2011 Britain F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: Great Britain Grand Prix
Track: Silverstone Circuit

Weather: wet qualifying, mixed race

Fernando ALONSO won his 27th F1 World Championship race at the 2011 Britain F1 GP, Ferraris first victory of the year and a clean pass on Vettel in the pit stops. The Ferrari driver started third and won at Silverstone by 16.511 seconds from Sebastian Vettel for Red Bull. It was Ferraris 217th F1 win.

Webber pole in the wet, Red Bull off-throttle-blowing ban

Silverstone on 10 July 2011 opened with the mid-season regulation change banning off-throttle exhaust blowing, an aerodynamic loophole Red Bull had exploited best. Webber took pole in a wet Q3 with a 1:30.399 lap, Vettel second by 0.032, Alonso third for Ferrari, Massa fourth. Sunday was dry.

Race day: Alonso undercut, Ferrari back in the win column

Vettel led from lights out over Webber, but Ferrari executed a sharp undercut on Alonsos second stop that jumped him ahead of Vettel out of the pits. From there Alonso pulled clear to win by 16 seconds, Ferraris first victory of 2011. Vettel second, Webber third (a botched final pit stop cost him second), Hamilton fourth for McLaren, Massa fifth for Ferrari, Rosberg sixth for Mercedes GP. Alonso set the fastest lap on lap 41 at 1:34.908.

Championship: Vettel 204, Webber 124, Alonso 112

Vettels lead was 80 points; Alonso had finally added his first win of the year but the margin looked prohibitive with nine rounds left. Germany at the Nurburgring in a fortnight would be next.

Classification 2011 Britain F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	5	FernandoAlonso	Ferrari	Ferrari F150Ferrari 056	3	52	25	1:28:41.194	25
2	1	SebastianVettel	Red Bull	Red Bull RB7Renault RS27	2	52	27	1:28:57.705+16.511s	18
3	2	MarkWebber	Red Bull	Red Bull RB7Renault RS27	1	52		1:28:58.141+16.947s	15
4	3	LewisHamilton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/26Mercedes FO 108	10	52		1:29:10.180+28.986s	12
5	6	FelipeMassa	Ferrari	Ferrari F150Ferrari 056	4	52		1:29:10.204+29.010s	10
6	8	NicoRosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes W02Mercedes FO 108	9	52		1:29:41.849+1:00.655	8
7	17	SergioPérez	Sauber	Sauber C30Ferrari 056	12	52		1:29:46.784+1:05.590	6
8	9	NickHeidfeld	Renault	Lotus R31Renault RS27	16	52		1:29:56.736+1:15.542	4
9	7	MichaelSchumacher	Mercedes	Mercedes W02Mercedes FO 108	13	52		1:29:59.106+1:17.912	2
10	19	JaimeAlguersuari	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR6Ferrari 056	18	52		1:30:00.302+1:19.108	1
11	14	AdrianSutil	Force India	Force India VJM04Mercedes FO 108	11	52		1:30:00.906+1:19.712
12	10	VitalyPetrov	Renault	Lotus R31Renault RS27	14	52		1:30:01.875+1:20.681
13	11	RubensBarrichello	Williams	Williams FW33Cosworth CA2010	15	51		+1 lap
14	12	PastorMaldonado	Williams	Williams FW33Cosworth CA2010	7	51		+1 lap
15	15	Pauldi Resta	Force India	Force India VJM04Mercedes FO 108	6	51		+1 lap
16	24	TimoGlock	Virgin Racing	Marussia MVR-02Cosworth CA2010	20	50		+2 laps
17	25	Jérômed'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	Marussia MVR-02Cosworth CA2010	22	50		+2 laps
18	23	VitantonioLiuzzi	HRT	HRT F111Cosworth CA2010	23	50		+2 laps
19	22	DanielRicciardo	HRT	HRT F111Cosworth CA2010	24	49		+3 laps
DNF	4	JensonButton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/26Mercedes FO 108	5	39		Wheel
DNF	18	SébastienBuemi	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR6Ferrari 056	19	25		Collision
DNF	16	KamuiKobayashi	Sauber	Sauber C30Ferrari 056	8	23		Oil leak
DNF	21	JarnoTrulli	Caterham	Lotus T128Renault RS27	21	10		Oil leak
DNF	20	HeikkiKovalainen	Caterham	Lotus T128Renault RS27	17	2		Gearbox

Fastest lap: 1:34.908 min. by Fernando Alonso

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