2011 Catalunya GP2 Series round

2011 Spanish GP2 round
Round details
Round 2 of 9 rounds in the 2011 GP2 Series season and Round 2 of 8 rounds in the 2011 GP3 Series season
Circuit de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.665 km (2.892 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	21 May 2011
Laps	34
Pole position
Driver	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team
Time	1:30.473
Podium
First	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team
Second	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team
Third	Sam Bird	iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team
Time	1:33.959 (on lap 6)
Sprint race
Date	22 May 2011
Laps	26
Podium
First	Fabio Leimer	Rapax
Second	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering
Third	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team
Time	1:33.725 (on lap 21)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	21 May 2011
Laps	16
Pole position
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:38.498
Podium
First	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Second	James Calado	Lotus ART
Third	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART
Time	1:41.633 (on lap 6)
Race 2
Date	22 May 2011
Laps	16
Podium
First	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing
Second	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Third	Dean Smith	Addax Team
Fastest lap
Driver	Andrea Caldarelli	Tech 1 Racing
Time	1:40.548 (on lap 7)

The 2011 Spanish GP2 Round was the second round of the 2011 GP2 Series season. It was held on May 20–22, 2011 at Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain, supporting the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix.

Classification

GP2

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	1:30.369	11¹
2	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	1:30.473	1
3	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	1:30.488	2
4	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	1:30.616	3
5	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	1:30.807	4
6	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	1:30.820	5
7	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:30.927	6
8	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:30.935	7
9	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	1:30.974	8
10	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	1:31.084	9
11	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:31.192	10
12	14	Josef Král	Arden International	1:31.447	12
13	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	1:31.513	13
14	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	1:31.527	14
15	8	Álvaro Parente	Racing Engineering	1:31.636	15
16	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	1:31.645	16
17	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	1:31.670	17
18	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	1:31.694	18
19	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	1:31.757	19
20	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	1:31.779	20
21	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:31.821	21
22	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	1:31.822	22
23	25	Mikhail Aleshin	Carlin	1:31.977	23
24	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	1:32.934	25²
25	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	1:33.246	24
26	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	no time	26

Notes

^ – Jules Bianchi was handed a ten grid position penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the session.^[1]
^ – Julián Leal was handed a ten grid position penalty for causing a collision in Turkish Sprint Race.^[2]

Feature Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	34	1:00:32.817	3	10
2	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	34	+1.444	1	8+2+1
3	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	34	+2.773	2	6
4	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	34	+10.011	5	5
5	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	34	+10.518	7	4
6	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	34	+16.534	6	3
7	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	34	+16.979	11	2
8	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	34	+17.419	26	1
9	14	Josef Král	Arden International	34	+21.726	12
10	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	34	+24.492	8
11	8	Álvaro Parente	Racing Engineering	34	+24.715	15
12	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	34	+25.349	10
13	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	34	+25.841	21
14	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	34	+28.469	24
15	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	34	+35.890	20
16	25	Mikhail Aleshin	Carlin	34	+37.837	23
17	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	34	+38.135	25
18	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	34	+38.723	22
19	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	34	+39.033	17
20	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	34	+41.999	18
21	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	33	Retirement	19
Ret	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	21	Collision	14
Ret	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	21	Collision	16
Ret	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	11	Retirement	13
Ret	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	0	Collision	9
DSQ	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	34	Disqualified³	4
Fastest lap: Giedo van der Garde (Barwa Addax Team) 1:33.959 (lap 6)

Notes

^ – Romain Grosjean was excluded from race results after it was found that the driver’s car did not comply with the technical regulations.^[3]

Sprint Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	26	45:26.885	1	6+1
2	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	26	+10.190	3	5
3	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	26	+20.711	4	4
4	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	26	+20.926	5	3
5	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	26	+27.339	6	2
6	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	26	+38.974	13	1
7	8	Álvaro Parente	Racing Engineering	26	+40.280	11
8	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	26	+41.855	15
9	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	26	+41.925	26
10	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	26	+51.503	20
11	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	26	+52.553	12
12	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	26	+1:02.219	25⁴
13	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	26	+1:03.298	14
14	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	26	+1:03.416	17
15	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	26	+1:03.604	19
16	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	26	+1:04.895	21
17	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	26	+1:05.099	18
18	25	Mikhail Aleshin	Carlin	26	+1:19.938	16
19	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	26	+1:26.905	8
20	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	24	Collision	10
21	14	Josef Král	Arden International	24	Collision	9
Ret	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	22	Retirement	23
Ret	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	21	Collision	24
Ret	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	12	Collision	22
Ret	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	0	Collision	2
Ret	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	0	Collision	7
Fastest lap: Charles Pic (Barwa Addax Team) 1:33.725 (lap 21)

Notes

^ – Esteban Gutiérrez was handed a ten place grid penalty for causing a collision during the Feature Race.^[4]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Giedo van der Garde	21
2	Sam Bird	21
3	Charles Pic	15
4	Romain Grosjean	13
5	Stefano Coletti	10

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Barwa Addax Team	36
2	iSport International	29
3	DAMS	13
4	Team AirAsia	11
5	Trident Racing	10

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

GP3

Race 1

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	16	27:19.175	1	10+2
2	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	16	+1.885	4	8
3	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	16	+7.224	3	6
4	18	Andrea Caldarelli	Tech 1 Racing	16	+7.432	2	5
5	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+7.751	6	4
6	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+8.574	5	3
7	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	16	+8.790	8	2
8	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	16	+10.328	7	1
9	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+11.930	12
10	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	16	+13.495	9	1
11	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+15.294	11
12	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	16	+20.311	15
13	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	16	+20.611	17
14	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	16	+21.230	18
15	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	16	+24.071	16
16	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	16	+26.521	22
17	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	16	+27.108	20
18	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+27.770	29
19	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+32.782	19
20	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+33.320	21
21	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	16	+36.714	23
22	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+37.458	28
23	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	16	+44.098	26
24	15	Daniel Morad	Carlin	16	+44.886	25
25	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	16	+49.737	10
26	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	16	+51.623	30
27	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	15	+1 lap	27
Ret	23	Dominic Storey	Addax Team	9	Retired	24
Ret	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	3	Retired	14
Ret	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Retired	13
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas (Lotus ART) 1:41.633 (lap 6)

Race 2

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	16	31:08.280	1	6
2	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+1.294	3	5
3	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	16	+2.657	2	4
4	18	Andrea Caldarelli	Tech 1 Racing	16	+4.055	5	3+1
5	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	16	+5.671	8	2
6	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	16	+7.122	13	1
7	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	16	+9.341	10
8	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+10.615	9
9	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	16	+11.830	14
10	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	16	+14.205	16
11	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+15.542	20
12	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+17.398	18
13	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	16	+18.038	17
14	15	Daniel Morad	Carlin	16	+19.171	24
15	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	16	+19.733	23
16	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+22.275	22
17	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	16	+22.785	12
18	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	16	+29.727	25
19	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+30.180	30
20	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	16	+31.256	6
21	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	16	+43.066	7
22	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	16	+46.796	21
23	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+50.892	11
24	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+1 lap	19
25	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	14	+2 laps	27
26	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	14	+2 laps	15
27	23	Dominic Storey	Addax Team	14	+2 laps	28
Ret	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	0	Collision	29
Ret	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Collision	4
Ret	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	0	Collision	26
Fastest lap: Andrea Caldarelli (Tech 1 Racing) 1:40.548 (lap 7)

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nigel Melker	22
2	Andrea Caldarelli	20
3	Mitch Evans	17
4	Alexander Sims	8
5	James Calado	8

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Tech 1 Racing	33
2	RSC Mücke Motorsport	29
3	MW Arden	17
4	Status Grand Prix	15
5	Lotus ART	14

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

↑ "Jules Bianchi penalised". GP2 Series. 20 May 2011.
↑ "Julian Leal penalised". GP2 Series. 8 May 2011.
↑ "Romain Grosjean excluded from Feature Race". GP2 Series. 21 May 2011.
↑ "Esteban Gutierrez penalised". GP2 Series. 21 May 2011.

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