2011 Monaco Grand Prix grid

2011 Monaco Grand Prix

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Row 11. Sebastian Vettel 1’13.556
Red Bull-Renault
2. Jenson Button 1’13.997
McLaren
Row 23. Mark Webber 1’14.019
Red Bull-Renault
4. Fernando Alonso 1’14.483
Ferrari
Row 35. Michael Schumacher 1’14.682
Mercedes
6. Felipe Massa 1’14.877
Ferrari
Row 47. Nico Rosberg 1’15.766
Mercedes
8. Pastor Maldonado 1’16.528
Williams
Row 59. Lewis Hamilton* 1’15.28
McLaren-Mercedes
10. Vitaly Petrov 1’15.815
Renault
Row 611. Rubens Barrichello 1’15.826
Williams-Cosworth
12. Kamui Kobayashi 1’15.973
Sauber
Row 713. Paul di Resta 1’16.118
Force India-Mercedes
14. Adrian Sutil 1’16.121
Force India
Row 815. Nick Heidfeld 1’16.214
Renault
16. Sebastien Buemi 1’16.3
Toro Rosso
Row 917. Heikki Kovalainen 1’17.343
Lotus-Renault
18. Jarno Trulli 1’17.381
Lotus
Row 1019. Jaime Alguersuari 1’17.82
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
20. Timo Glock 1’17.914
Virgin
Row 1121. Jerome d’Ambrosio 1’18.736
Virgin-Cosworth
22. Narain Karthikeyan** No time
HRT
Row 1223. Vitantonio Liuzzi** No time
HRT-Cosworth

*Had best time deleted for cutting a chicane.
**Not within 107% of fastest time in Q1, but given dispensation to start.

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    32 comments on “2011 Monaco Grand Prix grid”

    1. Sick of Red Bull
      28th May 2011, 15:13

      From the top 7, who got fresher tyres left ? I reckon with a good race start and safety car, Hamilton may cause trouble to Red Bull.

      1. With tyre degradation so low here I don’t reckon having fresh tyres for the race is as critical as it has been before. Hamilton’s best hope is for a fast starting Massa or Schu to get ahead of Webber or Alonso and hold them up, but I don’t really see Lewis finishing anything higher than third in a best case scenario

    2. here’s to hammy’s redbull bloody nose…
      he really should keep his mouth shut.

      1. Perez misfortune is Red Bulls gain. I don’t think they would have pole otherwise.

        1. Gaston (@golarrazabal)
          28th May 2011, 18:05

          I don’t know if that’s entirely fair. Vettel’s lap looked VERY solid, and it was a full four tenths better than Button’s.

        2. Hammy cut the damned track.. Vettel didnt.

          1. hamilton got held up by massa, vettel didnt, hamilton got caught out by the red flag, vettel didnt.

    3. I was really surprised Hamilton did not abort his qualifying lap after being so far down on the first sector. He wouldn’t have been lower than 9th but would have a choice of tyres. Now he’s starting in 7th and probably won’t be able to use his tyres to their best.

      Of course, there’s no guarantee that starting on the prime tyre would be the right way to go, but it was probably worth the gamble when he wasn’t going to get on the front row.

    4. Isn’t Maldonado 9th and Rosberg 8th?

      1. DeadManWoking
        28th May 2011, 17:59

        FIA Qualifying Session Lap Times

        8 N. ROSBERG
        NO TIME
        1 P 14:08:34
        2 1:35.438
        3 1:16.265
        4 1:22.404
        5 1:15.858
        6 1:30.397
        7 1:16.510
        8 1:25.418
        9 P 8:53.507
        10 1:34.291
        11 1:23.012
        12 1:22.956
        13 1:15.283
        14 P 4:02.962
        15 1:30.001
        16 1:23.025
        17 1:21.187
        18 1:14.741
        19 P 8:11.042
        20 1:24.167
        21 1:17.104
        22 P 1:42.553
        23 1:34.560
        24 P 38:43.181
        25 1:31.856
        26 1:15.766

        1. where did you find this??

      2. Corrected, thanks. Sorry for the delay on this one.

    5. Alonso’s qualifying this year: 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 4th, 4th.

      1. Going on like this, he’ll be on pole in the last three races.

        1. Fixy,

          That’s probably COTD stuff. Good one!

    6. The Last Pope
      28th May 2011, 17:34

      If Perez doesn’t start, do they all move up or is the space left empty?

      Just realised how close the midfield is in times.

      1. jsw11984 (@jarred-walmsley)
        28th May 2011, 20:29

        I imagine that they would move up to fill the space

      2. I was wondering about that as well. Any official word?

    7. I’m guessing at a 3-stop race with fresh super-soft tyres going about 20 laps and no more than 21 laps on the softs before they fall away.

    8. Is it better to be on the inside or gain a position and move to the outside? Hamilton mentioned he would be happy to when interviewed after qual.

      1. further- How much advantage has Button on the outside pos 2 over Webber pos 3 inside ?

    9. Can Schumi overtake Alonso at Monaco for the second year in succession? If he can do it at the first corner it would be the second Monaco race corner in a row that he’d pulled it of.

    10. why is maldonado is front of rosberg ??

    11. On the BBc site they have Lewis 10th on the grid and Perez 9th

    12. Got ridiculed by my family for changing my Prediction time from 1:14.954 to 1:13.654… Got Vettel right, and was within a tenth! I’ve got my fingers crossed Hamilton makes up a few positions now and then I’m laughing!

    13. I was expecting more from Renault but why on earth did HRT get a drive here? This team will create some trouble in the race today.

      1. I was expecting a lot more from Renault, too. But I think you’re being a bit harsh towards HRT. They didn’t cause any trouble last year.

        1. I’m with wasiF1 on this one. Although HRT haven’t caused any grief thus far this season (or Monaco last year) they clearly were not within the 107% rule and i’m not convinced their FP sessions should have been enough to let them race.

          Don’t get me wrong, I like HRT, I respect them, but rules are rules.

    14. I actually expected someone but Vettel on top. As soon as he got the top spot I was equally impressed but dismayed as I had pipped Alonso for pole.

      I really should know better by now. Always an RB7 on pole!

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