Round 15 · 2011

Japanese Grand Prix

CircuitSuzuka CircuitLocationSuzuka, JapanDates7 Oct – 9 Oct 2011Final

WinnerBUTMcLaren · from P2

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:36.568Button · L52

Most laps led30Button

Biggest gain+13Rosberg P23→P10

Retirements1of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	2	+1	53	1:30:53.427 FL	3	25
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	5	+3	53	+1.160	3	18
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1	-2	53	+2.010	3	15
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	6	+2	53	+8.070	3	12
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	3	-2	53	+24.270	3	10
6	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	8	+2	53	+27.120	3	8
7	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	4	-3	53	+28.240	3	6
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	17	+9	53	+39.380	2	4
9	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	10	+1	53	+42.610	2	2
10	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	23	+13	53	+44.320	3	1
11	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	11	0	53	+54.450	3
12	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	12	0	53	+1:02.330	3
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	7	-6	53	+1:03.710	2
14	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	14	0	53	+1:04.190	3
15	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	16	+1	53	+1:06.620	2
16	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	9	-7	53	+1:12.630	2
17	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	13	-4	53	+1:14.190	3
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	18	0	53	+1:27.820	—
19	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	19	0	53	+1:36.140	—
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+1	51	+2 laps	3
21	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	-1	51	+2 laps	3
22	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	22	0	51	+2 laps	3
23	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	24	+1	50	+3 laps	3
—	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	15		11	DNF · L11	1

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:31.255	13
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:31.762	16
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:32.122	18
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:32.279	16
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:32.401	14
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:32.429	16
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:32.725	19
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:32.878	17
9	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:33.058	15
10	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:33.424	14
11	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:33.469	18
12	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:33.545	18
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:33.818	17
14	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:33.836	21
15	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:33.990	16
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:34.321	21
17	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	1:35.389	5
18	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:35.651	18
19	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:36.327	16
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:36.912	14
21	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.938	17
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:38.011	16
23	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	1:38.355	19
24	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:41.097	8

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:31.901	32
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:32.075	33
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:32.095	35
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:32.147	28
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:32.448	34
6	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:32.710	26
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:32.982	27
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:33.245	26
9	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:33.446	36
10	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:33.681	33
11	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:33.705	25
12	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:33.790	36
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:34.393	35
14	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	1:34.557	27
15	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:34.601	33
16	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:36.038	33
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:36.225	35
18	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:37.123	14
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.440	30
20	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:38.093	30
21	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:38.387	16
22	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	1:38.763	36
23	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:39.800	24
24	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:42.480	4

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:33.634	20
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:33.725	18
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:34.090	22
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:34.372	24
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:34.426	25
6	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:34.937	23
7	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:35.585	27
8	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:35.590	25
9	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:36.033	22
10	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:36.370	18
11	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	1:36.487	18
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:36.700	21
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:36.948	24
14	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:36.949	22
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:37.103	29
16	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:38.197	18
17	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:38.331	11
18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:38.446	8
19	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:39.168	10
20	Karun Chandhok CHN	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:39.946	22
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:40.872	13
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.019	24
23	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	1:41.106	25
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:41.775	25

Session schedule

Practice 1Final7 Oct 2011 01:00 UTC

Practice 2Final7 Oct 2011 05:00 UTC

Practice 3Final8 Oct 2011 02:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal8 Oct 2011 05:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal9 Oct 2011 06:00 UTC

Championship after round 15

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	324
2	Jenson Button BUT	210
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	202
4	Mark Webber WEB	194
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	178
6	Felipe Massa MAS	90
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	63
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	60

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2010	Japanese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2009	Japanese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2006	Japanese Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	5
2005	Japanese Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	McLaren	17
2004	Japanese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1
2003	Japanese Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Ferrari	1
2002	Japanese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1
2001	Japanese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1