Sebastian Vettel secured Title with 3-rd place, Button wins Suzuka 2011!!!
Button with a beautiful and perfect driving tactics came to win Suzuka, but Sebastian Vettel has received all congratulations for second consecutive title of World Champion in Formula 1. He did not realize the desire to do it with a win, but third place on the podium was enough to theoretically ensure the title.
On this Japanese Grand Prix tires were the deciding factor, so the drivers and cars that are "soft" towards the Pirelli tires were on the first two places. Jenson Button as the winner, with Alonso and Ferrari settle for second place. A good race for Alonso, and showed how to drive, not like the last race when he overslept it. He passed Vettel through pit-stop strategy, and later even tried to attack Button for first place, but Button does not allow that, on the contrary in the last laps he speed up and set the fastest lap in the race.
Mark Webber with another average performance in fourth place, supported by contact with Michael Schumacher, again with loss of the front wing. As Australian and Hamilton with another contact again with Felipe Massa, and was considered by the stewards. They decided that there was no basis for sanctions.
Michael Schumacher again with good performance, indicating Mercedes GP good performance in next season? Let's hope. One of the better drivers today was Sergio Perez, who started as a 17-th and finished the race on 8 place. Notable progress had Nico Rosberg, who started as a 23-rd and eventually managed to score a point with tenth place.
The Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka, Japan;
53 laps; 307.573km;
Weather: Sunny.
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1h30:53.427
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 1.160
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 2.006
4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault + 8.071
5. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 24.268
6. Michael Schumacher Mercedes + 27.120
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari + 28.240
8. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 39.377
9. Vitaly Petrov Renault + 42.607
10. Nico Rosberg Mercedes + 44.322
11. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 54.447
12. Paul Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1:02.326
13. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:03.705
14. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:04.194
15. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 1:06.623
16. Bruno Senna Renault + 1:12.628
17. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1:14.191
18. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 1:27.824
19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault + 1:36.140
20. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps
21. Jerom D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps
22. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps
23. Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps
Fastest lap: Jenson Button - 1:36.568
Not classified/retirements:
Driver Team On lap
Sebastian Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 35
After 15 Races:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Vettel 324 1. Red Bull-Renault 518
2. Button 210 2. McLaren-Mercedes 388
3. Alonso 202 3. Ferrari 292
4. Webber 194 4. Mercedes 123
5. Hamilton 178 5. Renault 72
6. Massa 90 6. Force India-Mercedes 48
7. Rosberg 63 7. Sauber-Ferrari 40
8. Schumacher 60 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 29
9. Petrov 36 9. Williams-Cosworth 5
10. Heidfeld 34
11. Sutil 28
12. Kobayashi 27
13. Di Resta 20
14. Alguersuari 16
15. Buemi 13
16. Perez 13
17. Barrichello 4
18. Senna 2
19. Maldonado 1
