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So this week we arrive at race number five. At this point Red Bull has established themselves as the team to beat, and the team intends to keep it that way. The way the season seems to be playing out, we may very well see Sebastian Vettel crowned 2011 champion before we go back to Asia. But if F1 has taught us anything, it's that anything can happen, and that's exactly what the rest of the field is banking on. So now we arrive in the Catalunya region of eastern Spain, near the city of Barcelona. The venue is the Circuit de Catalunya. So begins our two week Mediterranean shootout. Start up the lights and here we go!
Round V of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship is the...
F1 Gran Premio De España Santander 2011
(2011 Santander Spanish Gran Prix)
From the Circuit de Catalunya
Weekend Forecast
Partial overcast throughout the weekend. Temps ranging from the mid teens to low twenties Celsius.
Number of Laps - 66
Circuit Length - 4.655 km
Race Distance - 307.104 km
Lap Record - 1:21.670
(Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 2008)
2010 Results:
1st: Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault)
2nd: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
3rd: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault)
2011 standings after four rounds:
1st ~ Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) ~ 93 points
2nd ~ Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) ~ 59 points
3rd ~ Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) ~ 55 points
4th ~ Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) ~ 46 points
5th ~ Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) ~ 41 points
6th ~ Felipe Massa (Ferrari) ~ 24 points
7th ~ Nick Heidfeld (Renault) ~ 21 points
8th ~ Vitaly Petrov (Renault) ~ 21 points
9th ~ Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) ~ 20 points
10th ~ Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) ~ 8 points
F1 Gran Premio De España Santander 2011
(2011 Santander Spanish Gran Prix)
From the Circuit de Catalunya
Weekend Forecast
Partial overcast throughout the weekend. Temps ranging from the mid teens to low twenties Celsius.
Number of Laps - 66
Circuit Length - 4.655 km
Race Distance - 307.104 km
Lap Record - 1:21.670
(Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 2008)
2010 Results:
1st: Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault)
2nd: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
3rd: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault)
2011 standings after four rounds:
1st ~ Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) ~ 93 points
2nd ~ Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) ~ 59 points
3rd ~ Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) ~ 55 points
4th ~ Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) ~ 46 points
5th ~ Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) ~ 41 points
6th ~ Felipe Massa (Ferrari) ~ 24 points
7th ~ Nick Heidfeld (Renault) ~ 21 points
8th ~ Vitaly Petrov (Renault) ~ 21 points
9th ~ Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) ~ 20 points
10th ~ Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) ~ 8 points
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