After the first race of the 2011 F1 season we here at The captain's armband decided that we should give a group of facts on the Malaysian grand prix and how the race finished.
Sebastian Vettel finished pole in qualifying pipping Lewis Hamilton to the accolade whilst Nick Heidfeld qualified on the grid in 6th and Michael Schumacher was P11 on the grid.
After the first few corners Nick Heidfeld climbed four places into 2nd and further back in the field Michael Schumacher jumped three places to 8th.
The Facts.
Fastest Lap: Mark Webber - 1.40.571 (in Lap 46 with an average speed of 198.415).
Fastest pit stop: RBR-Renault (Sebastian Vettel, 21.893).
Least pit stops and the highest finishing position: Kamui Kobayashi with 2 (Sauber).
Turns on the track: 15 turns.
Amount of drivers retired: 8 (Pastor Maldonado, Narain Karthikeyan, Rubens Barrichello, Sergio Perez, Jarno Trulli, Jerome D'Ambrosio, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Vitaly Petrov).
Race distance: 310.408km.
Circuit Length: 5.543km.
Lap record: 1.34.223 - JP Montoya (2004).
During the race Vettel lead for the majority and ended up winning by 5.6 seconds ahead of Jenson Button and further ahead of Nick Heidfeld in third. In the last five laps Lewis Hamilton dropped from 3rd to 8th, (overtaken by Heidfeld, went off the track and passed by Webber and had to pit meaning he came out behind Massa, Alonso and Petrov) whilst in eighth Petrov went off the track ahead of Hamilton and had to retire, leaving Hamilton in 7th. After the race, race control gave Hamilton and Alonso a twenty second penalty for a clash towards the end of the race.
Top 10 final positions:
1. Sebastian Vettel (25 points).
2. Jenson Button (18 points).
3. Nick Heidfeld (15 points).
4. Mark Webber (12 points).
5. Felipe Massa (10 points).
6. Fernando Alonso (8 points).
7. Kamui Kobayashi (6 points).
8. Lewis Hamilton (4 points).
9. Michael Schumacher (2 points).
10. Paul Di Resta (1 point).
Read The Captain's Armband next Sunday for information on the Chinese grand prix.
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