2011 Valencia Street GP2 Series round

   2011 Valencian GP2 round

Round details
Round 4 of 9 rounds in the 2011 GP2 Series and Round 3 of 8 rounds in the 2011 GP3 Series
Circuit de Valencia
Location	Valencia Street Circuit Valencia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.34 km (3.32 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	25 June 2011
Laps	32
Pole position
Driver	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team
Time	1:46.675
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Second	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team
Third	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean	Barwa Addax Team
Time	1:49.591 (on lap 20)
Sprint race
Date	26 June 2011
Laps	23
Podium
First	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART
Second	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia
Third	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team
Fastest lap
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART
Time	1:49.916 (on lap 9)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	25 June 2011
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden
Time	1:58.693
Podium
First	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing
Second	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden
Third	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Fastest lap
Driver	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing
Time	1:59.663 (on lap 8)
Race 2
Date	26 June 2011
Laps	14
Podium
First	James Calado	Lotus ART
Second	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix
Third	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART
Fastest lap
Driver	James Calado	Lotus ART
Time	1:59.500 (on lap 6)

The 2011 Valencian GP2 Round was the fourth round of the 2011 GP2 Series season. It was held on June 24–26, 2011 at Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain, supporting the 2011 European Grand Prix.

Classification[]

GP2[]

Qualifying[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.675	1
2	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.727	2
3	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	1:46.771	3
4	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	1:46.953	4
5	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	1:46.995	5
6	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	1:47.016	6
7	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:47.041	7
8	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	1:47.129	8
9	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	1:47.337	9
10	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:47.417	10
11	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	1:47.418	11
12	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:47.451	12
13	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	1:47.752	13
14	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	1:47.802	14
15	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	1:47.875	15
16	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	1:47.963	16
17	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	1:48.032	17
18	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	1:48.056	18
19	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	1:48.234	19
20	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	1:48.337	20
21	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:48.527	21
22	14	Josef Král	Arden International	1:48.601	22
23	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	1:48.631	23
24	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	1:48.716	24
25	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	1:48.768	25
26	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	1:48.972	26

Feature Race[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	30	58:19.400	3	10+1
2	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	30	+15.481	2	8
3	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	30	+20.901	8	6
4	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	30	+24.010	7	5
5	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	30	+24.323	6	4
6	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	30	+24.495	11	3
7	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	30	+48.097	5	2
8	14	Josef Král	Arden International	30	+51.064	22	1
9	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	30	+53.632	17
10	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	30	+57.032	18
11	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	30	+58.041	25
12	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	30	+58.567	26
13	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	30	+1:06.416	14
14	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	30	+1:12.085	20
15	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	30	+1:20.090	24
16	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	30	+1:25.296	21
17	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	30	+1:44.986	16
18	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	29	+1 lap	23
Ret	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	23	Retirement	12
Ret	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	15	Retirement	15
Ret	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	14	Accident	4
Ret	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	13	Retirement	1	2
Ret	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	0	Collision	10
Ret	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	0	Collision	19
Ret	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	0	Collision	9
Ret	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	0	Collision	13
Fastest lap: Romain Grosjean (DAMS) 1:49.591 (lap 20)

Sprint Race[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	23	43:34.905	2	6+1
2	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	23	+12.995	3	5
3	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	23	+13.842	7	4
4	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	23	+26.633	6	3
5	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	23	+30.130	5	2
6	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	23	+30.374	10	1
7	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	23	+34.651	241
8	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+34.677	12
9	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	23	+36.728	11
10	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	23	+37.615	231
11	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	23	+40.932	21
12	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	23	+42.599	4
13	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	23	+44.840	19
14	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	23	+46.014	251
15	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	23	+46.777	261
16	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	23	+57.433	15
17	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+1:08.309	13
18	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	23	+1:11.936	22
19	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	21	Retirement	16
20	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	21	Retirement	17
Ret	14	Josef Král	Arden International	14	Retirement	1
Ret	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	14	Retirement	9
Ret	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	3	Retirement	18
Ret	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	0	Collision	8
Ret	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	0	Collision	14
Ret	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	0	Collision	20
Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus ART) 1:49.916 (lap 9)

Notes

1. ^ – Bianchi, Leimer, Filippi and Varhaug were given a ten grid position penalty for causing avoidable collisions during Feature Race.^[1]

Standings after the round[]

• 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	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	14	28:49.603	3	10+1
2	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	14	+6.547	1	8+2
3	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	+7.406	4	6
4	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	14	+11.403	7	5
5	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	14	+14.315	2	4
6	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	14	+17.022	16	3
7	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	14	+18.818	8	2
8	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	14	+19.339	9	1
9	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	14	+26.837	26
10	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	14	+28.342	23
11	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	14	+36.012	30
12	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	14	+37.231	25
13	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+37.241	28
14	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	14	+39.355	21
15	15	Daniel Morad	Carlin	14	+40.131	18
16	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	14	+41.619	20
17	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+42.700	13
18	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+48.068	19
19	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+58.934	14
20	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	14	+1:12.164	6
Ret	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	8	Retired	11
Ret	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	3	Retired	5
Ret	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	3	Retired	24
Ret	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	1	Retired	15
Ret	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	1	Retired	17
Ret	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	0	Retired	10
Ret	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	12
Ret	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Retired	22
Ret	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	27
Ret	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	0	Retired	29
Fastest lap: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Marussia Manor Racing) 1:59.663 (lap 8)

Race 2[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	14	28:06.179	1	6+1
2	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	14	+4.445	3	5
3	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	14	+7.917	2	4
4	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	+10.808	6	3
5	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	14	+18.843	5	2
6	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	14	+19.133	7	1
7	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	14	+19.212	12
8	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+20.037	8
9	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+20.659	13
10	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+21.298	18
11	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	14	+22.293	4
12	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	14	+22.817	9
13	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	14	+27.269	16
14	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+28.381	23
15	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	14	+34.266	302
16	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	14	+40.739	14
17	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	14	+51.691	10
18	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	14	+1:01.816	11
19	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+1:39.578	21
20	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	13	Retired	27
21	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	13	Retired	292
22	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	13	Retired	19
Ret	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	8	Retired	24
Ret	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	8	Retired	20
Ret	15	Daniel Morad	Carlin	0	Retired	15
Ret	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	0	Retired	17
Ret	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	0	Retired	22
Ret	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	0	Retired	25
Ret	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	26
Ret	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	0	Retired	28
Fastest lap: James Calado (Lotus ART) 1:59.500 (lap 6)

Notes

1. ^ – Zimin and Nunes were given a ten grid position penalty for causing collisions in Race 1.^[2]

Standings after the round[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• GP2 Series official website: Results
• GP3 Series official website: Results

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