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2011 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Event date: 28 Aug 2011

Name: 2011 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · races/851

Original reference ↗

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.

Recorded qualifying format: KNOCKOUT

Grand Prix context

2011 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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

2011 Formula 1 World Championship · round 12

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:26:44.893 · 44 laps · renault	25
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:26:48.634 · 44 laps · renault	18
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:26:54.562 · 44 laps · mercedes	15
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:26:57.915 · 44 laps · ferrari	12
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:27:32.357 · 44 laps · mercedes	10
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:27:33.567 · 44 laps · mercedes	8
7	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:27:44.606 · 44 laps · mercedes	6
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:27:50.969 · 44 laps · ferrari	4
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:27:56.810 · 44 laps · renault	2
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:28:02.508 · 44 laps · cosworth	1
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:28:08.887 · 44 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:28:16.869 · 44 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:28:17.878 · 44 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
14	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 43 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 43 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
16	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Time not recorded · 43 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
17	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Time not recorded · 43 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
18	Timo Glock	Virgin	Time not recorded · 43 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	Time not recorded · 43 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Suspension · Time not recorded · 27 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	Vibrations · Time not recorded · 13 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Collision · Time not recorded · 12 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 6 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	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 2:03.029 · 22 laps · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 2:03.008 · 21 laps · mercedes
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 2:02.827 · 23 laps · renault
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 2:05.834 · 21 laps · ferrari
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 2:05.091 · 23 laps · mercedes
6	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 2:05.419 · 24 laps · ferrari
7	Bruno Senna	Renault	Q1 2:05.047 · 24 laps · renault
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 2:04.450 · 22 laps · ferrari
9	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 2:06.284 · 24 laps · ferrari
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 2:05.292 · 23 laps · renault
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 2:04.744 · 18 laps · ferrari
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 2:07.194 · 18 laps · ferrari
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 2:01.813 · 15 laps · mercedes
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 2:05.720 · 17 laps · cosworth
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 2:06.000 · 12 laps · mercedes
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 2:05.621 · 17 laps · cosworth
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 2:06.780 · 15 laps · renault
18	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 2:07.758 · 8 laps · mercedes
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 2:08.773 · 8 laps · renault
20	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 2:09.566 · 9 laps · cosworth
NC	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Q1 2:11.601 · 9 laps · cosworth
NC	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	Q1 2:11.616 · 9 laps · cosworth
NC	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	Q1 2:13.077 · 9 laps · cosworth
NC	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Time not recorded · 1 laps · mercedes

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:48.298 · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:48.730 · mercedes
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:49.376 · renault
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:50.256 · ferrari
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:50.552 · mercedes
6	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:50.773 · ferrari
7	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:51.121 · renault
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:51.251 · ferrari
9	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:51.374 · ferrari
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:52.303 · renault
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	2:04.692 · ferrari
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	2:04.757 · ferrari
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	2:05.150 · mercedes
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	2:07.349 · cosworth
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	2:07.777 · mercedes
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	2:08.354 · renault
17	Paul di Resta	Force India	2:07.758 · mercedes
18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	2:08.773 · renault
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	2:09.566 · cosworth
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	2:11.601 · cosworth
21	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	2:08.106 · cosworth
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	2:11.616 · cosworth
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	2:13.077 · cosworth
24	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Time not recorded · mercedes

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	259
2	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	167
3	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	157
4	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	149
5	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	146
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	74
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	56
8	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	42
9	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	34
10	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	34
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
12	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	24
13	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
15	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
16	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
17	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
18	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
19	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Heikki Kovalainen	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	1:54.355
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	2	1:54.829
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	3	2:02.740
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	4	2:03.752
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	5	2:04.301
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	6	2:04.663
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	7	2:04.728
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	8	2:05.391
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	9	2:06.583
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	10	2:06.886
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	11	2:07.055
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	12	2:07.481
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	13	2:08.233
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	14	2:08.239
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	15	2:08.918
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	16	2:09.792
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	17	2:12.278
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	18	2:12.389
freePractice1Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	19	2:12.772
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	20	2:13.058
freePractice1Results	Karun Chandhok	21	2:13.090
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	22	2:13.601
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	23	2:14.340
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	24	2:14.933
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	1	1:50.321
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	2	1:50.461
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	3	1:50.770
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:50.838
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	5	1:51.218
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	6	1:51.242
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	7	1:51.655
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	8	1:51.725
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	9	1:51.751
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	10	1:51.790
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	11	1:51.922
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	12	1:52.750
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:52.780
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	14	1:52.911
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	15	1:53.009
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	16	1:53.156
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	17	1:53.835
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	18	1:55.051
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	19	1:55.494
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	1:56.202
freePractice2Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	21	1:56.816
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	22	1:57.450
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	23	1:57.612
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	24	2:02.234
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	1	2:08.988
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	2:09.046
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	3	2:09.931
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	4	2:10.257
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	2:10.402
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	6	2:10.580
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	7	2:10.837
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	8	2:11.437
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	9	2:11.664
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	10	2:11.667
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	11	2:11.874
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	12	2:13.036
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	13	2:13.074
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	2:13.182
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	15	2:13.290
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	16	2:13.778
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	17	2:14.334
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	18	2:14.682
freePractice3Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	19	2:17.159
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	20	2:18.039
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	21	2:19.001
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	22	2:19.597
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	23	2:22.454
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	24	Unknown

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Timo Glock	1	1	35.092
Bruno Senna	1	1	30.795
Heikki Kovalainen	1	1	28.539
Mark Webber	1	3	21.015
Jenson Button	1	3	26.046
Michael Schumacher	1	4	20.153
Sebastian Vettel	1	5	20.898
Sergio Pérez	1	5	26.092
Timo Glock	2	6	13.914
Fernando Alonso	1	8	20.994
Bruno Senna	2	8	13.968
Felipe Massa	1	9	22.267
Lewis Hamilton	1	10	21.895
Nico Rosberg	1	11	23.090
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	11	21.766
Vitaly Petrov	1	12	21.395
Pastor Maldonado	1	12	21.421
Sebastian Vettel	2	13	21.411
Adrian Sutil	1	13	22.773
Rubens Barrichello	1	13	21.818
Michael Schumacher	2	13	20.226
Jenson Button	2	13	21.756
Daniel Ricciardo	1	13	23.780
Jarno Trulli	1	13	22.159
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	13	22.939
Heikki Kovalainen	2	13	22.009
Kamui Kobayashi	1	14	24.161
Paul di Resta	1	14	21.334
Timo Glock	3	14	24.204
Bruno Senna	3	21	20.756
Sergio Pérez	2	22	14.089
Sergio Pérez	3	23	23.883
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	27	30.959
Fernando Alonso	2	29	21.243
Pastor Maldonado	2	29	22.303
Kamui Kobayashi	2	29	21.269
Sebastian Vettel	3	30	20.786
Nico Rosberg	2	30	21.171
Felipe Massa	2	30	21.856
Vitaly Petrov	2	30	21.979
Paul di Resta	2	30	21.350
Mark Webber	2	31	20.947
Adrian Sutil	2	31	20.983
Michael Schumacher	3	31	21.319
Rubens Barrichello	2	31	21.478
Jarno Trulli	2	31	21.484
Jenson Button	3	32	21.640
Felipe Massa	3	32	21.485
Heikki Kovalainen	3	33	22.306
Timo Glock	4	35	21.721
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	2	36	22.114
Rubens Barrichello	3	40	47.753

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