2011 Turkish Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 8 May 2011 | ||
| Official name | 2011 Formula 1 DHL Turkish Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Istanbul Park, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.34 km (3.32 mi) | ||
| Distance | 58 laps, 309.72 km (192.56 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Sunny, Fine and Dry Air Temp 17 °C (63 °F) Track Temp 35 °C (95 °F) dropping to 30 °C (86 °F) |
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| Attendance | 25,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:25.049 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Mark Webber
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Red Bull-Renault | |
| Time | 1:29.703 on lap 48 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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Sunny, Fine and Dry Air Temp 17 °C (63 °F)
The 2011 Turkish Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 DHL Turkish Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race held on 8 May 2011 at Istanbul Park in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the fourth round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 56-lap race was won by the championship leader, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel after starting from pole position. His teammate Mark Webber finished in second place, and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso completed the podium in third position.
As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 34 points over McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who finished the race in fourth position. Webber's second-place finish moved him into third place in the championship, 4 points behind Hamilton in third, and nine ahead of Jenson Button, who was sixth in Turkey. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull extended their championship advantage to 43 points over McLaren, with Ferrari a further 40 points behind in third position.
This is (to date) the last Turkish Grand Prix, with the race removed from the final 2012 calendar.
With Turkey being the first European race of the season, several teams introduced upgrades to their cars in order to aid with their respective performances on the grid. Williams introduced improvements to help with the handling of their car, having suffered a testing start to the season with no points at the first three races.Virgin Racing's aerodynamic updates were bit-part, as only Timo Glock received the package with Jérôme d'Ambrosio's package due to be ready for the Spanish Grand Prix.Hispania Racing set their sights on trying to overhaul Virgin Racing, by introducing updates to their car for the second successive race. Other teams to introduce packages were McLaren, Renault, Ferrari and Mercedes as they all strived to move closer on overall pace to Red Bull Racing, who were confident that they had rectified the KERS problems that had hampered their performance over the first few races.
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