Superleague Formula Season 2011

The 2011 Superleague Formula season was the fourth season of the Superleague Formula by Sonangol . It started on May 29th at the Circuito do Estoril and ended on July 17th in Zolder . There were only two race weekends, all other events were canceled. The Team Australia with the driver John Martin won the championship.

Starting field

society	Racing stable	No.	driver	Race weekend
Belgium RSC Anderlecht	Belgium Azerti Motorsport	01	Switzerland Neel Jani	1, 2
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven		02	Netherlands Yelmer Buurman	1, 2
France Girondins Bordeaux		03	France Tristan Gommendy	1, 2
Czech Republic Sparta Prague	United Kingdom Atech Reid Grand Prix	04th	Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda	1, 2
Luxembourg Team Luxembourg		05	Belgium Frédéric Vervisch	1, 2
New Zealand Team New Zealand		06th	New Zealand Earl Bamber	1
New Zealand Team New Zealand		06th	New Zealand Chris van der Drift	2
Japan Team Japan		07th	United Kingdom Duncan Tappy	1
Japan Team Japan		07th	Netherlands Robert Doornbos	2
Netherlands Team Netherlands		08th	Netherlands Robert Doornbos	1
Russia Team Russia		17th	Russia Mikhail Alyoshin	2
Spain Atlético Madrid	Spain DeVillota.com Motorsport	09	Spain Maria de Villota	1
Spain Atlético Madrid		09	Spain Andy Souček	2
Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul		10	Spain Andy Souček	1
Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul		10	United Kingdom Duncan Tappy	2
China People's Republic Team China		11	China People's Republic Ho-Pin Tung	1
Korea South Team South Korea		19th	Germany Max Wissel	2
Brazil Team Brazil	United Kingdom Alan Docking Racing	14th	Brazil Antonio Pizzonia	1, 2
Australia Team Australia		24	Australia John Martin	1, 2
England Team England		31	United Kingdom Craig Dolby	1, 2

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers who took part in the 2010 Superleague Formula season and who did not start for the same club as 2010 in the 2011 season.

Drivers who have changed their club:

Earl Bamber : PSV Eindhoven → Team New Zealand
Yelmer Buurman : AC Milan → PSV Eindhoven
Craig Dolby : Tottenham Hotspur → Team England
Chris van der Drift : Galatasaray Istanbul → Team New Zealand
Robert Doornbos : Corinthians São Paulo → Team Netherlands
Tristan Gommendy : Olympique Lyon → Girondins Bordeaux
Neel Jani : Olympiacos Piraeus → RSC Anderlecht
John Martin : Beijing Guoan → Team Australia
Andy Souček : Flamengo Rio de Janeiro → Galatasaray Istanbul
Duncan Tappy : Flamengo Rio de Janeiro → Team Japan
Frédéric Vervisch : Liverpool FC → Team Luxembourg
Max Wissel : FC Basel → Team South Korea

Drivers who entered or returned to the Superleague Formula:

Mikhail Aljoschin : World Series by Renault ( Carlin ) → Team Russia
Antonio Pizzonia : Stock Car Brasil (Hot Car Competições) → Team Brazil
Filip Salaquarda : World Series by Renault ( ISR Racing ) → Sparta Prague
Ho-Pin Tung : GP2 series ( DAMS ) → Team China

Drivers who have left the Superleague Formula:

Sébastien Bourdais : Olympique Lyon → IndyCar Series ( Dale Coyne Racing )
Máximo Cortés : AS Roma → Le Mans Series ( MIK Corse )
Adderly Fong : Team China → British Formula 3 Championship ( Sino Vision Racing )
Esteban Guerrieri : PSV Eindhoven → Indy Lights ( Sam Schmidt Motorsports )
Julien Jousse : AS Roma → Le Mans Series ( Pescarolo Sport )
Narain Karthikeyan : PSV Eindhoven → Formula 1 ( HRT )
Hywel Lloyd : PSV Eindhoven → British Formula 3 Championship (Sino Vision Racing)
Bruno Méndez : Atlético Madrid → British Formula 3 Championship ( Hitech Racing )
Celso Míguez : Girondins Bordeaux → Spanish GT Championship (Aurora Energy Drink)
Franck Montagny : Girondins Bordeaux → Le Mans Series ( Peugeot Sport Total )
Álvaro Parente : FC Porto → GP2 Series ( Racing Engineering )
Davide Rigon : RSC Anderlecht → GP2 series ( Scuderia Coloni )
James Walker : Liverpool FC → Le Mans Series (JMW Motorsport)

Drivers who do not yet have a contract for a 2011 racing cockpit:

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Several racing weekends were planned for 2011. There were several changes to the racing calendar before and during the season. Among other things, the event planned for September on the Smolensk Ring was canceled in June because the racetrack was not ready in time. Finally, the season was canceled after just two events.

There were two races on each race weekend. The starting grid for the first race was determined by qualifying. The starting line-up for the second race resulted from the reversed result of the first race. Then the so-called "Super Final" was held. The six drivers who had scored the most points in the first two races qualified for this race. The winner of this race, the so-called “Weekend Winner”, received a bonus of € 100,000.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third	Weekend Winner
01.	0June 5th	Netherlands Aces	Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Yelmer Buurman Netherlands	England Team England Craig Dolby United Kingdom	Luxembourg Team Luxembourg Frédéric Vervisch Belgium	England Team England Craig Dolby United Kingdom
02.	0June 5th	Netherlands Aces	Japan Team Japan Duncan Tappy United Kingdom	Australia Team Australia John Martin Australia	Brazil Team Brazil Antonio Pizzonia Brazil	England Team England Craig Dolby United Kingdom
03.	17th July	Belgium Zolder	England Team England Craig Dolby United Kingdom	Belgium RSC Anderlecht Neel Jani Switzerland	Luxembourg Team Luxembourg Frédéric Vervisch Belgium	Luxembourg Team Luxembourg Frédéric Vervisch Belgium
04th	17th July	Belgium Zolder	Australia Team Australia John Martin Australia	Korea South Team South Korea Max Wissel Germany	Russia Team Russia Mikhail Alyoshin Russia	Luxembourg Team Luxembourg Frédéric Vervisch Belgium

Rating

Item	society	Points
1.	Australia Team Australia	158
2.	Japan Team Japan	136
3.	Luxembourg Team Luxembourg	134
4th	Netherlands PSV Eindhoven	130
5.	Belgium RSC Anderlecht	125
6th	England Team England	124
7th	New Zealand Team New Zealand	113
8th.	Brazil Team Brazil	102

Item	society	Points
09.	Czech Republic Sparta Prague	95
10.	Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul	88
11.	Korea South Team South Korea	71
12.	Russia Team Russia	56
13.	France Girondins Bordeaux	52
14th	China People's Republic Team China	34
15th	Spain Atlético Madrid	28
16.	Netherlands Team Netherlands	16

Individual evidence

↑ "Superleague - Neel Jani starts for RSC Anderlecht" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 30, 2011)
↑ “PSV verbintenis met Superleague Formula” (ed.nl on June 19, 2009)
↑ ^a ^b "Superleague - Buurman is coming back" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on May 26, 2011)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f “Superleague Formula Nations Cup announces full line-up” ( Memento from June 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (superleagueformula.com on June 2, 2011)
↑ “Salaquarda joins Superleague Formula for 2011” (gpupdate.net on February 4, 2011)
↑ "Superleague - Vervisch confirmed for the 2011 season" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on May 31, 2011)
↑ “Chris van der Drift returns to Superleague Formula” ( Memento from July 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (superleagueformula.com on June 17, 2011)
↑ "Superleague - Dornboos changes the cockpit" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on July 14, 2011)
↑ “Superleague - Mikhail Aleshin for Russia at the start” (Motorsport-Magazin.com on July 7, 2011)
↑ "Superleague - Max Wissel celebrates his comeback" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on June 27, 2011)
^ "Voormalig F1-coureur vervangt Robert Doornbos bij Corinthians in Superleague" (racexpress.nl on May 27, 2011)
↑ ^a ^b "Superleague - First drivers introduced for the new season" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 17, 2011)
↑ “Official Race Calendar” ( Memento from December 24th 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Official homepage of the Superleague Formula)
↑ "Superleague - Race at the Smolensk-Ring postponed to 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on June 22, 2011)
↑ “Superleague cancels Asian races, 2011 season finishes early” (autosport.com on October 13, 2011)

[1] "Superleague - Neel Jani starts for RSC Anderlecht" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 30, 2011)

[2] “PSV verbintenis met Superleague Formula” (ed.nl on June 19, 2009)

[Niederlande-3] "Superleague - Buurman is coming back" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on May 26, 2011)

[Assen-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f “Superleague Formula Nations Cup announces full line-up” ( Memento from June 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (superleagueformula.com on June 2, 2011)

[5] “Salaquarda joins Superleague Formula for 2011” (gpupdate.net on February 4, 2011)

[6] "Superleague - Vervisch confirmed for the 2011 season" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on May 31, 2011)

[7] “Chris van der Drift returns to Superleague Formula” ( Memento from July 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (superleagueformula.com on June 17, 2011)

[8] "Superleague - Dornboos changes the cockpit" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on July 14, 2011)

[9] “Superleague - Mikhail Aleshin for Russia at the start” (Motorsport-Magazin.com on July 7, 2011)

[10] "Superleague - Max Wissel celebrates his comeback" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on June 27, 2011)

[11] "Voormalig F1-coureur vervangt Robert Doornbos bij Corinthians in Superleague" (racexpress.nl on May 27, 2011)

[Erste_Fahrer-12] "Superleague - First drivers introduced for the new season" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 17, 2011)

[13] “Official Race Calendar” ( Memento from December 24th 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Official homepage of the Superleague Formula)

[14] "Superleague - Race at the Smolensk-Ring postponed to 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on June 22, 2011)

[15] “Superleague cancels Asian races, 2011 season finishes early” (autosport.com on October 13, 2011)