2011 Chinese Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 3 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 17 April 2011 | ||
| Official name | 2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.451 km (3.387 mi) | ||
| Distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Fine and Dry Air Temp 22 °C (72 °F) Track Temp 32 °C (90 °F) dropping to 26 °C (79 °F) |
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:33.706 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Mark Webber
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Red Bull-Renault | |
| Time | 1:38.993 on lap 42 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Third | Red Bull-Renault | ||
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Fine and Dry Air Temp 22 °C (72 °F)
The 2011 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix) 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, having started from pole position, and teammate Mark Webber completed the podium, in third place having started eighteenth.
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.
Heading into the race, Sebastian Vettel led the Championship on the maximum 50 points after winning the first two races. Jenson Button was in second place in the standings after a 2nd and a 6th that put him on 26 points - just over half Vettel's total, and almost a race win behind. The other McLaren of Lewis Hamilton and yet to reach the podium, Mark Webber, were third and fourth respectively, both on 22 points. Fernando Alonso was fifth with 20 points, followed by Heidfeld on 17, Massa on 16 and Petrov on 15. In both races thus far in 2011 the podium had featured Vettel as the winner, a McLaren in second place and a Renault in third.
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