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2011 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2011 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/854-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 Japanese Grand Prix · Suzuka Circuit

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

2011 Formula 1 World Championship · round 15

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:30:53.427 · 53 laps · mercedes	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:30:54.587 · 53 laps · ferrari	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:30:55.433 · 53 laps · renault	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:31:01.498 · 53 laps · renault	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:31:17.695 · 53 laps · mercedes	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:31:20.547 · 53 laps · mercedes	8
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:31:21.667 · 53 laps · ferrari	6
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:31:32.804 · 53 laps · ferrari	4
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:31:36.034 · 53 laps · renault	2
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:31:37.749 · 53 laps · mercedes	1
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:31:47.874 · 53 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:31:55.753 · 53 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:31:57.132 · 53 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:31:57.621 · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:32:00.050 · 53 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:32:06.055 · 53 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:32:07.618 · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:32:21.251 · 53 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:32:29.567 · 53 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
20	Timo Glock	Virgin	Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	Time not recorded · 50 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Wheel · Time not recorded · 11 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 1:33.051 · 14 laps · renault
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:32.947 · 14 laps · mercedes
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:32.843 · 14 laps · mercedes
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:33.235 · 15 laps · ferrari
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:32.817 · 13 laps · ferrari
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:33.135 · 14 laps · renault
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:33.748 · 10 laps · mercedes
8	Bruno Senna	Renault	Q1 1:33.359 · 12 laps · renault
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:32.877 · 17 laps · renault
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:32.626 · 15 laps · ferrari
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:32.761 · 14 laps · mercedes
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:33.499 · 10 laps · mercedes
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:33.921 · 13 laps · cosworth
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:33.781 · 14 laps · cosworth
15	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:33.064 · 10 laps · ferrari
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:35.111 · 10 laps · ferrari
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:34.704 · 6 laps · ferrari
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:35.454 · 3 laps · renault
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:35.514 · 6 laps · renault
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Q1 1:36.439 · 8 laps · cosworth
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:36.507 · 7 laps · cosworth
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	Q1 1:37.846 · 7 laps · cosworth
NC	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Time not recorded · 1 laps · mercedes
NC	Vitantonio Liuzzi	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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:30.466 · renault
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:30.475 · mercedes
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:30.617 · mercedes
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:30.804 · ferrari
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:30.886 · ferrari
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:31.156 · renault
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Time not recorded · ferrari
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Time not recorded · mercedes
9	Bruno Senna	Renault	Time not recorded · renault
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Time not recorded · renault
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:32.463 · mercedes
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:32.746 · mercedes
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:33.079 · cosworth
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:33.224 · cosworth
15	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:33.227 · ferrari
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:33.427 · ferrari
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Time not recorded · ferrari
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:35.454 · renault
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:35.514 · renault
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:36.439 · cosworth
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:36.507 · cosworth
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	1:37.846 · cosworth
23	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Time not recorded · mercedes
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	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	324
2	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	210
3	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	202
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	194
5	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	178
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	90
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	63
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	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
15	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
16	Sébastien Buemi	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	Jenson Button	1	1:33.634
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:33.725
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:34.090
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	4	1:34.372
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	5	1:34.426
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	6	1:34.937
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	7	1:35.585
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	8	1:35.590
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	9	1:36.033
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	10	1:36.370
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	11	1:36.487
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	12	1:36.700
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:36.948
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	14	1:36.949
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	15	1:37.103
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	16	1:38.197
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	17	1:38.331
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	18	1:38.446
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:39.168
freePractice1Results	Karun Chandhok	20	1:39.946
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	21	1:40.872
freePractice1Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22	1:41.019
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	23	1:41.106
freePractice1Results	Narain Karthikeyan	24	1:41.775
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	1	1:31.901
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	2	1:32.075
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:32.095
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	4	1:32.147
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	5	1:32.448
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	6	1:32.710
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	7	1:32.982
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	8	1:33.245
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	9	1:33.446
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	10	1:33.681
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	11	1:33.705
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	12	1:33.790
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	13	1:34.393
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	14	1:34.557
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	15	1:34.601
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	16	1:36.038
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	17	1:36.225
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	18	1:37.123
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	19	1:37.440
freePractice2Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20	1:38.093
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	21	1:38.387
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	22	1:38.763
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	23	1:39.800
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	24	1:42.480
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	1	1:31.255
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:31.762
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:32.122
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	4	1:32.279
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	5	1:32.401
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:32.429
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	7	1:32.725
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	8	1:32.878
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	9	1:33.058
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	10	1:33.424
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	11	1:33.469
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	12	1:33.545
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:33.818
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	14	1:33.836
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	15	1:33.990
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	16	1:34.321
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	17	1:35.389
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	18	1:35.651
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:36.327
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	1:36.912
freePractice3Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	21	1:37.938
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	22	1:38.011
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	23	1:38.355
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	24	1:41.097

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Lewis Hamilton	1	8	21.091
Adrian Sutil	1	8	21.511
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	8	28.244
Sebastian Vettel	1	9	22.374
Michael Schumacher	1	9	20.667
Jenson Button	1	10	21.094
Fernando Alonso	1	10	21.147
Mark Webber	1	10	21.820
Paul di Resta	1	10	21.964
Kamui Kobayashi	1	10	24.263
Heikki Kovalainen	1	10	21.412
Felipe Massa	1	11	21.313
Sébastien Buemi	1	11	21.849
Jarno Trulli	1	11	21.636
Daniel Ricciardo	1	11	23.723
Rubens Barrichello	1	12	22.130
Nico Rosberg	1	12	20.575
Timo Glock	1	12	25.563
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	13	23.013
Bruno Senna	1	15	25.927
Pastor Maldonado	1	16	21.339
Jaime Alguersuari	1	17	21.792
Vitaly Petrov	1	18	21.304
Sebastian Vettel	2	19	21.596
Mark Webber	2	19	21.369
Jenson Button	2	20	20.713
Timo Glock	2	19	21.726
Sergio Pérez	1	20	21.655
Fernando Alonso	2	21	21.319
Lewis Hamilton	2	21	22.821
Felipe Massa	2	22	21.214
Heikki Kovalainen	2	22	21.519
Daniel Ricciardo	2	22	23.172
Adrian Sutil	2	23	21.337
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	2	23	22.258
Michael Schumacher	2	24	22.570
Paul di Resta	2	24	21.964
Kamui Kobayashi	2	24	22.299
Rubens Barrichello	2	24	22.736
Nico Rosberg	2	24	20.665
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	23	24.716
Jarno Trulli	2	24	22.233
Pastor Maldonado	2	25	21.075
Sebastian Vettel	3	33	21.705
Mark Webber	3	34	21.455
Lewis Hamilton	3	35	21.292
Paul di Resta	3	35	21.553
Bruno Senna	2	35	22.466
Jenson Button	3	36	20.998
Felipe Massa	3	36	21.100
Jaime Alguersuari	2	36	22.584
Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	35	22.631
Fernando Alonso	3	37	20.731
Sergio Pérez	2	37	24.461
Adrian Sutil	3	37	21.839
Rubens Barrichello	3	37	21.890
Heikki Kovalainen	3	37	22.532
Timo Glock	3	36	22.877
Jarno Trulli	3	38	22.156
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	3	37	24.269
Vitaly Petrov	2	39	20.832
Daniel Ricciardo	3	38	22.910
Michael Schumacher	3	41	20.879
Nico Rosberg	3	41	20.809
Pastor Maldonado	3	41	21.012