2011 European Grand Prix
The 2011 European Grand Prix (formally the LV Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race held on 26 June 2011 at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain. The race, which was the eighth round of the 2011 Formula One season, was won by defending world drivers' champion and championship leader Sebastian Vettel, who was driving a Red Bull Racing car. Vettel, who started from pole position, also recorded the fastest lap of the race on lap 53, giving him a hat-trick. After a race-long battle, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso and Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finished the race in second and third respectively. The race was notable for having the fewest retirements and the most finishers ever in a Formula One Grand Prix.
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The race was Alonso's second consecutive victory and his fourth of the 2010 season; he had started from pole position to win the Italian Grand Prix two weeks earlier. The win meant Alonso moved into second place in the World Drivers' Championship, eleven points behind leader Webber. Hamilton's retirement meant he slipped to third, while Vettel's second-place finish moved him into fourth ahead of Jenson Button. In the Constructors' Championship Red Bull extended its lead to twenty-four points ahead of McLaren. Ferrari was a further forty points behind, with four races remaining in the season.