2011 GP2 Final

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.

   2011 Abu Dhabi GP2 round
Round details
Round 10 (non-championship) of 10 rounds in the
2011 GP2 Series

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)

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
Rapax 1 Dani Clos[2]
2 Mihai Marinescu[2]
Barwa Addax Team 3 Jake Rosenzweig[3]
4 Jolyon Palmer[4]
Lotus ART 5 James Calado[5]
6 Esteban Gutiérrez[5] 1
Racing Engineering 7 Fabio Leimer[6]
8 Nathanaël Berthon[6]
iSport International 9 Tom Dillmann[7]
10 Marcus Ericsson[8] 1
DAMS 11 Rio Haryanto[9]
12 Nigel Melker[9]
Arden International 14 Josef Král[10] 1
15 Simon Trummer[10]
Super Nova Racing 16 Giacomo Ricci[11]
17 Fabio Onidi[12]
Scuderia Coloni 18 Kevin Ceccon[13] 2
19 Stefano Coletti[14]
Trident Racing 20 Julián Leal[15]
21 Stéphane Richelmi[15] 2
Ocean Racing Technology 22 Nicolas Marroc[16]
23 António Félix da Costa[17]
Carlin 24 Max Chilton[18] 1
25 Jan Charouz[18]
Caterham Team AirAsia 26 Alexander Rossi[19]
27 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
PosNo.DriverTeamTimeGrid
1 7 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:49.363 1
2 1 Dani Clos Rapax 1:49.570 2
3 14 Josef Král Arden International 1:49.612 3
4 27 Luiz Razia Caterham Team AirAsia 1:49.649 4
5 4 Jolyon Palmer Barwa Addax Team 1:49.697 5
6 24 Max Chilton Carlin 1:49.737 6
7 18 Kevin Ceccon Scuderia Coloni 1:49.751 7
8 6 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus ART 1:49.822 8
9 9 Tom Dillmann iSport International 1:50.070 9
10 19 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:50.070 10
11 16 Giacomo Ricci Super Nova Racing 1:50.074 214
12 5 James Calado Lotus ART 1:50.074 11
13 12 Nigel Melker DAMS 1:50.147 12
14 10 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:50.230 13
15 26 Alexander Rossi Caterham Team AirAsia 1:50.236 14
16 23 António Félix da Costa Ocean Racing Technology 1:50.276 15
17 8 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:50.296 16
18 3 Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 1:50.374 17
19 20 Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:50.374 18
20 11 Rio Haryanto DAMS 1:50.515 19
21 21 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:50.600 20
22 15 Simon Trummer Arden International 1:50.752 22
23 17 Fabio Onidi Super Nova Racing 1:51.052 23
24 25 Jan Charouz Carlin 1:51.407 24
25 2 Mihai Marinescu Rapax 1:51.893 25
26 22 Nicolas Marroc Ocean Racing Technology 1:52.550 264

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
PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid
1 7 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 31 58:53.563 1
2 27 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
PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid
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
Pos Driver R1 R2 Points
1 Fabio Leimer 1 10 13
2 Marcus Ericsson 4 2 10
3 Jolyon Palmer 3 4 9
4 Luiz Razia 2 8 8
5 James Calado 8 1 7
6 Tom Dillmann 6 3 7
7 Kevin Ceccon 5 6 5
8 Esteban Gutiérrez 21 5 2
9 António Félix da Costa 7 13 2
10 Alexander Rossi 13 7 0
11 Nathanaël Berthon 9 19 0
12 Dani Clos Ret 9 0
13 Stefano Coletti 10 Ret 0
14 Fabio Onidi 18 11 0
15 Giacomo Ricci 11 23 0
16 Josef Král 20 12 0
17 Rio Haryanto 12 24 0
18 Nicolas Marroc 14 22 0
19 Jake Rosenzweig Ret 14 0
20 Nigel Melker 15 20 0
21 Simon Trummer Ret 15 0
22 Julián Leal 16 21 0
23 Max Chilton Ret 16 0
24 Mihai Marinescu 17 Ret 0
25 Jan Charouz Ret 17 0
26 Stéphane Richelmi 19 18 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Teams' Standings
Team Points
1 iSport International 17
2 Racing Engineering 13
3 Barwa Addax Team 9
4 Lotus ART 9
5 Caterham Team AirAsia 8
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 Trident Racing 0
13 Carlin 0

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