2011 India F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: Indian Grand Prix
Track: Buddh International Circuit

Weather: dry, warm, sunny

Sebastian VETTEL won his 21st F1 World Championship race at the inaugural 2011 India F1 GP, a dominant pole-to-flag victory in F1s first race at Buddh International Circuit. The Red Bull driver started from pole and won by 8.433 seconds from Jenson Button for McLaren. It was Red Bulls 25th F1 win.

Buddh International Circuit, Vettel pole

Buddh on 30 October 2011 hosted F1s first ever Indian Grand Prix on a new Hermann Tilke design 40 km outside Delhi. Vettel took pole with a 1:24.178 lap, Hamilton second by 0.296 for McLaren, Webber third, Alonso fourth for Ferrari. The 5.125 km circuit featured a long back straight and a tricky sequence of high-speed corners.

Race day: Vettel commands, Schumacher fifth

Vettel controlled the race from lights to flag over 60 laps, taking a comfortable 8-second victory, Button second for McLaren, Alonso third for Ferrari. Webber fourth for Red Bull after clashing with Massa, Schumacher a fine fifth for Mercedes GP, Rosberg sixth, Hamilton seventh (delayed by a puncture from Massa contact). Vettel also set the fastest lap on lap 60 at 1:27.249. Vettel led every lap of the 60-lap race and secured the "grand chelem" (pole, win, fastest lap, every lap led).

Championship: Vettel 374, Button 240, Alonso 227

Vettel now on 11 wins from 17 rounds; a season for the ages was heading toward its Abu Dhabi and Interlagos finales.

Classification 2011 India F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	1	SebastianVettel	Red Bull	Red Bull RB7Renault RS27	1	60	60	1:30:35.002	25
2	4	JensonButton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/26Mercedes FO 108	4	60		1:30:43.435+8.433s	18
3	5	FernandoAlonso	Ferrari	Ferrari F150Ferrari 056	3	60		1:30:59.303+24.301s	15
4	2	MarkWebber	Red Bull	Red Bull RB7Renault RS27	2	60		1:31:00.531+25.529s	12
5	7	MichaelSchumacher	Mercedes	Mercedes W02Mercedes FO 108	11	60		1:31:40.423+1:05.421	10
6	8	NicoRosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes W02Mercedes FO 108	7	60		1:31:41.853+1:06.851	8
7	3	LewisHamilton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/26Mercedes FO 108	5	60		1:31:59.185+1:24.183	6
8	19	JaimeAlguersuari	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR6Ferrari 056	10	59		1:30:54.442+19.440s	4
9	14	AdrianSutil	Force India	Force India VJM04Mercedes FO 108	8	59		1:31:10.160+35.158s	2
10	17	SergioPérez	Sauber	Sauber C30Ferrari 056	20	59		1:31:12.750+37.748s	1
11	10	VitalyPetrov	Renault	Lotus R31Renault RS27	16	59		1:31:13.627+38.625s
12	9	BrunoSenna	Renault	Lotus R31Renault RS27	14	59		1:31:25.298+50.296s
13	15	Pauldi Resta	Force India	Force India VJM04Mercedes FO 108	12	59		1:31:29.243+54.241s
14	20	HeikkiKovalainen	Caterham	Lotus T128Renault RS27	18	58		1:30:41.595+6.593s
15	11	RubensBarrichello	Williams	Williams FW33Cosworth CA2010	15	58		1:30:56.557+21.555s
16	25	Jérômed'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	Marussia MVR-02Cosworth CA2010	21	57		1:30:51.481+16.479s
17	22	NarainKarthikeyan	HRT	HRT F111Cosworth CA2010	24	57		1:30:52.067+17.065s
18	23	DanielRicciardo	HRT	HRT F111Cosworth CA2010	23	57		1:31:23.903+48.901s
19	21	JarnoTrulli	Caterham	Lotus T128Renault RS27	19	55		1:30:58.490+23.488s
DNF	6	FelipeMassa	Ferrari	Ferrari F150Ferrari 056	6	32		Suspension
DNF	18	SébastienBuemi	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR6Ferrari 056	9	24		Engine
DNF	12	PastorMaldonado	Williams	Williams FW33Cosworth CA2010	13	12		Gearbox
DNF	24	TimoGlock	Virgin Racing	Marussia MVR-02Cosworth CA2010	22	2		Collision damage
DNF	16	KamuiKobayashi	Sauber	Sauber C30Ferrari 056	17	0		Collision

Fastest lap: 1:27.249 min. by Sebastian Vettel

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