| 2011 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 5 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One World Championship
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 Circuit de Catalunya | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 22 May 2011 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2011[1] | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain[2] | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.655 km (2.892 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 66 laps, 307.104 km (190.826 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Mainly sunny, Fine and Dry[3][4] Air Temp 27 °C (81 °F)[4] Track Temp 33 °C (91 °F) to 44 °C (111 °F)[4] | ||||
| Attendance | 78,300 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:20.981 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:26.727 on lap 52 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2011 Spanish Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2011,[1] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 22 May 2011 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain.[5] It was the fifth round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 66-lap race was won by the championship leader, Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel after starting from second on the grid. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton finished in second place, and his teammate Jenson Button completed the podium in third position.[6]
As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 41 points over Hamilton. Mark Webber, who started the race from pole position, finished fourth in the race but he maintained third place in the championship, 10 points behind second-place Hamilton, and six ahead of Button. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull extended their championship lead to 47 points over McLaren, with Ferrari a further 63 points behind in third position, after only Fernando Alonso reached the finish for the team, in fifth position. Sergio Pérez finished 9th and became the first driver from Mexico to score a point since Héctor Rebaque in the 1981 Dutch Grand Prix.
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- ^ "2011 Spanish Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Weather History for Barcelona, Spain | Weather Underground
- ^ a b c "FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA SANTANDER 2011 (Race)". f1standings.net. F1Standings. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "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 13 May 2011.
- ^ Benson, Andrew (22 May 2011). "Vettel holds off Hamilton to win Spanish Grand Prix". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.