Round 8 · 2011

European Grand Prix

CircuitValencia Street CircuitLocationValencia, SpainDates24 Jun – 26 Jun 2011Final

WinnerVETRed Bull Racing · from P1

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:41.852Vettel · L53

Most laps led57Vettel

Biggest gain+10Alguersuari P18→P8

Retirements0of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1	0	57	1:39:36.169 FL	3	25
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	4	+2	57	+10.890	3	18
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2	-1	57	+27.260	3	15
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	3	-1	57	+46.190	3	12
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	5	0	57	+51.710	3	10
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	6	0	57	+1:00.070	3	8
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	7	0	57	+1:38.090	3	6
8	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	18	+10	56	+1 lap	2	4
9	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	10	+1	56	+1 lap	3	2
10	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Lotus Renault GP	9	-1	56	+1 lap	3	1
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	16	+5	56	+1 lap	1
12	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	13	+1	56	+1 lap	3
13	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	17	+4	56	+1 lap	3
14	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	12	-2	56	+1 lap	3
15	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	11	-4	56	+1 lap	3
16	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	14	-2	56	+1 lap	2
17	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	8	-9	56	+1 lap	3
18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	15	-3	56	+1 lap	3
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	19	0	55	+2 laps	—
20	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	20	0	55	+2 laps	—
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	0	55	+2 laps	2
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	23	+1	55	+2 laps	2
23	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	22	-1	54	+3 laps	3
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	24	0	54	+3 laps	—

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:37.258	15
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:37.678	16
3	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:37.840	17
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:38.068	13
5	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:38.326	13
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:38.580	15
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:38.741	13
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:38.799	14
9	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:38.822	17
10	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Lotus Renault GP	1:39.113	15
11	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:39.411	19
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:39.778	18
13	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:39.823	18
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:39.848	18
15	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:39.888	17
16	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:39.987	18
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:40.004	16
18	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:40.239	20
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:41.267	15
20	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:41.690	18
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.557	18
22	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:43.243	17
23	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.309	18
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:44.630	19

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:37.968	35
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:38.195	26
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:38.265	31
4	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:38.315	30
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:38.443	32
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:38.483	30
7	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:38.531	26
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:38.981	33
9	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Lotus Renault GP	1:39.040	35
10	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:39.586	27
11	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:39.626	31
12	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:40.020	34
13	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:40.301	34
14	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:40.363	7
15	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:40.454	32
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:40.531	37
17	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:42.083	34
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:42.156	39
19	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:42.239	25
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.273	21
21	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.809	36
22	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:44.460	29
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:46.906	16
24	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:40.403	22
2	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:41.227	20
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:41.239	22
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:41.510	23
5	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Lotus Renault GP	1:41.580	24
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:41.758	23
7	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:41.926	14
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:41.955	20
9	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:42.043	22
10	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:42.216	29
11	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:42.270	26
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:42.412	27
13	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:42.704	23
14	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:42.738	20
15	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:42.841	28
16	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:42.941	21
17	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:43.201	18
18	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:43.769	7
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:44.136	17
20	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:45.026	17
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:45.221	19
22	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:45.494	24
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:46.926	27
24	Karun Chandhok CHN	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	—	2

Session schedule

Practice 1Final24 Jun 2011 08:00 UTC

Practice 2Final24 Jun 2011 12:00 UTC

Practice 3Final25 Jun 2011 09:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal25 Jun 2011 12:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal26 Jun 2011 12:00 UTC

Championship after round 8

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	186
2	Jenson Button BUT	109
3	Mark Webber WEB	109
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	97
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	87
6	Felipe Massa MAS	42
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	32	▲3
8	Vitaly Petrov PET	31	▼1

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
Lotus Renault GP	Nick Heidfeld HEI	—	Vitaly Petrov PET
Force India	Adrian Sutil SUT	—	Paul di Resta DIR
Williams	Rubens Barrichello BAR	—	Pastor Maldonado MAL
Sauber	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	—	Sergio Pérez PER
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	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2010	European Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2009	European Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Brawn GP	3
2008	European Grand Prix	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1