GP2 series 2011

GP2 series 2011

master
Driver:	Romain Grosjean
Team:	Barwa Addax team
Season dates
Number of races:	18th
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The 2011 GP2 series was the seventh season of the GP2 series . It started on May 7, 2011 at the Istanbul Park Circuit and ended on September 11, 2011 in the Autodromo Nazionale Monza . Romain Grosjean won the drivers' championship title early . The Barwa Addax team won the team ranking.

In addition, a GP2 event, the GP2 Final 2011 , will take place on November 12 and 13, 2011 , which is not part of the championship.

Rule changes

technical changes

For the 2011 season, the old Dallara chassis GP2 / 08 , which had been used in the GP2 series from 2008 to 2010, was replaced by the new Dallara chassis GP2 / 11 . The previous tire supplier Bridgestone was also replaced by Pirelli . For the first time, the same tire compounds were used in the GP2 series as in Formula 1 .

Teams and drivers

All teams used the Dallara GP2 / 11 chassis , Renault - Mecachrome engines and Pirelli tires .

team	Automobile #	driver	Race weekend
Rapax	1	Fabio Leimer	1-9
	2	Julian Leal	1-9
Barwa Addax team	3	Charles Pic	1-9
	4th	Giedo van der Garde	1-9
Lotus ART	5	Jules Bianchi	1-9
	6th	Esteban Gutiérrez	1-9
Racing engineering	07th	Dani Clos	1-9
	08th	Christian Vietoris	1, 4-9
		Álvaro Parente	2, 3
iSport International	9	Sam Bird	1-9
	10	Marcus Ericsson	1-9
DAMS	11	Romain Grosjean	1-9
	12	Pål Varhaug	1-9
Arden International	14th	Josef Král	1-9
	15th	Jolyon Palmer	1-9
Super Nova Racing	16	Fairuz Fauzy	1-9
	17th	Luca Filippi	1-5
		Adam Carroll	6-9
Scuderia Coloni	18th	Michael Herck	1-9
	19th	Davide Rigon	1
		Kevin Ceccon	2-5
		Luca Filippi	6-9
Trident Racing	20th	Rodolfo González	1-9
	21st	Stefano Coletti	1-8
		Stéphane Richelmi	9
Ocean Racing Technology	22nd	Kevin Mirocha	1-7
		Brendon Hartley	8, 9
	23	Johnny cecotto jr.	1-9
Carlin	24	Max Chilton	1-9
	25th	Mikhail Alyoshin	1, 2, 7, 8
		Oliver Turvey	3
		Álvaro Parente	4-6, 9
Team AirAsia  Caterham Team AirAsia	26th	Luiz Razia	1-9
	27	Davide Valsecchi	1-9

Remarks

1. ↑ Leal entered the first four races with an Italian racing license. From the fifth race weekend he started with a Colombian racing license.

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers who took part in the GP2 series in 2010 and who did not start for the same team in the 2011 season as in 2010.

Drivers who have changed their team:

• Sam Bird : ART Grand Prix → iSport International
• Johnny cecotto jr. : Trident Racing → Ocean Racing Technology
• Max Chilton : Ocean Racing Technology → Carlin
• Marcus Ericsson : Super Nova Racing → iSport International
• Rodolfo González : Arden International → Trident Racing
• Brendon Hartley : Scuderia Coloni → Ocean Racing Technology
• Michael Herck : David Price Racing → Scuderia Coloni
• Josef Král : Super Nova Racing → Arden International
• Fabio Leimer : Ocean Racing Technology → Rapax
• Álvaro Parente : Scuderia Coloni → Racing Engineering
• Charles Pic : Arden International → Barwa Addax Team
• Luiz Razia : Rapax Team → Team AirAsia
• Oliver Turvey : iSport International → Carlin
• Davide Valsecchi : iSport International → Team AirAsia

Drivers entering or returning to the GP2 series:

• Mikhail Aljoschin : World Series by Renault (Carlin) → Carlin
• Adam Carroll : IndyCar Series ( Andretti Autosport ) → Super Nova Racing
• Kevin Ceccon : European F3 Open ( RP Motorsport ) → Scuderia Coloni
• Stefano Coletti : World Series by Renault ( Comtec Racing ) → Trident Racing
• Fairuz Fauzy : Formula 1 test driver ( Lotus ) → Super Nova Racing
• Esteban Gutiérrez : GP3 series (ART Grand Prix) → Lotus ART
• Julian Leal : World Series by Renault ( International DracoRacing ) → Rapax
• Kevin Mirocha : Northern European Formula Renault ( SL Formula Racing ) → Ocean Racing Technology
• Jolyon Palmer : FIA Formula 2 Championship → Arden International
• Stéphane Richelmi : Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Lucidi Motors ) → Trident Racing
• Davide Rigon : Superleague Formula ( Azerti Motorsport ) → Scuderia Coloni
• Pål Varhaug : GP3 series ( Jenzer Motorsport ) → DAMS

Drivers who have left the GP2 series:

• Vladimir Arabadzhiev : Scuderia Coloni → Time out
• Fabrizio Crestani : David Price Racing → Auto GP ( Team Lazarus )
• Jérôme D'Ambrosio : DAMS → Formula 1 ( Virgin )
• James Jakes : Scuderia Coloni → IndyCar Series ( Dale Coyne Racing )
• Federico Leo : Trident Racing → FIA GT3 European Championship ( AF Corse )
• Pastor Maldonado : Rapax Team → Formula 1 ( Williams )
• Sergio Pérez : Barwa Addax Team → Formula 1 ( clean )
• Edoardo Piscopo : Trident Racing → Blancpain Endurance Series ( Lotus Italia Scuderia Giudici )
• Giacomo Ricci : David Price Racing → Time out
• Ho-Pin Tung : DAMS → IndyCar Series ( Dragon Racing )
• Alberto Valerio : Scuderia Coloni → Stock Car Brasil ( Amir Nasr Racing )
• Adrian Zaugg : Trident Racing → Auto GP (SuperNova)

Changes in the teams

DPR will no longer start in the 2011 season. With Carlin and Team AirAsia, two new teams will be starting. From this season onwards, the ART Grand Prix will be supported by Lotus Cars and will compete under the name "ART Lotus" . Since the AirAsia team belongs to the Lotus Racing team principal , the curious situation arises that Lotus Cars and Lotus Racing will compete against each other.

Changes during the season

• Davide Rigon suffered several broken bones in his left tibia and fibula at the season opener in Istanbul . He was represented by Kevin Ceccon on four race weekends . This made Ceccon the youngest GP2 pilot to date, at 17 years and 243 days. Luca Filippi then took over his cockpit. Filippi previously drove for Super Nova Racing and was replaced there by Adam Carroll .

• Christian Vietoris was represented by Álvaro Parente for the racing weekends in Barcelona and Monte Carlo after an accident in Istanbul . Vietoris suffered from a severe headache that made a break necessary. Despite the headache, he took part in a DTM race between the GP2 race weekends in Istanbul and Barcelona .

• Mikhail Aljoschin , who already had budget problems before the season, was replaced by Oliver Turvey after two race weekends . Turvey was in turn replaced after a race weekend by Álvaro Parente, who had previously driven for Racing Engineering. For the seventh race weekend Aljoschin took over the place with Carlin again for two race weekends. At the season finale, Parente received the cockpit again.

• The Team AirAsia was called after the third race weekend in Caterham Team AirAsia order.

• Kevin Mirocha was replaced by Brendon Hartley at Ocean Racing Technology after the seventh race weekend .

• Stefano Coletti was so seriously injured in an accident at Spa-Francorchamps that he was replaced by Stéphane Richelmi for the season finale . Coletti fractured two vertebrae.

Racing calendar

The 2011 GP2 Series season racing calendar was published on December 21, 2010. A total of nine racing weekends will be held, which will take place as part of the Formula 1 supporting program. In contrast to 2010, the race weekend of the Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi is not part of the championship.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	May 7th	Istanbul	Romain Grosjean	Sam Bird	Jules Bianchi
2.	8th of May		Stefano Coletti	Giedo van der Garde	Sam Bird
3.	May 21	Barcelona	Charles Pic	Giedo van der Garde	Sam Bird
4th	May 22		Fabio Leimer	Dani Clos	Marcus Ericsson
5.	May 27th	Monte Carlo	Davide Valsecchi	Álvaro Parente	Luca Filippi
6th	28th of May		Charles Pic	Josef Král	Romain Grosjean
7th	25th June	Valencia	Romain Grosjean	Giedo van der Garde	Davide Valsecchi
8th.	June 26th		Esteban Gutiérrez	Luiz Razia	Giedo van der Garde
9.	July 9	Silverstone	Jules Bianchi	Christian Vietoris	Marcus Ericsson
10.	10th of July		Romain Grosjean	Dani Clos	Giedo van der Garde
11.	July 23	Nürburg	Luca Filippi	Charles Pic	Romain Grosjean
12.	24th July		Romain Grosjean	Jules Bianchi	Luca Filippi
13.	30th July	Mogyoród	Romain Grosjean	Charles Pic	Luiz Razia
14th	July 31		Stefano Coletti	Esteban Gutiérrez	Romain Grosjean
15th	August 27	Spa Francorchamps	Christian Vietoris	Jules Bianchi	Romain Grosjean
16.	August 28th		Luca Filippi	Jules Bianchi	Josef Král
17th	September 10	Monza	Luca Filippi	Charles Pic	Romain Grosjean
18th	September 11		Christian Vietoris	Fabio Leimer	Jules Bianchi

Rating

Point system

In the main race (HAU) the first eight of the race got 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 point (s). In the sprint race (SPR), the first six of the race received 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 point (s). In addition, the winner of the qualifying, who started from pole position in the main race, received two points. The driver who achieved the fastest lap of the first ten classified drivers also received a point.

Driver ranking

Item driver  DOOR  ESP  MON  ESP  GBR  GER  HUN  BEL  ITA Points HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR 01  R. Grosjean 1 10 DSQ 9 4th 3 1 DNF 4th 1 3 1 1 3 3 4th 3 21st 89 02  L. Filippi DNF 14th DNF DNF 3 4th DNF 15th 13 12 1 3 6th DNF 4th 1 1 5 54 03  J. Bianchi 3 7th 7th DNF DNF 19th DNF 7th 1 5 4th 2 7th 6th 2 2 8th 3 53 04th  C. Pic 7th 4th 1 19th 8th 1 NC DNF 11 10 2 DSQ 2 13 DNF 19th 2 DNF 52 05  G. van der Garde 4th 2 2 DNF DNF 9 2 3 8th 3 6th DNF 4th 4th DNF 20th 21st 13 49 06th  S. Bird 2 3 3 5 DNF 13 5 12 5 6th 8th 7th 18th 5 12 5 4th 4th 45 07th  C. Vietoris 11 DNF INJ INJ INJ INJ DNF 13 2 7th DNF 4th 8th 10 1 13 6th 1 35 08th  D. Clos 8th 15th 6th 2 DNF 18th 4th 5 6th 2 7th DNF 10 DNF 6th 6th 13 7th 30th 09  D. Valsecchi 16 16 4th 4th 1 5 3 4th 14th 17th 13 DNF 16 14th 10 10 20th DNF 30th 10  M. Ericsson 9 8th 5 3 DNF DNF DNF 11 3 4th 5 16 * 5 16 DNF 12 14th 8th 25th 11  S. Coletti 5 1 10 20 * 5 DNF 17th 19 * 7th 22nd DNF DNF 21st 1 DNF DNS INJ INJ 22nd 12  L. Razia 6th 18th DNF DNF DNF 20th 6th 2 17th 14th DNF 14th 3 7th DNF DNF 10 9 19th 13  E. Gutiérrez DNF 11 DNF 12 12 DNS 7th 1 10 8th 12 DNF DNF 2 14th 7th 9 6th 15th 14th  F. Leimer DNF 20th 8th 1 9 7th DNF 14th 15th 11 DSQ 8th 11 11 DNF DNF 7th 2 15th 15th  J. Král 13 6th 9 21 * 6th 2 8th DNF 23 20th 18th 11 9 17th 8th 3 DNF 17th 15th 16  A. Parente     11 7th 2 16 DNF 18th 9 9 20 * DNF         12 12 8th 17th  A. Carroll                     15th 5 19th 12 9 11 5 11 6th 18th  F. Fauzy 12 5 13 6th 15 * 10 16 16 21st 15th 16 12 DNF DNF 7th 21st 18th DNF 5 19th  B. Hartley                             5 9 22nd 20th 4th 20th  M. Chilton DNF 17th 12 11 7th 6th DNF DNF DNF 19th 17th 6th 18th DNF 15th 16 DNF 18th 4th 21st  M. Herck 14th 12 DNF DNF 13 15th 10 6th 24 18th 11 10 12 DNF 16 15th DNF EX 1 22nd  K. Mirocha 15 * 19th 21 * 16 10 DNF 12 8th DNS DNS DNF 13 14th 8th         0 23  P. Varhaug 18th 21st 15th 8th DNF 21st 13 10 16 23 DNF 17th 13 DNF 13 18th 11 10 0 24  J. Cecotto DNF 13 14th 13 DNF 17th 14th 17th 12 DNF 10 DNF DNF DNF 11 8th 17th 15th 0 25th  O. Turvey         14th 8th                         0 26th  R. González DNF 22nd 20th 10 DNF 14th 15th DNF 18th 13 9 15th DNF 9 DNF 17th 19th 16 0 27  J. Leal 19th DNF 17th 14th DNF DNF 11 9 22nd 21st 14th 9 20th DNF DNF DNF 16 DNF 0 28  J. Palmer 17th 9 18th 17th NC 11 9 DNF 20th 16 19th DNF 22nd 18 * DNF 14th DNF 19th 0 29  D. Rigon 10 DNF INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 0 30th  K. Ceccon     19th 15th 11 12 18th 20 * 19th DNF                 0 31  S. Richelmi                                 15th 14th 0 32  M. Alyoshin DNS DNS 16 18th                 15th 15th DNF DNF     0 Item driver HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR Points  DOOR  ESP  MON  ESP  GBR  GER  HUN  BEL  ITA

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished (DNF) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start (DNS) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) Blank not participated injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) other formats and characters P / bold Pole position italic Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers) * not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered underlined Leader in the overall standings

Team evaluation

Item team Car no.  DOOR  ESP  MON  ESP  GBR  GER  HUN  BEL  ITA Points HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR 01  Barwa Addax team 03 7th 4th 1 19th 8th 1 NC DNF 11 10 2 DSQ 2 13 DNF 19th 2 DNF 101 04th 4th 2 2 DNF DNF 9 2 3 8th 3 6th DNF 4th 4th DNF 20th 21st 13 02  DAMS 11 1 10 DSQ 9 4th 3 1 DNF 4th 1 3 1 1 3 3 4th 3 21st 89 12 18th 21st 15th 8th DNF 21st 13 10 16 23 DNF 17th 13 DNF 13 18th 11 10 03  Racing engineering 07th 8th 15th 6th 2 DNF 18th 4th 5 6th 2 7th DNF 10 DNF 6th 6th 13 7th 73 08th 11 DNF 11 7th 2 16 DNF 13 2 7th DNF 4th 8th 10 1 13 6th 1 04th  iSport International 09 2 3 3 5 DNF 13 5 12 5 6th 8th 7th 17th 5 12 5 4th 4th 70 10 9 8th 5 3 DNF DNF DNF 11 3 4th 5 16 * 5 16 DNF 12 14th 8th 05  Lotus ART 05 3 7th 7th DNF DNF 19th DNF 7th 1 5 4th 2 7th 6th 2 2 8th 3 67 06th DNF 11 DNF 12 12 DNS 7th 1 10 8th 12 DNF DNF 2 14th 12 9 6th 06th  Team AirAsia  Caterham Team AirAsia 26th 6th 18th DNF DNF DNF 20th 6th 2 17th 14th DNF DNF 3 7th 10 DNF 10 9 49 27 16 16 4th 4th 1 5 3 4th 14th 17th 13 14th 16 14th DNF 10 20th DNF 07th  Scuderia Coloni 18th 14th 12 DNF DNF 13 15th 10 6th 24 18th 11 10 12 DNF 16 15th DNF EX 46 19th 10 DNF 19th 15th 11 12 18th 20 * 19th DNF 1 3 6th DNF 4th 1 1 5 08th  Trident Racing 20th DNF 22nd 20th 10 DNF 14th 15th DNF 18th 13 9 15th DNF 9 DNF 17th 19th 16 22nd 21st 5 1 10 20 * 5 DNF 17th 19 * 7th 22nd DNF DNF 21st 1 DNF DNS 15th 14th 09  Super Nova Racing 16 12 5 13 6th 15 * 10 16 16 21st 15th 16 12 DNF DNF 7th 21st 18th DNF 20th 17th DNF 14th DNF DNF 3 4th DNF 17th 13 12 15th 5 19th 12 9 11 5 11 10  Rapax 01 DNF 20th 8th 1 9 7th DNF 14th 15th 11 DSQ 8th 11 11 DNF DNF 7th 2 15th 02 19th DNF 17th 14th DNF DNF 11 9 22nd 21st 14th 9 20th DNF DNF DNF 16 DNF 11  Arden International 14th 13 6th 9 21 * 6th 2 8th DNF 23 20th 18th 11 9 17th 8th 3 DNF 17th 15th 15th 17th 9 18th 17th NC 11 9 DNF 20th 16 19th DNF 15th 18 * DNF 14th DNF 19th 12  Ocean Racing Technology 22nd 15 * 19th 21 * 16 10 DNF 12 8th DNS DNS DNF 13 14th 8th 5 9 22nd 20th 4th 23 DNF 13 14th 13 DNF 17th 14th 17th 12 DNF 10 DNF DNF DNF 11 8th 17th 15th 13  Carlin 24 DNF 17th 12 11 7th 6th DNF DNF DNF 19th 17th 6th 18th DNF 15th 16 DNF 18th 4th 25th DNS DNS 16 18th 14th 8th DNF 18th 9 9 20 * DNF 15th 15th DNF DNF 25th 12 Item team Car no. HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR Points  DOOR  ESP  MON  ESP  GBR  GER  HUN  BEL  ITA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Abu Dhabi: Herck with the best time on the last day of testing" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 28, 2011)
2. ↑ "Successful shakedown of the new GP2 chassis" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 19, 2011)
3. ↑ "The GP2 also switches to Pirelli" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 24, 2010)
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} "GP2 with 13 teams in the coming years" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 21, 2010)
5. ^ "Leimer switches to Rapax" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 7, 2010)
6. ↑ “JULIAN LEAL JOINS RAPAX IN 2011 GP2 SERIES” (gp2series.com on March 11, 2011)
7. ↑ ^{a b} "Bianchi stays ART, van der Garde at Addax" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 23, 2010)
8. ↑ ^{a b} "Curious: ART joins Lotus" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 22, 2010)
9. ↑ "Gutièrrez rises to GP2" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 10, 2010)
10. ↑ ^{a b} "Vietoris and Clos continue with Racing Engineering" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 27, 2011)
11. ↑ ^{a b} "Strong headache: Vietoris not at the start in Spain" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 19, 2011)
12. ↑ ^{a b} "iSport: Bird and Ericsson in GP2" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 12, 2011)
13. ↑ ^{a b} "Back at DAMS: Grosjean wants the GP2 title" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 25, 2011)
14. ↑ ^{a b} "Arden brings Kral and Palmer" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 24, 2011)
15. ↑ "Fauzy starts 2011 for Super Nova" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 18, 2011)
16. ↑ “ISTANBUL PREVIEW” ( Memento from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (supernova-racing.com on May 4, 2011)
17. ↑ ^{a b c} "GP2 - Adam Carroll returns to Super Nova" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on July 20, 2011)
18. ↑ "GP2: Herck switches to Coloni" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 18, 2010)
19. ↑ "GP2 - Rigon drives for Coloni" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 30, 2011)
20. ↑ ^{a b} "Ceccon: Two GP2 guest appearances and a record" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 19, 2011)
21. ↑ “RODOLFO GONZALEZ COMPLETES TRIDENT RACING LINE UP IN 2011” ( Memento from January 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (gp2series.com on January 27, 2011)
22. ↑ "Coletti 'very impressed' by the new GP2 racing car" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 24, 2010)
23. ↑ “Stephane Richelmi to deputise for injured Stefano Coletti in Trident GP2 line-up” (autosport.com on September 3, 2011)
24. ↑ ^{a b} "GP2 - Cecotto & Mirocha drive for ORT" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 5, 2011)
25. ↑ ^{a b} "Hartley makes a GP2 comeback in Spa" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 25, 2011)
26. ↑ “CARLIN SIGN ALESHIN AND CHILTON FOR GP2” ( Memento from June 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (gp2series.com on January 27, 2011)
27. ↑ “carlin ready for GP2 Series debut” ( Memento from May 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (carlin.co.uk on May 4, 2011)
28. ↑ “Round 3 - Monaco Preview” ( Memento from May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (gp2series.com on May 25, 2011)
29. ↑ “Parente joins Carlin” (gp2series.com on June 21, 2011)
30. ↑ ^{a b} “AirAsia secures Valsecchi and Razia” (autosport.com on February 4, 2011)
31. ↑ "Numerous breaks: Rigon threatens a six-month break" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 11, 2011)
32. ↑ “Caterham Team AirAsia Valencia GP2 Preview”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (thesportscampus.com on June 24, 2011)