Italy 2011: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Vettel	Red Bull	1:24.002	1:22.914	1:22.275
2	Hamilton	McLaren	1:23.976	1:23.172	1:22.725	+0.450
3	Button	McLaren	1:24.013	1:23.031	1:22.777	+0.502
4	Alonso	Ferrari	1:24.134	1:23.342	1:22.841	+0.566
5	Webber	Red Bull	1:24.148	1:23.387	1:22.972	+0.697
6	Massa	Ferrari	1:24.523	1:23.681	1:23.188	+0.913
7	Petrov	Renault	1:24.486	1:23.741	1:23.530	+1.255
8	Schumacher	Mercedes	1:25.108	1:23.671	1:23.777	+1.502
9	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:24.550	1:23.335	1:24.477	+2.202
10	Senna	Renault	1:24.914	1:24.157		+1.243
11	Di Resta	Force India	1:24.574	1:24.163		+1.249
12	Sutil	Force India	1:24.595	1:24.209		+1.295
13	Barrichello	Williams	1:24.975	1:24.648		+1.734
14	Maldonado	Williams	1:24.798	1:24.726		+1.812
15	Pérez	Sauber	1:25.113	1:24.845		+1.931
16	Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:25.164	1:24.932		+2.018
17	Kobayashi	Sauber	1:24.879	1:25.065		+2.151
18	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:25.334			+1.358
19	Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:26.647			+2.671
20	Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:27.184			+3.208
21	Glock	Virgin	1:27.591			+3.615
22	D'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:27.609			+3.633
23	Ricciardo	HRT	1:28.054			+4.078
24	Liuzzi	HRT	1:28.231			+4.255

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	53	1:20:46.172	2	Renault
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	53	+9.590	2	Mercedes
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	4	53	+16.909	2	Ferrari
4	Lewis HamiltonFastest lap	McLaren	2	53	+17.417	2	Mercedes
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	8	53	+32.677	2	Mercedes
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	53	+42.993	2	Ferrari
7	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	18	52	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
8	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	52	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
9	Bruno Senna	Renault	10	52	+1 lap	3	Renault
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	16	52	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	14	52	+1 lap	2	Cosworth
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	13	52	+1 lap	2	Cosworth
13	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	20	51	+2 laps	2	Renault
14	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	19	51	+2 laps	2	Renault
15	Timo Glock	Virgin	21	51	+2 laps	2	Cosworth
NC	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	23	39	+14 laps	2	Cosworth
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	15	32	Gearbox	0	Ferrari
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	17	21	Gearbox	2	Ferrari
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	12	9	Hydraulics	0	Mercedes
DNF	Mark Webber	Red Bull	5	4	Collision damage	0	Renault
DNF	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	22	1	Gearbox	0	Cosworth
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	7	0	Collision	0	Renault
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	0	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	24	0	Collision	0	Cosworth

Race

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Places gained

Alguersuari18→7+11
Kovalainen20→13+7
Buemi16→10+6
Glock21→15+6
Trulli19→14+5
Schumacher8→5+3
Di Resta11→8+3
Maldonado14→11+3
Button3→2+1
Alonso4→3+1
Senna10→9+1
Barrichello13→12+1
Vettel1→10
Massa6→60
Hamilton2→4-2

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Vettel21.378R35
2Button21.660R17
3Massa21.821R21
4Di Resta21.870R13
5Hamilton21.876R34
6Alguersuari21.988R20
7Alonso21.989R34
8Schumacher22.014R37
9Hamilton22.083R18
10Button22.095R33

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Vettel2015182 stops
Button1716202 stops
Alonso1915192 stops
Hamilton1816192 stops
Schumacher1621162 stops
Massa2120122 stops
Alguersuari2021112 stops · +1 lap
Di Resta1318212 stops · +1 lap
Senna21721123 stops · +1 lap
Buemi1624122 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

PérezGearboxSauber
KobayashiGearboxSauber
SutilHydraulicsForce India
WebberCollision damageRed Bull
D'AmbrosioGearboxVirgin
PetrovCollisionRenault
RosbergCollisionMercedes
LiuzziCollisionHRT

This race in history

60 races here since 1950Won from pole: 18 of 60

Win from furthest back (P11): Peter Gethin 1971

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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