2011 GP2 Final

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

Contents

Entry list

As the race was a non-championship event, several teams elected to run guest drivers in the place of their regular drivers.

TeamNo.Driver
Flag of Italy.svg Rapax 1 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos [2]
2 Flag of Romania.svg Mihai Marinescu [2]
Flag of Spain.svg Barwa Addax Team 3 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Rosenzweig [3]
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer [4]
Flag of France.svg Lotus ART 5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado [5]
6 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez [5] 1
Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer [6]
8 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon [6]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg iSport International 9 Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann [7]
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson [8] 1
Flag of France.svg DAMS 11 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto [9]
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker [9]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arden International 14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král [10] 1
15 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer [10]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Super Nova Racing 16 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Ricci [11]
17 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi [12]
Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Coloni 18 Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon [13] 2
19 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti [14]
Flag of Italy.svg Trident Racing 20 Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal [15]
21 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi [15] 2
Flag of Portugal.svg Ocean Racing Technology 22 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Marroc [16]
23 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa [17]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carlin 24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton [18] 1
25 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz [18]
Flag of Malaysia.svg Caterham Team AirAsia 26 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi [19]
27 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia [20] 3

Notes:

Classification

Qualifying

PosNo.DriverTeamTimeGapGrid
17 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:49.3631
21 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Rapax 1:49.570+0.2072
314 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král Arden International 1:49.612+0.2493
427 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Caterham Team AirAsia 1:49.649+0.2864
54 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer Barwa Addax Team 1:49.697+0.3345
624 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Carlin 1:49.737+0.3746
718 Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon Scuderia Coloni 1:49.751+0.3887
86 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus ART 1:49.822+0.4598
99 Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann iSport International 1:50.070+0.7079
1019 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:50.070+0.70710
1116 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Ricci Super Nova Racing 1:50.074+0.71121 4
125 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Lotus ART 1:50.074+0.71111
1312 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker DAMS 1:50.147+0.78412
1410 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:50.230+0.86713
1526 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Caterham Team AirAsia 1:50.236+0.87314
1623 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Ocean Racing Technology 1:50.276+0.91315
178 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:50.296+0.93316
183 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 1:50.374+1.01117
1920 Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:50.374+1.01118
2011 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto DAMS 1:50.515+1.15219
2121 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:50.600+1.23720
2215 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer Arden International 1:50.752+1.38922
2317 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi Super Nova Racing 1:51.052+1.68923
2425 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz Carlin 1:51.407+2.04424
252 Flag of Romania.svg Mihai Marinescu Rapax 1:51.893+2.53025
2622 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Marroc Ocean Racing Technology 1:52.550+3.18726 4

Notes

Feature Race

PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
17 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 3158:53.563110+2+1
227 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Caterham Team AirAsia 31+6.91148
34 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer Barwa Addax Team 31+28.70856
410 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson iSport International 31+29.812145
518 Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon Scuderia Coloni 31+36.61974
69 Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann iSport International 31+41.51893
723 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Ocean Racing Technology 31+42.496162
85 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Lotus ART 31+45.669121
98 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 31+51.34517
1019 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 31+1:02.48110
1116 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Ricci Super Nova Racing 31+1:08.63211
1211 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto DAMS 31+1:13.50320
1326 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Caterham Team AirAsia 31+1:16.57215
1422 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Marroc Ocean Racing Technology 31+1:28.97326
1512 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker DAMS 31+1:30.32813
1620 Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal Trident Racing 31+1:33.66919
172 Flag of Romania.svg Mihai Marinescu Rapax 31+1:35.34425
1817 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi Super Nova Racing 31+1:43.541 5 23
1921 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 30+1 lap21
2014 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král Arden International 30+1 lap3
216 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus ART 30+1 lap8
Ret3 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 23Retired18
Ret15 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer Arden International 23Retired22
Ret25 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz Carlin 18Retired24
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Carlin 2Retired6
Ret1 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Rapax 1Retired2
Fastest lap: Fabio Leimer (Racing Engineering) 1:51.493 (lap 23)

Notes

Sprint Race

PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Lotus ART 2241:26.19416
210 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson iSport International 22+1.77055
39 Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann iSport International 22+7.69534
44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer Barwa Addax Team 22+13.04063
56 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus ART 22+27.012212
618 Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon Scuderia Coloni 22+28.02541
726 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Caterham Team AirAsia 22+29.90913
82 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Caterham Team AirAsia 22+30.02271
91 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Rapax 22+30.13925
107 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 22+30.5708
1117 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi Super Nova Racing 22+33.06618
1214 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král Arden International 22+40.51720
1323 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Ocean Racing Technology 22+44.3512
143 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 22+45.52422
1515 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer Arden International 22+45.92126 6
1624 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Carlin 22+46.84624
1725 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz Carlin 22+48.34723
1821 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 22+48.70219
198 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 22+49.1019
2012 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker DAMS 22+49.77815
2120 Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal Trident Racing 22+50.39916
2222 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Marroc Ocean Racing Technology 22+53.39814
2316 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Ricci Super Nova Racing 22+59.54311
2411 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto DAMS 22+1:12.64212
2519 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 21Collision10
Ret2 Flag of Romania.svg Mihai Marinescu Rapax 10Accident17
Fastest lap: Luiz Razia (Caterham Team AirAsia) 1:51.551 (lap 15)

Notes

Standings

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