2011 Spanish Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 5 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One season | |||
Circuit de Catalunya
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| Date | 22 May 2011 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2011 | ||
| Location |
Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.655 km (2.892 mi) | ||
| Distance | 66 laps, 307.104 km (190.826 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Mainly sunny,Fine and Dry Air Temp 27 °C (81 °F) Track Temp 33 °C (91 °F) to 44 °C (111 °F) |
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| Attendance | 78,300 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:20.981 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:26.727 on lap 52 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
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Mainly sunny,Fine and Dry Air Temp 27 °C (81 °F)
The 2011 Spanish Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2011, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 22 May 2011 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 66-lap race was won by the championship leader, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel after starting from second on the grid. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton finished in second place, and his teammate Jenson Button completed the podium in third position.
As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 41 points over Hamilton. Mark Webber, who started the race from pole position, finished fourth in the race but he maintained third place in the championship, 10 points behind second-place Hamilton, and six ahead of Button. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull extended their championship lead to 47 points over McLaren, with Ferrari a further 63 points behind in third position, after only Fernando Alonso reached the finish for the team, in fifth position.
Heading into the race, Sebastian Vettel led the Drivers' Championship with 93 points, 35 more than Lewis Hamilton on 58 points, who had 3 more than Mark Webber on 55 points. Other championship rivals throughout the season, Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso were fourth and fifth on 46 and 41 respectively.
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