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"2011 Valencia GP" redirects here. For the MotoGP Grand Prix, see 2011 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix.
2011 European Grand Prix
Race 8 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
26 June 2011
Official name
2011 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe
Location
Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain
Course
Temporary street circuit
Course length
5.419 km (3.367 miles)
Distance
57 laps, 308.883 km (191.931 miles)
Weather
Clear, Fine and Dry[1][2] Air Temp 27 °C (81 °F)[2] Track Temp 47 °C (117 °F)[2]
Pole position
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time
1:36.975
Fastest lap
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time
1:41.852 on lap 53
Podium
First
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing-Renault
Second
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
Third
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing-Renault
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2011 European Grand Prix (officially the 2011 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe)[3] was a Formula One motor race held on 26 June 2011 at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain. The race, which was the eighth round of the 2011 Formula One season, was won by defending world drivers' champion and championship leader Sebastian Vettel, who was driving a Red Bull Racing car. Vettel, who started from pole position, also recorded the fastest lap of the race on lap 53, giving him a hat-trick.[4] After a race-long battle, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso and Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finished the race in second and third respectively. The race was notable for having the fewest retirements and the most finishers ever in a Formula One Grand Prix with all 24 cars starting the race also finishing the race with no retirements.
As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship standings to 77 points over Jenson Button and Webber. By finishing first and third, Red Bull extended their Constructors' Championship standings lead to 89 points over nearest rivals McLaren.
^"Weather History for Valencia Aeropuerto, Spain". Weather Underground. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
^ abc"2011 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Race)". F1Standings. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^"Europe". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
^Holt, Sarah (26 June 2011). "Sebastian Vettel beats Fernando Alonso in European GP". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
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