2011 Malaysian Grand Prix

2011 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date 10 April 2011
Official name 2011 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
Location Sepang International Circuit
Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.543 km (3.444 miles)
Distance 56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 miles)
Weather Cloudy, dry
Attendance 105,018 (Weekend) [1]
Pole position
Driver Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time 1:34.870
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time 1:40.571 on lap 46
Podium
First Red Bull Racing-Renault
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third Renault
Lap leaders

The 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally the 2011 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix)[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 10 April 2011 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia. It was the second round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 56-lap race was won by Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel after starting from pole position. Jenson Button finished second in a McLaren, and Nick Heidfeld completed the podium for Renault, in third place.[3]

As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 24 points over Button. Button's McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton, who finished eighth in Malaysia, fell 4 points behind Button in third, tied on points with Mark Webber who finished fourth in the race. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull's 37-point haul from the weekend allowed them to extend the championship lead over McLaren to 24 points, with Ferrari a further 12 points behind in third position.

This was Heidfeld's last podium and also Renault's last podium until the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix.

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  2. ^ "2011 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  3. ^ Holt, Sarah (10 April 2011). "Sebastian Vettel beats Jenson Button in Malaysian Grand Prix". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2011.