2011 Formula Abarth season

2011 Formula Abarth season
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The 2011 Formula Abarth season was the seventh season of the former Formula Azzurra, and the second under its guise of "Formula Abarth". It was the first split in European and Italian series.

The Italian Championship began on 17 April in Vallelunga, while European Championship on 8 May in Valencia. They finished together on 16 October in Monza.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds Prema Powerteam[1] 2 Bruno Bonifacio[2] 7–10 3 Luca Ghiotto[3] All 11 Vicky Piria[1] All Uboldi Corse[4] 5 Luca Defendi[4] 1 BVM[5] 7 Gerrard Barrabeig[5] All 8 Lorenzo Camplese[5] 1–4 9 Mario Marasca[5] All 10 Michael Heche[5] All 16 Gregor Ramsay[6] 9–10 Euronova Racing by Fortec[7] 12 Sergey Sirotkin[8] 6–10 13 Dmitry Suranovich[2] 7–10 15 Emanuele Zonzini[9] 10 35 Alessandra Brena[7] 1, 3–5 51 Yoshitaka Kuroda[10] 1, 3–6, 8–9 Composit Motorsport[11] 14 Paolo Bonetti[6] 9–10 15 Emanuele Zonzini[11] 1, 3–6, 8–9 48 Nick Cassidy[12] 8 Jenzer Motorsport[13] 18 Patric Niederhauser[13] All 19 Robert Visoiu[13] All 20 Sergey Sirotkin[13] 1–5 Samin Gómez[2] 7–10 22 Kevin Jörg[6] 9–10 Cram Competition[14] 21 Giorgio Roda[14] 1–9 23 Victor Franzoni[8] 6 39 Nicolas Costa[11] 1–9 JD Motorsport[11] 24 Antonio Spavone[11] 1, 3–10 25 Riccardo Agostini[15] 5–10 26 Jimmy Antunes[2] 7–10 41 Dario Orsini[16] 4–6, 8 EuroInternational[17] 29 Dustin Sofyan[17] 2, 4, 6–9 30 Samin Gómez[18] 2, 4 Lorenzo Camplese[8] 6–9 Diegi Motorsport[19] 31 Lorenzo Foglia[19] 1, 3–4 Island Motorsport[15] 5–6, 9 45 Andrea Barbirato[15] 5 46 Santiago Urrutia[20] 9–10 Villorba Corse[21] 33 Riccardo Agostini[22] 1–4 Victoria World[11] 37 Roman de Beer[11] 1, 3–4 Team Costarica[6] 38 Valeria Carballo[6] 9–10 Emmebi Motorsport[23] 41 Dario Orsini[23] 1, 3, 9 TomCat Racing[24] 45 Andrea Barbirato[24] 1

Class European/Italian Championship National Trophy

Race calendar and results

On 19 November 2010, the calendar for both series was presented in a press conference held in Varano.^[25]

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano	Italy	17 April	Patric Niederhauser	Patric Niederhauser	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2					Patric Niederhauser	Michael Heche	BVM
2	R1	Valencia Circuit	Spain	7 May	Michael Heche	Patric Niederhauser	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			8 May		Sergey Sirotkin	Sergey Sirotkin	Jenzer Motorsport
3	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	Italy	22 May	Patric Niederhauser	Patric Niederhauser	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2					Patric Niederhauser	Lorenzo Camplese	BVM
4	R1	Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico	Italy	4 June	Gerrard Barrabeig	Michael Heche	Gerrard Barrabeig	BVM
	R2			5 June		Roman de Beer	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport
5	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	Italy	16 July	Luca Ghiotto	Gerrard Barrabeig	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			17 July		Luca Ghiotto	Michael Heche	BVM
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	6 August	Michael Heche	Lorenzo Camplese	Sergey Sirotkin	Euronova Racing by Fortec
	R2			7 August		Patric Niederhauser	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
7	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	27 August	Patric Niederhauser	Sergey Sirotkin	Sergey Sirotkin	Euronova Racing by Fortec
	R2			28 August		Patric Niederhauser	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
8	R1	Mugello Circuit	Italy	2 October	Sergey Sirotkin	Sergey Sirotkin	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2					Mario Marasca^1	Mario Marasca	BVM
							Lorenzo Camplese	EuroInternational
9	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Italy	16 October	Michael Heche	Luca Ghiotto	Sergey Sirotkin	Euronova Racing by Fortec
	R2					Patric Niederhauser^1	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
10	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	Spain	30 October	Michael Heche	Patric Niederhauser	Sergey Sirotkin	Euronova Racing by Fortec
	R2					Patric Niederhauser	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport

  European championship

  Italian championship

  Both championships

• ¹ Fastest lap recorded by Yoshitaka Kuroda, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
Race 1	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1
Race 2	13	11	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1		1

Italian Championship

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver VAL VAR MIS IMO SPA MUG MNZ Pts 1 Patric Niederhauser 1 4 1 2 DSQ 8 1 Ret Ret 1 1 16 3 1 149 2 Sergey Sirotkin 14 3 3 3 2 5 3 Ret 1 8 3 3 1 Ret 136 3 Michael Heche 3 1 9 7 3 10 2 1 2 10 4 9 2 5 131 4 Gerrard Barrabeig 9 Ret 2 4 1 Ret 4 2 3 5 11 5 10 Ret 101 5 Nicolas Costa 6 2 4 6 Ret 6 6 5 7 4 Ret 21 5 4 84 6 Robert Visoiu 8 8 16 5 4 1 Ret 3 8 17 7 Ret 19 2 69 7 Riccardo Agostini 4 9 8 13 10 12 5 6 5 7 8 15 4 Ret 66 8 Mario Marasca 10 10 11 10 9 11 7 7 6 6 6 2 DNS 15 57 9 Luca Ghiotto 7 7 Ret 15 7 3 Ret 12 9 15 10 14 7 Ret 42 10 Lorenzo Camplese 21 Ret 6 1 6 20 15 3 5 1 11 DNS 40 11 Roman de Beer 5 5 5 14 Ret 2 36 12 Emanuele Zonzini 13 12 12 8 8 9 8 4 10 12 17 8 15 6 34 13 Antonio Spavone 12 14 10 9 Ret 19 12 8 11 11 15 12 22 9 12 14 Bruno Bonifacio 14 6 9 Ret 10 15 Vicky Piria 11 11 14 Ret 14 15 Ret 10 16 13 12 18 8 Ret 9 16 Samin Gómez 13 16 Ret 10 12 7 8 17 Nick Cassidy 16 7 6 18 Santiago Urrutia 13 8 4 19 Giorgio Roda 18 Ret 13 16 12 14 9 9 13 Ret Ret 13 14 Ret 4 20 Dario Orsini 15 Ret 17 12 11 13 10 11 12 14 19 11 18 Ret 4 21 Victor Franzoni DSQ 9 3 22 Kevin Jörg 21 10 2 23 Paolo Bonetti 16 11 1 24 Dmitry Suranovich 13 17 23 Ret 1 25 Lorenzo Foglia 19 Ret 18 Ret 16 18 11 Ret 14 16 18 22 17 13 0 26 Alessandra Brena 16 15 15 11 15 17 Ret DNS 0 27 Jimmy Antunes Ret 20 Ret 12 0 28 Andrea Barbirato 20 16 13 Ret 0 29 Luca Defendi 17 13 0 30 Valeria Carballo 20 14 0 Gregor Ramsay Ret DNS 0 Ineligible drivers Dustin Sofyan 17 7 4 Ret 9 4 Ret DNS 0 National Trophy 1 Yoshitaka Kuroda 2 6 7 Ret 5 4 Ret 13 Ret 2 2 19 6 3 192 Pos Driver VAL VAR MIS IMO SPA MUG MNZ Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' standings

Pos Team VAL VAR MIS IMO SPA MUG MNZ Pts 1 Jenzer Motorsport 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 8 1 1 10 3 1 182 2 BVM 3 1 2 1 1 10 2 1 2 5 4 2 2 5 176 3 Cram Competition 6 2 4 6 12 6 6 5 7 4 Ret 13 5 4 85 4 Euronova Racing by Fortec 16 15 15 11 15 17 Ret DNS 1 8 3 3 1 Ret 70 5 JD Motorsport 12 14 10 9 11 13 5 6 5 7 8 12 4 9 54 6 Prema Powerteam 7 7 14 15 7 3 Ret 10 9 13 10 6 7 Ret 47 7 Composit Motorsport 13 12 12 8 8 9 8 4 10 12 16 7 15 6 35 8 Villorba Corse 4 9 8 13 10 12 22 9 Victoria World 5 14 Ret 2 19 10 EuroInternational 13 7 4 3 5 1 11 DNS 12 11 Diegi Motorsport Island Motorsport 19 Ret 18 Ret 16 18 11 Ret 14 16 18 22 13 8 4 12 Emmebi Motorsport 15 Ret 17 12 18 Ret 0 13 TomCat Racing 20 16 0 14 Uboldi Corse 17 13 0 15 Team Costarica 20 14 0 Pos Team VAL VAR MIS IMO SPA MUG MNZ Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

European Championship

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver VRT MIS SPA RBR MUG MNZ CAT Pts 1 Sergey Sirotkin 2 1 2 5 1 8 1 2 3 3 1 Ret 1 4 175 2 Patric Niederhauser 1 2 DSQ 8 Ret 1 2 1 1 16 3 1 Ret 2 138 3 Michael Heche 13 4 3 10 2 10 4 4 4 9 2 5 Ret 8 98 4 Robert Visoiu 6 6 4 1 8 17 Ret 5 7 Ret 19 2 5 1 81 5 Gerrard Barrabeig 5 5 1 Ret 3 5 8 Ret 11 5 10 Ret 6 10 72 6 Luca Ghiotto 12 Ret 7 3 9 15 3 6 10 14 7 Ret 2 3 65 7 Lorenzo Camplese 3 7 6 20 15 3 7 14 5 1 11 DNS 59 8 Riccardo Agostini 7 9 10 12 5 7 5 3 8 15 4 Ret Ret 7 54 9 Nicolas Costa 4 10 Ret 6 7 4 6 9 Ret 21 5 4 52 10 Mario Marasca 8 8 9 11 6 6 10 11 6 2 DNS 15 Ret 5 46 11 Dustin Sofyan Ret 3 17 7 4 Ret 12 15 9 4 Ret DNS 33 12 Yoshitaka Kuroda 5 4 Ret 2 2 19 6 3 26 13 Emanuele Zonzini 8 9 10 12 17 8 15 6 3 6 23 14 Antonio Spavone Ret 19 11 11 11 8 15 12 22 9 4 11 18 15 Bruno Bonifacio Ret 7 14 6 9 Ret Ret 9 14 16 Roman de Beer Ret 2 12 17 Samin Gómez 10 12 13 16 13 10 Ret 10 12 7 11 14 11 18 Vicky Piria 9 11 14 15 16 13 15 12 12 18 8 Ret 9 15 8 19 Kevin Jörg 21 10 7 13 7 20 Jimmy Antunes 9 16 Ret 20 Ret 12 8 12 6 21 Santiago Urrutia 13 8 13 17 5 22 Nick Cassidy 14 7 4 23 Victor Franzoni DSQ 9 2 24 Paolo Bonetti 16 11 14 16 2 25 Dmitry Suranovich 16 13 13 17 23 Ret 10 18 1 26 Dario Orsini 11 13 12 14 19 11 18 Ret 0 27 Giorgio Roda 11 Ret 12 14 13 Ret 14 17 Ret 13 14 Ret 0 28 Gregor Ramsay Ret DNS 12 Ret 0 29 Lorenzo Foglia 16 18 14 16 18 22 17 13 0 30 Valeria Carballo 20 14 15 Ret 0 31 Alessandra Brena 15 17 0 Pos Driver VRT MIS SPA RBR MUG MNZ CAT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	VRT		MIS		SPA		RBR		MUG		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Jenzer Motorsport	1	1	2	1	8	1	2	1	1	10	3	1	5	1	173
2	Euronova Racing by Fortec			5	4	1	2	1	2	2	3	1	Ret	1	4	148
3	BVM	3	4	1	11	2	5	4	4	4	2	2	5	6	5	134
4	Prema Powerteam	9	11	7	3	9	13	3	6	10	6	7	Ret	2	3	71
5	JD Motorsport			11	13	5	7	5	3	8	12	4	9	4	7	62
6	EuroInternational	10	3	13	7	4	3	7	14	5	1	11	DNS			60
7	Cram Competition	4	10	12	6	7	4	6	9	Ret	13	5	4			52
8	Composit Motorsport			8	9	10	12			16	7	15	11	14	16	12
9	Scuderia Victoria World			Ret	2											11
10	Villorba Corse	7	9	10	12											7
11	Diegi Motorsport Island Motorsport			16	18	14	16			18	22	13	8	13	17	5
12	Team Costarica											20	14	15	Ret	0
Pos	Team	VRT		MIS		SPA		RBR		MUG		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Rookies' standings

Pos	Driver	VRT		MIS		SPA		RBR		MUG		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Gerrard Barrabeig	5	5	1	Ret	3	5	8	Ret	11	5	10	Ret	6	10	158
2	Luca Ghiotto	12	Ret	7	3	9	15	3	6	10	14	7	Ret	2	3	157
3	Robert Visoiu	6	6	4	1	8	17	Ret	5	7	Ret	19	2	5	1	148
4	Giorgio Roda	11	Ret	12	14	13	Ret	14	17	Ret	13	14	Ret			70
5	Emanuele Zonzini			8	9	10	12			17	8	15	6	3	6	62
6	Dmitry Suranovich							16	13	13	17	23	Ret	10	18	48
7	Santiago Urrutia											13	8	13	17	31
8	Dario Orsini			11	13	12	14			19	11	18	Ret			30
9	Kevin Jörg											21	10	7	13	27
10	Paolo Bonetti											16	11	14	16	23
11	Lorenzo Foglia			16	18	14	16			18	22	17	13			16
12	Victor Franzoni					DSQ	9									11
13	Alessandra Brena			15	17											9
Pos	Driver	VRT		MIS		SPA		RBR		MUG		MNZ		CAT		Pts

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External links

• European Series
• Italian Series