The Virgins were able to overhaul the HRTs but didn’t have the pace to challenge the Lotuses.
Timo Glock | Jerome D’Ambrosio | |
Qualifying position | 21 | 23 |
Qualifying time comparison (Q1) | 1’42.553 (-1.182) | 1’43.735 |
Race position | 21 | 22 |
Laps | 55/57 | 55/57 |
Pit stops | 2 | 2 |
Virgin drivers’ lap times throughout the race (in seconds):
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | |
Timo Glock | 122.674 | 110.982 | 111.002 | 111.259 | 110.916 | 110.199 | 110.439 | 109.813 | 109.882 | 109.736 | 109.386 | 109.39 | 109.717 | 109.354 | 109.917 | 110.429 | 124.783 | 114.84 | 108.396 | 112.111 | 109.823 | 109.275 | 107.726 | 109.039 | 107.787 | 108.941 | 107.616 | 107.46 | 107.317 | 108.703 | 107.578 | 107.321 | 107.677 | 107.782 | 107.729 | 107.444 | 107.389 | 108.193 | 109.379 | 107.337 | 108.75 | 124.048 | 115.369 | 113.249 | 107.381 | 106.906 | 106.759 | 106.705 | 106.628 | 107.99 | 106.842 | 107.962 | 109.066 | 109.485 | 108.109 | ||
Jerome dAmbrosio | 125.662 | 111.354 | 111.061 | 111.021 | 111.3 | 110.329 | 109.983 | 109.876 | 109.946 | 109.718 | 109.598 | 109.84 | 110.018 | 110.797 | 111.851 | 111.083 | 110.242 | 126.628 | 116.162 | 109.143 | 108.526 | 108.858 | 108.368 | 109.331 | 108.041 | 108.797 | 107.676 | 108.379 | 108.063 | 108.649 | 108.514 | 108.538 | 110.225 | 108.718 | 109.166 | 109.697 | 127.174 | 114.477 | 108.599 | 107.277 | 108.104 | 108.45 | 109 | 107.584 | 107.524 | 109.121 | 107.698 | 108.585 | 107.771 | 108.568 | 107.164 | 107.443 | 107.721 | 107.433 | 107.799 |
Timo Glock
Opportunistic driving on the first lap allowed Glock to pass both Lotuses despite not getting ahead of them off the line – he squeezed past around the tight corners as they crossed the bridge for the first time. He even picked off Jaime Alguersuari around the outside of turn ten.
But his advantage was short-lived: “I had a very good opening lap and I overtook both the Lotus cars and a Toro Rosso, although he got right back past me straight away.
“Once the DRS was enabled I couldn’t keep Heikki [Kovalainen] and Jarno [Trulli] behind me and after that I just ran my own race.”
The DRS zone was enabled on lap three, he fell to 21st on lap four, and that’s where he finished, 16 seconds behind Jarno Trulli.
Jerome d’Ambrosio
Qualified behind Vitantonio Liuzzi but broke free of the HRT, which pitted once more than he did.
Struggled to the end of the race without a drinks bottle, losing three kilos of fluid according to the team.
Jerome d’Ambrosio 2011 form guide
2011 European Grand Prix
Image © Virgin Racing
BasCB (@bascb)
27th June 2011, 10:57
Poor D’Ambrosio. Must have felt like a replay of Dallas ’84 to him. Good job for holding on and finishing non the less.
And I would really love to get my hands on the footage of that first lap by Glock. Shame the car is that far below par.
Fixy (@)
27th June 2011, 15:32
And this is one of the toughest (physically) races of the year!
Enigma (@enigma)
27th June 2011, 11:04
I wonder if there’s anything they could at the pit stops to get him drinks. Maybe someone giving him a bottle in his lap and putting the straw in his helmet, with him throwing the bottle away at the end of the pitlane?
Didn’t Alonso faint after the Bahrain GP two years ago, he had nothing to drink as well.
Mike
27th June 2011, 14:46
Yeah, this strikes me as an area where F1 can be improved.
US_Peter (@us_peter)
27th June 2011, 23:17
It’s definitely a safety issue.
John H
27th June 2011, 13:19
Glock is having a great season. He’s driving the socks off that thing. I wish someone would give him a top drive – when I see Heidfeld and Petrov at Renault I do wonder why.
Kie
27th June 2011, 23:02
agreed John, good point
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
27th June 2011, 21:54
Gutted for D’Ambrosio, he did well to make it to the end.
MattHT (@mattht)
28th June 2011, 0:09
That’s mental – no drinks? Jeepers.
Glock should be in a better car, I agree with that statement. Epic start.
Chris
28th June 2011, 0:11
May Glock can replace Barrichello at Williams?
John H (@john-h)
24th January 2013, 13:24
One of Timo’s great drives and a fine example of why DRS is such a bad thing – even lower down the grid. There is no way one of these lower teams is going to score a point using the lost art of defensive driving anymore.