GP3 series 2011
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| Driver: | Valtteri Bottas |
| Team: | Lotus ART |
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| Number of races: | 16 |
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The 2011 GP3 series was the second season of the GP3 series . It started on May 7, 2011 at the Istanbul Park Circuit and ended on September 11, 2011 in the Autodromo Nazionale Monza . The drivers' championship title was secured early by Valtteri Bottas , whose Lotus ART team also won the team title early.
Starting field
All teams and drivers used Dallara chassis , Renault engines and Pirelli tires .
Changes in the drivers
The following list contains all drivers who participated in the GP3 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:
- Michael Christensen : MW Arden → RSC Mücke Motorsport
- Leonardo Cordeiro : MW Arden → Carlin
- António Félix da Costa : Carlin → Status Grand Prix
- Vittorio Ghirelli : Atech CRS Grand Prix → Jenzer Motorsport
- Daniel Morad : Status Grand Prix → Carlin
- Dean Smith : Carlin → Addax Team
- Simon Trummer : Jenzer Motorsport → MW Arden
Drivers entering the GP3 series:
- Zoël Amberg : Swiss Formula Renault (Jenzer Motorsport) → Atech CRS Grand Prix
- Luciano Bacheta : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( Interwetten Junior Team ) → RSC Mücke Motorsport
- Valtteri Bottas : Formula 3 Euro Series ( ART Grand Prix ) → Lotus ART
- James Calado : British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin) → Lotus ART
- Andrea Caldarelli : Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Prema Junior ) → Tech 1 Racing
- Gabby Chaves : Italian Formula 3 Championship ( EuroInternational ) → Addax Team
- Conor Daly : Star Mazda Series ( Juncos Racing ) → Carlin
- Tom Dillmann : German Formula 3 Cup ( HS Technik ) → Carlin
- Mitch Evans : Toyota Racing Series ( Giles Motorsport ) → MW Arden
- Alex Fontana : Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Corbetta Competizioni ) → Jenzer Motorsport
- Christophe Hurni : Central European Formula Renault (Sports Promotion) → Jenzer Motorsport
- Thomas Hylkema : British Formula Renault ( Manor Competition ) → Tech 1 Racing
- Matias Laine : Formula 3 Euro Series ( Motopark Academy ) → Marussia Manor Racing
- Tamás Pál Kiss : British Formula Renault (Atech Grand Prix) → Tech 1 Racing
- Callum MacLeod : European F3 Open ( Team West-Tec ) → Carlin
- Daniel Mancinelli : Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Team Ghinzani ) → RSC Mücke Motorsport
- Maxim Simin : Formula Abarth (Jenzer Motorsport) → Jenzer Motorsport
- Alexander Sims : Formula 3 Euro Series (ART Grand Prix) → Status Grand Prix
- Richie Stanaway : ADAC Formula Masters ( Ma-con Motorsport ) → Lotus ART
- Marlon Stöckinger : British Formula Renault (Atech Grand Prix) → Atech CRS Grand Prix
- Dominic Storey : Time out → Addax Team
- Aaro Vainio : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (Tech 1 Racing) → Tech 1 Racing
- Lewis Williamson : British Formula Renault (Manor Competition) → MW Arden
- Nick Yelloly : British Formula Renault (Atech Grand Prix) → Atech CRS Grand Prix
Drivers who have left the GP3 series:
- Michail Aljoschin : Carlin → German Formula 3 Cup ( Stromos ArtLine )
- Marco Barba : Jenzer Motorsport → Auto GP ( Campos Racing )
- Mirko Bortolotti : Addax Team → FIA Formula 2 Championship
- Stefano Coletti : Tech 1 Racing → GP2 series ( Trident Racing )
- Lucas Foresti : Carlin → British Formula 3 Championship ( Fortec Motorsport )
- Felipe Guimarães : Addax Team → Time out
- Esteban Gutiérrez : ART Grand Prix → GP2 Series (Lotus ART)
- Tobias Hegewald : RSC Mücke Motorsport → FIA Formula 2 Championship
- James Jakes : Manor Racing → IndyCar Series ( Dale Coyne Racing )
- Daniel Juncadella : Tech 1 Racing → Formula 3 Euro Series (Prema Powerteam)
- Roberto Merhi : Atech CRS GP → Formula 3 Euro Series (Prema Powerteam)
- Miki Monras : MW Arden → FIA Formula 2 Championship
- Josef Newgarden : Carlin → Indy Lights ( Sam Schmidt Motorsports )
- Oliver Oakes : Atech CRS GP → Time out
- Jim Pla : Tech 1 Racing → Time out
- Patrick Reiterer : Atech CRS GP → Time out
- Alexander Rossi : ART Grand Prix → World Series by Renault (Fortec Motorsport)
- Pablo Sánchez López : Addax Team → Time out
- Doru Sechelariu : Tech 1 Racing → Time out
- Adrien Tambay : Manor Racing → Auto GP ( DAMS )
- Pål Varhaug : Jenzer Motorsport → GP2 series (DAMS)
- Jean-Éric Vergne : Tech 1 Racing → World Series by Renault (Carlin)
- Robert Wickens : Status Grand Prix → World Series by Renault (Carlin)
- Renger van der Zande : RSC Mücke Motorsport → DTM ( Persson Motorsport )
Changes during the season
- There were two driver changes before the start of the season. Although Doru Sechelariu was signed by Tech 1 Racing in February , the team confirmed a driver trio to which he was not a member at the beginning of April. In the week before the season opener, Willi Steindl , who had been under contract with RSC Mücke Motorsport since November 2010 , also lost his cockpit to Luciano Bacheta . Both pilots had already completed test drives for the teams.
- Carlin changed a driver for the second race weekend. Tom Dillmann was replaced for three race weekends by Daniel Morad and then by Callum MacLeod . Dillmann paused the second race weekend and started for the Addax team on the third race weekend . There he replaced Dominic Storey .
- Andrea Caldarelli was replaced by Thomas Hylkema from Tech 1 Racing for the third race weekend , as he had switched to Formula Nippon .
- For race weekend in Spa-Francorchamps , there were several changes: Richie Stanaway sparked Pedro Nunes at Lotus ART off Alex Fontana broke Vittorio Ghirelli with Jenzer Motorsport , and Daniel Mancinelli broke Luciano Bacheta RSC Mucke Motorsport from. Stanaway was leading the German Formula 3 Cup and Fontana the European F3 Open .
- At the final race weekend in Monza , Christophe Hurni made his GP3 debut for Jenzer Motorsport as a replacement for Alex Fontana. At the age of 48, Hurni became the oldest GP3 driver to date.
run
The 2011 GP3 series racing calendar was released on January 18, 2011. A total of eight racing weekends were held, which took place as part of the supporting program for Formula 1 and the GP2 series. A planned race weekend in Monte Carlo had to be canceled due to lack of space at the racetrack.
Ratings
Point system
The points were awarded according to the following scheme:
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In addition, the fastest pilot in qualifying, who started from pole position in the main race , received two points. The driver who had the fastest race lap of the top ten drivers also received a point.
Driver ranking
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Team evaluation
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Individual evidence
- ^ "Richie Stanaway Announces GP3 Drive With ART" (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on August 18, 2011)
- ↑ "Bottas switches to GP3 with Lotus-ART" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 23, 2010)
- ↑ "GP3 - ART signs James Calado" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on September 27, 2010)
- ↑ "GP3 - Sims changes to Grand Prix status" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on January 23, 2011)
- ↑ "GP3 - Felix da Costa changes the championship" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 15, 2011)
- ^ "Zimin resta con Jenzer e balza in GP3" ( Memento from August 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on February 10, 2011)
- ↑ “Alex Fontana Replaces Vittorio Ghirelli At Jenzer” (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on August 24, 2011)
- ↑ “Jenzer Field 48-Year-Old Driver In GP3 Season Finale” (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on September 8, 2011)
- ↑ “Conor Daly confirms GP3, Indy Lights plans” (racer.com on February 17, 2011)
- ↑ a b “Morad Replaces Dillmann At Carlin For Barcelona” (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on May 19, 2011)
- ↑ “Carlin head to Turkey for GP3” ( Memento from September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (carlin.co.uk on May 4, 2011)
- ↑ "GP3 - Interview - Aaro Vainio" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 29, 2010)
- ↑ "Hylkema Signs With Tech 1 To Race In GP3" (May 30, 2011)
- ↑ “Stockinger in GP3 move with Atech” (autosport.com on November 17th, 2010)
- ↑ “Amberg secures Atech CRS drive” (autosport.com on March 9, 2011)
- ^ "Smith Loses GP3 Seat For Season Finale, Replaced By Ghirelli" (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on September 8, 2011)
- ↑ “Mitch Evans youngest NZ Grand Prix winner” (stuff.co.nz on February 13, 2011)
- ↑ "Trummer: Young Swiss driver joins MW-Arden" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 1, 2010)
- ↑ “Highlander joins top GP3 team” (scotcars.co.uk on February 21, 2011)
- ↑ “Mancinelli To Race For Mucke At Spa And Monza” (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on August 14, 2011)
- ↑ "GP3 - Michael Christensen drives for Mücke again" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 21, 2011)
- ↑ "GP3: RSC-Mücke also 2011 with milker" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 29, 2010)
- ↑ "RSC Mücke brings Steindl into GP3" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 26, 2010)
- ^ "GP3 calendar: run in Monaco canceled" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 2, 2011)
