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2011 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2011 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/855-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 Korean Grand Prix · Korea International Circuit

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

2011 Formula 1 World Championship · round 16

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:38:01.994 · 55 laps · renault	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:38:14.013 · 55 laps · mercedes	18
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:38:14.471 · 55 laps · renault	15
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:38:16.688 · 55 laps · mercedes	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:38:17.683 · 55 laps · ferrari	10
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38:27.127 · 55 laps · ferrari	8
7	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:38:51.532 · 55 laps · ferrari	6
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38:56.047 · 55 laps · mercedes	4
9	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:39:04.756 · 55 laps · ferrari	2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:39:10.596 · 55 laps · mercedes	1
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:39:13.223 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:39:35.062 · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
13	Bruno Senna	Renault	Time not recorded · 54 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 54 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Time not recorded · 54 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Time not recorded · 54 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
17	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 54 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
18	Timo Glock	Virgin	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
19	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	Time not recorded · 52 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Clutch · Time not recorded · 30 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 16 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Collision · Time not recorded · 15 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:37.525 · 14 laps · mercedes
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:39.093 · 12 laps · renault
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:37.929 · 14 laps · mercedes
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:39.071 · 11 laps · renault
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:38.670 · 16 laps · ferrari
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:38.393 · 11 laps · ferrari
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:38.426 · 12 laps · mercedes
8	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:38.378 · 19 laps · renault
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:38.549 · 16 laps · mercedes
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:38.789 · 14 laps · mercedes
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:39.392 · 11 laps · ferrari
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:38.502 · 9 laps · mercedes
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:39.352 · 11 laps · ferrari
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:39.464 · 13 laps · ferrari
15	Bruno Senna	Renault	Q1 1:39.316 · 14 laps · renault
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:39.436 · 8 laps · cosworth
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:39.097 · 14 laps · ferrari
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:39.538 · 4 laps · cosworth
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:40.522 · 6 laps · renault
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:41.101 · 6 laps · renault
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:42.091 · 7 laps · cosworth
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Q1 1:43.483 · 8 laps · cosworth
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	Q1 1:43.758 · 8 laps · cosworth
NC	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	Time not recorded · 2 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.820 · mercedes
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.042 · renault
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:36.126 · mercedes
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:36.468 · renault
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.831 · ferrari
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:36.980 · ferrari
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:37.754 · mercedes
8	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:38.124 · renault
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	Time not recorded · mercedes
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Time not recorded · mercedes
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:38.315 · ferrari
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:38.354 · mercedes
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:38.508 · ferrari
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.775 · ferrari
15	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:38.791 · renault
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:39.189 · cosworth
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:39.443 · ferrari
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:39.538 · cosworth
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:40.522 · renault
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:41.101 · renault
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:42.091 · cosworth
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:43.483 · cosworth
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	1:43.758 · cosworth
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	Time not recorded · 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	349
2	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	222
3	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	212
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	209
5	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	196
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	98
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	67
8	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	60
9	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	36
10	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	34
11	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	28
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
14	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
15	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
16	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
17	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
18	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
19	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
20	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
25	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
26	Narain Karthikeyan	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
27	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
28	Karun Chandhok	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	Michael Schumacher	1	2:02.784
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	2:02.840
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	3	2:02.912
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	4	2:03.141
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	5	2:03.182
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	6	2:03.292
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	7	2:03.391
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	8	2:04.311
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	9	2:04.797
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	10	2:05.183
freePractice1Results	Karun Chandhok	11	2:06.350
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	12	2:06.852
freePractice1Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	13	2:07.541
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	14	2:08.218
freePractice1Results	Narain Karthikeyan	15	2:08.832
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	16	2:09.232
freePractice1Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	17	2:12.658
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	18	2:14.508
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	19	Unknown
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	20	Unknown
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	21	Unknown
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	22	Unknown
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	23	Unknown
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	24	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:50.828
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	2	1:50.932
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:52.646
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	4	1:52.774
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	5	1:53.049
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	6	1:53.402
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	7	1:53.707
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	8	1:53.914
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	9	1:53.948
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	10	1:53.957
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	11	1:54.200
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	12	1:54.392
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	13	1:54.831
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	14	1:54.965
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	15	1:55.187
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	16	1:55.203
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	17	1:55.544
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	18	1:56.067
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:56.669
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:57.173
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	21	1:58.269
freePractice2Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22	1:59.458
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	23	1:59.958
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	24	2:00.165
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	1	1:36.910
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:37.199
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	3	1:37.723
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	4	1:38.029
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	5	1:38.434
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	6	1:39.559
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	7	1:39.612
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	8	1:39.660
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	9	1:39.695
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	10	1:39.743
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	11	1:39.847
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	12	1:39.851
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	13	1:39.964
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:40.005
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	15	1:40.030
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	16	1:40.451
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	17	1:40.529
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	18	1:40.711
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:41.909
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:41.945
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	21	1:43.275
freePractice3Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22	1:44.377
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	23	1:44.421
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	24	1:45.143

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	1	26.379
Kamui Kobayashi	1	10	21.623
Rubens Barrichello	1	10	21.722
Paul di Resta	1	11	22.075
Jarno Trulli	1	12	22.441
Jenson Button	1	13	20.766
Nico Rosberg	1	13	20.091
Bruno Senna	1	13	21.163
Heikki Kovalainen	1	13	21.951
Mark Webber	1	14	20.828
Felipe Massa	1	14	23.642
Vitaly Petrov	1	14	21.478
Michael Schumacher	1	14	20.238
Sébastien Buemi	1	14	22.098
Lewis Hamilton	1	15	20.846
Fernando Alonso	1	15	20.978
Sebastian Vettel	1	16	19.985
Adrian Sutil	1	16	24.820
Pastor Maldonado	1	16	21.569
Sergio Pérez	1	16	21.225
Timo Glock	1	16	22.533
Daniel Ricciardo	1	16	23.196
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	16	26.905
Jaime Alguersuari	1	17	22.301
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	16	23.544
Pastor Maldonado	2	22	13.984
Kamui Kobayashi	2	24	25.578
Nico Rosberg	2	27	20.772
Pastor Maldonado	3	28	22.035
Bruno Senna	2	30	21.893
Paul di Resta	2	31	21.060
Rubens Barrichello	2	31	22.347
Lewis Hamilton	2	33	20.584
Mark Webber	2	33	20.800
Sebastian Vettel	2	34	20.170
Jenson Button	2	34	20.758
Felipe Massa	2	34	21.080
Adrian Sutil	2	35	21.916
Sébastien Buemi	2	36	21.992
Sergio Pérez	2	36	21.385
Jarno Trulli	2	36	22.851
Fernando Alonso	2	37	20.639
Jaime Alguersuari	2	37	22.325
Heikki Kovalainen	2	38	22.669
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	2	38	22.412
Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	38	22.092
Timo Glock	2	41	22.481
Daniel Ricciardo	2	41	22.115
Kamui Kobayashi	3	42	21.472
Sergio Pérez	3	53	21.971