| 2011 Indian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 17 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 30 October 2011 | ||||
| Official name | 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India | ||||
| Location |
Buddh International Circuit Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.125 km (3.185 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 60 laps, 307.249 km (190.916 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Fine and Dry Air Temp 30 °C (86 °F)[1] | ||||
| Attendance | 95,000 for weekend[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:24.178 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:27.249 on lap 60 (lap record) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2011 Indian Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 October 2011[3] at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was the seventeenth round of the 2011 Formula One season and the first Formula One Grand Prix to take place in South Asia and first to take place in India.
The 60-lap race was won by Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel, after leading every lap of the race from pole position and setting the fastest lap of the race to claim his first Grand Chelem. Jenson Button finished in second place for McLaren, and Fernando Alonso completed the podium for Ferrari, in third position.[4]
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- ^ "Vettel eases to inaugural Indian victory". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.