Japan 2011: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Vettel	Red Bull	1:33.051	1:31.424	1:30.466
2	Button	McLaren	1:32.947	1:31.434	1:30.475	+0.009
3	Hamilton	McLaren	1:32.843	1:31.139	1:30.617	+0.151
4	Massa	Ferrari	1:33.235	1:31.909	1:30.804	+0.338
5	Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.817	1:31.612	1:30.886	+0.420
6	Webber	Red Bull	1:33.135	1:31.576	1:31.156	+0.690
7	Schumacher	Mercedes	1:33.748	1:32.116		+0.977
8	Senna	Renault	1:33.359	1:32.297		+1.158
9	Petrov	Renault	1:32.877	1:32.245		+1.106
10	Kobayashi	Sauber	1:32.626	1:32.380		+1.241
11	Sutil	Force India	1:32.761	1:32.463		+1.324
12	Di Resta	Force India	1:33.499	1:32.746		+1.607
13	Barrichello	Williams	1:33.921	1:33.079		+1.940
14	Maldonado	Williams	1:33.781	1:33.224		+2.085
15	Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:33.064	1:33.227		+2.088
16	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:35.111	1:33.427		+2.288
17	Pérez	Sauber	1:34.704			+2.078
18	Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:35.454			+2.828
19	Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:35.514			+2.888
20	D'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:36.439			+3.813
21	Glock	Virgin	1:36.507			+3.881
22	Ricciardo	HRT	1:37.846			+5.220
NC	Rosberg	Mercedes
NC	Liuzzi	HRT

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	Jenson ButtonFastest lap	McLaren	2	53	1:30:53.427	3	Mercedes
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	53	+1.160	3	Ferrari
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	53	+2.006	3	Renault
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	6	53	+8.071	3	Renault
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	53	+24.268	3	Mercedes
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	8	53	+27.120	3	Mercedes
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	53	+28.240	3	Ferrari
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	17	53	+39.377	2	Ferrari
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	53	+42.607	2	Renault
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	23	53	+44.322	3	Mercedes
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	11	53	+54.447	3	Mercedes
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	12	53	+1:02.326	3	Mercedes
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	7	53	+1:03.705	2	Ferrari
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	14	53	+1:04.194	3	Cosworth
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	16	53	+1:06.623	2	Ferrari
16	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	53	+1:12.628	2	Renault
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	13	53	+1:14.191	3	Cosworth
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	18	53	+1:27.824	3	Renault
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	19	53	+1:36.140	3	Renault
20	Timo Glock	Virgin	21	51	+2 laps	3	Cosworth
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	20	51	+2 laps	3	Cosworth
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	51	+2 laps	3	Cosworth
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	24	50	+3 laps	3	Cosworth
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	15	11	Wheel	1	Ferrari

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Places gained

Rosberg23→10+13
Pérez17→8+9
Alonso5→2+3
Webber6→4+2
Schumacher8→6+2
Button2→1+1
Petrov10→9+1
Alguersuari16→15+1
Glock21→20+1
Liuzzi24→23+1
Sutil11→110
Di Resta12→120
Maldonado14→140
Kovalainen18→180
Trulli19→190
Ricciardo22→220
D'Ambrosio20→21-1
Vettel1→3-2
Hamilton3→5-2
Massa4→7-3
Barrichello13→17-4
Kobayashi7→13-6
Senna9→16-7

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

Fastest pit stops

1Rosberg20.575R12
2Rosberg20.665R24
3Schumacher20.667R9
4Button20.713R20
5Alonso20.731R37
6Rosberg20.809R41
7Petrov20.832R39
8Schumacher20.879R41
9Button20.998R36
10Maldonado21.012R41

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

Stints of the top 10

Button101016173 stops
Alonso101116163 stops
Vettel91014203 stops
Webber10915193 stops
Hamilton81314183 stops
Schumacher91517123 stops
Massa111114173 stops
Pérez2017162 stops
Petrov1821142 stops
Rosberg121217123 stops

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.

This race in history

22 races here since 1987Won from pole: 11 of 22

Win from furthest back (P17): Kimi Räikkönen 2005

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

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