2011 / ROUND 15

Japanese Grand Prix

WinnerJenson ButtonPublished race classification

Official poleSebastian VettelSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance307.471 km53 laps

Race entries24Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	2	2	53	1:30:53.427	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	5	53	1:30:54.587	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	1	53	1:30:55.433	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	6	6	53	1:31:01.498	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	3	53	1:31:17.695	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	8	53	1:31:20.547	8
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	4	53	1:31:21.667	6
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	17	17	53	1:31:32.804	4
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	9	10	53	1:31:36.034	2
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	—	23	53	1:31:37.749	1
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	11	11	53	1:31:47.874	0
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	12	12	53	1:31:55.753	0
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	10	7	53	1:31:57.132	0
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	14	14	53	1:31:57.621	0
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	16	16	53	1:32:00.050	0
16	Bruno Senna	Renault	8	9	53	1:32:06.055	0
17	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	13	13	53	1:32:07.618	0
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	18	18	53	1:32:21.251	0
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	19	19	53	1:32:29.567	0
20	Timo Glock	Virgin	21	21	51	+2 laps	0
21	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	20	20	51	+2 laps	0
22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	22	51	+2 laps	0
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	—	24	50	+3 laps	0
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	15	15	11	Wheel	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Sebastian Vettel	1:30.466
2	Jenson Button	1:30.475
3	Lewis Hamilton	1:30.617
4	Felipe Massa	1:30.804
5	Fernando Alonso	1:30.886
6	Mark Webber	1:31.156
7	Michael Schumacher	1:32.116
8	Bruno Senna	1:32.297
9	Vitaly Petrov	1:32.245
10	Kamui Kobayashi	1:32.380
11	Adrian Sutil	1:32.463
12	Paul di Resta	1:32.746
13	Rubens Barrichello	1:33.079
14	Pastor Maldonado	1:33.224
15	Sébastien Buemi	1:33.227
16	Jaime Alguersuari	1:33.427
17	Sergio Pérez	1:34.704
18	Heikki Kovalainen	1:35.454
19	Jarno Trulli	1:35.514
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1:36.439
21	Timo Glock	1:36.507
22	Daniel Ricciardo	1:37.846
NC	Nico Rosberg	—
NC	Vitantonio Liuzzi	—

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.