 15	16 · 15	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Timo Glock	19 · 21	15 · 16	15 · 17	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Timo Glock	8 · 21	17 · 16	15 · 17	Vitaly Petrov	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	1:37.651	—	0 m	—	22
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:39.316	+1.665	95 m	+1.665	16
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:39.791	+2.140	121 m	+0.475	29
4	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	15	1:40.377	+2.726	155 m	+0.586	23
5	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:40.443	+2.792	158 m	+0.066	31
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:40.453	+2.802	159 m	+0.010	22
7	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:40.525	+2.874	163 m	+0.072	6
8	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:40.581	+2.930	166 m	+0.056	21
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:40.601	+2.950	167 m	+0.020	23
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:40.646	+2.995	170 m	+0.045	29
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:40.734	+3.083	175 m	+0.088	21
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:40.748	+3.097	176 m	+0.014	23
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:40.770	+3.119	177 m	+0.022	24
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:40.872	+3.221	183 m	+0.102	27
15	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:40.927	+3.276	186 m	+0.055	16
16	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:41.620	+3.969	225 m	+0.693	21
17	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:41.627	+3.976	226 m	+0.007	18
18	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:41.642	+3.991	227 m	+0.015	24
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:42.154	+4.503	256 m	+0.512	18
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:42.540	+4.889	278 m	+0.386	20
21	Davide Valsecchi (never started a Grand Prix)	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:44.054	+6.403	363 m	+1.514	18
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:45.228	+7.577	430 m	+1.174	20
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:46.267	+8.616	489 m	+1.039	10
24	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:47.932	+10.281	584 m	+1.665	4

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	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:36.876	—	0 m	—	24
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:36.881	+0.005	0 m	+0.005	30
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:37.010	+0.134	8 m	+0.129	23
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.090	+0.214	12 m	+0.080	30
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:38.088	+1.212	69 m	+0.998	26
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:38.089	+1.213	69 m	+0.001	31
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:38.565	+1.689	97 m	+0.476	25
8	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:38.570	+1.694	97 m	+0.005	16
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:38.583	+1.707	98 m	+0.013	27
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:38.846	+1.970	113 m	+0.263	31
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:38.968	+2.092	120 m	+0.122	25
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:39.187	+2.311	132 m	+0.219	30
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:39.267	+2.391	137 m	+0.080	17
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:39.398	+2.522	144 m	+0.131	29
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:39.603	+2.727	156 m	+0.205	34
16	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:39.625	+2.749	157 m	+0.022	31
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:39.809	+2.933	168 m	+0.184	28
18	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:40.115	+3.239	185 m	+0.306	31
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:40.866	+3.990	228 m	+0.751	24
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:41.890	+5.014	287 m	+1.024	19
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:43.197	+6.321	362 m	+1.307	15
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:43.991	+7.115	407 m	+0.794	14
23	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:44.886	+8.010	458 m	+0.895	4

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	1:36.340	—	0 m	—	11
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:36.630	+0.290	17 m	+0.290	16
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:36.762	+0.422	24 m	+0.132	14
4	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:37.115	+0.775	45 m	+0.353	17
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.175	+0.835	48 m	+0.060	14
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:37.284	+0.944	54 m	+0.109	11
7	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:37.297	+0.957	55 m	+0.013	17
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:37.762	+1.422	82 m	+0.465	12
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:38.059	+1.719	99 m	+0.297	18
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:38.300	+1.960	113 m	+0.241	20
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:38.307	+1.967	113 m	+0.007	20
12	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:38.448	+2.108	121 m	+0.141	17
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:38.464	+2.124	122 m	+0.016	16
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:38.597	+2.257	130 m	+0.133	15
15	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:38.665	+2.325	134 m	+0.068	14
16	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:38.681	+2.341	135 m	+0.016	16
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:38.716	+2.376	137 m	+0.035	14
18	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:38.864	+2.524	145 m	+0.148	13
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:39.260	+2.920	168 m	+0.396	19
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:39.699	+3.359	193 m	+0.439	15
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:41.215	+4.875	280 m	+1.516	17
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:41.414	+5.074	292 m	+0.199	18
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:43.147	+6.807	392 m	+1.733	6
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:43.383	+7.043	405 m	+0.236	11

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: 2 of 2011
Grand Prix: Malaysian Grand Prix
Dates: 10 Apr 2011
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.