2011 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

2011 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 6 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One World Championship
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Circuit de Monaco
Circuit de Monaco
Race details
Date 29 May 2011
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2011[1]
Location Circuit de Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.34 km (2.08 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 260.52 km (162.24 miles)
Weather Sunny, Fine and Dry[2]
Air Temp 24 °C (75 °F)[2]
Track Temp 44 °C (111 °F)[2]
Pole position
Driver Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time 1:13.556
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time 1:16.234 on lap 78
Podium
First Red Bull Racing-Renault
Second Ferrari
Third McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2011 Monaco Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2011,[1] was held on 29 May 2011 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco.[3] Sixth round of the 2011 Formula One season, the 78 lap race was won by the championship leader, Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel who started from pole position. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was second and McLaren's Jenson Button third.[4]

Winner Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 58 points over Lewis Hamilton who was sixth. Mark Webber finished fourth and maintained third place in the championship, six points behind Hamilton in third and three ahead of Button. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull extended its lead over McLaren to 61 points, with Ferrari being a further 68 points behind.

  1. ^ a b "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2011". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2011 (Race)". f1standings. F1Standings. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ "World Motor Sport Council: 03/11/2010". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 November 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  4. ^ Holt, Sarah (29 May 2011). "Sebastian Vettel triumphs after Monaco Grand Prix drama". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.