2011 Singapore Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

Sebastian Vettel won under Singapore’s floodlights and moved to the brink of a second world title. Jenson Button finished a close second, with Mark Webber third after another busy race through Marina Bay’s tight streets.

Result	Driver / Time	Team
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing
Pole time	1:44.381
Fastest lap	Jenson Button	McLaren
Fastest-lap time	1:48.454 on lap 54
First	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing
Second	Jenson Button	McLaren
Third	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing

Weekend Schedule

Date	Session	Local Time
23 September 2011	Practice 1 (delayed; 60 minutes)	18:30
23 September 2011	Practice 2	21:30 – 23:00
24 September 2011	Practice 3	19:00 – 20:00
24 September 2011	Qualifying	22:00
25 September 2011	Race	20:00

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 14 leading the 2011 F1 World Championship on 284 points, with Fernando Alonso on 172. Red Bull Racing headed the constructors’ standings with 451 points.

Race entries

The 12 teams kept the same race line-ups for the Singapore Grand Prix. Narain Karthikeyan also took part in practice.

Free Practice

Loose kerbing delayed FP1 and shortened it to an hour, with further interruptions following Heikki Kovalainen’s car fire and more displaced kerb sections. Mark Webber and Timo Glock also made contact, damaging both cars. Lewis Hamilton led, but repeated stoppages left teams struggling to complete their planned running under the lights.

Sebastian Vettel led FP2 after further circuit repairs, while Jenson Button stopped at Turn 14 and could not restart. Sebastien Buemi damaged his suspension against a barrier, and mechanical problems restricted Jaime Alguersuari and Paul di Resta. Renault abandoned Vitaly Petrov’s upgraded bodywork because of overheating, adding another complication to an already disrupted practice day.

Mark Webber set the pace in FP3, while Jenson Button finally completed a useful supersoft run after his shortened Friday session. Sebastian Vettel lost time behind traffic on his quick lap, making his position less representative of his potential. Lewis Hamilton locked up, and Michael Schumacher’s preparation was hindered by a KERS problem.

Free Practice 1 Classification

2011 Singapore Grand Prix FP1, 23 September 2011

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:48.599	10
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	+0.406s	15
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	+1.467s	16
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+1.997s	11
5	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	+2.353s	12
6	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+3.444s	14
7	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	+3.652s	13
8	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+3.817s	12
9	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	+3.836s	13
10	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+4.216s	13
11	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	+4.392s	17
12	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	+4.451s	17
13	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+4.800s	18
14	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	+5.104s	19
15	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	+5.150s	12
16	9	Bruno Senna	Renault	+5.166s	17
17	18	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	+5.186s	16
18	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	+6.137s	8
19	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	+6.222s	9
20	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	+7.599s	8
21	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	+9.199s	13
22	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	+10.193s	6
23	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	+10.570s	17
24	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	+10.615s	18

Free Practice 2 Classification

2011 Singapore Grand Prix FP2, 23 September 2011

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:46.374	33
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+0.201s	28
3	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	+0.741s	22
4	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+0.746s	23
5	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	+0.891s	28
6	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+2.044s	27
7	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	+2.492s	32
8	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	+3.204s	27
9	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	+3.356s	29
10	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	+3.377s	10
11	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	+3.418s	14
12	9	Bruno Senna	Renault	+3.867s	31
13	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	+3.971s	8
14	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	+4.025s	29
15	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+4.416s	28
16	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	+4.523s	24
17	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+4.563s	30
18	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	+5.576s	26
19	18	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	+5.883s	15
20	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	+6.115s	25
21	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	+7.205s	25
22	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	+8.275s	25
23	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	+8.380s	29
24	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	+8.824s	26

Free Practice 3 Classification

2011 Singapore Grand Prix FP3, 24 September 2011

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:46.081	15
2	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	+0.027s	17
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	+0.264s	14
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+0.315s	14
5	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	+0.855s	20
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+1.750s	14
7	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+1.756s	12
8	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+2.630s	12
9	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	+2.976s	15
10	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	+3.223s	16
11	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	+3.502s	17
12	18	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	+3.598s	18
13	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	+3.735s	18
14	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+3.770s	17
15	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	+4.108s	15
16	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	+4.148s	15
17	9	Bruno Senna	Renault	+4.442s	14
18	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	+4.466s	17
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	+6.429s	17
20	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	+6.616s	19
21	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	+7.647s	17
22	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	+7.742s	18
23	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	+7.748s	16
24	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	+9.122s	17

Qualifying

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

Sebastian Vettel took pole ahead of Mark Webber and Jenson Button. Lewis Hamilton qualified fourth, putting both Red Bulls and McLarens ahead of Fernando Alonso on the grid.

Qualifying Classification

2011 Singapore Grand Prix Qualifying, 24 September 2011

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:46.397	1:44.931	1:44.381	12
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:47.332	1:45.651	1:44.732	14
3	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:46.956	1:45.472	1:44.804	14
4	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:47.014	1:46.829	1:44.809	12
5	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:47.054	1:45.779	1:44.874	13
6	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:47.945	1:45.955	1:45.800	14
7	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:47.688	1:46.405	1:46.013	11
8	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:48.819	1:46.043	no time	11
9	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:47.952	1:47.093	no time	14
10	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:48.022	1:47.486	no time	14
11	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:47.717	1:47.616	—	13
12	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:48.061	1:48.082	—	14
13	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:49.710	1:48.270	—	16
14	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:48.753	1:48.634	—	11
15	9	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:48.861	1:48.662	—	13
16	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:49.588	1:49.862	—	10
17	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:48.054	no time	—	8
18	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:49.835	—	—	8
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	1:50.948	—	—	6
20	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	1:51.012	—	—	6
21	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	1:52.154	—	—	7
22	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	1:52.363	—	—	6
23	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	1:52.404	—	—	6
24	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	1:52.810	—	—	6

What happened in the 2011 Singapore Grand Prix?

Vettel led away while Button moved into second. Webber lost ground at the start, and Hamilton also slipped backwards, leaving both with overtaking work to do on a circuit that rarely makes it easy.

Hamilton and Massa collided during Hamilton’s recovery, damaging the McLaren‘s front wing and puncturing a Ferrari tyre. Hamilton received a drive-through penalty, while Schumacher later crashed into Pérez and brought out the safety car.

Backmarkers separated Vettel and Button at the restart, helping the leader rebuild a margin. Button reduced the gap in the closing laps, but ran out of time to challenge for the lead.

Vettel won ahead of Button, Webber and Alonso. Hamilton recovered fifth and di Resta finished sixth. With five races remaining, Vettel led Button by 124 points, with only 125 still available.

Further down the points places, Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil, Felipe Massa and Sergio Pérez completed the scoring positions. Jenson Button set the fastest lap, but no bonus point was awarded under the 2011 rules.

After the race, Sebastian Vettel headed the drivers’ standings with 309 points, followed by Jenson Button on 185. Red Bull Racing led the constructors’ table on 491, with McLaren on 353.

2011 Singapore Grand Prix race results

The 2011 Singapore Grand Prix was held on 25 September 2011, with a scheduled start of 20:00 local time.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	61	1:59:06.757	25
2	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	61	+1.737	18
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	61	+29.279	15
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	61	+55.449	12
5	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	61	+1:07.766	10
6	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	61	+1:51.067	8
7	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	60	+1 Lap	6
8	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	60	+1 Lap	4
9	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	60	+1 Lap	2
10	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	60	+1 Lap	1
11	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	60	+1 Lap	0
12	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	60	+1 Lap	0
13	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	60	+1 Lap	0
14	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	59	+2 Laps	0
15	9	Bruno Senna	Renault	59	+2 Laps	0
16	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	59	+2 Laps	0
17	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	59	+2 Laps	0
18	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	59	+2 Laps	0
19	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	57	+4 Laps	0
20	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	57	+4 Laps	0
21	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	56	Accident	0
Ret	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	47	Gearbox	0
Ret	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	28	Collision	0
Ret	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	9	Accident	0

2011 Singapore Grand Prix Fastest Laps

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Lap	Time	Avg. Speed
1	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	54	1:48.454	168.392
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	51	1:48.688	168.029
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	54	1:50.088	165.892
4	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	54	1:50.832	164.779
5	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	58	1:50.891	164.691
6	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	56	1:51.329	164.043
7	18	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	51	1:52.197	162.774
8	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	26	1:52.550	162.263
9	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	26	1:53.096	161.480
10	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	50	1:53.198	161.335
11	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	37	1:53.676	160.656
12	9	Bruno Senna	Renault	55	1:53.774	160.518
13	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	56	1:54.063	160.111
14	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	56	1:54.204	159.913
15	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	41	1:54.239	159.864
16	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	42	1:54.383	159.663
17	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	45	1:54.564	159.411
18	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	42	1:54.615	159.340
19	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	40	1:55.235	158.483
20	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	25	1:57.126	155.924
21	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	41	1:58.283	154.399
22	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	22	1:58.730	153.817
23	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	40	1:59.064	153.386
24	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	6	2:00.412	151.669

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 Singapore Grand Prix.

2011 Post-Race F1 Drivers' Championship Standings

POS	Driver	Nationality	Car	PTS
1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing	309
2	Jenson Button	British	McLaren	185
3	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	184
4	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing	182
5	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren	168
6	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	84
7	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	62
8	Michael Schumacher	German	Mercedes	52
9	Vitaly Petrov	Russian	Renault	34
10	Nick Heidfeld	German	Renault	34
11	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India	28
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Japanese	Sauber	27
13	Paul di Resta	British	Force India	20
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Spanish	Toro Rosso	16
15	Sébastien Buemi	Swiss	Toro Rosso	13
16	Sergio Pérez	Mexican	Sauber	9
17	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Williams	4
18	Bruno Senna	Brazilian	Renault	2
19	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams	1
20	Pedro de la Rosa	Spanish	Sauber	0
21	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Team Lotus	0
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	Team Lotus	0
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italian	HRT	0
24	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Belgian	Virgin Racing	0
25	Timo Glock	German	Virgin Racing	0
26	Narain Karthikeyan	Indian	HRT	0
27	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	HRT	0
28	Karun Chandhok	Indian	Team Lotus	0

2011 Post-Race F1 Constructors' Championship Standings

POS	Car	PTS
1	Red Bull Racing	491
2	McLaren	353
3	Ferrari	268
4	Mercedes	114
5	Renault	70
6	Force India	48
7	Sauber	36
8	Toro Rosso	29
9	Williams	5
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