The first zone encompassed the length of the pit straight, with the detection point on the exit to the penultimate corner the second zone took in the second half of the long back straight, with its detection point located just before the apex of the third corner.

The race saw the return of two Drag Reduction System (DRS) zones and two detection points, as was the case at the Italian Grand Prix. Time spent in the pitlane was expected to be an important factor in determining race strategies.

The pit lane had also been described in similar terms at over 600 metres in length. At 1060 metres, the circuit's main straight was among the longest in Formula One. The circuit was officially homologated on 1 September 2011. The circuit, designed by Hermann Tilke in association with teams, was deliberately designed to be one of the fastest on the calendar, with projected lap times of less than one minute and twenty seconds. Jenson Button finished in second place for McLaren, and Fernando Alonso completed the podium for Ferrari, in third position. The 60-lap race was won by Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel, after leading every lap of the race from pole position and setting the fastest lap of the race to claim his first Grand Chelem. It was the seventeenth round of the 2011 Formula One season and the first Formula One Grand Prix to take place in South Asia and first to take place in India. The 2011 Indian Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 October 2011 at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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