2011 Singapore Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 14 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 25 September 2011 | ||
| Official name | 2011 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Marina Bay Street Circuit Marina Bay, Singapore |
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| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 5.073 km (3.152 mi) | ||
| Distance | 61 laps, 309.087 km (192.058 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Hot and humid Air Temp 31 °C (88 °F) |
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:44.381 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jenson Button
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:48.454 on lap 54 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Red Bull-Renault | ||
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Hot and humid
The 2011 Singapore Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 25 September 2011 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore. It was the fourteenth round of the 2011 Formula One season and the twelfth time the Singapore Grand Prix had been held. The 61-lap race was won by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, the drivers' championship leader, after starting from pole position. Jenson Button finished in second place for McLaren, and Mark Webber completed the podium in third position.
As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 124 points over Button, who moved up to second place in the championship. Fernando Alonso and Webber, third and fourth in the championship, were eliminated from championship contention. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull extended their championship lead over McLaren to 138 points, with Ferrari a further 85 points behind in third position, and no longer in a position to win the championship title.
The build-up to the race was marked by accusations that Red Bull Racing had violated the Resource Restriction Agreement in 2010, accusations that the team denied. The RRA is an agreement between members of the Formula One Teams Association designed to cut costs within the sport. The agreement outlines the teams' projected budgets – including both financial and non-financial elements, such as the amount of time spent using a wind tunnel – for upcoming seasons and limits them to using only as much as they had agreed upon. Following an audit from a Dutch consultancy firm, it was reported that Red Bull had violated the RRA when other teams – including McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes and Sauber – had passed the inspection.
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