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Race details for the 2011 German Grand Prix

2011 German Grand Prix Germany
Date:22-24 Jul 2011, Weather 

From this race…

Liuzzi, Vitantonio

Liuzzi, VitantonioRetired from the race with electrical failure, parking his HRT at the end of the pitlane.

Drivers Points

Position Name Points
1 Switzerland Buemi, Sebastien 29
2 Germany Heidfeld, Nick 17
3 Italy Liuzzi, Vitantonio 17
4 United Kingdom Hamilton, Lewis 13
5 Brazil Barrichello, Rubens 11
6 Australia Ricciardo, Daniel 10
7 India Chandhok, Karun 9
8 Germany Schumacher, Michael 8
9 Russia Petrov, Vitaly 7
10 United Kingdom Button, Jenson 6
11 Finland Kovalainen, Heikki 5
12 Germany Rosberg, Nico 1
13 Germany Sutil, Adrian 1
14 Brazil Massa, Felipe 1
15 Australia Webber, Mark 1
16 Germany Vettel, Sebastian 1
17 Spain Alonso, Fernando 1
18 Mexico Perez, Sergio 1
19 Venezuela Maldonado, Pastor 1
20 Germany Glock, Timo 1

Constructors Points

Position Name Points
1 Italy Ferrari 5

Top 5 drivers before

Position Name Points
1 United Kingdom Hamilton, Lewis 110
2 Germany Schumacher, Michael 77
3 Germany Sutil, Adrian 69
4 Australia Webber, Mark 64
5 Venezuela Maldonado, Pastor 60

Top 5 drivers current

Position Name Points
1 United Kingdom Hamilton, Lewis 123
2 Germany Schumacher, Michael 85
3 Italy Liuzzi, Vitantonio 72
4 Germany Sutil, Adrian 70
5 Germany Heidfeld, Nick 67
Who? What Points Action Lap
Race
Heidfeld, Nick (Renault) Hit another driver(s) level 3Drive through penalty 8 pts Heidfeld locked up in the first series of the lap.

As a result, he slide uncontrollably into di Resta causing both to drop to the back of the pack. Heidfeld was investigated for the incident and received a drive through penalty. Heidfeld was unable to serve his penalty as he crashed shortly after it was issued.

1
Schumacher, Michael (Mercedes Grand Prix) Off the track Off the track 2 pts Has a small series of offs whilst trying to keep up with the leaders.



2
Vettel, Sebastian (Red Bull Racing) Off the track 1 pts In the final chicane, Vettel went off the track in an uncharacteristic mistake.



10
Heidfeld, Nick (Renault) Hit another driver(s) level 5Hand Signals (offensive) 9 pts Crashed whilst trying to overtake Buemi into the final chicane.

Heidfeld, who had just received a drive through penalty for an unrelated incident, attempted to overtake Buemi. In doing so, Heidfeld chose the outside line but Buemi was not looking in his mirrors. The two collided pushing the Renault onto the grass, the nose of the Renault underneath it and Heidfeld, with a small jump, into the gravel.

As he slid through the gravel, Heidfeld even managed to express his anger at Buemi.

11
Buemi, Sebastien (Scuderia Toro Rosso) Lose of grid place 5 pts Closed the door on Heidfeld without looking in his mirrors.

The result was that Heidfeld crashed and Buemi received a five place grid penalty for the Hungarian GP.

11
Hamilton, Lewis (McLaren) Mouthing off 5 pts Almost went off the track at the final chicane but gave his team a short reply on the radio for interrupting “Don’t talk to me while I am trying to race” he said to he team.



13
Barrichello, Rubens (Williams) Engine failure 10 pts Retired with engine failure.



14
Schumacher, Michael (Mercedes Grand Prix) Spin off and recover 1 pts Continuing the weekend theme, Schumacher made a power slide followed by a 180 degree spin at the final chicane.



21
Chandhok, Karun (Team Lotus) Spin off and recover Spin off and recover 2 pts Span twice during the race with one of the spins at the Schumacher S’s.



31
Hamilton, Lewis (McLaren) Unsportsman like driving 3 pts Shortly after exiting the pits, Hamilton held off second place Webber with a shove towards the grass.



32
Webber, Mark (Red Bull Racing) Off the track 1 pts Cut the final chicane.



34
Rosberg, Nico (Mercedes Grand Prix) Off the track 1 pts Outbraked himself into turn 1 letting Button past.



35
Button, Jenson (McLaren) Hydraulic Failure 6 pts Retired with hydraulics problems.



36
Liuzzi, Vitantonio (Hispania Racing) Electronics failure 6 pts Retired from the race with electrical failure, parking his HRT at the end of the pitlane.



41
Massa, Felipe (Ferrari) Off the track 1 pts Cut the final chicane.



46
Petrov, Vitaly (Renault) Off the track 1 pts Cut the final chicane.



46
Ferrari General Pit stop blunder 5 pts On the 59th lap of the race, Massa came in for a pitstop to change to the option tyres. The slow pit stop lost him places.

With a head to head against the Redbull pit crew, the Ferrari crew set to work on the Ferrari of Massa. A fast stop would enable Massa to keep his position and finish in front of Vettel.

However, it was not to be. During the stop one of the mechanics lost the wheel nut from one of the wheels. This resulted in lost time to get the new wheel on as a new nut was inserted into the wheel gun.

59
Qualifying
Hamilton, Lewis (McLaren) Off the track 1 pts In the first session of qualifying, Hamilton went wide and off the track in turn 10.



 
Schumacher, Michael (Mercedes Grand Prix) Off the track 1 pts Schumacher got out of shape and cut across the NGK Chicane.



 
Liuzzi, Vitantonio (Hispania Racing) Transmission failureLose of grid place 11 pts Replaced a gearbox before qualifying and received a 5 place grid penalty. This relegated him to 24th.



 
Schumacher, Michael (Mercedes Grand Prix) Off the track 1 pts After a weekend so far filled with running off the track, Schumacher ran wide atrt he final chicane. “I made a mistake,” Schumacher said to his team.



 
Buemi, Sebastien (Scuderia Toro Rosso) Illegal fuel 20 pts Buemi had his qualifying time stripped away from him after his fuel was deemed to be illegal.

A segment from the FIA report issued explains:

‘The stewards, having received a report from the FIA Technical Delegate that the fuel sample taken after Qualifying from Car 18 showed an increase in one given gas chromatography Peak Area of an absolute amount greater than 0.1 per cent for the component present at a concentration below 0.8 per cent, and having heard from the FIA Formula One Analytical Chemist and the Team Representatives and examined the fuel test graphs, determine this to be a breach of Article 19.8.3 of the 2011 FIA Formula One Technical Regulations and decide to impose a penalty of exclusion of Car 18 from the results of Qualifying.’

 
Practice
Chandhok, Karun (Team Lotus) Crash due to driver error level 1 1 pts Lost the mirror glass from his left hand mirror



 
Schumacher, Michael (Mercedes Grand Prix) Off the track Off the track 2 pts Ran wide a number of times during practice.

First time in turn 1 and then sliding through the gravel at the end of the lap. Whilst doing so he gave a small wave to the crowd.

 
Kovalainen, Heikki (Team Lotus) Off the track 1 pts Went off the track after losing control.



 
Buemi, Sebastien (Scuderia Toro Rosso) Spin out of session / race 4 pts Span off the track towards the end of FP1.

Eventually Buemi got stuck in the gravel but on his way he crossed the grass and got airborne.

 
Hamilton, Lewis (McLaren) Off the track 1 pts Locked up and went off the track.



 
Chandhok, Karun (Team Lotus) Spin off and recover 1 pts Span at turn 2 and went on to recover.



 
Perez, Sergio (Sauber) Dunce 1 pts Left the pits before the green light was on.

Drivers are not normally permitted to leave the pits unless the light at the end of the pitlane is green. Perez was seen to have left early for his practice session. No penalty was given to Perez by the race stewards.

 
Ricciardo, Daniel (Hispania Racing) Engine failure 10 pts Blew an engine in FP2 inbetween turns 5 & 6.



 
Schumacher, Michael (Mercedes Grand Prix) Off the track 1 pts Cut the NGK (final) chicane and used the grass as part of the race track.



 
Sutil, Adrian (Force India) Spin off and recover 1 pts Span his Force India at the final chicane.



 
Maldonado, Pastor (Williams) Off the track 1 pts Went off the track during FP2.



 
Petrov, Vitaly (Renault) Off the track 1 pts Went off the track by running wide at turn 1.



 
Barrichello, Rubens (Williams) Off the track 1 pts Ran off the track at turn 5.



 
Petrov, Vitaly (Renault) Radiator problem 5 pts Suffered a radiator leak during FP2.



 
Glock, Timo (Virgin Racing) Off the track 1 pts Went off the track in FP2.



 
Alonso, Fernando (Ferrari) Off the track 1 pts Went off the track and crossed carefully over the gravel.



 
Kovalainen, Heikki (Team Lotus) Hydraulic Problem 4 pts Suffered from a hydraulic problem in FP3



 
Chandhok, Karun (Team Lotus) Spin off and recover 1 pts Span at the final chicane in FP3.



 
Chandhok, Karun (Team Lotus) Spin out of session / race 4 pts Right at the end of FP3, Chandock had a huge spin.

Struggling with his brakes all weekend during practice, Chandock had a large moment and span att he Schumacher S’s

 
Hamilton, Lewis (McLaren) Pit lane speedingFIA fine 3 pts Hamilton was fined 1,800,- Euros for speeding in the pit lane during Friday practice.



 

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