2011 Silverstone GP2 Series round

2011 British GP2 round
Round details
	Round 5 of 9 rounds in the ; 2011 GP2 Series ; and; Round 4 of 8 rounds in the ; 2011 GP3 Series
	; Silverstone Circuit
Location	Silverstone Circuit; Northamptonshire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.901 km (3.667 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	9 July 2011
Laps	29
Pole position
Driver	Jules Bianchi
Time	1:58:531
Podium
First	Jules Bianchi
Second	Christian Vietoris
Third	Marcus Ericsson
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean
Time	1:43.274 (on lap 27)
Sprint race
Date	10 July 2011
Laps	21
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean
Second	Dani Clos
Third	Giedo van der Garde
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Coletti
Time	1:43:262 (on lap 12)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	9 July 2011
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
Time	1:51.190
Podium
First	Nico Müller
Second	Alexander Sims
Third	Nick Yelloly
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Sims
Time	2:05.985
Race 2
Date	10 July 2011
Laps	14
Podium
First	Lewis Williamson
Second	Dean Smith
Third	Alexander Sims
Fastest lap
Driver	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
Time	1:52.916

The 2011 British GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 9 and 10 July 2011 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the fifth round of the 2011 GP2 Season and the fourth round of the 2011 GP3 Season. The race supported the 2011 British Grand Prix.

Classification[]

GP2[]

Qualifying[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	1:58.531	1
2	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	1:58.971	2
3	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	1:59.020	13¹
4	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	1:59.143	3
5	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:59.881	4
6	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:59.952	5
7	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	2:00.044	6
8	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	2:00.109	7
9	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	2:00.175	8
10	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	2:00.223	9
11	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	2:00.300	10
12	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	2:00.462	11
13	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	2:00.527	12
14	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	2:00.529	14
15	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	2:00.927	15
16	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	2:01.203	16
17	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	2:01.315	17
18	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	2:01.816	18
19	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	2:02.681	19
20	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	2:01.922	20
21	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	2:02.681	21
22	14	Josef Král	Arden International	2:02.800	22
23	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	2:03.268	23
24	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	2:04.518	24
25	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	2:08.608	25
26	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	no time	DNS²

Notes

^ – Grosjean was given a ten grid position penalty after Valencia Sprint Race for causing a collision.^[1]
^ – Mirocha did not take part in the qualifying session and did not continue the race weekend due to a pre-existing shoulder injury.^[2]

Feature Race[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	29	58:40.010	1	10+2
2	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	29	+4.177	3	8
3	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	29	+4.935	6	6
4	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	29	+5.627	13	5+1
5	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	29	+11.424	8	4
6	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	29	+23.293	4	3
7	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	29	+31.959	21	2
8	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	29	+33.711	19	1
9	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	29	+34.394	2
10	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	29	+41.761	7
11	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	29	+41.971	9
12	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	29	+46.881	10
13	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	29	+47.848	17
14	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	29	+49.612	12
15	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	29	+50.717	25
16	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	29	+56.960	16
17	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	29	+58.332	20
18	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	29	+1:05.327	23
19	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	29	+1:06.251	18
20	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	29	+1:11.163³	11
21	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	29	+1:20.989	24
22	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	29	+1:26.252	15
23	14	Josef Král	Arden International	29	+1:33.465	22
24	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	28	+1 lap	14
Ret	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	14	Collision	5
DNS	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology		Injury
Fastest lap: Romain Grosjean (DAMS) 1:43.274 (lap 27)

Notes

^ – Palmer was given a 30 seconds time penalty, having forced Gutiérrez off the track.^[3]

Sprint Race[]

Jules Bianchi (Lotus ART) took pole position and won the feature race.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	21	36:42.650	5	6+1
2	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	21	+7.019	3	5
3	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	21	+7.760	1	4
4	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	21	+8.433	6	3
5	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	21	+9.427	8	2
6	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	21	+12.924	4	1
7	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	21	+20.853	7
8	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	21	+21.888	10
9	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	21	+22.128	9
10	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	21	+23.154	11
11	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	21	+23.296	15
12	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	21	+23.624	13
13	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	21	+31.357	18
14	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	21	+32.330	17
15	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	21	+32.780	21
16	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	21	+33.447	20
17	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	21	+34.778	14
18	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	21	+38.139	24
19	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	21	+39.168	25
20	14	Josef Král	Arden International	21	+40.754	23
21	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	21	+1:25.700	22
22	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	20	+1 lap	2
23	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	20	+1 lap	16
Ret	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	10	Gearbox	12
Ret	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	6	Suspension	19
DNS	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology		Injury
Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Trident Racing) 1:43.262 (lap 12)

Standings after the round[]

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Romain Grosjean	47
2	Giedo van der Garde	38
3	Sam Bird	32
4	Davide Valsecchi	30
5	Charles Pic	24

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Barwa Addax Team	62
2	iSport International	49
3	DAMS	47
4	Caterham Team AirAsia	41
5	Racing Engineering	40

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

GP3[]

Race 1[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	14	30:40.239	6	10
2	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	14	+2.814	5⁵	8+1
3	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	14	+4.751	18	6
4	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+7.400	1⁵	5+2
5	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+15.227	23	4
6	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	14	+18.644	2⁵	3
7	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	14	+19.315	3⁵	2
8	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	14	+24.705	25	1
9	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	+27.838	4⁵
10	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+29.706	17⁴ ⁵
11	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	14	+30.351	12⁵
12	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	14	+31.185	14⁵
13	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	14	+35.791	29⁵
14	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+40.397	19
15	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	14	+54.998	7⁵
16	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	14	+57.352⁶	21
17	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	14	+1:18.171	28⁵
18	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	14	+1:20.044	20⁵
19	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	14	+1:43.499	9⁵
20	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	13	+1 lap	30⁴ ⁵
DSQ	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	14	Disqualified⁷	15
Ret	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	11	Spun off	8⁵
Ret	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	11	Spun off	11⁵
Ret	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	8		27
Ret	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	3		26
Ret	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	1	Collision	10
Ret	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	1		13⁵
Ret	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	0	Collision	16⁴
Ret	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	0	Accident	24⁴
DNS	15	Daniel Morad	Carlin			22
Fastest lap: Alexander Sims (Status Grand Prix) 2:05.985

Notes

^ – Ten grid position penalty for Laine (ignoring yellow flag during free practice); the same penalty to Haryanto, Melker and Hylkema (causing collisions during Race 2 in Valencia).^[4]
^ – Most drivers elected to start the warm-up lap with slicks. Due to increasing rain, several drivers pitted for wet-weather tyres from the warm-up lap.^[5]
^ – Stöckinger was given a 30 seconds time penalty after the race for ignoring yellow flags.^[6]
^ – Zimin was excluded from the race results because of forcing Laine off the track; Zimin was also suspended from Race 2.^[6]

Race 2[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	14	26:51.435	2	6
2	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	14	+5.090	1	5+1
3	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	14	+7.202	7	4
4	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+8.178	10	3
5	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	14	+11.238	3	2
6	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	14	+11.619	6	1
7	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	14	+12.080	13
8	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+13.051	27
9	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	14	+14.660	19
10	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	14	+20.947	12
11	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+22.574	8
12	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	14	+23.987	15
13	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+25.338	25
14	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	14	+30.864	22
15	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+32.965	5
16	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	14	+35.349	23
17	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	14	+37.013	24
18	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	14	+38.579	11
19	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+39.642	4
20	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	14	+41.457	26
21	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	14	+41.759	20
22	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+42.038	14
23	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	14	+45.566	17
24	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	14	+49.993	18
25	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	13	Retired	21
Ret	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	8	Spun off	16
Ret	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	3	Retired	28
Ret	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	0	Retired	9
DNS	15	Daniel Morad	Carlin
EX	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport		Excluded
Fastest lap: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Marussia Manor Racing) 1:52.916

Standings after the round[]

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alexander Sims	29
2	Mitch Evans	26
3	Nigel Melker	22
4	James Calado	21
5	Andrea Caldarelli	20

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	MW Arden	45
2	Status Grand Prix	36
3	RSC Mücke Motorsport	33
4	Tech 1 Racing	33
5	Lotus ART	33

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

^ "Romain Grosjean penalised". GP2 Series. 26 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
^ "Bianchi tops rained out qualifying". GP2 Series. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
^ "Palmer penalised after feature race". GP2 Series. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
^ "Quaife-Hobbs clinches maiden pole". GP3 Series. 9 July 2011.
^ "Müller wins frenzied Silverstone race". GP3 Series. 9 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Silverstone post-Race 1 penalties". GP3 Series. 9 July 2011.

External links[]

Previous round: 2011 Valencian GP2 round	GP2 Series 2011 season	Next round: 2011 German GP2 round
Previous round: 2010 British GP2 round	British GP2 round	Next round: TBA

Previous round: 2011 Valencian GP3 round	GP3 Series 2011 season	Next round: 2011 German GP3 round
Previous round: 2010 British GP3 round	British GP3 round	Next round: TBA

[1] "Romain Grosjean penalised". GP2 Series. 26 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.

[2] "Bianchi tops rained out qualifying". GP2 Series. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.

[3] "Palmer penalised after feature race". GP2 Series. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

[4] "Quaife-Hobbs clinches maiden pole". GP3 Series. 9 July 2011.

[5] "Müller wins frenzied Silverstone race". GP3 Series. 9 July 2011.

[PostR1-6] "Silverstone post-Race 1 penalties". GP3 Series. 9 July 2011.

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Round details
Round 5 of 9 rounds in the 2011 GP2 Series and Round 4 of 8 rounds in the 2011 GP3 Series
Silverstone Circuit
Location	Silverstone Circuit Northamptonshire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.901 km (3.667 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	9 July 2011
Laps	29
Pole position
Driver	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART
Time	1:58:531
Podium
First	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART
Second	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering
Third	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Time	1:43.274 (on lap 27)
Sprint race
Date	10 July 2011
Laps	21
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Second	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering
Third	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing
Time	1:43:262 (on lap 12)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	9 July 2011
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing
Time	1:51.190
Podium
First	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport
Second	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix
Third	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix
Time	2:05.985
Race 2
Date	10 July 2011
Laps	14
Podium
First	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden
Second	Dean Smith	Addax Team
Third	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing
Time	1:52.916