2011 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round

2011 Turkish GP2 round
Round details
Round 1 of 9 rounds in the 2011 GP2 Series season and Round 1 of 8 rounds in the 2011 GP3 Series season
Istanbul Park Circuit
Location	Istanbul Park Istanbul, Turkey
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.34 km (3.32 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	7 May 2011
Laps	32
Pole position
Driver	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Time	1:34.398
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Second	Sam Bird	iSport International
Third	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Sam Bird	iSport International
Time	1:37.580 (on lap 18)
Sprint race
Date	8 May 2011
Laps	23
Podium
First	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing
Second	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team
Third	Sam Bird	iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Time	1:38.442 (on lap 6)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	7 May 2011
Laps	15
Pole position
Driver	Tom Dillmann	Carlin
Time	1:45.391
Podium
First	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Second	Andrea Caldarelli	Tech 1 Racing
Third	Tom Dillmann	Carlin
Fastest lap
Driver	Andrea Caldarelli	Tech 1 Racing
Time	1:47.227
Race 2
Date	8 May 2011
Laps	15
Podium
First	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix
Second	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Third	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix
Time	1:47.601 (on lap 6)

The 2011 Turkish GP2 Round was the first round of the 2011 GP2 Series season. It was held on May 6–8, 2011 at Istanbul Speed Park, Istanbul, Turkey, supporting the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix.

Classification

GP2

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	1:34.398	1
2	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	1:34.483	2
3	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	1:34.709	3
4	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	1:34.784	4
5	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:34.797	5
6	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	1:34.888	6
7	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	1:34.954	7
8	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	1:34.975	18¹
9	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	1:34.981	8
10	14	Josef Král	Arden International	1:35.050	9
11	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:35.110	10
12	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	1:35.140	11
13	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	1:35.159	12
14	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	1:35.164	13
15	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	1:35.182	14
16	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	1:35.360	15
17	19	Davide Rigon	Scuderia Coloni	1:35.369	16
18	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:35.375	17
19	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:35.428	19
20	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	1:35.545	20
21	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	1:35.681	21
22	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	1:35.825	22
23	25	Mikhail Aleshin	Carlin	1:35.873	²
24	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	1:35.973	23
25	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	1:36.168	24
26	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	1:36.187	25

Notes

^ – Davide Valsecchi was handed a ten place grid penalty for driving in the opposite direction during the qualifying session.^[1]
^ – Mikhail Aleshin did not contest the remainder of the weekend, having fractured a metacarpal in his left hand during an accident in qualifying.^[2]

Feature Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	32	57:09.999	1	10+2
2	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	32	+0.332	2	8+1
3	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	32	+35.856	4	6
4	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	32	+45.933	11	5
5	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	32	+52.280	14	4
6	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	32	+52.866	6	3
7	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	32	+1:03.117	7	2
8	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	32	+1:11.822	5	1
9	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	32	+1:12.913	17
10	19	Davide Rigon	Scuderia Coloni	32	+1:15.636	16
11	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	32	+1:20.559	8
12	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	32	+1:26.007	19
13	14	Josef Král	Arden International	32	+1:31.885	9
14	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	32	+1:43.492	20
15	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	31	Retired	22
16	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	31	+1 lap	18
17	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	31	+1 lap	12
18	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	31	+1 lap	21
19	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	31	+1 lap	24
Ret	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	16	Retired	25
Ret	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	15	Retired	3
Ret	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	14	Retired	15
Ret	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	0	Retired	10
Ret	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	0	Retired	13
Ret	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	0	Retired	23
DNS	25	Mikhail Aleshin	Carlin		Injured
Fastest lap: Sam Bird (iSport International) 1:37.580 (lap 18)

Sprint Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	23	41:40.571	4	6
2	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	23	+2.184	5	5
3	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	23	+2.756	7	4
4	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	23	+3.243	2	3
5	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	23	+3.502	12	2
6	14	Josef Král	Arden International	23	+5.038	13	1
7	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	23	+5.373	6
8	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	23	+5.602	9
9	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	23	+7.143	17
10	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	23	+7.501	8	1
11	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	23	+7.892	25
12	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	23	+9.261	14
13	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+10.697	22
14	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	23	+11.862	21
15	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	23	+12.140	1
16	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	23	+12.237	16
17	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	23	+12.359	23
18	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	23	+12.826	3
19	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+12.950	15
20	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	23	+13.708	24
21	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	23	+14.195	18
22	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	23	+15.582	20
Ret	19	Davide Rigon	Scuderia Coloni	18	Collision	10
Ret	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	18	Collision	19
Ret	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	3	Spun off	11
DNS	25	Mikhail Aleshin	Carlin		Injured
Fastest lap: Romain Grosjean (DAMS) 1:38.442 (lap 6)

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Romain Grosjean	13
2	Sam Bird	13
3	Stefano Coletti	10
4	Giedo van der Garde	10
5	Jules Bianchi	6

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Barwa Addax Team	15
2	DAMS	13
3	iSport International	13
4	Trident Racing	10
5	Lotus ART	6

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	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	15	28:13.773	3	10
2	18	Andrea Caldarelli	Tech 1 Racing	15	+0.605	2	8+1
3	15	Tom Dillmann	Carlin	15	+2.942	1	6+2
4	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	15	+3.840	4	5
5	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	15	+4.410	10	4
6	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	15	+7.214	7	3
7	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	15	+10.608	6	2
8	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	15	+11.713	12	1
9	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	15	+11.928	11
10	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	15	+19.559	15
11	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+23.673	9
12	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	15	+24.192	21
13	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	15	+24.977	22
14	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	15	+26.180	23
15	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	15	+26.354	30
16	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	15	+27.239	24
17	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	15	+27.507	5
18	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+29.871	25
19	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	15	+30.222	14
20	23	Dominic Storey	Addax Team	15	+30.644	18
21	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	15	+31.336	29
22	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	15	+32.066	19
23	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+53.931	27
24	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+1:03.096	16
25	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+1 lap	26
26	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	13	+2 laps	13
Ret	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	8	Retired	20
Ret	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	3	Retired	28
Ret	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	3	Retired	8
Ret	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	1	Retired	17
Fastest lap: Andrea Caldarelli (Tech 1 Racing) 1:47.227

Race 2

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	15	27:03.624	1	6+1
2	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	15	+7.406	2	5
3	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	15	+13.983	8	4
4	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	15	+17.667	4	3
5	18	Andrea Caldarelli	Tech 1 Racing	15	+17.876	7	2
6	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	15	+18.760	9	1
7	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	15	+18.948	3
8	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	15	+22.792	5
9	15	Tom Dillmann	Carlin	15	+22.951	6
10	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+27.212	26
11	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	15	+31.637	13
12	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	15	+32.829	10
13	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	15	+34.111	17
14	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	15	+35.985	12
15	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+36.315	11
16	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+36.883	24
17	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+37.400	23
18	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	15	+37.804	16
19	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	15	+38.419	27
20	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	15	+38.692	29
21	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	15	+39.477	19
22	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	15	+40.348	28
23	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	15	+47.122	30
24	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	15	+55.843	14
25	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	15	+57.717	21
26	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	14	+1 lap	22
Ret	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	7	Retired	25
Ret	23	Dominic Storey	Addax Team	0	Retired	20
Ret	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	0	Retired	18
Ret	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	0	Retired	15
Fastest lap: Alexander Sims (Status Grand Prix) 1:47.601 (lap 6)

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nigel Melker	14
2	Andrea Caldarelli	11
3	Alexander Sims	8
4	Tom Dillmann	8
5	Michael Christensen	7

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	RSC Mücke Motorsport	21
2	Status Grand Prix	15
3	Tech 1 Racing	11
4	Carlin	8
5	Lotus ART	5

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

References

↑ "Valsecchi penalised after qualifying". GP2 Series. 6 May 2011.
↑ "Mikhail Aleshin ruled out". GP2 Series. 6 May 2011.

External links

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