2011 Japanese Grand Prix

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Jenson ButtonMcLaren
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Jenson Button
Entries: 2423 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-26	2	53	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	150° Italia	5	53	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB7	1	53	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB7	6	53	Finished	12
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-26	3	53	Finished	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02	8	53	Finished	8
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	150° Italia	4	53	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C30	17	53	Finished	4
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	R31	10	53	Finished	2
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02	23	53	Finished	1
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM04	11	53	Finished	0
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM04	12	53	Finished	0
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C30	7	53	Finished	0
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW33	14	53	Finished	0
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	16	53	Finished	0
16	Bruno Senna	Renault	R31	9	53	Finished	0
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	FW33	13	53	Finished	0
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	18	53	Finished	0
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	19	53	Finished	0
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	21	51	Finished	0
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	20	51	Finished	0
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	F111	22	51	Finished	0
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	F111	24	50	Finished	0
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	15	11	Wheel	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Jenson Button	2	1	53
Fernando Alonso	5	2	53
Sebastian Vettel	1	3	53
Mark Webber	6	4	53
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	5	53
Michael Schumacher	8	6	53
Felipe Massa	4	7	53
Sergio Perez	17	8	53
Vitaly Petrov	10	9	53
Nico Rosberg	23	10	53
Adrian Sutil	11	11	53
Paul di Resta	12	12	53
Kamui Kobayashi	7	13	53
Pastor Maldonado	14	14	53
Jaime Alguersuari	16	15	53
Bruno Senna	9	16	53
Rubens Barrichello	13	17	53
Heikki Kovalainen	18	18	53
Jarno Trulli	19	19	53
Timo Glock	21	20	51
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20	21	51
Daniel Ricciardo	22	22	51
Vitantonio Liuzzi	24	23	50
Sébastien Buemi	15	DNF	11

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33.051	1:31.424	1:30.466	—	—
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:32.947	1:31.434	1:30.475	+0.009	+0.009
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:32.843	1:31.139	1:30.617	+0.151	+0.142
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:33.235	1:31.909	1:30.804	+0.338	+0.187
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:32.817	1:31.612	1:30.886	+0.420	+0.082
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:33.135	1:31.576	1:31.156	+0.690	+0.270
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:33.748	1:32.116	—	—	—
8	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:33.359	1:32.297	—	—	—
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:32.877	1:32.245	—	—	—
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:32.626	1:32.380	—	—	—
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:32.761	1:32.463	—	—	—
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:33.499	1:32.746	—	—	—
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:33.921	1:33.079	—	—	—
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:33.781	1:33.224	—	—	—
15	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:33.064	1:33.227	—	—	—
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:35.111	1:33.427	—	—	—
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:34.704	—	—	—	—
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:35.454	—	—	—	—
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:35.514	—	—	—	—
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:36.439	—	—	—	—
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:36.507	—	—	—	—
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:37.846	—	—	—	—
NC	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	—	—	—	—	—
NC	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	—	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Jenson Button	1	53	3	10, 20, 36
Fernando Alonso	2	53	3	10, 21, 37
Sebastian Vettel	3	53	3	9, 19, 33
Mark Webber	4	53	3	10, 19, 34
Sir Lewis Hamilton	5	53	3	8, 21, 35
Michael Schumacher	6	53	3	9, 24, 41
Felipe Massa	7	53	3	11, 22, 36
Sergio Perez	8	53	2	20, 37
Vitaly Petrov	9	53	2	18, 39
Nico Rosberg	10	53	3	12, 24, 41
Adrian Sutil	11	53	3	8, 23, 37
Paul di Resta	12	53	3	10, 24, 35
Kamui Kobayashi	13	53	2	10, 24
Pastor Maldonado	14	53	3	16, 25, 41
Jaime Alguersuari	15	53	2	17, 36
Bruno Senna	16	53	2	15, 35
Rubens Barrichello	17	53	3	12, 24, 37
Heikki Kovalainen	18	53	3	10, 22, 37
Jarno Trulli	19	53	3	11, 24, 38
Timo Glock	20	51	3	12, 19, 36
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	21	51	3	13, 23, 37
Daniel Ricciardo	22	51	3	11, 22, 38
Vitantonio Liuzzi	23	50	3	8, 23, 35
Sébastien Buemi	DNF	11	1	11

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sebastian Vettel · Jenson Button	1 · 2	3 · 1	9 · 10	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	2 · 5	1 · 2	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Sir Lewis Hamilton	2 · 3	1 · 5	10 · 8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Fernando Alonso	1 · 5	3 · 2	9 · 10	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	7 · 2	11 · 10	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Mark Webber	5 · 6	2 · 4	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Mark Webber	1 · 6	3 · 4	9 · 10	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Mark Webber	3 · 6	5 · 4	8 · 10	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Kamui Kobayashi	6 · 7	4 · 13	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Michael Schumacher	3 · 8	5 · 6	8 · 9	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Felipe Massa	3 · 4	5 · 7	8 · 11	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Michael Schumacher	4 · 8	7 · 6	11 · 9	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Michael Schumacher	7 · 8	13 · 6	10 · 9	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Bruno Senna	8 · 9	6 · 16	9 · 15	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Sergio Perez	4 · 17	7 · 8	11 · 20	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Sergio Perez	10 · 17	9 · 8	18 · 20	Vitaly Petrov	Swapped places
Jaime Alguersuari · Sergio Perez	16 · 17	15 · 8	17 · 20	Jaime Alguersuari	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Heikki Kovalainen	17 · 18	8 · 18	20 · 10	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Vitaly Petrov	9 · 10	16 · 9	15 · 18	Bruno Senna	Swapped places
Vitaly Petrov · Nico Rosberg	10 · 23	9 · 10	18 · 12	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Adrian Sutil	10 · 11	9 · 11	18 · 8	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Nico Rosberg	11 · 23	11 · 10	8 · 12	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Nico Rosberg	22 · 23	22 · 10	11 · 12	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Vitantonio Liuzzi	23 · 24	10 · 23	12 · 8	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Paul di Resta	11 · 12	11 · 12	8 · 10	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Paul di Resta	7 · 12	13 · 12	10 · 10	Same lap	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Rubens Barrichello	12 · 13	12 · 17	10 · 12	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Pastor Maldonado	7 · 14	13 · 14	10 · 16	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Pastor Maldonado	13 · 14	17 · 14	12 · 16	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Pastor Maldonado · Jaime Alguersuari	14 · 16	14 · 15	16 · 17	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Jaime Alguersuari	9 · 16	16 · 15	15 · 17	Bruno Senna	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Rubens Barrichello	9 · 13	16 · 17	15 · 12	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Heikki Kovalainen	13 · 18	17 · 18	12 · 10	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Jarno Trulli	18 · 19	18 · 19	10 · 11	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Timo Glock	19 · 21	19 · 20	11 · 12	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Jérôme d'Ambrosio	19 · 20	19 · 21	11 · 13	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jérôme d'Ambrosio · Timo Glock	20 · 21	21 · 20	13 · 12	Timo Glock	Swapped places
Timo Glock · Daniel Ricciardo	21 · 22	20 · 22	12 · 11	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Jérôme d'Ambrosio · Daniel Ricciardo	20 · 22	21 · 22	13 · 11	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Vitantonio Liuzzi	22 · 24	22 · 23	11 · 8	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:33.634	—	—	20
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:33.725	+0.091	+0.091	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:34.090	+0.456	+0.365	22
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:34.372	+0.738	+0.282	24
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:34.426	+0.792	+0.054	25
6	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:34.937	+1.303	+0.511	23
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:35.585	+1.951	+0.648	27
8	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:35.590	+1.956	+0.005	25
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:36.033	+2.399	+0.443	22
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:36.370	+2.736	+0.337	18
11	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:36.487	+2.853	+0.117	18
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	14	1:36.700	+3.066	+0.213	21
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:36.948	+3.314	+0.248	24
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:36.949	+3.315	+0.001	22
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:37.103	+3.469	+0.154	29
16	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:38.197	+4.563	+1.094	18
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:38.331	+4.697	+0.134	11
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:38.446	+4.812	+0.115	8
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:39.168	+5.534	+0.722	10
20	Karun Chandhok	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:39.946	+6.312	+0.778	22
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:40.872	+7.238	+0.926	13
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:41.019	+7.385	+0.147	24
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:41.106	+7.472	+0.087	25
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:41.775	+8.141	+0.669	25

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:31.901	—	—	32
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:32.075	+0.174	+0.174	33
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:32.095	+0.194	+0.020	35
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:32.147	+0.246	+0.052	28
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:32.448	+0.547	+0.301	34
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:32.710	+0.809	+0.262	26
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:32.982	+1.081	+0.272	27
8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:33.245	+1.344	+0.263	26
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:33.446	+1.545	+0.201	36
10	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:33.681	+1.780	+0.235	33
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:33.705	+1.804	+0.024	25
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:33.790	+1.889	+0.085	36
13	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:34.393	+2.492	+0.603	35
14	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:34.557	+2.656	+0.164	27
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:34.601	+2.700	+0.044	33
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:36.038	+4.137	+1.437	33
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:36.225	+4.324	+0.187	35
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:37.123	+5.222	+0.898	14
19	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:37.440	+5.539	+0.317	30
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:38.093	+6.192	+0.653	30
21	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:38.387	+6.486	+0.294	16
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:38.763	+6.862	+0.376	36
23	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:39.800	+7.899	+1.037	24
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:42.480	+10.579	+2.680	4

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:31.255	—	—	13
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:31.762	+0.507	+0.507	16
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:32.122	+0.867	+0.360	18
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:32.279	+1.024	+0.157	16
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:32.401	+1.146	+0.122	14
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:32.429	+1.174	+0.028	16
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:32.725	+1.470	+0.296	19
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:32.878	+1.623	+0.153	17
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:33.058	+1.803	+0.180	15
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:33.424	+2.169	+0.366	14
11	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:33.469	+2.214	+0.045	18
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:33.545	+2.290	+0.076	18
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:33.818	+2.563	+0.273	17
14	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:33.836	+2.581	+0.018	21
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:33.990	+2.735	+0.154	16
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:34.321	+3.066	+0.331	21
17	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:35.389	+4.134	+1.068	5
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:35.651	+4.396	+0.262	18
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:36.327	+5.072	+0.676	16
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:36.912	+5.657	+0.585	14
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:37.938	+6.683	+1.026	17
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:38.011	+6.756	+0.073	16
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:38.355	+7.100	+0.344	19
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:41.097	+9.842	+2.742	8

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 2011
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 9 Oct 2011
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.