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Sebastian Vettel won the 2011 Indian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won the 2011 Indian Grand Prix for Red Bull, ahead of Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso at Buddh International Circuit.

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Race recap

Winner
Sebastian Vettel
Team
Red Bull
Top listed
Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, and Fernando Alonso
Race date
October 30, 2011
Pole
Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap
Sebastian Vettel
Classified drivers
24
Circuit
Buddh International Circuit

The decisive result

Sebastian Vettel finished first for Red Bull. Jenson Button is listed 2 for McLaren, with Fernando Alonso 3 for Ferrari.

Grid to finish

Sergio Pérez from P20 to P10 (+10), Narain Karthikeyan from P24 to P17 (+7), and Michael Schumacher from P11 to P5 (+6) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Sebastian Vettel started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 7 Finished, 6 +1 lap, 3 +3 laps, 2 +2 laps, and 1 +5 laps. Sebastian Vettel holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:27.249 on lap 60. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Sebastian VettelRed Bull1:30:35.00225
2Jenson ButtonMcLaren1:30:43.43518
3Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:30:59.30315
4Mark WebberRed Bull1:31:00.53112
5Michael SchumacherMercedes1:31:40.42310
6Nico RosbergMercedes1:31:41.8538
7Lewis HamiltonMcLaren1:31:59.1856
8Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso+1 lap4
9Adrian SutilForce India+1 lap2
10Sergio PérezSauber+1 lap1
11Vitaly PetrovRenault+1 lap0
12Bruno SennaRenault+1 lap0
13Paul di RestaForce India+1 lap0
14Heikki KovalainenLotus Racing+2 laps0
15Rubens BarrichelloWilliams+2 laps0
16Jérôme d'AmbrosioVirgin+3 laps0
17Narain KarthikeyanHRT+3 laps0
18Daniel RicciardoHRT+3 laps0
19Jarno TrulliLotus Racing+5 laps0
DNFFelipe MassaFerrariSuspension0