2011 European Grand Prix

The 2011 European Grand Prix (formally titled the LV Grand Prix of Europe was a Formula One race held on the 26th of June. It was the eighth race of the 2011 Formula One Season. It was held at the Valencia Street Circuit.
It was won by Sebastian Vettel in his Red Bull-Renault, who completed a hat-trick by taking pole and the fastest lap. Fernando Alonso came second, and in what he called his best performance of the year, Mark Webber came home in third place.
The race was notable for having no retirements, like the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix (15 starters), the 2005 United States Grand Prix (6 starters) and the 2005 Italian Grand Prix (20 starters); and Narain Karthikeyan became the equal lowest-classified driver in history (with Jim Rathmann from the 1950 Indianapolis 500) by coming 24th and last. Due to the fact that some of the 1950 Indy 500 drivers that did not finish and were still classified, this race had the most finishers of any Grand Prix.
==Free Practice Results==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
===Grid===
==Race==
===Race Results===
Pos	No	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps	Time/Retired	Avg Speed	Grid	Pts
1 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	57 	1:39:36.169 	186.069 	1 	25
2 	5 	Fernando Alonso 	Ferrari 	57 	+ 10.981s 	185.730 	4 	18
3 	2 	Mark Webber 	 	57 	+ 27.255s 	185.224 	2 	15
4 	3 	Lewis Hamilton 	McLaren-Mercedes 	57 	+ 46.190s 	184.642 	3 	12
5 	6 	Felipe Massa 	Ferrari 	57 	+ 51.705s 	184.473 	5 	10
6 	4 	Jenson Button 	McLaren-Mercedes 	57 	+ 1m 0.065s 	184.217 	6 	8
7 	8 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes 	57 	+ 1m 38.090s	183.064 	7 	6
8 	19	Jaime Alguersuari 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	56 	+ 1 lap 	182.584 	18 	4
9 	14	Adrian Sutil 	Force India-Mercedes	56 	+ 1 lap 	182.569 	10 	2
10 	9 	Nick Heidfeld 	Renault 	56 	+ 1 lap 	182.313 	9 	1
11 	17	Sergio Pérez 	Sauber-Ferrari 	56 	+ 1 lap 	182.108 	16 	
12 	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth 	56 	+ 1 lap 	181.953 	13 	
13 	18	Sébastien Buemi 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	56 	+ 1 lap 	181.915 	17 	
14 	15	Paul di Resta 	Force India-Mercedes	56 	+ 1 lap 	181.855 	12 	
15 	10	Vitaly Petrov 	Renault 	56 	+ 1 lap 	181.744 	11 	
16 	16	Kamui Kobayashi 	Sauber-Ferrari 	56 	+ 1 lap 	181.700 	14 	
17 	7 	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes 	56 	+ 1 lap 	181.253 	8 	
18 	12	Pastor Maldonado 	Williams-Cosworth 	56 	+ 1 lap 	180.714 	15 	
19 	20	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	55 	+ 2 laps 	179.189 	19 	
20 	21	Jarno Trulli 	 	55 	+ 2 laps 	178.061 	20 	
21 	24	Timo Glock 	Virgin-Cosworth 	55 	+ 2 laps 	177.584 	21 	
22 	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio 	Virgin-Cosworth 	55 	+ 2 laps 	176.979 	23 	
23 	23	Vitantonio Luizzi 	HRT-Cosworth 	54 	+ 3 laps 	176.085 	22 	
24 	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth 	54 	+ 3 laps 	173.313 	24 	
===Fastest Laps===
===Lap Leaders===
====Lap-by-lap====
1-13 (13): Sebastian Vettel
14 (1): Felipe Massa
15-57 (43): Sebastian Vettel
====Totals====
Sebastian Vettel: 56
Felipe Massa: 1
==Milestones==
* Most finishers in a Grand Prix (24).
* Sebastian Vettel's second hat-trick, two years after his first.
* It was also Vettel's fifth double of 2011, though his sixth win.
* And it was Vettel's first fastest lap of 2011.
* Red Bull's 50th and 51st podia.
* It was also Red Bull's 10th and 11th front row starts of 2011.
==Standings==
DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP	DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP	DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	186
2 	Jenson Button 	109
3 	Mark Webber 	109
4 	Lewis Hamilton 	97
5 	Fernando Alonso 	87
6 	Felipe Massa 	42
7 	Nico Rosberg 	32
8 	Vitaly Petrov 	31
9 	Nick Heidfeld 	30
10 	Michael Schumacher 	26
11 	Kamui Kobayashi 	25
12 	Adrian Sutil 	10
13 	Jaime Alguersuari 	8
14 	Sébastien Buemi 	8
15 	Rubens Barrichello 	4
16 	Sergio Pérez 	2
17 	Paul di Resta 	2
18 	Pedro de la Rosa 	0
19 	Jarno Trulli 	0
20 	Vitantonio Luizzi 	0
21 	Jérôme d'Ambrosio 	0
22 	Heikki Kovalainen 	0
23 	Timo Glock 	0
24 	Pastor Maldonado 	0
25 	Narain Karthikeyan 	0
CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP	CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP	CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP
Pos. 	Constructor 	Pts
1 	Red Bull-Renault 	295
2 	McLaren-Mercedes 	206
3 	Ferrari 	129
4 	Renault 	61
5 	Mercedes 	58
6 	Sauber-Ferrari 	27
7 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	16
8 	Force India-Mercedes 	12
9 	Williams-Cosworth 	4
10 	 	0
11 	HRT-Cosworth 	0
12 	Virgin-Cosworth 	0
==Notes==
Category:European Grand Prix
Category:2011 Grands Prix
Category:Grand Prix articles
Category:Formula One races in Spain