Brazil 2011: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Vettel	Red Bull	1:13.664	1:12.446	1:11.918
2	Webber	Red Bull	1:13.467	1:12.658	1:12.099	+0.181
3	Button	McLaren	1:13.281	1:12.820	1:12.283	+0.365
4	Hamilton	McLaren	1:13.361	1:12.811	1:12.480	+0.562
5	Alonso	Ferrari	1:13.969	1:12.870	1:12.591	+0.673
6	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:14.083	1:12.569	1:13.050	+1.132
7	Massa	Ferrari	1:14.269	1:13.291	1:13.068	+1.150
8	Sutil	Force India	1:13.480	1:13.261	1:13.298	+1.380
9	Senna	Renault	1:14.453	1:13.300	1:13.761	+1.843
10	Schumacher	Mercedes	1:13.694	1:13.571		+1.125
11	Di Resta	Force India	1:13.733	1:13.584		+1.138
12	Barrichello	Williams	1:14.117	1:13.801		+1.355
13	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:14.225	1:13.804		+1.358
14	Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:14.500	1:13.919		+1.473
15	Petrov	Renault	1:13.859	1:14.053		+1.607
16	Kobayashi	Sauber	1:14.571	1:14.129		+1.683
17	Pérez	Sauber	1:14.430	1:14.182		+1.736
18	Maldonado	Williams	1:14.625			+1.344
19	Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:15.068			+1.787
20	Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:15.358			+2.077
21	Liuzzi	HRT	1:16.631			+3.350
22	Ricciardo	HRT	1:16.890			+3.609
23	D'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:17.019			+3.738
24	Glock	Virgin	1:17.060			+3.779

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	Mark WebberFastest lap	Red Bull	2	71	1:32:17.464	3	Renault
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	71	+16.983	3	Renault
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	71	+27.638	3	Mercedes
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	71	+35.048	3	Ferrari
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	7	71	+1:06.733	2	Ferrari
6	Adrian Sutil	Force India	8	70	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	70	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
8	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	70	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	70	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	15	70	+1 lap	3	Renault
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	13	70	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	14	70	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
13	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	17	70	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	12	70	+1 lap	3	Cosworth
15	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	10	70	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	19	69	+2 laps	3	Renault
17	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	69	+2 laps	4	Renault
18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	20	69	+2 laps	2	Renault
19	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	23	68	+3 laps	2	Cosworth
20	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	68	+3 laps	2	Cosworth
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	21	61	Alternator	2	Cosworth
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	46	Gearbox	3	Mercedes
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	26	Spin	1	Cosworth
DNF	Timo Glock	Virgin	24	21	Wheel	1	Cosworth

Race

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Places gained

Kobayashi16→9+7
Petrov15→10+5
Pérez17→13+4
D'Ambrosio23→19+4
Di Resta11→8+3
Kovalainen19→16+3
Massa7→5+2
Sutil8→6+2
Alguersuari13→11+2
Buemi14→12+2
Trulli20→18+2
Ricciardo22→20+2
Webber2→1+1
Alonso5→4+1
Button3→30
Vettel1→2-1
Rosberg6→7-1
Barrichello12→14-2
Schumacher10→15-5
Senna9→17-8

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

Fastest pit stops

1Senna14.029R18
2Hamilton20.396R33
3Vettel20.652R39
4Rosberg20.658R42
5Alonso20.664R35
6Hamilton20.681R44
7Di Resta20.745R17
8Alonso20.752R54
9Webber20.755R18
10Alonso20.773R16

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

Stints of the top 10

Webber182020133 stops
Vettel172220123 stops
Button151621193 stops
Alonso161919173 stops
Massa2124262 stops
Sutil141714253 stops · +1 lap
Rosberg1626282 stops · +1 lap
Di Resta1723302 stops · +1 lap
Kobayashi2122272 stops · +1 lap
Petrov131715253 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.

This race in history

28 races here since 1973Won from pole: 10 of 28

Win from furthest back (P8): Giancarlo Fisichella 2003

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

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