Race · Round 5 of 19 · 22 May 2011

2011 Spanish Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from 2nd on the grid at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 3 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 26 °C, no 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: Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaMontmelo, Spain
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Mark Webber
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2421 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB7	2	66	Finished	25
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-26	3	66	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-26	5	66	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB7	1	66	Finished	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	150° Italia	4	65	Finished	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02	10	65	Finished	8
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02	7	65	Finished	6
8	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	R31	24	65	Finished	4
9	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C30	12	65	Finished	2
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C30	14	65	Finished	1
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	R31	6	65	Finished	0
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM04	16	65	Finished	0
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM04	17	65	Finished	0
14	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	11	65	Finished	0
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW33	9	65	Finished	0
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	13	64	Finished	0
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	FW33	19	64	Finished	0
18	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	18	64	Finished	0
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	20	63	Finished	0
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	23	62	Finished	0
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F111	22	61	Finished	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	150° Italia	8	58	Gearbox	0
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	15	48	Accident	0
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	F111	21	28	Gearbox	0

F1DB layout catalunya-4 · 4.655 km · 16 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	2	1	66
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	2	66
Jenson Button	5	3	66
Mark Webber	1	4	66
Fernando Alonso	4	5	65
Michael Schumacher	10	6	65
Nico Rosberg	7	7	65
Nick Heidfeld	24	8	65
Sergio Perez	12	9	65
Kamui Kobayashi	14	10	65
Vitaly Petrov	6	11	65
Paul di Resta	16	12	65
Adrian Sutil	17	13	65
Sébastien Buemi	11	14	65
Pastor Maldonado	9	15	65
Jaime Alguersuari	13	16	64
Rubens Barrichello	19	17	64
Jarno Trulli	18	18	64
Timo Glock	20	19	63
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	23	20	62
Narain Karthikeyan	22	21	61
Felipe Massa	8	DNF	58
Heikki Kovalainen	15	DNF	48
Vitantonio Liuzzi	21	DNF	28

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:23.619	1:21.773	1:20.981	—	0 m	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:24.142	1:21.540	1:21.181	+0.200	12 m	+0.200
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:24.370	1:22.148	1:21.961	+0.980	57 m	+0.780
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:23.485	1:22.813	1:21.964	+0.983	57 m	+0.003
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:24.428	1:22.050	1:21.996	+1.015	59 m	+0.032
6	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:23.069	1:22.948	1:22.471	+1.490	86 m	+0.475
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:23.507	1:22.569	1:22.599	+1.618	93 m	+0.128
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:23.506	1:23.026	1:22.888	+1.907	110 m	+0.289
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:23.406	1:22.854	1:22.952	+1.971	114 m	+0.064
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:22.960	1:22.671	—	—	65 m	—
11	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:23.962	1:23.231	—	—	97 m	—
12	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:24.209	1:23.367	—	—	105 m	—
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:24.049	1:23.694	—	—	123 m	—
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:23.656	1:23.702	—	—	124 m	—
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:25.874	1:25.403	—	—	221 m	—
16	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:24.332	1:26.126	—	—	263 m	—
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:24.648	1:26.571	—	—	288 m	—
18	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:26.521	—	—	—	201 m	—
19	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:26.910	—	—	—	223 m	—
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:27.315	—	—	—	245 m	—
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:27.809	—	—	—	273 m	—
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:27.908	—	—	—	279 m	—
23	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:28.556	—	—	—	315 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)
Sebastian Vettel	1	66	4	9, 18, 34, 48	20.3, 19.9, 20.4, 20.3
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	66	4	11, 23, 35, 49	19.8, 20.2, 20.5, 21.0
Jenson Button	3	66	3	14, 30, 48	20.0, 20.8, 20.1
Mark Webber	4	66	4	10, 19, 29, 47	20.9, 20.1, 20.3, 20.0
Fernando Alonso	5	65	4	10, 19, 29, 39	20.6, 20.2, 20.7, 20.4
Michael Schumacher	6	65	3	10, 26, 41	20.1, 20.5, 20.5
Nico Rosberg	7	65	3	11, 27, 42	20.6, 19.5, 20.4
Nick Heidfeld	8	65	3	21, 36, 50	21.3, 22.0, 20.8
Sergio Perez	9	65	3	7, 29, 47	23.6, 21.1, 21.8
Kamui Kobayashi	10	65	3	1, 25, 44	24.9, 21.1, 20.5
Vitaly Petrov	11	65	3	11, 26, 41	21.9, 24.2, 21.7
Paul di Resta	12	65	3	15, 32, 51	20.1, 20.1, 20.6
Adrian Sutil	13	65	3	13, 30, 48	20.8, 20.3, 23.2
Sébastien Buemi	14	65	3	9, 25, 42	20.8, 24.7, 20.8
Pastor Maldonado	15	65	4	8, 20, 36, 53	22.7, 24.8, 21.6, 22.1
Jaime Alguersuari	16	64	4	11, 24, 36, 50	20.7, 20.9, 21.0, 23.1
Rubens Barrichello	17	64	4	11, 23, 35, 54	29.9, 21.2, 20.6, 20.6
Jarno Trulli	18	64	3	15, 29, 43	22.4, 21.7, 23.0
Timo Glock	19	63	3	16, 38, 53	22.7, 21.6, 21.2
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20	62	3	17, 34, 49	23.2, 23.0, 21.7
Narain Karthikeyan	21	61	3	14, 28, 47	24.8, 24.4, 24.3
Felipe Massa	DNF	58	3	11, 21, 36	20.8, 21.6, 22.4
Heikki Kovalainen	DNF	48	3	16, 28, 41	21.0, 20.8, 23.1
Vitantonio Liuzzi	DNF	28	1	16	23.2

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
Mark Webber · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 2	4 · 1	10 · 9	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Sir Lewis Hamilton	2 · 3	1 · 2	9 · 11	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Jenson Button	3 · 5	2 · 3	11 · 14	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Fernando Alonso	3 · 4	2 · 5	11 · 10	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Jenson Button	1 · 5	4 · 3	10 · 14	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Jenson Button	4 · 5	5 · 3	10 · 14	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Vitaly Petrov	5 · 6	3 · 11	14 · 11	Vitaly Petrov	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Fernando Alonso	1 · 4	4 · 5	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Michael Schumacher	4 · 10	5 · 6	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Michael Schumacher	7 · 10	7 · 6	11 · 10	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Pastor Maldonado · Michael Schumacher	9 · 10	15 · 6	8 · 10	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Sébastien Buemi	10 · 11	6 · 14	10 · 9	Sébastien Buemi	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Nico Rosberg	6 · 7	11 · 7	11 · 11	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Nick Heidfeld	7 · 24	7 · 8	11 · 21	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Nick Heidfeld	12 · 24	9 · 8	7 · 21	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Jérôme d'Ambrosio · Nick Heidfeld	23 · 24	20 · 8	17 · 21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Swapped places
Sébastien Buemi · Sergio Perez	11 · 12	14 · 9	9 · 7	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Kamui Kobayashi	12 · 14	9 · 10	7 · 1	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Jaime Alguersuari	12 · 13	9 · 16	7 · 11	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Kamui Kobayashi	6 · 14	11 · 10	11 · 1	Kamui Kobayashi	Swapped places
Jaime Alguersuari · Kamui Kobayashi	13 · 14	16 · 10	11 · 1	Kamui Kobayashi	Swapped places
Vitaly Petrov · Paul di Resta	6 · 16	11 · 12	11 · 15	Vitaly Petrov	Kept their order
Paul di Resta · Adrian Sutil	16 · 17	12 · 13	15 · 13	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Sébastien Buemi · Adrian Sutil	11 · 17	14 · 13	9 · 13	Sébastien Buemi	Swapped places
Adrian Sutil · Jarno Trulli	17 · 18	13 · 18	13 · 15	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Sébastien Buemi	9 · 11	15 · 14	8 · 9	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Pastor Maldonado · Jaime Alguersuari	9 · 13	15 · 16	8 · 11	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Jaime Alguersuari · Rubens Barrichello	13 · 19	16 · 17	11 · 11	Same lap	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Rubens Barrichello	18 · 19	18 · 17	15 · 11	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Timo Glock	19 · 20	17 · 19	11 · 16	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Timo Glock	18 · 20	18 · 19	15 · 16	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20 · 23	19 · 20	16 · 17	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Narain Karthikeyan · Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22 · 23	21 · 20	14 · 17	Narain Karthikeyan	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	1:25.142	—	0 m	—	27
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:26.149	+1.007	55 m	+1.007	20
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:26.379	+1.237	68 m	+0.230	29
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:26.480	+1.338	73 m	+0.101	27
5	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:26.738	+1.596	88 m	+0.258	26
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:26.988	+1.846	101 m	+0.250	19
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:27.016	+1.874	103 m	+0.028	32
8	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:27.132	+1.990	109 m	+0.116	21
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:27.138	+1.996	110 m	+0.006	22
10	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:27.212	+2.070	114 m	+0.074	20
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:27.241	+2.099	115 m	+0.029	22
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:27.471	+2.329	128 m	+0.230	23
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:28.005	+2.863	157 m	+0.534	11
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	15	1:28.027	+2.885	158 m	+0.022	26
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:28.163	+3.021	166 m	+0.136	22
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:28.654	+3.512	193 m	+0.491	28
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:28.819	+3.677	202 m	+0.165	23
18	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:28.995	+3.853	212 m	+0.176	9
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:29.231	+4.089	225 m	+0.236	21
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:30.896	+5.754	316 m	+1.665	18
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:31.235	+6.093	335 m	+0.339	24
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:31.268	+6.126	336 m	+0.033	23
23	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:31.418	+6.276	345 m	+0.150	12
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:32.106	+6.964	382 m	+0.688	25

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 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:22.470	—	0 m	—	35
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:22.509	+0.039	2 m	+0.039	27
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:22.826	+0.356	20 m	+0.317	37
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:23.188	+0.718	41 m	+0.362	32
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:23.568	+1.098	62 m	+0.380	34
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:23.586	+1.116	63 m	+0.018	35
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:23.981	+1.511	86 m	+0.395	30
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:24.278	+1.808	102 m	+0.297	30
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:24.290	+1.820	103 m	+0.012	33
10	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:24.366	+1.896	107 m	+0.076	31
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:24.483	+2.013	114 m	+0.117	38
12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:24.786	+2.316	131 m	+0.303	43
13	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:25.296	+2.826	160 m	+0.510	33
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:25.303	+2.833	161 m	+0.007	38
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:25.457	+2.987	169 m	+0.154	34
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:25.603	+3.133	178 m	+0.146	43
17	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:26.073	+3.603	204 m	+0.470	32
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:26.417	+3.947	224 m	+0.344	37
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:27.123	+4.653	264 m	+0.706	20
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:27.189	+4.719	268 m	+0.066	34
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:28.036	+5.566	316 m	+0.847	36
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:28.062	+5.592	317 m	+0.026	28
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:29.469	+6.999	397 m	+1.407	28
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:29.476	+7.006	397 m	+0.007	31

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	1:21.707	—	0 m	—	6
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:21.791	+0.084	5 m	+0.084	17
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:23.057	+1.350	77 m	+1.266	16
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:23.068	+1.361	78 m	+0.011	13
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:23.214	+1.507	86 m	+0.146	14
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:23.397	+1.690	97 m	+0.183	18
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:23.669	+1.962	112 m	+0.272	17
8	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:24.043	+2.336	134 m	+0.374	18
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:24.270	+2.563	147 m	+0.227	11
10	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:24.318	+2.611	149 m	+0.048	18
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:24.322	+2.615	150 m	+0.004	17
12	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:24.329	+2.622	150 m	+0.007	19
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:24.399	+2.692	154 m	+0.070	17
14	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:24.535	+2.828	162 m	+0.136	16
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:24.695	+2.988	171 m	+0.160	18
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:24.722	+3.015	173 m	+0.027	14
17	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:25.223	+3.516	201 m	+0.501	19
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:26.236	+4.529	259 m	+1.013	11
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:27.000	+5.293	303 m	+0.764	20
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:27.706	+5.999	343 m	+0.706	20
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:28.330	+6.623	379 m	+0.624	17
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:29.057	+7.350	421 m	+0.727	18
23	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:29.200	+7.493	429 m	+0.143	6
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:29.562	+7.855	449 m	+0.362	16

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: 5 of 2011
Grand Prix: Spanish Grand Prix
Dates: 22 May 2011
Layout raced: With Turn 10 chicane · 4.675 km · 16 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.