2011 Chinese Grand Prix

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2011 Chinese Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	17 April 2011
Official name	2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix
Location	Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Weather	Fine and Dry[1] Air Temp 22 °C (72 °F)[1] Track Temp 32 °C (90 °F) dropping to 26 °C (79 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time	1:33.706
Fastest lap
Driver	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time	1:38.993 on lap 42
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault
Third	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault
Lap leaders

The 2011 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix)^[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 17 April 2011 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It was the third round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 56-lap race was won by McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton after starting from third on the grid, also becoming the first ever multiple winner of the Chinese Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel finished second in a Red Bull Racing, having started from pole position, and teammate Mark Webber completed the podium, in third place having started eighteenth.^[3]

As a consequence of the race, Vettel's lead in the World Drivers' Championship was cut to 21 points by Hamilton, who moved into second place in the championship. Hamilton's McLaren teammate Jenson Button, who finished fourth in China, fell 9 points behind Hamilton in third, a single point ahead of Webber. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull's championship lead was also cut from 24 points to 20 by McLaren, with Ferrari a further 35 points behind in third position after drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso finished in sixth and seventh places respectively.