Japanese Grand Prix 2011

Suzuka
9 October 2011
53 laps
307.5 km
5.807 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionSebastian VettelRed Bull · 1:30.466
Fastest lapJenson Button1:36.568 · lap 52
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Jenson Buttonfastest lap	4	McLaren · Mercedes	2	53	1:30:53.427	25
2	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	5	53	+1.160	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	1	Red Bull · Renault	1	53	+2.006	15
4	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull · Renault	6	53	+8.071	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	3	McLaren · Mercedes	3	53	+24.268	10
6	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	8	53	+27.120	8
7	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	4	53	+28.240	6
8	Sergio Pérez	17	Sauber · Ferrari	17	53	+39.377	4
9	Vitaly Petrov	10	Renault	10	53	+42.607	2
10	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes	23	53	+44.322	1
11	Adrian Sutil	14	Force India · Mercedes	11	53	+54.447
12	Paul di Resta	15	Force India · Mercedes	12	53	+1:02.326
13	Kamui Kobayashi	16	Sauber · Ferrari	7	53	+1:03.705
14	Pastor Maldonado	12	Williams · Cosworth	14	53	+1:04.194
15	Jaime Alguersuari	19	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	16	53	+1:06.623
16	Bruno Senna	9	Renault	9	53	+1:12.628
17	Rubens Barrichello	11	Williams · Cosworth	13	53	+1:14.191
18	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Lotus Racing · Renault	18	53	+1:27.824
19	Jarno Trulli	21	Lotus Racing · Renault	19	53	+1:36.140
20	Timo Glock	24	Virgin · Cosworth	21	51	+2 laps
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	25	Virgin · Cosworth	20	51	+2 laps
22	Daniel Ricciardo	22	HRT · Cosworth	22	51	+2 laps
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	23	HRT · Cosworth	24	50	+3 laps
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	18	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	15	11	Wheel

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Jenson Button 30, Sebastian Vettel 16, Michael Schumacher 3, Fernando Alonso 2, Felipe Massa 2. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Jenson Button	2	2	1	2	1	30
Fernando Alonso	5	3	3	3	2	2
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	2	4	3	16
Mark Webber	6	6	4	5	4
Lewis Hamilton	3	4	6	7	5
Michael Schumacher	8	8	7	1	6	3
Felipe Massa	4	5	5	8	7	2
Sergio Pérez	17	9	9	10	8
Vitaly Petrov	10	7	8	14	9
Nico Rosberg	23	17	12	6	10
Adrian Sutil	11	10	11	13	11
Paul di Resta	12	12	10	12	12
Kamui Kobayashi	7	15	13	9	13
Pastor Maldonado	14	13	18	11	14
Jaime Alguersuari	16	14	15	15	15
Bruno Senna	9	11	16	17	16
Rubens Barrichello	13	16	14	16	17
Heikki Kovalainen	18	18	17	18	18
Jarno Trulli	19	20	19	19	19
Timo Glock	21	22	21	20	20
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20	19	20	21	21
Daniel Ricciardo	22	21	22	22	22
Vitantonio Liuzzi	24	23	23	23	23
Sébastien Buemi	15	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 60 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Jenson Button	+2.7	0.0	+0.6	0.0
Fernando Alonso	+4.3	+1.2	+5.3	+1.2
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	+0.6	+5.7	+2.0
Mark Webber	+9.2	+2.4	+11.3	+8.1
Lewis Hamilton	+5.9	+3.3	+18.2	+24.3
Michael Schumacher	+17.8	+5.0	0.0	+27.1
Felipe Massa	+8.1	+3.0	+18.9	+28.2
Sergio Pérez	+21.8	+6.0	+30.4	+39.4
Vitaly Petrov	+16.1	+5.6	+40.8	+42.6
Nico Rosberg	+46.4	+7.3	+18.0	+44.3
Adrian Sutil	+25.6	+6.9	+35.7	+54.4
Paul di Resta	+29.2	+6.5	+34.8	+62.3
Kamui Kobayashi	+35.6	+8.0	+29.1	+63.7
Pastor Maldonado	+30.4	+11.0	+32.2	+64.2
Jaime Alguersuari	+31.9	+9.3	+46.4	+66.6
Bruno Senna	+27.1	+10.3	+53.0	+72.6
Rubens Barrichello	+39.1	+8.5	+49.0	+74.2
Heikki Kovalainen	+50.7	+10.6	+61.8	+87.8
Jarno Trulli	+62.5	+12.4	+63.9	+96.1
Timo Glock	+76.3	+113.3	+189.3	+243.0
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	+54.0	+109.6	+191.6	+244.3
Daniel Ricciardo	+75.3	+116.4	+193.3	+246.8
Vitantonio Liuzzi	+101.3	+117.0	+204.1	+297.7
Sébastien Buemi	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:33.051	1:31.424	1:30.466
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:32.947	1:31.434	1:30.475
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:32.843	1:31.139	1:30.617
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:33.235	1:31.909	1:30.804
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.817	1:31.612	1:30.886
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:33.135	1:31.576	1:31.156
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:33.748	1:32.116
8	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:33.359	1:32.297
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:32.877	1:32.245
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:32.626	1:32.380
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:32.761	1:32.463
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:33.499	1:32.746
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:33.921	1:33.079
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:33.781	1:33.224
15	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:33.064	1:33.227
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:35.111	1:33.427
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:34.704
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:35.454
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:35.514
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:36.439
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:36.507
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	1:37.846
NC	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
NC	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Sébastien Buemi	1	11	21.849 s
Vitaly Petrov	2	18, 39	20.832 s
Sergio Pérez	2	20, 37	21.655 s
Jaime Alguersuari	2	17, 36	21.792 s
Kamui Kobayashi	2	10, 24	22.299 s
Bruno Senna	2	15, 35	22.466 s
Nico Rosberg	3	12, 24, 41	20.575 s
Michael Schumacher	3	9, 24, 41	20.667 s
Jenson Button	3	10, 20, 36	20.713 s
Fernando Alonso	3	10, 21, 37	20.731 s
Pastor Maldonado	3	16, 25, 41	21.012 s
Lewis Hamilton	3	8, 21, 35	21.091 s
Felipe Massa	3	11, 22, 36	21.100 s
Adrian Sutil	3	8, 23, 37	21.337 s
Mark Webber	3	10, 19, 34	21.369 s
Heikki Kovalainen	3	10, 22, 37	21.412 s
Paul di Resta	3	10, 24, 35	21.553 s
Sebastian Vettel	3	9, 19, 33	21.596 s
Jarno Trulli	3	11, 24, 38	21.636 s
Timo Glock	3	12, 19, 36	21.726 s
Rubens Barrichello	3	12, 24, 37	21.890 s
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	3	13, 23, 37	22.258 s
Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	8, 23, 35	22.631 s
Daniel Ricciardo	3	11, 22, 38	22.910 s

Every stop, lap by lap (65)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
8	Lewis Hamilton	1	21.091 s
8	Adrian Sutil	1	21.511 s
8	Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	28.244 s
9	Michael Schumacher	1	20.667 s
9	Sebastian Vettel	1	22.374 s
10	Jenson Button	1	21.094 s
10	Fernando Alonso	1	21.147 s
10	Heikki Kovalainen	1	21.412 s
10	Mark Webber	1	21.820 s
10	Paul di Resta	1	21.964 s
10	Kamui Kobayashi	1	24.263 s
11	Felipe Massa	1	21.313 s
11	Jarno Trulli	1	21.636 s
11	Sébastien Buemi	1	21.849 s
11	Daniel Ricciardo	1	23.723 s
12	Nico Rosberg	1	20.575 s
12	Rubens Barrichello	1	22.130 s
12	Timo Glock	1	25.563 s
13	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	23.013 s
15	Bruno Senna	1	25.927 s
16	Pastor Maldonado	1	21.339 s
17	Jaime Alguersuari	1	21.792 s
18	Vitaly Petrov	1	21.304 s
19	Mark Webber	2	21.369 s
19	Sebastian Vettel	2	21.596 s
19	Timo Glock	2	21.726 s
20	Jenson Button	2	20.713 s
20	Sergio Pérez	1	21.655 s
21	Fernando Alonso	2	21.319 s
21	Lewis Hamilton	2	22.821 s
22	Felipe Massa	2	21.214 s
22	Heikki Kovalainen	2	21.519 s
22	Daniel Ricciardo	2	23.172 s
23	Adrian Sutil	2	21.337 s
23	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	2	22.258 s
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	24.716 s
24	Nico Rosberg	2	20.665 s
24	Paul di Resta	2	21.964 s
24	Jarno Trulli	2	22.233 s
24	Kamui Kobayashi	2	22.299 s
24	Michael Schumacher	2	22.570 s
24	Rubens Barrichello	2	22.736 s
25	Pastor Maldonado	2	21.075 s
33	Sebastian Vettel	3	21.705 s
34	Mark Webber	3	21.455 s
35	Lewis Hamilton	3	21.292 s
35	Paul di Resta	3	21.553 s
35	Bruno Senna	2	22.466 s
35	Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	22.631 s
36	Jenson Button	3	20.998 s
36	Felipe Massa	3	21.100 s
36	Jaime Alguersuari	2	22.584 s
36	Timo Glock	3	22.877 s
37	Fernando Alonso	3	20.731 s
37	Adrian Sutil	3	21.839 s
37	Rubens Barrichello	3	21.890 s
37	Heikki Kovalainen	3	22.532 s
37	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	3	24.269 s
37	Sergio Pérez	2	24.461 s
38	Jarno Trulli	3	22.156 s
38	Daniel Ricciardo	3	22.910 s
39	Vitaly Petrov	2	20.832 s
41	Nico Rosberg	3	20.809 s
41	Michael Schumacher	3	20.879 s
41	Pastor Maldonado	3	21.012 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Jenson Button	52	1:36.568
2	Sergio Pérez	39	1:36.569	+0.001
3	Nico Rosberg	50	1:36.614	+0.046
4	Fernando Alonso	50	1:36.682	+0.114
5	Mark Webber	47	1:36.828	+0.260
6	Sebastian Vettel	52	1:36.916	+0.348
7	Vitaly Petrov	47	1:37.053	+0.485
8	Jaime Alguersuari	41	1:37.411	+0.843
9	Lewis Hamilton	49	1:37.645	+1.077
10	Pastor Maldonado	50	1:37.645	+1.077

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 15. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 15
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	324
2	Jenson Button	210
3	Fernando Alonso	202
4	Mark Webber	194
5	Lewis Hamilton	178
6	Felipe Massa	90
7	Nico Rosberg	63
8	Michael Schumacher	60
9	Vitaly Petrov	36
10	Nick Heidfeld	34

Constructors' championship after round 15
Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	518
2	McLaren	388
3	Ferrari	292
4	Mercedes	123
5	Renault	72
6	Force India	48
7	Sauber	40
8	Toro Rosso	29
9	Williams	5
10	Lotus Racing	0