Round 18 · 2011

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

CircuitYas Marina CircuitLocationAbu dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDates11 Nov – 13 Nov 2011Final

WinnerHAMMcLaren · from P2

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:42.612Webber · L51

Most laps led51Hamilton

Biggest gain+11Barrichello P23→P12

Retirements4of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2	+1	55	1:37:11.886	2	25
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	5	+3	55	+8.460	2	18
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	3	0	55	+25.880	2	15
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	4	0	55	+35.780 FL	3	12
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	6	+1	55	+50.580	2	10
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	7	+1	55	+52.320	2	8
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	8	+1	55	+1:15.960	2	6
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	9	+1	55	+1:17.120	2	4
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	10	+1	55	+1:41.090	1	2
10	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	16	+6	54	+1 lap	2	1
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	11	0	54	+1 lap	2
12	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	23	+11	54	+1 lap	2
13	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	12	-1	54	+1 lap	2
14	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	24	+10	54	+1 lap	2
15	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	15	0	54	+1 lap	2
16	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	14	-2	54	+1 lap	3
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	17	0	54	+1 lap	2
18	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	18	0	53	+2 laps	2
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	19	0	53	+2 laps	2
20	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	22	+2	53	+2 laps	1
—	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1		1	DNF · L1	1
—	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	13		19	DNF · L19	1
—	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21		18	DNF · L18	1
—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	20		48	DNF · L48	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	16
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	15
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	14
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	19
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	16
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	20
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	17
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	18
9	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	—	—	—	17
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	15
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	18
12	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	—	—	—	18
13	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	15
14	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	—	—	—	15
15	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	16
16	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	17
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	—	—	—	11
18	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	—	—	—	11
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	9
20	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	—	—	—	9
21	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8
22	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	—	—	—	8
23	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	—	—	—	0
24	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	13

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:38.976	17
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:39.403	18
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:39.427	18
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:39.429	16
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:39.661	16
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:40.135	19
7	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:40.183	18
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:40.429	21
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:40.511	19
10	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:40.938	18
11	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	1:41.509	21
12	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:41.527	21
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:41.566	20
14	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:41.594	18
15	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:41.622	18
16	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:41.855	18
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:42.025	19
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:43.409	22
19	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:43.861	5
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:45.262	23
21	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:45.302	20
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:45.509	22
23	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	1:45.732	20
24	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	—	1

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:39.586	31
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:39.785	30
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:39.971	20
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:39.980	34
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:40.104	35
6	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:40.132	26
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:40.553	34
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:40.951	34
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:41.021	37
10	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:41.490	34
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:41.565	34
12	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:41.680	33
13	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:41.947	31
14	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:41.983	34
15	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	1:42.369	36
16	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:42.798	35
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:42.910	34
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:43.562	36
19	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:44.050	38
20	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:44.265	41
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:45.486	34
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:46.142	32
23	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:46.249	21
24	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	1:46.328	34

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:40.263	21
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:40.389	26
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:40.403	27
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:40.755	27
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:40.801	25
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:41.260	17
7	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:41.340	23
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:42.130	26
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:42.151	28
10	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:42.377	26
11	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:42.633	26
12	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus Renault GP	1:42.685	29
13	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:43.118	13
14	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:43.255	29
15	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:43.389	24
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:44.412	28
17	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:44.484	18
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:44.565	27
19	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:44.898	25
20	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:46.385	28
21	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	1:46.532	27
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:48.024	20
23	Robert Wickens WIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:48.551	23
24	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	—	3

Session schedule

Practice 1Final11 Nov 2011 09:00 UTC

Practice 2Final11 Nov 2011 13:00 UTC

Practice 3Final12 Nov 2011 10:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal12 Nov 2011 13:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal13 Nov 2011 13:00 UTC

Championship after round 18

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	374
2	Jenson Button BUT	255
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	245
4	Mark Webber WEB	233
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	227
6	Felipe Massa MAS	108
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	83
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	76

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Red Bull Racing	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Mark Webber WEB
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg ROS	—	Michael Schumacher SCH
Force India	Adrian Sutil SUT	—	Paul di Resta DIR
Sauber	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB
Lotus Renault GP	Vitaly Petrov PET	—	Bruno Senna SEN
Toro Rosso	Sebastien Buemi BUE	—	Jaime Alguersuari ALG
Lotus Racing (2010–11)	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	—	Jarno Trulli TRU
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Timo Glock GLO	—	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM
HRT	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Tonio Liuzzi LIU
Williams	Rubens Barrichello BAR	—	Pastor Maldonado MAL

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2010	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2009	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2