2011 Belgian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 28 Aug 2011 for Red Bull, from pole position; Mark Webber was second and Jenson Button third. Pole position: Sebastian Vettel.

Vettel took the lead for good on lap 32 of 44, from Jenson Button; the lead changed hands 9 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 13 to 17). Vettel stopped 3 times, on laps 5 and 13 and 30; 11 of 19 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 11. The fastest lap was Mark Webber's, 1:49.883 on lap 33. 19 of 24 starters were classified; 5 retired or were not classified. After the race Sebastian Vettel led the championship with 259 points, 92 ahead of Mark Webber, with 7 rounds left.

Date

28 Aug 2011

Circuit

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium

Round

12 of 19

Winner

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)

Pole position

Sebastian Vettel (1:48.298)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 6 drivers: Pastor Maldonado qualified 16th, started 21st; Heikki Kovalainen qualified 17th, started 16th; Paul di Resta qualified 18th, started 17th; Jarno Trulli qualified 19th, started 18th; Timo Glock qualified 20th, started 19th; Jérôme d'Ambrosio qualified 21st, started 20th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Sebastian Vettel: 3 stops (laps 5, 13, 30), stints of 5, 8, 17, 14 laps

2nd

Mark Webber: 2 stops (laps 3, 31), stints of 3, 28, 13 laps

3rd

Jenson Button: 3 stops (laps 3, 13, 32), stints of 3, 10, 19, 12 laps

Finishers

2 stops: 11 · 3 or more: 8

First stops

median lap 11 of 44

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2011 standings