2011 British Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

Fernando Alonso won at Silverstone after a Red Bull pit-stop delay changed the race. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber completed the podium, while Lewis Hamilton narrowly held off Felipe Massa in a dramatic final-corner battle.

Result	Driver / Time	Team
Pole position	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing
Pole time	1:30.399
Fastest lap	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Fastest-lap time	1:34.908 on lap 41
First	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Second	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing
Third	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing

Weekend Schedule

Date	Session	Local Time
8 July 2011	Practice 1	10:00 – 11:30
8 July 2011	Practice 2	14:00 – 15:30
9 July 2011	Practice 3	10:00 – 11:00
9 July 2011	Qualifying	13:00
10 July 2011	Race	13:00

All times are local. The race time is the scheduled start; weather delays and interruptions are described below.

Championship background

Sebastian Vettel arrived at round 9 leading the 2011 F1 World Championship on 186 points, with Jenson Button on 109. Red Bull Racing headed the constructors’ standings with 295 points.

Race entries

Daniel Ricciardo made his Formula 1 race debut for HRT, replacing Narain Karthikeyan. The weekend also featured a temporary restriction on off-throttle exhaust blowing, adding a technical dispute to the sporting contest.

Free Practice

Wet FP1 conditions gradually allowed intermediate tyres, and Mark Webber set the fastest lap before stopping with a fuel problem. Rain returned late in the session and Kamui Kobayashi crashed heavily on the pit straight. Sauber faced a substantial repair job while the field lost the chance to gather dry-weather data.

Worse rain delayed meaningful FP2 running until almost halfway through the session. A drying line eventually encouraged more laps, with Felipe Massa quickest. Sauber completed its repairs in time for Kamui Kobayashi to return and finish third, recovering useful mileage after the accident that had ended his morning.

FP3 offered the driest conditions of the weekend despite an early shower, allowing overdue preparation for qualifying. Sebastian Vettel narrowly led Fernando Alonso while Mark Webber lost time to a technical problem. Michael Schumacher also faced floor trouble, and teams continued adapting amid the weekend’s changing interpretations of the blown-diffuser rules.

Free Practice 1 Classification

2011 British Grand Prix FP1, 8 July 2011

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:46.603	19
2	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+0.660s	20
3	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	+0.744s	23
4	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	+0.819s	22
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+0.959s	13
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+1.155s	23
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+1.558s	16
8	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	+1.946s	21
9	14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	+1.995s	19
10	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	+2.075s	22
11	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	+2.127s	18
12	18	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	+2.175s	18
13	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	+2.191s	21
14	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+2.206s	17
15	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	+2.238s	23
16	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	+2.338s	20
17	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	+3.000s	15
18	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	+3.530s	17
19	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	+3.619s	14
20	20	Karun Chandhok	Team Lotus	+4.516s	17
21	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	+5.867s	17
22	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	+6.540s	20
23	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	+6.866s	26
24	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	+7.731s	24

Free Practice 2 Classification

2011 British Grand Prix FP2, 8 July 2011

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:49.967	9
2	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+0.777s	16
3	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	+1.428s	16
4	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	+1.471s	6
5	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	+1.551s	6
6	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	+1.771s	18
7	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	+1.814s	7
8	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	+2.025s	13
9	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	+2.202s	12
10	18	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	+2.222s	21
11	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	+2.231s	9
12	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+2.358s	12
13	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	+2.611s	16
14	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	+2.620s	6
15	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+2.902s	8
16	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	+4.056s	8
17	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	+4.307s	16
18	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	+4.578s	4
19	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	+4.747s	13
20	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+5.188s	8
21	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	+5.188s	12
22	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	+5.582s	10
23	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	+5.861s	10
24	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	+6.070s	6

Free Practice 3 Classification

2011 British Grand Prix FP3, 9 July 2011

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:31.401	17
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+0.063s	20
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	+0.428s	12
4	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+0.768s	20
5	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+1.095s	20
6	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	+1.555s	18
7	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	+1.613s	20
8	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+1.643s	23
9	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	+1.863s	21
10	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	+2.022s	22
11	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+2.150s	11
12	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	+2.259s	22
13	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	+2.441s	16
14	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	+2.504s	21
15	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	+2.641s	22
16	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	+2.928s	20
17	18	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	+3.398s	20
18	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	+3.421s	21
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	+3.824s	21
20	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	+5.504s	21
21	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	+6.213s	18
22	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	+6.667s	20
23	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	+6.888s	19
24	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	+7.167s	17

Qualifying

Mark Webber headed qualifying for Red Bull Racing, with Sebastian Vettel second and Fernando Alonso third.

Mark Webber took pole ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso. Changeable conditions caught out several drivers, including both Toro Rossos in Q1, while Hamilton qualified only tenth.

Qualifying Classification

2011 British Grand Prix Qualifying, 9 July 2011

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:32.670	1:31.673	1:30.399	19
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:32.977	1:32.379	1:30.431	19
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.986	1:31.727	1:30.516	20
4	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32.760	1:31.640	1:31.124	16
5	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:34.230	1:32.273	1:31.898	21
6	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:34.472	1:32.569	1:31.929	14
7	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:32.702	1:32.588	1:31.933	16
8	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:34.324	1:32.399	1:32.128	16
9	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.186	1:32.295	1:32.209	18
10	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:33.581	1:32.505	1:32.376	20
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:34.454	1:32.617	—	14
12	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:34.145	1:32.624	—	14
13	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:34.160	1:32.656	—	15
14	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:34.428	1:32.734	—	14
15	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:33.532	1:33.119	—	12
16	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1:35.132	1:33.805	—	15
17	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	1:34.923	1:34.821	—	9
18	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:35.245	—	—	7
19	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:35.749	—	—	7
20	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	1:36.203	—	—	7
21	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	1:36.456	—	—	4
22	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	1:37.154	—	—	6
23	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	1:37.484	—	—	7
24	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	1:38.059	—	—	6

What happened in the 2011 British Grand Prix?

Vettel passed Webber at the start on a partly wet circuit. Hamilton gained places immediately, while the field remained on intermediates until the dry portions made a change to slicks worthwhile.

Alonso and Vettel stopped together later in the race, but a delay for Red Bull allowed the Ferrari into the lead. Vettel rejoined behind Hamilton, losing more time while Alonso pulled clear.

Button retired after leaving the pits with a wheel insecure. Vettel eventually regained second, with Webber close behind, while Hamilton had to conserve fuel and came under pressure from Massa.

Alonso won ahead of Vettel and Webber. Hamilton and Massa fought through the final corners, with Hamilton narrowly retaining fourth. Rosberg finished sixth, while Pérez earned a strong seventh for Sauber.

Further down the points places, Sergio Pérez, Nick Heidfeld, Michael Schumacher and Jaime Alguersuari completed the scoring positions. Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap, but no bonus point was awarded under the 2011 rules.

After the race, Sebastian Vettel headed the drivers’ standings with 204 points, followed by Mark Webber on 124. Red Bull Racing led the constructors’ table on 328, with McLaren on 218.

2011 British Grand Prix race results

The 2011 British Grand Prix was held on 10 July 2011, with a scheduled start of 13:00 local time.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	52	1:28:41.196	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	52	+16.511	18
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	52	+16.947	15
4	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	52	+28.986	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	52	+29.010	10
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	52	+1:00.655	8
7	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	52	+1:05.590	6
8	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	52	+1:15.542	4
9	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	52	+1:17.912	2
10	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	52	+1:19.108	1
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	52	+1:19.712	0
12	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	52	+1:20.681	0
13	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	51	+1 Lap	0
14	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	51	+1 Lap	0
15	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	51	+1 Lap	0
16	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	50	+2 Laps	0
17	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	50	+2 Laps	0
18	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	50	+2 Laps	0
19	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	49	+3 Laps	0
Ret	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	39	Wheel	0
Ret	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	25	Collision	0
Ret	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	23	Oil leak	0
Ret	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	10	Oil leak	0
Ret	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	2	Gearbox	0

2011 British Grand Prix Fastest Laps

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Lap	Time	Avg. Speed
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	41	1:34.908	223.454
2	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	49	1:35.474	222.129
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	38	1:35.565	221.918
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	49	1:35.665	221.686
5	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	39	1:36.180	220.499
6	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	40	1:36.308	220.206
7	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	35	1:36.656	219.413
8	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	38	1:36.733	219.238
9	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	42	1:36.744	219.213
10	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	31	1:36.982	218.675
11	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	34	1:37.034	218.558
12	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	41	1:37.036	218.553
13	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	32	1:37.073	218.470
14	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	37	1:37.117	218.371
15	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	38	1:37.160	218.275
16	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	48	1:37.936	216.545
17	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	49	1:39.811	212.477
18	18	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	24	1:40.224	211.602
19	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	40	1:40.524	210.970
20	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	30	1:40.560	210.894
21	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	23	1:40.703	210.595
22	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	30	1:40.910	210.163
23	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	9	1:55.491	183.629
24	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	2	2:10.404	162.629

Only drivers with a recorded lap time appear. Average speeds are in km/h. No fastest-lap bonus point was awarded.

2011 Post-Race F1 Championship Standings

Championship standings after the 2011 British Grand Prix.

2011 Post-Race F1 Drivers' Championship Standings

POS	Driver	Nationality	Car	PTS
1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing	204
2	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing	124
3	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	112
4	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren	109
5	Jenson Button	British	McLaren	109
6	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	52
7	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	40
8	Nick Heidfeld	German	Renault	34
9	Vitaly Petrov	Russian	Renault	31
10	Michael Schumacher	German	Mercedes	28
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Japanese	Sauber	25
12	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India	10
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Spanish	Toro Rosso	9
14	Sergio Pérez	Mexican	Sauber	8
15	Sébastien Buemi	Swiss	Toro Rosso	8
16	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Williams	4
17	Paul di Resta	British	Force India	2
18	Pedro de la Rosa	Spanish	Sauber	0
19	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Team Lotus	0
20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italian	HRT	0
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Belgian	Virgin Racing	0
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	Team Lotus	0
23	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams	0
24	Timo Glock	German	Virgin Racing	0
25	Narain Karthikeyan	Indian	HRT	0
26	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	HRT	0

2011 Post-Race F1 Constructors' Championship Standings

POS	Car	PTS
1	Red Bull Racing	328
2	McLaren	218
3	Ferrari	164
4	Mercedes	68
5	Renault	65
6	Sauber	33
7	Toro Rosso	17
8	Force India	12
9	Williams	4
10	Team Lotus	0
11	HRT	0
12	Virgin Racing	0

2011 Formula 1 Race Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	2011 Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne	27 March
2	2011 Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	10 April
3	2011 Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	17 April
4	2011 Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	8 May
5	2011 Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	22 May
6	2011 Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	29 May
7	2011 Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montréal	12 June
8	2011 European Grand Prix	Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia	26 June
9	2011 British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	10 July
10	2011 German Grand Prix	Nürburgring, Nürburg	24 July
11	2011 Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	31 July
12	2011 Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	28 August
13	2011 Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	11 September
14	2011 Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	25 September
15	2011 Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	9 October
16	2011 Korean Grand Prix	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	16 October
17	2011 Indian Grand Prix	Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida	30 October
18	2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	13 November
19	2011 Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	27 November