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2011 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2011 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/847-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2011 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe · Valencia Street Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2011 Formula 1 World Championship · round 8

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:39:36.169 · 57 laps · renault	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:39:47.060 · 57 laps · ferrari	18
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:40:03.424 · 57 laps · renault	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:40:22.359 · 57 laps · mercedes	12
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:40:27.874 · 57 laps · ferrari	10
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:40:36.234 · 57 laps · mercedes	8
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41:14.259 · 57 laps · mercedes	6
8	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 56 laps · ferrari	4
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Time not recorded · 56 laps · mercedes	2
10	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	Time not recorded · 56 laps · renault	1
11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Time not recorded · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Time not recorded · 56 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	Time not recorded · 56 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
15	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Time not recorded · 56 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Time not recorded · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
17	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Time not recorded · 56 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Time not recorded · 56 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:39.116 · 15 laps · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:39.956 · 19 laps · renault
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:39.244 · 13 laps · mercedes
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:39.725 · 20 laps · ferrari
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:38.413 · 20 laps · ferrari
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:39.453 · 14 laps · mercedes
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:39.266 · 15 laps · mercedes
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:39.198 · 18 laps · mercedes
9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	Q1 1:39.877 · 17 laps · renault
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:39.329 · 14 laps · mercedes
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:39.690 · 14 laps · renault
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:39.852 · 16 laps · mercedes
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:39.602 · 19 laps · cosworth
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:40.131 · 17 laps · ferrari
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:39.690 · 10 laps · cosworth
16	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:39.494 · 13 laps · ferrari
17	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:39.679 · 8 laps · ferrari
18	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:40.232 · 5 laps · ferrari
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:41.664 · 10 laps · renault
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:42.234 · 9 laps · renault
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:42.553 · 9 laps · cosworth
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	Q1 1:43.584 · 10 laps · cosworth
23	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Q1 1:43.735 · 6 laps · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Q1 1:44.363 · 9 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.975 · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:37.163 · renault
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:37.380 · mercedes
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:37.454 · ferrari
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:37.535 · ferrari
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:37.645 · mercedes
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.231 · mercedes
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:38.240 · mercedes
9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	Time not recorded · renault
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Time not recorded · mercedes
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:39.068 · renault
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:39.422 · mercedes
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:39.489 · cosworth
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:39.525 · ferrari
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:39.645 · cosworth
16	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:39.657 · ferrari
17	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:39.711 · ferrari
18	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:40.232 · ferrari
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:41.664 · renault
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:42.234 · renault
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:42.553 · cosworth
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	1:43.584 · cosworth
23	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:43.735 · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:44.363 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	186
2	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	109
3	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	109
4	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	97
5	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	87
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	42
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	32
8	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
9	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	30
10	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	26
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	25
12	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
14	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
15	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
16	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
17	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
18	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
25	Narain Karthikeyan	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	1	1:40.403
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	2	1:41.227
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:41.239
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:41.510
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	5	1:41.580
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:41.758
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	7	1:41.926
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	8	1:41.955
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	9	1:42.043
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	10	1:42.216
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	11	1:42.270
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	12	1:42.412
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	13	1:42.704
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	14	1:42.738
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	15	1:42.841
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	16	1:42.941
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	17	1:43.201
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	18	1:43.769
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:44.136
freePractice1Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20	1:45.026
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	21	1:45.221
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	22	1:45.494
freePractice1Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:46.926
freePractice1Results	Karun Chandhok	24	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	1	1:37.968
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:38.195
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:38.265
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	4	1:38.315
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	5	1:38.443
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	6	1:38.483
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	7	1:38.531
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	8	1:38.981
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	9	1:39.040
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	10	1:39.586
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	11	1:39.626
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	12	1:40.020
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	13	1:40.301
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	14	1:40.363
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	15	1:40.454
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	16	1:40.531
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	17	1:42.083
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	18	1:42.156
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:42.239
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	20	1:42.273
freePractice2Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	21	1:42.809
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	22	1:44.460
freePractice2Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:46.906
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:37.258
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	2	1:37.678
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	3	1:37.840
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	4	1:38.068
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	5	1:38.326
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	6	1:38.580
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	7	1:38.741
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	8	1:38.799
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	9	1:38.822
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	10	1:39.113
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	11	1:39.411
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	12	1:39.778
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	13	1:39.823
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:39.848
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	15	1:39.888
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	16	1:39.987
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	17	1:40.004
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	18	1:40.239
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:41.267
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:41.690
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	21	1:42.557
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	22	1:43.243
freePractice3Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	23	1:43.309
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	24	1:44.630

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Pastor Maldonado	1	10	21.301
Nick Heidfeld	1	11	22.114
Rubens Barrichello	1	11	21.163
Kamui Kobayashi	1	11	23.492
Lewis Hamilton	1	12	20.340
Nico Rosberg	1	12	21.054
Adrian Sutil	1	12	20.676
Mark Webber	1	13	20.465
Sebastian Vettel	1	14	21.006
Fernando Alonso	1	14	21.477
Jenson Button	1	14	20.997
Michael Schumacher	1	14	21.201
Paul di Resta	1	14	20.567
Sébastien Buemi	1	14	21.321
Heikki Kovalainen	1	14	23.241
Narain Karthikeyan	1	14	28.030
Felipe Massa	1	15	20.718
Vitaly Petrov	1	15	22.104
Michael Schumacher	2	15	30.665
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	15	24.459
Timo Glock	1	17	21.900
Jarno Trulli	1	18	23.327
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	18	21.943
Jaime Alguersuari	1	19	21.391
Lewis Hamilton	2	24	21.035
Sergio Pérez	1	25	21.939
Sébastien Buemi	2	26	20.460
Heikki Kovalainen	2	26	21.126
Nick Heidfeld	2	27	22.285
Paul di Resta	2	27	20.818
Vitaly Petrov	2	27	21.168
Mark Webber	2	28	20.319
Adrian Sutil	2	28	20.286
Rubens Barrichello	2	28	21.262
Pastor Maldonado	2	28	21.805
Fernando Alonso	2	29	20.551
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	28	22.766
Sebastian Vettel	2	30	20.441
Jenson Button	2	30	20.325
Nico Rosberg	2	30	23.547
Narain Karthikeyan	2	29	24.675
Felipe Massa	2	31	25.537
Michael Schumacher	3	31	21.168
Kamui Kobayashi	2	33	20.545
Jarno Trulli	2	34	22.131
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	2	37	22.250
Vitaly Petrov	3	39	21.105
Nick Heidfeld	3	40	21.472
Rubens Barrichello	3	40	21.286
Mark Webber	3	42	20.367
Lewis Hamilton	3	42	20.212
Jaime Alguersuari	2	42	21.103
Heikki Kovalainen	3	42	22.632
Adrian Sutil	3	43	21.036
Timo Glock	2	42	22.030
Paul di Resta	3	44	21.069
Fernando Alonso	3	45	20.136
Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	43	22.235
Pastor Maldonado	3	44	21.490
Nico Rosberg	3	45	20.896
Sébastien Buemi	3	45	20.995
Sebastian Vettel	3	47	20.331
Narain Karthikeyan	3	44	26.059
Felipe Massa	3	48	20.404
Jenson Button	3	48	20.479