Suzuka Circuit · 9 October 2011
Jenson Button won the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix for McLaren from 2nd on the grid, 1.16s ahead of Fernando Alonso. Nico Rosberg gained the most places, from 23rd on the grid to 10th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Button 25 + Hamilton 10 | Button 25 + Hamilton 10 | 35 | |
| 2 | Red Bull Vettel 15 + Webber 12 | Vettel 15 + Webber 12 | 27 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Alonso 18 + Massa 6 | Alonso 18 + Massa 6 | 24 | |
| 4 | Mercedes Schumacher 8 + Rosberg 1 | Schumacher 8 + Rosberg 1 | 9 | |
| 5 | Sauber Pérez 4 + Kobayashi 0 | Pérez 4 + Kobayashi 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | Renault Petrov 2 + Senna 0 | Petrov 2 + Senna 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Force India Sutil 0 + di Resta 0 | Sutil 0 + di Resta 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Williams Maldonado 0 + Barrichello 0 | Maldonado 0 + Barrichello 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Toro Rosso Alguersuari 0 + Buemi 0 | Alguersuari 0 + Buemi 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Lotus Kovalainen 0 + Trulli 0 | Kovalainen 0 + Trulli 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Virgin Glock 0 + d'Ambrosio 0 | Glock 0 + d'Ambrosio 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | HRT Ricciardo 0 + Liuzzi 0 | Ricciardo 0 + Liuzzi 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button McLaren | McLaren | 1:30:53.427 | 53 | — | 25 | |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso Ferrari | Ferrari | +1.160s | 53 | — | 18 | |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel Red Bull | Red Bull | +2.006s | 53 | — | 15 | |
| 4 | Mark Webber Red Bull | Red Bull | +8.071s | 53 | — | 12 | |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren | McLaren | +24.268s | 53 | — | 10 | |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher Mercedes | Mercedes | +27.120s | 53 | — | 8 | |
| 7 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | Ferrari | +28.240s | 53 | — | 6 | |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez Sauber | Sauber | +39.377s | 53 | — | 4 | |
| 9 | Vitaly Petrov Renault | Renault | +42.607s | 53 | — | 2 | |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg Mercedes | Mercedes | +44.322s | 53 | — | 1 | |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil Force India | Force India | +54.447s | 53 | — | — | |
| 12 | Paul di Resta Force India | Force India | +1:02.326 | 53 | — | — | |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi Sauber | Sauber | +1:03.705 | 53 | — | — | |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado Williams | Williams | +1:04.194 | 53 | — | — | |
| 15 | Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1:06.623 | 53 | — | — | |
| 16 | Bruno Senna Renault | Renault | +1:12.628 | 53 | — | — | |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello Williams | Williams | +1:14.191 | 53 | — | — | |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen Lotus | Lotus | +1:27.824 | 53 | — | — | |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli Lotus | Lotus | +1:36.140 | 53 | — | — | |
| 20 | Timo Glock Virgin | Virgin | +2 Laps | 51 | — | — | |
| 21 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio Virgin | Virgin | +2 Laps | 51 | — | — | |
| 22 | Daniel Ricciardo HRT | HRT | +2 Laps | 51 | — | — | |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT | HRT | +3 Laps | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | DNF Wheel | 11 | — | — |