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Chandhok surprised by tyre degradation rate

24 July 2011
2011 German Formula 1 Grand Prix: Sunday race results

Karun Chandhok’s German Grand Prix marked his first Formula 1 race since his outing for HRT at Silverstone last year. After sinking to the back of the field on the opening lap, the Indian suffered a dramatic off at the Schumacher S and eventually limped home to 20th place, four laps down on winner Lewis Hamilton.

“That’s a full race distance completed and an awful lot of learning under my belt,” Chandhok said after the 60-lap race. “Honestly, that probably wasn’t the race I wanted - I had a couple of high-speed spins and I think I need more time to get used to the tyres.

“When they start to go off, there’s very little give compared to last year’s rubber, but that’s all part of the learning process and I’m glad I got the car home and did the best job I could.”

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Pos. DriverTeamTime
1.uk L. HamiltonMcLaren1:37:30.334
2.es F. AlonsoFerrari+3.980
3.au M. WebberRed Bull+9.788
4.de S. VettelRed Bull+47.921
5.br F. MassaFerrari+52.252
6.de A. SutilForce India+1:26.208
7.de N. RosbergMercedes+1 Lap
8.de M. SchumacherMercedes+1 Lap
9.jp K. KobayashiSauber+1 Lap
10.ru V. PetrovLotus Renault+1 Lap
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