Round 2 · 2011

Malaysian Grand Prix

CircuitSepang International CircuitLocationKuala lumpur, MalaysiaDates8 Apr – 10 Apr 2011Final

WinnerVETRed Bull Racing · from P1

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:40.571Webber · L46

Most laps led51Vettel

Biggest gain+6Sutil P17→P11

Retirements7of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1	0	56	1:37:39.832	3	25
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	4	+2	56	+3.260	3	18
3	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Lotus Renault GP	6	+3	56	+25.080	3	15
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	3	-1	56	+26.380 FL	4	12
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	7	+2	56	+36.960	3	10
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	5	-1	56	+57.250	4	8
7	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	10	+3	56	+1:06.440	2	6
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2	-6	56	+1:09.980	4	4
9	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	11	+2	56	+1:24.900	3	2
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	14	+4	56	+1:31.560	3	1
11	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	17	+6	56	+1:41.380	3
12	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	9	-3	55	+1 lap	3
13	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	12	-1	55	+1 lap	3
14	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	13	-1	55	+1 lap	2
15	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	19	+4	55	+1 lap	2
16	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+5	54	+2 laps	2
17	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	8	-9	52	+4 laps	3
—	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	15		22	DNF · L22	3
—	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	20		31	DNF · L31	2
—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	24		14	DNF · L14	—
—	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	16		23	DNF · L23	1
—	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	18		8	DNF · L8	1
—	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22		42	DNF · L42	2
—	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	23		46	DNF · L46	4

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:36.340	11
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:36.630	16
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:36.762	14
4	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Lotus Renault GP	1:37.115	17
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:37.175	14
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:37.284	11
7	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:37.297	17
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:37.762	12
9	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:38.059	18
10	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:38.300	20
11	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:38.307	20
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:38.448	17
13	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:38.464	16
14	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:38.597	15
15	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:38.665	14
16	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:38.681	16
17	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:38.716	14
18	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:38.864	13
21	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.215	17
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.414	18
23	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:43.147	6
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:43.383	11

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:36.876	24
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:36.881	30
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:37.010	23
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:37.090	30
5	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:38.088	26
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:38.089	31
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:38.565	25
8	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Lotus Renault GP	1:38.570	16
9	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:38.583	27
10	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:38.846	31
11	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:38.968	25
12	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:39.187	30
13	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:39.267	17
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:39.398	29
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:39.603	34
16	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:39.625	31
17	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:39.809	28
18	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:40.115	31
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:40.866	24
21	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:43.197	15
22	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:43.991	14
24	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:37.651	22
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:39.316	16
3	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:39.791	29
4	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:40.377	23
5	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:40.443	31
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:40.453	22
7	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Lotus Renault GP	1:40.525	6
8	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:40.581	21
9	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:40.601	23
10	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:40.646	29
11	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:40.734	21
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:40.748	23
13	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:40.770	24
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:40.872	27
15	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:40.927	16
16	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:41.620	21
17	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:41.627	18
18	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:41.642	24
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.154	18
20	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.540	20
21	Davide Valsecchi VAS	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:44.054	18
22	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:45.228	20
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:46.267	10
24	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:47.932	4

Session schedule

Practice 1Final8 Apr 2011 02:00 UTC

Practice 2Final8 Apr 2011 06:00 UTC

Practice 3Final9 Apr 2011 05:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal9 Apr 2011 08:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal10 Apr 2011 08:00 UTC

Championship after round 2

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	50
2	Jenson Button BUT	26	▲4
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	22	▼1
4	Mark Webber WEB	22	▲1
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	20	▼1
6	Felipe Massa MAS	16	▲1
7	Vitaly Petrov PET	15	▼4
8	Nick Heidfeld HEI	15	▲14

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
Lotus Renault GP	Nick Heidfeld HEI	—	Vitaly Petrov PET
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg ROS	—	Michael Schumacher SCH
Sauber	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Toro Rosso	Sebastien Buemi BUE	—	Jaime Alguersuari ALG
Force India	Paul di Resta DIR	—	Adrian Sutil SUT
Williams	Rubens Barrichello BAR	—	Pastor Maldonado MAL
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	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	3
2009	Malaysian Grand Prix	—		—
2008	Malaysian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	2
2007	Malaysian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	2
2006	Malaysian Grand Prix	Giancarlo Fisichella FIS	Renault (2002–10)	1
2005	Malaysian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	1
2004	Malaysian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1
2003	Malaysian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	McLaren	7