2011 Indian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 17 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 30 October 2011 | ||
| Official name | 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India | ||
| Location |
Buddh International Circuit Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.125 km (3.185 mi) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 307.249 km (190.916 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Fine and Dry Air Temp 30 °C (86 °F) |
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| Attendance | 95,000 for weekend | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:24.178 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Sebastian Vettel
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Red Bull-Renault | |
| Time | 1:27.249 on lap 60 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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Fine and Dry
The 2011 Indian Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 October 2011 at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was the seventeenth round of the 2011 Formula One season and the first Formula One Grand Prix to take place on the Indian subcontinent.
The 60-lap race was won by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, after leading every lap of the race from pole position and setting the fastest lap of the race to claim his first Grand Chelem. Jenson Button finished in second place for McLaren, and Fernando Alonso completed the podium for Ferrari, in third position.
The circuit, designed by Hermann Tilke in association with teams, was deliberately designed to be one of the fastest on the calendar, with projected lap times of less than one minute and twenty seconds. The circuit was officially homologated on 1 September 2011. At 1060 metres, the circuit's main straight is among the longest in Formula One. The pit lane has also been described in similar terms at over 600 metres in length. Time spent in the pitlane is expected to be an important factor in determining race strategies. The race saw the return of two Drag Reduction System (DRS) zones and two detection points, as was the case at the Italian Grand Prix. The first zone encompassed the length of the pit straight, with the detection point on the exit to the penultimate corner; the second zone took in the second half of the long back straight, with its detection point located just before the apex of the third corner.
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