Spain 2011: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Webber	Red Bull	1:23.619	1:21.773	1:20.981
2	Vettel	Red Bull	1:24.142	1:21.540	1:21.181	+0.200
3	Hamilton	McLaren	1:24.370	1:22.148	1:21.961	+0.980
4	Alonso	Ferrari	1:23.485	1:22.813	1:21.964	+0.983
5	Button	McLaren	1:24.428	1:22.050	1:21.996	+1.015
6	Petrov	Renault	1:23.069	1:22.948	1:22.471	+1.490
7	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:23.507	1:22.569	1:22.599	+1.618
8	Massa	Ferrari	1:23.506	1:23.026	1:22.888	+1.907
9	Maldonado	Williams	1:23.406	1:22.854	1:22.952	+1.971
10	Schumacher	Mercedes	1:22.960	1:22.671		+1.131
11	Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:23.962	1:23.231		+1.691
12	Pérez	Sauber	1:24.209	1:23.367		+1.827
13	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:24.049	1:23.694		+2.154
14	Kobayashi	Sauber	1:23.656	1:23.702		+2.162
15	Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:25.874	1:25.403		+3.863
16	Di Resta	Force India	1:24.332	1:26.126		+4.586
17	Sutil	Force India	1:24.648	1:26.571		+5.031
18	Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:26.521			+3.561
19	Barrichello	Williams	1:26.910			+3.950
20	Glock	Virgin	1:27.315			+4.355
21	Liuzzi	HRT	1:27.809			+4.849
22	Karthikeyan	HRT	1:27.908			+4.948
23	D'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:28.556			+5.596

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	2	66	1:39:03.301	4	Renault
2	Lewis HamiltonFastest lap	McLaren	3	66	+0.630	4	Mercedes
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	66	+35.697	3	Mercedes
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1	66	+47.966	4	Renault
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	4	65	+1 lap	4	Ferrari
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	10	65	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	65	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
8	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	24	65	+1 lap	3	Renault
9	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	12	65	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	65	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	6	65	+1 lap	3	Renault
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	16	65	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	17	65	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
14	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	11	65	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	9	65	+1 lap	4	Cosworth
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	13	64	+2 laps	4	Ferrari
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	19	64	+2 laps	4	Cosworth
18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	18	64	+2 laps	3	Renault
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	20	63	+3 laps	3	Cosworth
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	23	62	+4 laps	3	Cosworth
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	61	+5 laps	3	Cosworth
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	8	58	Gearbox	3	Ferrari
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	15	48	Accident	3	Renault
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	21	28	Gearbox	1	Cosworth

Race

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Places gained

Heidfeld24→8+16
Schumacher10→6+4
Kobayashi14→10+4
Di Resta16→12+4
Sutil17→13+4
Pérez12→9+3
D'Ambrosio23→20+3
Button5→3+2
Barrichello19→17+2
Vettel2→1+1
Hamilton3→2+1
Glock20→19+1
Karthikeyan22→21+1
Rosberg7→70
Trulli18→180
Alonso4→5-1
Webber1→4-3
Buemi11→14-3
Alguersuari13→16-3
Petrov6→11-5
Maldonado9→15-6

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

Fastest pit stops

1Rosberg19.534R27
2Hamilton19.761R11
3Vettel19.887R18
4Webber19.984R47
5Button20.015R14
6Di Resta20.070R15
7Webber20.079R19
8Schumacher20.084R10
9Button20.107R48
10Di Resta20.126R32

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

Stints of the top 10

Vettel991614184 stops
Hamilton11121214174 stops
Button141618183 stops
Webber1091018194 stops
Alonso1091010264 stops · +1 lap
Schumacher101615243 stops · +1 lap
Rosberg111615233 stops · +1 lap
Heidfeld211514153 stops · +1 lap
Pérez72218183 stops · +1 lap
Kobayashi12419213 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

20 races here since 1991Won from pole: 16 of 20

Win from furthest back (P3): Michael Schumacher 1996

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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