2011 · Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

Suzuka Circuit · Suzuka, Japan
9 Oct 2011

Pole position

Vettel

Fastest lap

1:36.568

Jenson Button

Biggest climber

▲13

Nico Rosberg

Finishers

23/24

1 did not finish

Classification

Japanese GP result

Pos	Driver	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / status	Fastest lap	Pts
1	Jenson Button McLaren	2	▲1	53	1:30:53.427	1:36.568	25
2	Fernando Alonso Ferrari	5	▲3	53	+1.160	1:36.682	18
3	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	1	▼2	53	+2.006	1:36.916	15
4	Mark Webber Red Bull	6	▲2	53	+8.071	1:36.828	12
5	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	3	▼2	53	+24.268	1:37.645	10
6	Michael Schumacher Mercedes	8	▲2	53	+27.120	1:37.916	8
7	Felipe Massa Ferrari	4	▼3	53	+28.240	1:37.800	6
8	Sergio Pérez Sauber	17	▲9	53	+39.377	1:36.569	4
9	Vitaly Petrov Renault	10	▲1	53	+42.607	1:37.053	2
10	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	23	▲13	53	+44.322	1:36.614	1
11	Adrian Sutil Force India	11	•	53	+54.447	1:38.133
12	Paul di Resta Force India	12	•	53	+1:02.326	1:37.970
13	Kamui Kobayashi Sauber	7	▼6	53	+1:03.705	1:39.724
14	Pastor Maldonado Williams	14	•	53	+1:04.194	1:37.645
15	Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso	16	▲1	53	+1:06.623	1:37.411
16	Bruno Senna Renault	9	▼7	53	+1:12.628	1:38.407
17	Rubens Barrichello Williams	13	▼4	53	+1:14.191	1:39.080
18	Heikki Kovalainen Lotus	18	•	53	+1:27.824	1:39.297
19	Jarno Trulli Lotus	19	•	53	+1:36.140	1:39.561
20	Timo Glock Virgin	21	▲1	51	+2 Laps	1:41.704
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio Virgin	20	▼1	51	+2 Laps	1:41.794
22	Daniel Ricciardo HRT	22	•	51	+2 Laps	1:41.437
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT	24	▲1	50	+3 Laps	1:42.409
DNF	Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso	15		11	Wheel	1:42.107

Grid

Pos	Driver	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	–	–	–