Korea 2011: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	McLaren	1:37.525	1:36.526	1:35.820
2	Vettel	Red Bull	1:39.093	1:37.285	1:36.042	+0.222
3	Button	McLaren	1:37.929	1:37.302	1:36.126	+0.306
4	Webber	Red Bull	1:39.071	1:37.292	1:36.468	+0.648
5	Massa	Ferrari	1:38.670	1:37.313	1:36.831	+1.011
6	Alonso	Ferrari	1:38.393	1:37.352	1:36.980	+1.160
7	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.426	1:37.892	1:37.754	+1.934
8	Petrov	Renault	1:38.378	1:38.186	1:38.124	+2.304
9	Di Resta	Force India	1:38.549	1:38.254		+1.728
10	Sutil	Force India	1:38.789	1:38.219		+1.693
11	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:39.392	1:38.315		+1.789
12	Schumacher	Mercedes	1:38.502	1:38.354		+1.828
13	Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:39.352	1:38.508		+1.982
14	Kobayashi	Sauber	1:39.464	1:38.775		+2.249
15	Senna	Renault	1:39.316	1:38.791		+2.265
16	Maldonado	Williams	1:39.436	1:39.189		+2.663
17	Pérez	Sauber	1:39.097	1:39.443		+2.917
18	Barrichello	Williams	1:39.538			+2.013
19	Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:40.522			+2.997
20	Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:41.101			+3.576
21	Glock	Virgin	1:42.091			+4.566
22	D'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:43.483			+5.958
23	Liuzzi	HRT	1:43.758			+6.233
NC	Ricciardo	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	Sebastian VettelFastest lap	Red Bull	2	55	1:38:01.994	2	Renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	55	+12.019	2	Mercedes
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	4	55	+12.477	2	Renault
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	55	+14.694	2	Mercedes
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	6	55	+15.689	2	Ferrari
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	5	55	+25.133	2	Ferrari
7	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	11	55	+49.538	2	Ferrari
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	55	+54.053	2	Mercedes
9	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	13	55	+1:02.762	2	Ferrari
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	9	55	+1:08.602	2	Mercedes
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	10	55	+1:11.229	2	Mercedes
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	18	55	+1:33.068	2	Cosworth
13	Bruno Senna	Renault	15	54	+1 lap	2	Renault
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	19	54	+1 lap	2	Renault
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	54	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
16	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	17	54	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
17	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	20	54	+1 lap	2	Renault
18	Timo Glock	Virgin	21	54	+1 lap	2	Cosworth
19	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	24	54	+1 lap	2	Cosworth
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	22	54	+1 lap	2	Cosworth
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	52	+3 laps	3	Cosworth
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	30	Clutch	3	Cosworth
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	8	16	Collision damage	1	Renault
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	12	15	Collision	1	Mercedes

Race

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Places gained

Barrichello18→12+6
Kovalainen19→14+5
Ricciardo24→19+5
Alguersuari11→7+4
Buemi13→9+4
Trulli20→17+3
Glock21→18+3
Senna15→13+2
D'Ambrosio22→20+2
Liuzzi23→21+2
Vettel2→1+1
Webber4→3+1
Alonso6→5+1
Pérez17→16+1
Hamilton1→2-1
Button3→4-1
Massa5→6-1
Rosberg7→8-1
Di Resta9→10-1
Sutil10→11-1
Kobayashi14→15-1

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

Fastest pit stops

1Maldonado13.984R22
2Vettel19.985R16
3Rosberg20.091R13
4Vettel20.170R34
5Schumacher20.238R14
6Hamilton20.584R33
7Alonso20.639R37
8Button20.758R34
9Button20.766R13
10Rosberg20.772R27

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

Stints of the top 10

Vettel1618212 stops
Hamilton1518222 stops
Webber1419222 stops
Button1321212 stops
Alonso1522182 stops
Massa1420212 stops
Alguersuari1720182 stops
Rosberg1314282 stops
Buemi1422192 stops
Di Resta1120242 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.