Round 17 · 2011

Indian Grand Prix

CircuitBuddh International CircuitLocationNew delhi, IndiaDates28 Oct – 30 Oct 2011Final

WinnerVETRed Bull Racing · from P1

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:27.249Vettel · L60

Most laps led59Vettel

Biggest gain+10Pérez P20→P10

Retirements5of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1	0	60	1:30:35.002 FL	—	25
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	4	+2	60	+8.430	—	18
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3	0	60	+24.300	—	15
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2	-2	60	+25.530	—	12
5	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	11	+6	60	+1:05.420	—	10
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	7	+1	60	+1:06.850	—	8
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	5	-2	60	+1:24.180	—	6
8	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	10	+2	59	+1 lap	—	4
9	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	8	-1	59	+1 lap	—	2
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	20	+10	59	+1 lap	—	1
11	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	16	+5	59	+1 lap	—
12	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	14	+2	59	+1 lap	—
13	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	12	-1	59	+1 lap	—
14	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	18	+4	58	+2 laps	—
15	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	15	0	58	+2 laps	—
16	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+5	57	+3 laps	—
17	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	24	+7	57	+3 laps	—
18	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	23	+5	57	+3 laps	—
19	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	19	0	55	+5 laps	—
—	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	6		35	DNF · L35	—
—	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22		3	DNF · L3	—
—	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	9		27	DNF · L27	—
—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	17		1	DNF · L1	—
—	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	13		13	DNF · L13	—

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:24.824	18
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:25.191	15
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:25.203	19
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:25.288	16
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:25.784	17
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:26.058	16
7	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:26.785	19
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:26.873	22
9	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:26.958	19
10	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:27.146	20
11	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:27.217	21
12	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	1:27.235	20
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:27.262	19
14	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:27.280	18
15	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:27.387	20
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:27.749	21
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:27.793	17
18	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:27.875	20
19	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:29.355	21
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:29.750	19
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:30.683	23
22	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:30.900	25
23	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:32.851	19
24	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	1:33.246	16

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:25.706	33
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:25.794	34
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:25.930	34
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:26.454	26
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:26.500	30
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:26.714	28
7	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:27.316	34
8	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	1:27.498	36
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:27.853	35
10	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:27.868	35
11	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:27.890	37
12	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:28.050	34
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:28.289	36
14	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:28.552	31
15	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:28.691	29
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:28.708	24
17	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:29.332	39
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:30.241	41
19	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:31.098	38
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:31.469	32
21	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:31.804	28
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:32.593	12
23	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	1:32.768	33
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:32.824	33

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:26.836	22
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:27.416	23
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:27.428	27
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:28.394	23
5	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:28.531	23
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:28.542	29
7	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:28.644	22
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:28.705	23
9	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:29.219	24
10	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:29.355	29
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:29.700	24
12	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:29.705	22
13	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	1:29.799	20
14	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:30.132	25
15	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:30.367	21
16	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:30.566	19
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:30.669	22
18	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:30.818	22
19	Karun Chandhok CHN	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:32.487	24
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:32.771	24
23	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:35.796	19
24	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:35.899	4

Session schedule

Practice 1Final28 Oct 2011 04:30 UTC

Practice 2Final28 Oct 2011 08:30 UTC

Practice 3Final29 Oct 2011 05:30 UTC

QualifyingFinal29 Oct 2011 08:30 UTC

Grand PrixFinal30 Oct 2011 09:30 UTC

Championship after round 17

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	374
2	Jenson Button BUT	240
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	227
4	Mark Webber WEB	221
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	202
6	Felipe Massa MAS	98
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	75
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	70

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.