2011 Season/Races

Japanese Grand Prix

Round 15 · Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan

2011-10-09

Winner: Jenson Button (McLaren)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	2	▲1	1:30:53.427	Finished	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	▲3	+1.160	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	▼2	+2.006	Finished	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	6	▲2	+8.071	Finished	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	▼2	+24.268	Finished	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	8	▲2	+27.120	Finished	8
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	▼3	+28.240	Finished	6
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	17	▲9	+39.377	Finished	4
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	▲1	+42.607	Finished	2
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	23	▲13	+44.322	Finished	1
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	11	—	+54.447	Finished	0
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	12	—	+1:02.326	Finished	0
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	7	▼6	+1:03.705	Finished	0
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	14	—	+1:04.194	Finished	0
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	16	▲1	+1:06.623	Finished	0
16	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	▼7	+1:12.628	Finished	0
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	13	▼4	+1:14.191	Finished	0
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	18	—	+1:27.824	Finished	0
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus	19	—	+1:36.140	Finished	0
20	Timo Glock	Virgin	21	▲1	—	+2 Laps	0
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	20	▼1	—	+2 Laps	0
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	—	—	+2 Laps	0
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	24	▲1	—	+3 Laps	0
R	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	15	—	—	Wheel	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:33.051	1:31.424	1:30.466
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:32.947	1:31.434	1:30.475
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:32.843	1:31.139	1:30.617
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:33.235	1:31.909	1:30.804
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.817	1:31.612	1:30.886
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:33.135	1:31.576	1:31.156
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:33.748	1:32.116	—
8	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:33.359	1:32.297	—
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:32.877	1:32.245	—
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:32.626	1:32.380	—
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:32.761	1:32.463	—
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:33.499	1:32.746	—
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:33.921	1:33.079	—
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:33.781	1:33.224	—
15	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:33.064	1:33.227	—
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:35.111	1:33.427	—
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:34.704	—	—
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	1:35.454	—	—
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus	1:35.514	—	—
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:36.439	—	—
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:36.507	—	—
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	1:37.846	—	—
23	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	—	—	—
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	—	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

2 stops

2 stops

3 stops

Lap 1

Lap 53

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	Final
Button	P3	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1
Alonso	P5	P2	P3	P2	P3	P3	P2	P3	P2	P2	P2
Vettel	P1	P5	P1	P5	P2	P2	P9	P4	P3	P3	P3
Webber	P6	P4	P6	P7	P4	P4	P11	P5	P4	P4	P4
Hamilton	P2	P7	P4	P3	P6	P6	P4	P7	P5	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Adrian Sutil	1	8	15:17:26	21.511
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	8	15:18:13	28.244
Lewis Hamilton	1	8	15:17:14	21.091
Sebastian Vettel	1	9	15:18:49	22.374
Michael Schumacher	1	9	15:19:04	20.667
Jenson Button	1	10	15:20:34	21.094
Fernando Alonso	1	10	15:20:34	21.147
Mark Webber	1	10	15:20:39	21.820
Paul di Resta	1	10	15:20:50	21.964
Kamui Kobayashi	1	10	15:20:59	24.263
Heikki Kovalainen	1	10	15:21:10	21.412
Felipe Massa	1	11	15:22:19	21.313
Sébastien Buemi	1	11	15:22:41	21.849
Jarno Trulli	1	11	15:22:59	21.636
Daniel Ricciardo	1	11	15:23:13	23.723
Rubens Barrichello	1	12	15:24:26	22.130
Nico Rosberg	1	12	15:24:36	20.575
Timo Glock	1	12	15:24:57	25.563
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	13	15:26:41	23.013
Bruno Senna	1	15	15:29:45	25.927
Pastor Maldonado	1	16	15:31:31	21.339
Jaime Alguersuari	1	17	15:33:17	21.792
Vitaly Petrov	1	18	15:34:39	21.304
Mark Webber	2	19	15:35:57	21.369
Sebastian Vettel	2	19	15:35:48	21.596
Timo Glock	2	19	15:37:30	21.726
Sergio Pérez	1	20	15:38:10	21.655
Jenson Button	2	20	15:37:28	20.713
Lewis Hamilton	2	21	15:39:19	22.821
Fernando Alonso	2	21	15:39:11	21.319
Daniel Ricciardo	2	22	15:42:48	23.172
Felipe Massa	2	22	15:41:00	21.214
Heikki Kovalainen	2	22	15:42:00	21.519
Adrian Sutil	2	23	15:43:10	21.337
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	23	15:45:48	24.716
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	2	23	15:44:26	22.258
Kamui Kobayashi	2	24	15:45:21	22.299
Rubens Barrichello	2	24	15:45:22	22.736
Nico Rosberg	2	24	15:45:23	20.665
Jarno Trulli	2	24	15:46:04	22.233
Michael Schumacher	2	24	15:44:52	22.570
Paul di Resta	2	24	15:45:11	21.964
Pastor Maldonado	2	25	15:47:52	21.075
Sebastian Vettel	3	33	16:01:45	21.705
Mark Webber	3	34	16:03:28	21.455
Bruno Senna	2	35	16:05:42	22.466
Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	35	16:07:51	22.631
Lewis Hamilton	3	35	16:05:09	21.292
Paul di Resta	3	35	16:05:21	21.553
Jaime Alguersuari	2	36	16:07:16	22.584
Felipe Massa	3	36	16:06:46	21.100
Jenson Button	3	36	16:06:38	20.998
Timo Glock	3	36	16:09:24	22.877
Sergio Pérez	2	37	16:08:38	24.461
Adrian Sutil	3	37	16:08:44	21.839
Rubens Barrichello	3	37	16:08:54	21.890
Heikki Kovalainen	3	37	16:09:04	22.532
Fernando Alonso	3	37	16:08:19	20.731
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	3	37	16:11:06	24.269
Daniel Ricciardo	3	38	16:12:53	22.910
Jarno Trulli	3	38	16:10:48	22.156
Vitaly Petrov	2	39	16:12:09	20.832
Pastor Maldonado	3	41	16:15:38	21.012
Michael Schumacher	3	41	16:15:04	20.879
Nico Rosberg	3	41	16:15:25	20.809