GP2 Final 2011

 GP2 Final 2011

Racing data
Surname:	GP2 Final 2011
Date:	11-13 November 2011
Place:	Yas Island
Course:	Yas Marina Circuit
Length:	Main race
	172.174 km in 31 laps of 5.554 km
	Sprint race
	122.188 km in 22 laps of 5.554 km
Main race
Pole position
Driver:	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering
Time:	1: 49.363
Fastest lap
Driver:	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering
Time:	1: 51.493 min (lap 23)
Podium
First:	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering
Second:	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia
Third:	Jolyon Palmer	Barwa Addax team
Sprint race
Fastest lap
Driver:	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia
Time:	1: 51.551 min (lap 15)
Podium
First:	James Calado	Lotus ART
Second:	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International
Third:	Tom Dillmann	iSport International
Overall winner
	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering

The 2011 GP2 Final took place on November 12th and 13th, 2011 at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi . The individual event was not part of any championship season of the GP2 series .

Fabio Leimer won the main race, James Calado the sprint race. Leimer won the overall ranking.

Reports

background

Since the GP2 and GP2 Asia series are to be merged starting in the 2012 season , it was decided to hold the GP2 event on the Yas Marina Circuit as a single event. All regular teams attended the event.

On the driver side, there have been a few changes since the past season. 14 drivers who had not completed a race in the 2011 GP2 series competed at this race weekend and some made their debut in GP2. With Max Chilton , Marcus Ericsson , Esteban Gutiérrez , Josef Král and Luiz Razia , only five drivers started for the team for which they had completed the entire 2011 season. In addition, Kevin Ceccon and Stéphane Richelmi , who had run a few races as substitutes this season, stayed with their teams. Ceccon was also the reigning champion of the Auto GP . Dani Clos , Stefano Coletti , Julian Leal , Fabio Leimer and Jolyon Palmer competed in the GP2 Final 2011 for a different team than in the GP2 season. Fabio Onidi (Auto GP), Mihai Marinescu ( Formula 2 ), Jan Charouz ( Formula Renault 3.5 ), James Calado , Tom Dillmann , António Félix da Costa , Rio Haryanto , Nigel Melker and Simon Trummer (all GP3 series ) as well as Nicolas Marroc ( International GT Open ) took part in a GP2 race for the first time. Nathanaël Berthon , Jake Rosenzweig and Alexander Rossi (all Formula Renault 3.5) and Giacomo Ricci (no races in 2011) returned to GP2.

Training and qualifying

In the 45-minute practice session Gutiérrez was the fastest driver ahead of Leimer and debutant Dillmann. Ricci and Marroc attracted attention by ignoring yellow flags and received a 10-position starting place penalty.

In qualifying, Leimer secured pole position from Clos and Král. Dillmann was again the best debutant in ninth place.

Registration list

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

team	Automobile #	driver
Rapax	01	Dani Clos
	02	Mihai Marinescu
Barwa Addax team	03	Jake Rosenzweig
	04th	Jolyon Palmer
Lotus ART	05	James Calado
	06th	Esteban Gutiérrez
Racing engineering	07th	Fabio Leimer
	08th	Nathanaël Berthon
iSport International	09	Tom Dillmann
	10	Marcus Ericsson
DAMS	11	Rio Haryanto
	12	Nigel Melker
Arden International	14th	Josef Král
	15th	Simon Trummer
Super Nova Racing	16	Giacomo Ricci
	17th	Fabio Onidi
Scuderia Coloni	18th	Kevin Ceccon
	19th	Stefano Coletti
Trident Racing	20th	Julian Leal
	21st	Stéphane Richelmi
Ocean Racing Technology	22nd	Nicolas Marroc
	23	António Félix da Costa
Carlin	24	Max Chilton
	25th	Jan Charouz
Caterham Team AirAsia	26th	Alexander Rossi
	27	Luiz Razia

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	No.	driver	team	time	begin
01	07th	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	1: 49.363	01
02	01	Dani Clos	Rapax	+ 0.207	02
03	14th	Josef Král	Arden International	+ 0.249	03
04th	27	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	+ 0.286	04th
05	04th	Jolyon Palmer	Barwa Addax team	+ 0.334	05
06th	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	+ 0.374	06th
07th	18th	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	+ 0.388	07th
08th	06th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	+ 0.459	08th
09	09	Tom Dillmann	iSport International	+ 0.707	09
10	19th	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	+ 0.707	10
11	16	Giacomo Ricci	Super Nova Racing	+ 0.711	21st
12	05	James Calado	Lotus ART	+ 0.711	11
13	12	Nigel Melker	DAMS	+ 0.784	12
14th	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	+ 0.867	13
15th	26th	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Team AirAsia	+ 0.873	14th
16	23	António Félix da Costa	Ocean Racing Technology	+ 0.913	15th
17th	08th	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing engineering	+ 0.933	16
18th	03	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	+ 1.011	17th
19th	20th	Julian Leal	Trident Racing	+ 1.011	18th
20th	11	Rio Haryanto	DAMS	+ 1.152	19th
21st	21st	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	+ 1.237	20th
22nd	15th	Simon Trummer	Arden International	+ 1.389	22nd
23	17th	Fabio Onidi	Super Nova Racing	+ 1.689	23
24	25th	Jan Charouz	Carlin	+ 2.044	24
25th	02	Mihai Marinescu	Rapax	+ 2.530	25th
26th	22nd	Nicolas Marroc	Ocean Racing Technology	+ 3.187	26th

Remarks

1. ↑ Ricci was moved 10 positions back for ignoring yellow flags.
2. ↑ Marroc was moved 10 positions back for ignoring yellow flags.

Main race

Item	No.	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	07th	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	31	58: 53.563	01	1: 51.493 (23.)
02	27	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	31	+ 6.911	04th	1: 51.854 (24.)
03	04th	Jolyon Palmer	Barwa Addax team	31	+ 28.708	05	1: 52.771 (23.)
04th	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	31	+ 29.812	13	1: 52.502 (23.)
05	18th	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	31	+ 36.619	07th	1: 52.986 (23.)
06th	09	Tom Dillmann	iSport International	31	+ 41,518	09	1: 53.055 (22.)
07th	23	António Félix da Costa	Ocean Racing Technology	31	+ 42.496	15th	1: 52.501 (28.)
08th	05	James Calado	Lotus ART	31	+ 45.669	11	1: 52.511 (30.)
09	08th	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing engineering	31	+ 51.345	16	1: 52.898 (23.)
10	19th	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	31	+1: 02.481	10	1: 52.966 (24.)
11	16	Giacomo Ricci	Super Nova Racing	31	+1: 08.632	21st	1: 52.938 (10.)
12	11	Rio Haryanto	DAMS	31	+1: 13.503	19th	1: 53.205 (14.)
13	26th	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Team AirAsia	31	+1: 16.572	14th	1: 52.625 (11.)
14th	22nd	Nicolas Marroc	Ocean Racing Technology	31	+1: 28.973	26th	1: 52.979 (29.)
15th	12	Nigel Melker	DAMS	31	+1: 30.328	12	1: 53.472 (22.)
16	20th	Julian Leal	Trident Racing	31	+1: 33.669	18th	1: 52.760 (10.)
17th	02	Mihai Marinescu	Rapax	31	+1: 35.344	25th	1: 53.557 (30.)
18th	17th	Fabio Onidi	Super Nova Racing	31	+1: 43.541	23	1: 53.098 (26.)
19th	21st	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	30th	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 52.325 (23.)
20th	14th	Josef Král	Arden International	30th	+ 1 lap	03	1: 51.781 (28th)
21st	06th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	30th	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 51.639 (27.)
-	03	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	23	DNF	17th	1: 54.079 (19.)
-	15th	Simon Trummer	Arden International	23	DNF	22nd	1: 53.977 ( 09.)
-	25th	Jan Charouz	Carlin	18th	DNF	24	1: 54.035 (13th)
-	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	02	DNF	06th	1: 55,520 ( 02.)
-	01	Dani Clos	Rapax	01	DNF	02	-

Sprint race

Item	No.	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	05	James Calado	Lotus ART	22nd	41: 26.194	08th	1: 52.459 (17.)
02	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	22nd	+ 1.770	04th	1: 52,370 (13th)
03	09	Tom Dillmann	iSport International	22nd	+ 7.695	06th	1: 52.257 (15.)
04th	04th	Jolyon Palmer	Barwa Addax team	22nd	+ 13.040	03	1: 52.492 (14th)
05	06th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	22nd	+ 27.012	21st	1: 52.010 (17.)
06th	18th	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	22nd	+ 28.025	05	1: 52.307 ( 08.)
07th	26th	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Team AirAsia	22nd	+ 29,909	13	1: 52.851 ( 08th)
08th	27	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	22nd	+ 30.022	02	1: 51.551 (15.)
09	01	Dani Clos	Rapax	22nd	+ 30.139	25th	1: 52.398 (11th)
10	07th	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	22nd	+ 30.570	01	1: 52.836 ( 08.)
11	17th	Fabio Onidi	Super Nova Racing	22nd	+ 33.066	18th	1: 53.001 (17.)
12	14th	Josef Král	Arden International	22nd	+ 40.517	20th	1: 53,300 ( 09.)
13	23	António Félix da Costa	Ocean Racing Technology	22nd	+ 44.351	07th	1: 52.653 ( 07.)
14th	03	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	22nd	+ 45.524	22nd	1: 53.580 (10.)
15th	15th	Simon Trummer	Arden International	22nd	+ 45.921	26th	1: 53.508 (10.)
16	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	22nd	+ 46.846	24	1: 52.738 ( 07.)
17th	25th	Jan Charouz	Carlin	22nd	+ 48.347	23	1: 53.702 ( 08.)
18th	21st	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	22nd	+ 48.702	19th	1: 53.487 (10.)
19th	08th	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing engineering	22nd	+ 49.101	09	1: 52.396 (11th)
20th	12	Nigel Melker	DAMS	22nd	+ 49.778	15th	1: 52.597 (11.)
21st	20th	Julian Leal	Trident Racing	22nd	+ 50.399	16	1: 52.499 (18.)
22nd	22nd	Nicolas Marroc	Ocean Racing Technology	22nd	+ 53.398	14th	1: 52.816 ( 09.)
23	16	Giacomo Ricci	Super Nova Racing	22nd	+ 59.543	11	1: 52.761 (14th)
24	11	Rio Haryanto	DAMS	22nd	+1: 12.642	12	1: 52.496 (10.)
25th	19th	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	21st	DNF	10	1: 53.037 ( 08.)
-	02	Mihai Marinescu	Rapax	10	DNF	17th	1: 53.369 ( 08.)

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 UAE HAU UAE SPR Points 01  F. Leimer 1 10 13 02  M. Ericsson 4th 2 10 03  L. Razia 2 8th 9 04th  J. Palmer 3 4th 9 05  J. Calado 8th 1 7th 06th  T. Dillmann 6th 3 7th 07th  K. Ceccon 5 6th 5 08th  E. Gutiérrez 21st 5 2 09  A. Felix da Costa 7th 13 2 10  A. Rossi 13 7th 0 11  N. Berthon 9 19th 0 12  D. Clos DNF 9 0 13  S. Coletti 10 25 * 0 14th  F. Onidi 18th 11 0 15th  G. Ricci 11 23 0 16  J. Král 20th 12 0 17th  R. Haryanto 12 24 0 18th  N. Marroc 14th 22nd 0 19th  J. Rosenzweig DNF 14th 0 20th  N. Milker 15th 20th 0 21st  S. Trummer DNF 15th 0 22nd  J. Leal 16 21st 0 23  M. Chilton DNF 16 0 24  M. Marinescu 17th DNF 0 25th  J. Charouz DNF 17th 0 26th  S. Richelmi 19th 18th 0 Item driver UAE HAU UAE SPR Points

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 Bold - pole position Italic - fastest race lap

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "GP2 and GP2 Asia merge" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 12, 2011)
2. ↑ “Post Free Practice penalties” (gp2series.com on November 11, 2011)
3. ↑ ^{a b} "GP2 - Rapax with two new drivers" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on November 5, 2011)
4. ↑ “Mofaz Formula Renault 3.5 team to close” (autosport.com on October 7, 2011)
5. ↑ “Jolyon Palmer joins Addax for Yas Marina GP2 races” (autosport.com on November 3, 2011)
6. ↑ "Lotus-ART 2012 with new driver pairing" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 25, 2011)
7. ↑ "GP2 - Gutierrez also 2012 at Lotus ART" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on September 27, 2011)
8. ↑ ^{a b} "GP2 - Leimer continues to test for Racing Engineering" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on October 27, 2011)
9. ^ "Dillmann ad Abu Dhabi con iSport" ( Memento from August 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on November 1, 2011)
10. ↑ "GP2 - Ericsson stays with iSport" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on November 1, 2011)
11. ↑ ^{a b} “DAMS to run Nigel Melker and Rio Haryanto at Yas Marina GP2 event” (autosport.com on November 2nd, 2011)
12. ↑ ^{a b} “Arden International confirm Kral and Trummer for Abu Dhabi” (gp2series.com on November 8, 2011)
13. ↑ "Super Nova brings Ricci and Odini to the start" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 9, 2011)
14. ^ "C'è anche Onidi con Super Nova" ( Memento of November 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on November 8, 2011)
15. ↑ ^{a b} “Stefano Coletti completes Coloni GP2 line-up for non-championship Yas Marina event” (autosport.com on November 3, 2011)
16. ↑ ^{a b} “Trident Racing with Leal and Richelmi” (gp2series.com on October 27, 2011)
17. ^ "Marroc e Da Costa con Ocean per Abu Dhabi" ( Memento from August 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on November 6, 2011)
18. ↑ "GP2 - Felix da Costa starts for Ocean" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on October 18, 2011)
19. ↑ ^{a b} “Jan Charouz joins Max Chilton in Carlin GP2 line-up for Abu Dhabi” (autosport.com on November 4, 2011)
20. ↑ “Alexander Rossi To Contest GP2 Final in Abu Dhabi With Caterham Team AirAsia” (gp2series.com on November 3rd, 2011)
21. ↑ "Razia completes Young Driver line-up for Lotus" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 5, 2011)