2011 Formula One World Championship

The 2011 Formula One season was the 62nd FIA Formula One season. The FIA announced they would consider adding a thirteenth team to the grid . On 8 September, 2010, the FIA announced that they would not add a new team. The same twelve teams from last year competed in 2011. The race schedule was going to expand to twenty rounds with the running of the Indian Grand Prix, but the Bahrain Grand Prix was cancelled due to the high amount of protesters. Bahrain was briefly put back on the schedule before being cancelled again by the organizers of the race.

 Teams and drivers 
The new Concorde Agreement signed on 1 August 2009 continues the terms of the 1998 agreement. It will run until 31 December 2012. The FIA published the entry list on 30 November 2010 (updated 2 December 2010).

 Team Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No. Race Drivers Rounds Test/Reserve Driver(s)  Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB7 RenaultRS27–2011  1  Sebastian Vettel All  Daniel Ricciardo 2  Mark Webber All  Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-26 MercedesFO 108Y  3  Lewis Hamilton All  Pedro de la Rosa Gary Paffett 4  Jenson Button All  Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari 150° Italia Ferrari056  5  Fernando Alonso All  Jules Bianchi
 Giancarlo Fisichella
 Marc Gené 6  Felipe Massa All  Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team Mercedes WO2 MercedesFO 108Y  7  Michael Schumacher All TBA 8  Nico Rosberg All  Lotus Renault GP  Renault R31 RenaultRS27-2011  9  Nick Heidfeld  1-11  Fairuz Fauzy Bruno Senna Romain Grosjean Ho-Pin Tung Jan Charouz  Bruno Senna 12-19 10  Vitaly Petrov All  AT&T Williams Williams FW33 CosworthCA2011  11  Rubens Barrichello All  Valtteri Bottas 12  Pastor Maldonado All  Force India F1 Team Force India VJM04 MercedesFO 108Y  14  Adrian Sutil All  Nico Hülkenberg 15  Paul di Resta All  Sauber F1 Team Sauber C30 Ferrari056  16  Kamui Kobayashi All  Esteban Gutiérrez 17  Sergio Pérez 1-6, 8-19  Pedro de la Rosa 7  Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR6 Ferrari056  18  Sébastien Buemi All  Daniel Ricciardo 19  Jaime Alguersuari All  Team Lotus Lotus T128 RenaultRS27-2011  20  Heikki Kovalainen 1-16  Karun Chandhok Luiz Razia Davide Valsecchi Ricardo Teixeira 21  Jarno Trulli 1-9, 11-19  Karun Chandhok 10  HRT F1 Team Hispania F111 CosworthCA2011  22  Narain Karthikeyan 1-8, 17  Narain Karthikeyan  Daniel Ricciardo 9-16, 18-19 23  Vitantonio Liuzzi 1-16, 18-19 Daniel Ricciardo17  Marussia Virgin Racing Virgin MVR-2 CosworthCA2011  24  Timo Glock All  Sakon Yamamoto Robert Wickens 25  Jérôme d'Ambrosio All

 Notes 
 Two teams will use the Lotus name in 2011.
 Before the season started, Robert Kubica was set to be one of the drivers for Renault. On February 6, 2011, Kubica was in a bad crash while competing in a rally race. He will need several surgeries to repair the damage. Renault announced that Nick Heidfeld will replace Kubica starting at the test in Barcelona.
 Lotus Racing is entered under the Team Lotus name. The legal use of the name Lotus and Team Lotus is under dispute. Team Lotus was an F1 team, based in England, that raced from 1954 to 1994.

 Race schedule 
The FIA released the race schedule for the 2011 world championship. A new race, the Indian Grand Prix, had been added. However, the Bahrain Grand Prix was called off due to the political unrest in the country.

 Rd. Official Race Title Grand Prix Circuit City / Location Date 1  Qantas Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne 27 March 2  Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix Malaysian GP Sepang International Circuit Kuala Lumpur 10 April 3  UBS Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai 17 April 4  DHL Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Istanbul Park Istanbul 08 May 5  Gran Premio de España Spanish GP Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona Catalunya 22 May 6  Grand Prix de Monaco Monaco GP Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo 29 May 7  Grand Prix du Canada Canadian GP Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal 12 June 8  Grand Prix of Europe European GP Valencia Street Circuit Valencia 26 June 9  Santander British Grand Prix British GP Silverstone Circuit Silverstone 10 July 10  Grosser Preis Santander Von Deutschland German GP Hockenheimring Hockenheim 24 July 11  Eni Magyar Nagydij Hungarian GP Hungaroring Budapest 31 July 12  Shell Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa-Francorchamps 28 August 13  Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Italian GP Autodromo di Monza Monza 11 September 14  SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Marina Bay Street Circuit Singapore 25 September 15  Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Suzuka Circuit Suzuka 9 October 16  Korean Grand Prix Korean GP Korean International Circuit Yeongam 16 October 17  Airtel Indian Grand Prix Indian GP Buddh International Circuit Greater Noida 30 October 18  Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island 13 November 19  Grande Prêmio do Brasil Brazilian GP Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo 27 November
 Changes 
 A new race, the Indian Grand Prix, has been added to the schedule.
 Pirelli was the only tyre.* Adjustable rear wings were allowed. This replaced the adjustable front wing used in 2010. During the race, the wing may be adjusted only during selected conditions. After the first two laps, the driver may adjust the wing at selected locations on the track. The driver must be within one second of the car in front. This change should improve passing.
 The F-duct, used in 2010, was banned.
 Shortened shark fins. The shark fin, the raised engine cover that connected to the rear wing was banned. The height and length of the engine cover was limited.
 KERS, or Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems was used again. It was not banned in 2010, but all the teams agreed to not use it. To encourage teams to install and use KERS, the minimum weight of the car was increased from 620 kilograms (1,367 pounds) to 640 kilograms (1,411 pounds).
 The 107% rule returned to qualifying. The 107% rule is used for the first qualifying session (Q1). The rule was used to keep cars that are too slow out of the race. Any car that could not set a qualifying time within 107% of the fastest car was not allowed to enter the race. The rule did not apply to Q2 and Q3.
An example: The fastest car in Q1 sets a time of 1 minute and 40 seconds (or 100 seconds). The 107% time will be 1 minute and 47 seconds (or 107 seconds). A slower car sets a time of 1 minute and 45 seconds. It will be allowed to race. Another car sets a time of 1 minute and 48 seconds (or 108 seconds). This car will not be allowed to race.
Under some special conditions, the race stewards may allow a practice time to count for the 107% rule.
 Starting with the European Grand Prix, the FIA no longer allowed teams to change the engine mapping parameter after the qualifying session.
Starting with the British Grand Prix, the FIA no longer allowed teams to flow constant exhaust gas when off throttle. Several teams had directed the exhaust gas to exit under the car. They then changed the engine to continue flow a large amount of gas through the exhaust when the driver let off the throttle in the corners. This gave the car better aerodynamics.

 Results and standings 
 Race results 
 Round Grands Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor 1  Australian Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Felipe Massa  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 2  Malaysian Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 3  Chinese Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber  Lewis Hamilton  McLaren-Mercedes 4  Turkish Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 5  Spanish Grand Prix  Mark Webber  Lewis Hamilton  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 6  Monaco Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 7 Canadian Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Jenson Button  Jenson Button  McLaren-Mercedes 8  European Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Sebastian Vettel  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 9  British Grand Prix  Mark Webber  Fernando Alonso  Fernando Alonso  Ferrari 10  German Grand Prix  Mark Webber  Lewis Hamilton  Lewis Hamilton  McLaren-Mercedes 11  Hungarian Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Felipe Massa  Jenson Button  McLaren-Mercedes 12  Belgian Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 13  Italian Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Lewis Hamilton  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 14  Singapore Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Jenson Button  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 15  Sebastian Vettel  Jenson Button  Jenson Button  McLaren-Mercedes 16  Korean Grand Prix  Lewis Hamilton  Sebastian Vettel  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 17  Indian Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Sebastian Vettel  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 18  Abu Dhabi Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber  Lewis Hamilton  McLaren-Mercedes 19  Brazilian Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber   Mark Webber  Red Bull-Renault

 Scoring system 

 Drivers standings 
 Pos Driver AUS MAL CHN TUR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU BRA Points 1   Sebastian Vettel                   392 2  Jenson Button                   270 3    Mark Webber                   258 4  Fernando Alonso                   257 5  Lewis Hamilton                   227 6  Felipe Massa                    118 7   Nico Rosberg                    89 8   Michael Schumacher                    76 9  Adrian Sutil                    42 10    Vitaly Petrov                    37 11    Nick Heidfeld            34 12   Kamui Kobayashi                    30 13   Paul di Resta                    27 14   Jaime Alguersuari                    26 15  Sébastien Buemi                    15 16   Sergio Pérez                    14 17  Rubens Barrichello                    4 18   Bruno Senna         2 19  Pastor Maldonado                    1 20  Pedro de la Rosa  0 21  Jarno Trulli                   0 22  Heikki Kovalainen                    0 23  Vitantonio Liuzzi                   0 24   Jérôme d'Ambrosio                    0 25  Timo Glock                    0 26  Narain Karthikeyan         0 27   Daniel Ricciardo            0 28  Karun Chandhok  0 Pos Driver AUS MAL CHN TUR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU BRA Points
Pole position in Bold.
Fastest lap in Italics.
 Driver did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finished over 90% of the race.

 Constructors standings 
 Pos Constructor CarNo. AUS MAL CHN TUR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR ITA ABU BRA Points 1   Red Bull-Renault 1                    650 2                    2   McLaren-Mercedes 3                    497 4                    3   Ferrari 5                    375 6                    4   Mercedes 7                    165 8                    5  Lotus-Renault 9                    73 10                    6   Force India-Mercedes 14                    69 15                    7   Sauber-Ferrari 16                    44 17                    8  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18                    41 19                    9   Williams-Cosworth 11                    5 12                    10  Team Lotus-Renault 20                    0 21                    11   HRT-Cosworth 22                    0 23                    12   Virgin-Cosworth 24                    0 25                    Pos Constructor CarNo. AUS MAL CHN TUR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR ITA ABU BRA        Points
Pole position in Bold.
Fastest lap in Italics.
 Car did not finish the Grand Prix. Car was classified (ranked) because it finished over 90% of the race distance.

 References 

Other websites
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