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2011 Chinese Grand Prix
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
Sebastian Vettel
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
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing-Renault
Third
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing-Renault
Lap leaders
Motor car race
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.
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^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.
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