2011 GP2 Final
| Round details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Round 10 (non-championship) of 10 rounds in the 2011 GP2 Series season | |||
 Yas Marina Circuit | |||
| Location | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.554 km (3.451 mi) | ||
| Feature race | |||
| Date | 12 November 2011 | ||
| Laps | 31 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |  Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | |
| Time | 1:49.363 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | |
| Second |  Luiz Razia | Caterham Team AirAsia | |
| Third |  Jolyon Palmer | Barwa Addax Team | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | |
| Time | 1:51.493 (on lap 23) | ||
| Sprint race | |||
| Date | 13 November 2011 | ||
| Laps | 22 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | James Calado | Lotus ART | |
| Second |  Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | |
| Third |  Tom Dillmann | iSport International | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Luiz Razia | Caterham Team AirAsia | |
| Time | 1:51.551 (on lap 15) | ||
The 2011 GP2 Final was a special round of the 2011 GP2 Series season, supporting the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 12 and 13 November 2011. The race was originally scheduled to be the first round of the 2012 GP2 Asia championship, but with the GP2 Asia series being discontinued and absorbed into its parent series,[1] the race was added to the GP2 Series calendar as a non-championship round.
Entry list
As the race was a non-championship event, several teams elected to run guest drivers in the place of their regular drivers.
Notes:
- ^1 − Denotes the regular driver of that car.
- ^2 − Driver competed at selected events in the regular season.
- ^3 − Luiz Razia competed in the regular season for Caterham Team AirAsia, driving car #26.
Classification
Qualifying
Notes
- ^4 – Giacomo Ricci and Nicolas Marroc both received a ten grid place penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the practice session.[21]
Feature Race
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Fabio Leimer |
Racing Engineering | 31 | 58:53.563 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Luiz Razia |
Caterham Team AirAsia | 31 | +6.911 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | Jolyon Palmer |
Barwa Addax Team | 31 | +28.708 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | Marcus Ericsson |
iSport International | 31 | +29.812 | 14 |
| 5 | 18 |  Kevin Ceccon |
Scuderia Coloni | 31 | +36.619 | 7 |
| 6 | 9 | Tom Dillmann |
iSport International | 31 | +41.518 | 9 |
| 7 | 23 |  António Félix da Costa |
Ocean Racing Technology | 31 | +42.496 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | James Calado |
Lotus ART | 31 | +45.669 | 12 |
| 9 | 8 | Nathanaël Berthon |
Racing Engineering | 31 | +51.345 | 17 |
| 10 | 19 |  Stefano Coletti |
Scuderia Coloni | 31 | +1:02.481 | 10 |
| 11 | 16 | Giacomo Ricci |
Super Nova Racing | 31 | +1:08.632 | 11 |
| 12 | 11 |  Rio Haryanto |
DAMS | 31 | +1:13.503 | 20 |
| 13 | 26 |  Alexander Rossi |
Caterham Team AirAsia | 31 | +1:16.572 | 15 |
| 14 | 22 | Nicolas Marroc |
Ocean Racing Technology | 31 | +1:28.973 | 26 |
| 15 | 12 |  Nigel Melker |
DAMS | 31 | +1:30.328 | 13 |
| 16 | 20 |  Julián Leal |
Trident Racing | 31 | +1:33.669 | 19 |
| 17 | 2 |  Mihai Marinescu |
Rapax | 31 | +1:35.344 | 25 |
| 18 | 17 | Fabio Onidi |
Super Nova Racing | 31 | +1:43.5415 | 23 |
| 19 | 21 | Stéphane Richelmi |
Trident Racing | 30 | +1 lap | 21 |
| 20 | 14 |  Josef Král |
Arden International | 30 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 21 | 6 |  Esteban Gutiérrez |
Lotus ART | 30 | +1 lap | 8 |
| Ret | 3 | Jake Rosenzweig |
Barwa Addax Team | 23 | Retired | 18 |
| Ret | 15 | Simon Trummer |
Arden International | 23 | Retired | 22 |
| Ret | 25 | Jan Charouz |
Carlin | 18 | Retired | 24 |
| Ret | 24 | Max Chilton |
Carlin | 2 | Retired | 6 |
| Ret | 1 |  Dani Clos |
Rapax | 1 | Retired | 2 |
| Fastest lap: Fabio Leimer (Racing Engineering) 1:51.493 (lap 23) | ||||||
Notes
- ^5 – Fabio Onidi received a twenty second penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the feature race.[22]
Sprint Race
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | James Calado |
Lotus ART | 22 | 41:26.194 | 1 |
| 2 | 10 | Marcus Ericsson |
iSport International | 22 | +1.770 | 5 |
| 3 | 9 | Tom Dillmann |
iSport International | 22 | +7.695 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Jolyon Palmer |
Barwa Addax Team | 22 | +13.040 | 6 |
| 5 | 6 | Esteban Gutiérrez |
Lotus ART | 22 | +27.012 | 21 |
| 6 | 18 | Kevin Ceccon |
Scuderia Coloni | 22 | +28.025 | 4 |
| 7 | 26 | Alexander Rossi |
Caterham Team AirAsia | 22 | +29.909 | 13 |
| 8 | 2 | Luiz Razia |
Caterham Team AirAsia | 22 | +30.022 | 7 |
| 9 | 1 | Dani Clos |
Rapax | 22 | +30.139 | 25 |
| 10 | 7 | Fabio Leimer |
Racing Engineering | 22 | +30.570 | 8 |
| 11 | 17 | Fabio Onidi |
Super Nova Racing | 22 | +33.066 | 18 |
| 12 | 14 | Josef Král |
Arden International | 22 | +40.517 | 20 |
| 13 | 23 | António Félix da Costa |
Ocean Racing Technology | 22 | +44.351 | 2 |
| 14 | 3 | Jake Rosenzweig |
Barwa Addax Team | 22 | +45.524 | 22 |
| 15 | 15 | Simon Trummer |
Arden International | 22 | +45.921 | 266 |
| 16 | 24 | Max Chilton |
Carlin | 22 | +46.846 | 24 |
| 17 | 25 | Jan Charouz |
Carlin | 22 | +48.347 | 23 |
| 18 | 21 | Stéphane Richelmi |
Trident Racing | 22 | +48.702 | 19 |
| 19 | 8 | Nathanaël Berthon |
Racing Engineering | 22 | +49.101 | 9 |
| 20 | 12 | Nigel Melker |
DAMS | 22 | +49.778 | 15 |
| 21 | 20 | Julián Leal |
Trident Racing | 22 | +50.399 | 16 |
| 22 | 22 | Nicolas Marroc |
Ocean Racing Technology | 22 | +53.398 | 14 |
| 23 | 16 | Giacomo Ricci |
Super Nova Racing | 22 | +59.543 | 11 |
| 24 | 11 | Rio Haryanto |
DAMS | 22 | +1:12.642 | 12 |
| 25 | 19 | Stefano Coletti |
Scuderia Coloni | 21 | Collision | 10 |
| Ret | 2 | Mihai Marinescu |
Rapax | 10 | Accident | 17 |
| Fastest lap: Luiz Razia (Caterham Team AirAsia) 1:51.551 (lap 15) | ||||||
Notes
- ^6 – Simon Trummer received a ten place grid penalty for causing a collision during the feature race.[22]
Standings
Drivers' Championship
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Teams' Standings
| Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSport International |
17 |
| 2 | Racing Engineering |
13 |
| 3 | Lotus ART |
9 |
| 4 |  Caterham Team AirAsia |
9 |
| 5 | Barwa Addax Team |
9 |
| 6 | Scuderia Coloni |
5 |
| 7 | Ocean Racing Technology |
2 |
| 8 | Rapax |
0 |
| 9 | Super Nova Racing |
0 |
| 10 | DAMS |
0 |
| 11 | Arden International |
0 |
| 12 | Carlin |
0 |
| 13 | Trident Racing |
0 |
References
- ↑ "GP2 Series and GP2 Asia Series to be merged". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 12 July 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dani Clos and Mihai Marinescu with Rapax in Abu Dhabi". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ↑ Mills, Peter (7 October 2011). "Mofaz Formula Renault 3.5 team to close". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 3 November 2011.
Rosenzweig ended the morning 13th, and has confirmed he will contest the Abu Dhabi GP2 race with Addax.
- ↑ "Jolyon Palmer to drive for Addax in Abu Dhabi GP2 Finals". motorsportvision.co.uk (MotorSport Vision). 3 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Lotus ART complete 2012 line up". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 25 October 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Racing Engineering reveal Abu Dhabi line-up". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 27 October 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ "Tom Dillmann completes iSport's line-up for the GP2 Series Finale". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 1 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ "Marcus Ericsson to stay with iSport in 2012". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 1 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Haryanto and Melker will drive for DAMS". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 2 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Arden International confirm Kral and Trummer for Abu Dhabi". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ↑ "Ricci con SuperNova ad Abu Dhabi" [Ricci for Super Nova at Abu Dhabi]. ItaliaRacing (in Italian) (Inpagina). 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ↑ "Onidi avec Super Nova" [Onidi with Super Nova]. AUTOhebdo (in French) (Groupe Hommell). 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ↑ "Kevin Ceccon rejoins with Scuderia Coloni". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 6 October 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ "Stefano Coletti with Scuderia Coloni in 2011 GP2 Final". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 3 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Trident Racing with Leal and Richelmi". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 27 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ↑ "Ocean Racing Technology line up Felix Da Costa and Marroc". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 9 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ↑ "Ocean Racing Technology resumes testing at Barcelona". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 18 October 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
...declared Antonio Felix da Costa, who will be driving for Ocean Racing Technology in the Abu Dhabi races, November 11–13.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Chilton and Charouz to compete in Abu Dhabi". Carlin (Capsicum). 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ↑ "Alexander Rossi To Contest GP2 Final in Abu Dhabi With Caterham Team AirAsia". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 3 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ "Luiz Razia confirmed for Abu Dhabi GP2 finale & F1 young driver test". Caterham Team AirAsia (Dinato Racing Ltd.). 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ↑ "Post Free Practice penalties". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 11 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Post race penalties". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport). 12 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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