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| 2011 Chinese Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 3 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 17 April 2011 | ||||
| Official name | 2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix | ||||
| Location |
Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, People's Republic of China | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.451 km (3.387 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Fine and Dry[1] Air Temp 22 °C (72 °F)[1] Track Temp 32 °C (90 °F) dropping to 26 °C (79 °F)[1] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:33.706 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:38.993 on lap 42 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2011 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix)[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 17 April 2011 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It was the third round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 56-lap race was won by McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton after starting from third on the grid, also becoming the first ever multiple winner of the Chinese Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel finished second in a Red Bull Racing, having started from pole position, and teammate Mark Webber completed the podium, in third place having started eighteenth.[3]
As a consequence of the race, Vettel's lead in the World Drivers' Championship was cut to 21 points by Hamilton, who moved into second place in the championship. Hamilton's McLaren teammate Jenson Button, who finished fourth in China, fell 9 points behind Hamilton in third, a single point ahead of Webber. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull's championship lead was also cut from 24 points to 20 by McLaren, with Ferrari a further 35 points behind in third position after drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso finished in sixth and seventh places respectively.
- ^ a b c "2011 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Race)". f1standings.net. F1Standings. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on December 25, 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ Holt, Sarah (17 April 2011). "Lewis Hamilton storms to China victory over Red Bulls". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.