Fifteen entry bids were reported to have been received, including ART Grand Prix, winners of several championships in feeder series previous 2010 applicants Stefan Grand Prix and World Series by Renault team Epsilon Euskadi and a joint effort by 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve with Durango, the former Italian GP2 team that had encountered financial difficulties. Sources: įollowing USF1's inability to make the grid in 2010, the FIA opened a new selection process to find an additional team to occupy the empty slot, as well as possible reserve entrants for the event of other withdrawals. Six constructors entered free practice only drivers over the course of the season.ĭrivers that took part in free practice sessions during the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. The FIA published a provisional entry list on 30 November 2010, which was revised on 2 December 2010. The new agreement provides for a continuation of the terms of the 1998 agreement, and runs until 31 December 2012. Red Bull Racing won the Constructors' Championship.Īfter a dispute between the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) and the FIA in the first half of 2009, a new Concorde Agreement was signed on 1 August 2009 by the then FIA president Max Mosley and all of the existing teams at the time. Vettel won his second World Championship at the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix, becoming the youngest driver, at 24 years and 98 days, to do so.

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel was the defending Drivers' Champion, one of five World Champions appearing on the grid. Red Bull Racing was the reigning Constructors' Champion.

Pirelli returned to the sport as tyre supplier for all teams, taking over from Bridgestone, marking their return to Formula One for the first time since the 1991 season. The original calendar for the 2011 Formula One World Championship consisted of twenty rounds, including the inaugural running of the Indian Grand Prix before the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

The 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 65th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Mark Webber, Vettel's teammate, finished third in the championship for the second season in succession.

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