Race · Round 3 of 19 · 17 April 2011

2011 Chinese Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for McLaren from 3rd on the grid at Shanghai International Circuit. 1 of the starters was not classified.

Circuit: Shanghai International CircuitShanghai, China
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMcLaren
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Mark Webber
Entries: 2423 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-26	3	56	Finished	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB7	1	56	Finished	18
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB7	18	56	Finished	15	fastest lap
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-26	2	56	Finished	12
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02	4	56	Finished	10
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	150° Italia	6	56	Finished	8
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	150° Italia	5	56	Finished	6
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02	14	56	Finished	4
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	R31	10	56	Finished	2
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C30	13	56	Finished	1
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM04	8	56	Finished	0
12	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	R31	16	56	Finished	0
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	FW33	15	56	Finished	0
14	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	9	56	Finished	0
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM04	11	55	Finished	0
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	19	55	Finished	0
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C30	12	55	Finished	0
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW33	17	55	Finished	0
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	20	55	Finished	0
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	21	54	Finished	0
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	22	54	Finished	0
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	F111	23	54	Finished	0
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F111	24	54	Finished	0
DNF	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	7	9	Wheel	0

F1DB layout shanghai-1 · 5.451 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

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
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	1	56
Sebastian Vettel	1	2	56
Mark Webber	18	3	56
Jenson Button	2	4	56
Nico Rosberg	4	5	56
Felipe Massa	6	6	56
Fernando Alonso	5	7	56
Michael Schumacher	14	8	56
Vitaly Petrov	10	9	56
Kamui Kobayashi	13	10	56
Paul di Resta	8	11	56
Nick Heidfeld	16	12	56
Rubens Barrichello	15	13	56
Sébastien Buemi	9	14	56
Adrian Sutil	11	15	55
Heikki Kovalainen	19	16	55
Sergio Perez	12	17	55
Pastor Maldonado	17	18	55
Jarno Trulli	20	19	55
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	21	20	54
Timo Glock	22	21	54
Vitantonio Liuzzi	23	22	54
Narain Karthikeyan	24	23	54
Jaime Alguersuari	7	DNF	9

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:35.674	1:34.776	1:33.706	—	—
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:35.924	1:34.662	1:34.421	+0.715	+0.715
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:36.091	1:34.486	1:34.463	+0.757	+0.042
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:35.272	1:35.850	1:34.670	+0.964	+0.207
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:35.389	1:35.165	1:35.119	+1.413	+0.449
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:35.478	1:35.437	1:35.145	+1.439	+0.026
7	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:36.133	1:35.563	1:36.158	+2.452	+1.013
8	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:35.702	1:35.858	1:36.190	+2.484	+0.032
9	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:36.110	1:35.500	1:36.203	+2.497	+0.013
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:35.370	1:35.149	—	—	—
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:36.092	1:35.874	—	—	—
12	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:36.046	1:36.053	—	—	—
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:36.147	1:36.236	—	—	—
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:35.508	1:36.457	—	—	—
15	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:35.911	1:36.465	—	—	—
16	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:35.910	1:36.611	—	—	—
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:36.121	1:36.956	—	—	—
18	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:36.468	—	—	—	—
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:37.894	—	—	—	—
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:38.318	—	—	—	—
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:39.119	—	—	—	—
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:39.708	—	—	—	—
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:40.212	—	—	—	—
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:40.445	—	—	—	—

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
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	56	3	15, 25, 38
Sebastian Vettel	2	56	2	14, 31
Mark Webber	3	56	3	10, 25, 40
Jenson Button	4	56	3	14, 24, 37
Nico Rosberg	5	56	3	12, 25, 39
Felipe Massa	6	56	2	15, 33
Fernando Alonso	7	56	2	16, 32
Michael Schumacher	8	56	3	10, 26, 39
Vitaly Petrov	9	56	2	17, 37
Kamui Kobayashi	10	56	2	14, 30
Paul di Resta	11	56	2	11, 32
Nick Heidfeld	12	56	2	18, 30
Rubens Barrichello	13	56	2	16, 35
Sébastien Buemi	14	56	3	12, 16, 33
Adrian Sutil	15	55	3	15, 30, 47
Heikki Kovalainen	16	55	2	19, 40
Sergio Perez	17	55	4	16, 36, 48, 50
Pastor Maldonado	18	55	3	10, 25, 40
Jarno Trulli	19	55	2	20, 42
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20	54	2	20, 34
Timo Glock	21	54	3	16, 28, 39
Vitantonio Liuzzi	22	54	3	9, 21, 45
Narain Karthikeyan	23	54	1	23
Jaime Alguersuari	DNF	9	1	9

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 · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 3	2 · 1	14 · 15	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Sir Lewis Hamilton	2 · 3	4 · 1	14 · 15	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	3 · 4	1 · 5	15 · 12	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Mark Webber	1 · 18	2 · 3	14 · 10	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Jenson Button	1 · 2	2 · 4	14 · 14	Same lap	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Mark Webber	2 · 18	4 · 3	14 · 10	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Pastor Maldonado · Mark Webber	17 · 18	18 · 3	10 · 10	Same lap	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Heikki Kovalainen	18 · 19	3 · 16	10 · 19	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Nico Rosberg	2 · 4	4 · 5	14 · 12	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Felipe Massa	4 · 6	5 · 6	12 · 15	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	5 · 7	12 · 16	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Felipe Massa	5 · 6	7 · 6	16 · 15	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Michael Schumacher	5 · 14	7 · 8	16 · 10	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Michael Schumacher	10 · 14	9 · 8	17 · 10	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Michael Schumacher	13 · 14	10 · 8	14 · 10	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Rubens Barrichello	14 · 15	8 · 13	10 · 16	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Sébastien Buemi · Vitaly Petrov	9 · 10	14 · 9	12 · 17	Sébastien Buemi	Swapped places
Vitaly Petrov · Kamui Kobayashi	10 · 13	9 · 10	17 · 14	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Adrian Sutil	10 · 11	9 · 15	17 · 15	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Paul di Resta · Kamui Kobayashi	8 · 13	11 · 10	11 · 14	Paul di Resta	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Kamui Kobayashi	12 · 13	17 · 10	16 · 14	Kamui Kobayashi	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Nick Heidfeld	8 · 16	11 · 12	11 · 18	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Paul di Resta · Sébastien Buemi	8 · 9	11 · 14	11 · 12	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Nick Heidfeld	15 · 16	13 · 12	16 · 18	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Pastor Maldonado	16 · 17	12 · 18	18 · 10	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Sébastien Buemi · Rubens Barrichello	9 · 15	14 · 13	12 · 16	Sébastien Buemi	Swapped places
Sébastien Buemi · Adrian Sutil	9 · 11	14 · 15	12 · 15	Sébastien Buemi	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Heikki Kovalainen	11 · 19	15 · 16	15 · 19	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Sergio Perez	11 · 12	15 · 17	15 · 16	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Heikki Kovalainen	12 · 19	17 · 16	16 · 19	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Heikki Kovalainen · Jarno Trulli	19 · 20	16 · 19	19 · 20	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Pastor Maldonado	12 · 17	17 · 18	16 · 10	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Jarno Trulli	17 · 20	18 · 19	10 · 20	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20 · 21	19 · 20	20 · 20	Same lap	Kept their order
Jérôme d'Ambrosio · Timo Glock	21 · 22	20 · 21	20 · 16	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Vitantonio Liuzzi	22 · 23	21 · 22	16 · 9	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Narain Karthikeyan	23 · 24	22 · 23	9 · 23	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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:38.739	—	—	23
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:39.354	+0.615	+0.615	27
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:40.845	+2.106	+1.491	21
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:40.940	+2.201	+0.095	22
5	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:40.987	+2.248	+0.047	5
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:41.046	+2.307	+0.059	25
7	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:41.189	+2.450	+0.143	20
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:41.222	+2.483	+0.033	20
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:41.231	+2.492	+0.009	16
10	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:41.328	+2.589	+0.097	21
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:41.361	+2.622	+0.033	23
12	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:41.434	+2.695	+0.073	15
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	14	1:41.494	+2.755	+0.060	20
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:41.579	+2.840	+0.085	13
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:41.610	+2.871	+0.031	18
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:41.752	+3.013	+0.142	20
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:41.939	+3.200	+0.187	25
18	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:42.301	+3.562	+0.362	23
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:43.792	+5.053	+1.491	20
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:44.089	+5.350	+0.297	20
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:44.359	+5.620	+0.270	18
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:44.438	+5.699	+0.079	11
23	Luiz Razia (never started a Grand Prix)	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:44.542	+5.803	+0.104	9
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:45.019	+6.280	+0.477	23

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.688	—	—	34
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:37.854	+0.166	+0.166	22
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:37.935	+0.247	+0.081	31
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:37.943	+0.255	+0.008	34
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:38.105	+0.417	+0.162	29
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:38.507	+0.819	+0.402	36
7	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:38.735	+1.047	+0.228	35
8	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:38.805	+1.117	+0.070	26
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:38.859	+1.171	+0.054	31
10	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:39.327	+1.639	+0.468	33
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:39.538	+1.850	+0.211	33
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:39.667	+1.979	+0.129	37
13	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:39.771	+2.083	+0.104	18
14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:39.779	+2.091	+0.008	17
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:39.828	+2.140	+0.049	25
16	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:39.925	+2.237	+0.097	32
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:39.953	+2.265	+0.028	30
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:40.476	+2.788	+0.523	30
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:41.482	+3.794	+1.006	32
20	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:42.902	+5.214	+1.420	25
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:43.850	+6.162	+0.948	3
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:44.008	+6.320	+0.158	35
23	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:44.747	+7.059	+0.739	12

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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:34.968	—	—	13
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:35.176	+0.208	+0.208	15
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:35.373	+0.405	+0.197	14
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:35.677	+0.709	+0.304	18
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:35.818	+0.850	+0.141	17
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:35.971	+1.003	+0.153	15
7	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:36.098	+1.130	+0.127	18
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:36.125	+1.157	+0.027	15
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:36.141	+1.173	+0.016	14
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:36.370	+1.402	+0.229	18
11	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	1:36.404	+1.436	+0.034	16
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:36.582	+1.614	+0.178	18
13	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:36.596	+1.628	+0.014	17
14	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:36.717	+1.749	+0.121	16
15	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:36.896	+1.928	+0.179	5
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:36.953	+1.985	+0.057	14
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:37.007	+2.039	+0.054	20
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:37.304	+2.336	+0.297	18
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:38.176	+3.208	+0.872	12
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:38.739	+3.771	+0.563	12
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:39.938	+4.970	+1.199	17
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:39.998	+5.030	+0.060	16
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:40.593	+5.625	+0.595	17
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	22	1:40.881	+5.913	+0.288	18

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

The cars in this race

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A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 3 of 2011
Grand Prix: Chinese Grand Prix
Dates: 17 Apr 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.