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2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/856-qualifying

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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 Airtel Grand Prix of India · Buddh International Circuit

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

2011 Formula 1 World Championship · round 17

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:30:35.002 · 60 laps · renault	25
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:30:43.435 · 60 laps · mercedes	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:30:59.303 · 60 laps · ferrari	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:31:00.531 · 60 laps · renault	12
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:31:40.423 · 60 laps · mercedes	10
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:31:41.853 · 60 laps · mercedes	8
7	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:31:59.185 · 60 laps · mercedes	6
8	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 59 laps · ferrari	4
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Time not recorded · 59 laps · mercedes	2
10	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Time not recorded · 59 laps · ferrari	1
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
12	Bruno Senna	Renault	Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	Time not recorded · 59 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 58 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Time not recorded · 58 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Time not recorded · 57 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
17	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Time not recorded · 57 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
18	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	Time not recorded · 57 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Suspension · Time not recorded · 32 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Engine · Time not recorded · 24 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 12 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Timo Glock	Virgin	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 2 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	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 1:26.218 · 16 laps · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:26.563 · 18 laps · mercedes
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:26.473 · 17 laps · renault
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:26.774 · 19 laps · ferrari
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:26.225 · 20 laps · mercedes
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:27.012 · 18 laps · ferrari
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:26.364 · 19 laps · mercedes
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:26.271 · 19 laps · mercedes
9	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:26.608 · 19 laps · ferrari
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:26.557 · 19 laps · ferrari
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:26.189 · 20 laps · renault
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:26.790 · 17 laps · mercedes
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:26.864 · 15 laps · mercedes
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:26.829 · 18 laps · cosworth
15	Bruno Senna	Renault	Q1 1:26.766 · 16 laps · renault
16	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:27.479 · 17 laps · cosworth
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:27.249 · 10 laps · ferrari
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:27.876 · 6 laps · ferrari
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:28.565 · 13 laps · renault
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:28.752 · 13 laps · renault
21	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	Q1 1:30.216 · 11 laps · cosworth
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Q1 1:30.238 · 11 laps · cosworth
23	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Q1 1:30.866 · 14 laps · cosworth
NC	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:34.046 · 3 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:24.178 · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:24.508 · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:24.519 · ferrari
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:24.950 · mercedes
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:24.474 · mercedes
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:25.122 · ferrari
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:25.451 · mercedes
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Time not recorded · mercedes
9	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · ferrari
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · ferrari
11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:26.337 · mercedes
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:26.503 · mercedes
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:26.537 · cosworth
14	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:26.651 · renault
15	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:27.247 · cosworth
16	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:26.319 · renault
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:27.876 · ferrari
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:28.565 · renault
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:28.752 · renault
20	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:27.562 · ferrari
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:30.866 · cosworth
22	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:34.046 · cosworth
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	1:30.216 · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:30.238 · 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	374
2	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	240
3	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	227
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	221
5	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	202
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	98
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	75
8	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	70
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	30
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	26
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	14
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	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:26.836
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	1:27.416
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	3	1:27.428
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	4	1:28.394
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	5	1:28.531
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	6	1:28.542
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	7	1:28.644
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	8	1:28.705
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	9	1:29.219
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	10	1:29.355
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	11	1:29.700
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	12	1:29.705
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	13	1:29.799
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	14	1:30.132
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	15	1:30.367
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	16	1:30.566
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	17	1:30.669
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	18	1:30.818
freePractice1Results	Karun Chandhok	19	1:32.487
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	20	1:32.771
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	21	1:33.928
freePractice1Results	Narain Karthikeyan	22	1:34.113
freePractice1Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	23	1:35.796
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	24	1:35.899
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	1	1:25.706
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	1:25.794
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:25.930
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:26.454
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	5	1:26.500
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	6	1:26.714
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	7	1:27.316
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	8	1:27.498
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	9	1:27.853
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	10	1:27.868
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	11	1:27.890
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	12	1:28.050
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	13	1:28.289
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	14	1:28.552
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	15	1:28.691
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	16	1:28.708
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	17	1:29.332
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	18	1:30.241
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	19	1:31.098
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	20	1:31.469
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	21	1:31.804
freePractice2Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22	1:32.593
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	23	1:32.768
freePractice2Results	Narain Karthikeyan	24	1:32.824
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:24.824
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	2	1:25.191
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	3	1:25.203
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:25.288
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	5	1:25.784
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:26.058
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	7	1:26.785
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	8	1:26.873
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	9	1:26.958
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	10	1:27.146
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	11	1:27.217
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	12	1:27.235
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:27.262
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	14	1:27.280
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	15	1:27.387
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	16	1:27.749
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	17	1:27.793
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	18	1:27.875
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:29.355
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	1:29.750
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	21	1:30.683
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	22	1:30.900
freePractice3Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	23	1:32.851
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	24	1:33.246

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Sergio Pérez	1	1	22.676
Timo Glock	1	1	27.378
Rubens Barrichello	1	1	33.650
Jarno Trulli	1	1	40.734
Paul di Resta	1	2	21.525
Vitaly Petrov	1	3	27.137
Adrian Sutil	1	15	21.424
Mark Webber	1	16	21.392
Fernando Alonso	1	16	21.873
Lewis Hamilton	1	16	22.530
Jaime Alguersuari	1	16	22.856
Felipe Massa	1	17	21.848
Nico Rosberg	1	17	21.149
Jenson Button	1	18	21.092
Michael Schumacher	1	18	20.893
Sébastien Buemi	1	18	22.579
Sebastian Vettel	1	19	21.415
Paul di Resta	2	19	24.150
Heikki Kovalainen	1	21	22.226
Bruno Senna	1	22	22.144
Narain Karthikeyan	1	22	24.046
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	22	22.687
Lewis Hamilton	2	24	27.193
Daniel Ricciardo	1	25	25.074
Jarno Trulli	2	27	22.894
Felipe Massa	2	30	14.919
Felipe Massa	3	31	27.619
Daniel Ricciardo	2	32	42.529
Vitaly Petrov	2	33	22.519
Sergio Pérez	2	34	24.789
Adrian Sutil	2	35	21.977
Rubens Barrichello	2	35	22.339
Mark Webber	2	37	21.240
Fernando Alonso	2	39	21.755
Paul di Resta	3	39	20.984
Heikki Kovalainen	2	41	22.001
Nico Rosberg	2	45	22.978
Lewis Hamilton	3	45	22.172
Jenson Button	2	46	21.838
Jaime Alguersuari	2	46	23.084
Sebastian Vettel	2	47	21.449
Michael Schumacher	2	50	21.482
Narain Karthikeyan	2	50	23.605
Bruno Senna	2	56	21.723
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	2	55	22.472
Jarno Trulli	3	54	24.150
Daniel Ricciardo	3	56	28.474