Malaysia 2011 - Race results - Red Bull lead the way, as the retirements stack up
Published by Christine
With so many pit stops, it was a hard race to keep track of, but the key point was that Sebastian Vettel started in front, and remained in front throughout. The McLaren boys struggled but kept up the pace to battle him, and it was another good day for Renault who get their second podium in as many races.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Stops |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:37:39.832 | 3 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | McLaren | +3.2 | 3 |
| 3 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | +25.0 | 3 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | +26.3 | 4 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | +36.9 | 3 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso * | Ferrari | +57.2 | 4 |
| 7 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | +66.4 | 2 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton * | McLaren | +69.9 | 4 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | +84.8 | 3 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India | +91.5 | 3 |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 12 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 16 | Timo Glock | Virgin | +2 Laps | 2 |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | +4 Laps | 3 |
| DNF | Tonio Liuzzi | HRT | Lap 51 | 4 |
| DNF | Jérôme D'Ambrosio | Virgin | Lap 45 | 2 |
| DNF | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | Lap 34 | 2 |
| DNF | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | Lap 25 | 1 |
| DNF | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | Lap 25 | 3 |
| DNF | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | Lap 24 | 0 |
| DNF | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Lap 10 | 1 |
* Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso were both handed 20 second time penalties after the race was complete (Hamilton for weaving, Alonso for the avoidable accident with Hamilton). Alonso retains his 6th place, whilst Hamilton drops to 8th, Kobayashi moving up to 7th.
