2011 Monaco Grand Prix
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| Race 6 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One season | |||
Circuit de Monaco
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| Date | May 29, 2011 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2011 | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.34 km (2.08 mi) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.52 km (162.24 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, Fine and Dry Air Temp 24 °C (75 °F) Track Temp 44 °C (111 °F) |
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:13.556 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Mark Webber
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Red Bull-Renault | |
| Time | 1:16.234 on lap 78 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
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Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
The 2011 Monaco Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2011, was held on 29 May 2011 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Sixth round of the 2011 Formula One season, the 78 lap race was won by the championship leader, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel who started from pole position. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was second and McLaren's Jenson Button third.
Winner Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 58 points over Lewis Hamilton who was sixth. Mark Webber finished fourth and maintained third place in the championship, six points behind Hamilton in third and three ahead of Button. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull extended its lead over McLaren to 61 points, with Ferrari being a further 68 points behind.
Many of the drivers were initially concerned that the Drag Reduction System (DRS) would prove to be unsafe on the narrow streets of the principality, and so lobbied to have the device banned for the duration of the weekend. Some elements of the paddock, including Williams objected to the ban, and use of the device was retained, with the DRS activation zone encompassing the front straight of the circuit, prompting Lewis Hamilton to comment that he did not think the 300 metres (980 ft) of space allowed for the DRS would promote much overtaking. Following increased pressure from the drivers and FOTA, the FIA agreed to ban the use of the DRS in the tunnel for free practice and qualifying.
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