2011 GP2 Final

United Arab Emirates    2011 Abu Dhabi GP2 round
Round details
Round 10 (non-championship) of 10 rounds in the
2011 GP2 Series
Yas Marina Circuit
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 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering
Time 1:49.363
Podium
First Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering
Second Brazil Luiz Razia Caterham Team AirAsia
Third United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Barwa Addax Team
Fastest lap
Driver Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering
Time 1:51.493 (on lap 23)
Sprint race
Date 13 November 2011
Laps 22
Podium
First United Kingdom James Calado Lotus ART
Second Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International
Third France Tom Dillmann iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil 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, 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.

Team No. Driver
Italy Rapax 1 Spain Dani Clos[2]
2 Romania Mihai Marinescu[2]
Spain Barwa Addax Team 3 United States Jake Rosenzweig[3]
4 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer[4]
France Lotus ART 5 United Kingdom James Calado[5]
6 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez[5] 1
Spain Racing Engineering 7 Switzerland Fabio Leimer[6]
8 France Nathanaël Berthon[6]
United Kingdom iSport International 9 France Tom Dillmann[7]
10 Sweden Marcus Ericsson[8] 1
France DAMS 11 Indonesia Rio Haryanto[9]
12 Netherlands Nigel Melker[9]
United Kingdom Arden International 14 Czech Republic Josef Král[10] 1
15 Switzerland Simon Trummer[10]
United Kingdom Super Nova Racing 16 Italy Giacomo Ricci[11]
17 Italy Fabio Onidi[12]
Italy Scuderia Coloni 18 Italy Kevin Ceccon[13] 2
19 Monaco Stefano Coletti[14]
Italy Trident Racing 20 Colombia Julián Leal[15]
21 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi[15] 2
Portugal Ocean Racing Technology 22 France Nicolas Marroc[16]
23 Portugal António Félix da Costa[17]
United Kingdom Carlin 24 United Kingdom Max Chilton[18] 1
25 Czech Republic Jan Charouz[18]
Malaysia Caterham Team AirAsia 26 United States Alexander Rossi[19]
27 Brazil Luiz Razia[20] 3

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

Pos No. Driver Team Time Gap Grid
1 7 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:49.363 1
2 1 Spain Dani Clos Rapax 1:49.570 +0.207 2
3 14 Czech Republic Josef Král Arden International 1:49.612 +0.249 3
4 27 Brazil Luiz Razia Caterham Team AirAsia 1:49.649 +0.286 4
5 4 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Barwa Addax Team 1:49.697 +0.334 5
6 24 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin 1:49.737 +0.374 6
7 18 Italy Kevin Ceccon Scuderia Coloni 1:49.751 +0.388 7
8 6 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus ART 1:49.822 +0.459 8
9 9 France Tom Dillmann iSport International 1:50.070 +0.707 9
10 19 Monaco Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:50.070 +0.707 10
11 16 Italy Giacomo Ricci Super Nova Racing 1:50.074 +0.711 214
12 5 United Kingdom James Calado Lotus ART 1:50.074 +0.711 11
13 12 Netherlands Nigel Melker DAMS 1:50.147 +0.784 12
14 10 Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:50.230 +0.867 13
15 26 United States Alexander Rossi Caterham Team AirAsia 1:50.236 +0.873 14
16 23 Portugal António Félix da Costa Ocean Racing Technology 1:50.276 +0.913 15
17 8 France Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:50.296 +0.933 16
18 3 United States Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 1:50.374 +1.011 17
19 20 Colombia Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:50.374 +1.011 18
20 11 Indonesia Rio Haryanto DAMS 1:50.515 +1.152 19
21 21 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:50.600 +1.237 20
22 15 Switzerland Simon Trummer Arden International 1:50.752 +1.389 22
23 17 Italy Fabio Onidi Super Nova Racing 1:51.052 +1.689 23
24 25 Czech Republic Jan Charouz Carlin 1:51.407 +2.044 24
25 2 Romania Mihai Marinescu Rapax 1:51.893 +2.530 25
26 22 France Nicolas Marroc Ocean Racing Technology 1:52.550 +3.187 264

Notes

Feature Race

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 31 58:53.563 1 10+2+1
2 27 Brazil Luiz Razia Caterham Team AirAsia 31 +6.911 4 8
3 4 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Barwa Addax Team 31 +28.708 5 6
4 10 Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International 31 +29.812 14 5
5 18 Italy Kevin Ceccon Scuderia Coloni 31 +36.619 7 4
6 9 France Tom Dillmann iSport International 31 +41.518 9 3
7 23 Portugal António Félix da Costa Ocean Racing Technology 31 +42.496 16 2
8 5 United Kingdom James Calado Lotus ART 31 +45.669 12 1
9 8 France Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 31 +51.345 17
10 19 Monaco Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 31 +1:02.481 10
11 16 Italy Giacomo Ricci Super Nova Racing 31 +1:08.632 11
12 11 Indonesia Rio Haryanto DAMS 31 +1:13.503 20
13 26 United States Alexander Rossi Caterham Team AirAsia 31 +1:16.572 15
14 22 France Nicolas Marroc Ocean Racing Technology 31 +1:28.973 26
15 12 Netherlands Nigel Melker DAMS 31 +1:30.328 13
16 20 Colombia Julián Leal Trident Racing 31 +1:33.669 19
17 2 Romania Mihai Marinescu Rapax 31 +1:35.344 25
18 17 Italy Fabio Onidi Super Nova Racing 31 +1:43.5415 23
19 21 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 30 +1 lap 21
20 14 Czech Republic Josef Král Arden International 30 +1 lap 3
21 6 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus ART 30 +1 lap 8
Ret 3 United States Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 23 Retired 18
Ret 15 Switzerland Simon Trummer Arden International 23 Retired 22
Ret 25 Czech Republic Jan Charouz Carlin 18 Retired 24
Ret 24 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin 2 Retired 6
Ret 1 Spain 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 Points
1 5 United Kingdom James Calado Lotus ART 22 41:26.194 1 6
2 10 Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International 22 +1.770 5 5
3 9 France Tom Dillmann iSport International 22 +7.695 3 4
4 4 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Barwa Addax Team 22 +13.040 6 3
5 6 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus ART 22 +27.012 21 2
6 18 Italy Kevin Ceccon Scuderia Coloni 22 +28.025 4 1
7 26 United States Alexander Rossi Caterham Team AirAsia 22 +29.909 13
8 2 Brazil Luiz Razia Caterham Team AirAsia 22 +30.022 7 1
9 1 Spain Dani Clos Rapax 22 +30.139 25
10 7 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 22 +30.570 8
11 17 Italy Fabio Onidi Super Nova Racing 22 +33.066 18
12 14 Czech Republic Josef Král Arden International 22 +40.517 20
13 23 Portugal António Félix da Costa Ocean Racing Technology 22 +44.351 2
14 3 United States Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 22 +45.524 22
15 15 Switzerland Simon Trummer Arden International 22 +45.921 266
16 24 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin 22 +46.846 24
17 25 Czech Republic Jan Charouz Carlin 22 +48.347 23
18 21 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 22 +48.702 19
19 8 France Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 22 +49.101 9
20 12 Netherlands Nigel Melker DAMS 22 +49.778 15
21 20 Colombia Julián Leal Trident Racing 22 +50.399 16
22 22 France Nicolas Marroc Ocean Racing Technology 22 +53.398 14
23 16 Italy Giacomo Ricci Super Nova Racing 22 +59.543 11
24 11 Indonesia Rio Haryanto DAMS 22 +1:12.642 12
25 19 Monaco Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 21 Collision 10
Ret 2 Romania 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

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