2011 Monza GP3 Series round

   2011 Monza GP3 round

Round details
Round 8 of 8 rounds in the 2011 GP3 Series
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.6 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	10 September 2011
Laps	16
Pole position
Driver	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing
Time	1:43.788
Podium
First	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART
Second	James Calado	Lotus ART
Third	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing
Time	1:45.194
Race 2
Date	11 September 2011
Laps	16
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix
Second	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing
Third	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART
Time	1:44.801

The 2011 Monza GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on September 10 and 11, 2011 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy. It was the final round of the 2011 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2011 Italian Grand Prix.

Lotus ART was crowned Teams' Champion in Belgium, while in the Drivers' standings Valtteri Bottas, who held a five-point lead over his teammate James Calado before the round, with Nigel Melker, Alexander Sims and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs all having mathematically a chance, ^[1] sealed the title with his victory in Race 1. ^[2]

Classification

Race 1

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	16	30:03.132	5	10
2	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	16	+0.378	6	8
3	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+1.513	3	6+1
4	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+2.121	2	5
5	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	16	+4.297	7	4
6	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	16	+4.375	17	3
7	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	16	+4.816	14	2
8	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	16	+5.937	4	1
9	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+5.986	13
10	1	Richie Stanaway	Lotus ART	16	+8.572	22
11	15	Callum MacLeod	Carlin	16	+12.445	23
12	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+12.889	8
13	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	16	+13.238	27
14	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	16	+17.131	25
15	29	Daniel Mancinelli	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+17.317	28 3
16	9	Christophe Hurni	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+24.474	30
17	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	16	+25.225	15
18	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	16	+25.941	29 2
19	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	16	+38.993	24
20	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+40.122	19
21	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	15	Retired	11
22	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	14	Retired	16
Ret	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	13	Retired	10
Ret	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	10	Retired	1	2
Ret	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	9	Retired	26
Ret	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	8	Retired	9
Ret	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	2	Retired	12
Ret	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	0	Retired	18
Ret	25	Vittorio Ghirelli	Addax Team	0	Retired	20
Ret	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Retired	21
Fastest lap: Rio Haryanto (Marussia Manor Racing) 1:45.194

Notes

• ^2 – Williamson was given a 10 place grid penalty for causing a collision during the practice session. ^[3]
• ^3 – Mancinelli received a 3 place grid penalty for impeding Quaife-Hobbs during the practice session. ^[3]

Race 2

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	16	28:28.320	2	6
2	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+0.720	6	5
3	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+1.208	5	4
4	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	16	+1.935	4	3
5	15	Callum MacLeod	Carlin	16	+2.308	10	2+1
6	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+6.235	24	1
7	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	16	+7.027	16
8	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	16	+7.599	22
9	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	16	+9.949	23
10	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	16	+10.128	17
11	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+10.699	11
12	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	16	+11.320	26
13	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	16	+11.426	18
14	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	16	+20.397 5	7
15	29	Daniel Mancinelli	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+23.506	14
16	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+39.759	29
17	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	16	+42.707	8
18	25	Vittorio Ghirelli	Addax Team	16	+1:04.588	30 4
19	1	Richie Stanaway	Lotus ART	16	+1:05.428	20 4
20	9	Christophe Hurni	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+1:34.972	15
Ret	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	13	Retired	1
Ret	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	9	Retired	9
Ret	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	9	Retired	25
Ret	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	6	Retired	12
Ret	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	5	Retired	19
Ret	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	3	Retired	28
Ret	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	3	Retired	27
Ret	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	1	Retired	21
Ret	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	1	Retired	13
Ret	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	0	Retired	3
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas (Lotus ART) 1:44.801

Notes

• ^4 – Stanaway and Ghirelli were given a 10 place grid penalty for causing separate collisions during Race 1. ^[4]
• ^5 – Calado received a drive through penalty in the last laps of the race for causing a collision, so the penalty became a 20-second addition to his race time.

Final standings

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Valtteri Bottas 62 2 James Calado 55 3 Nigel Melker 38 4 Nico Müller 36 5 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 36

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Lotus ART 124 2 MW Arden 69 3 Marussia Manor Racing 67 4 RSC Mücke Motorsport 61 5 Status Grand Prix 50

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

See also

• 2011 Italian Grand Prix
• 2011 Monza GP2 Series round

References

1. "Round 8 Monza preview". GP3 Series. 8 September 2011.
2. "Bottas wins to take crown". GP3 Series. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011.
3. "Monza post practice penalties". GP3 Series. 9 September 2011.
4. "Monza post race penalties". GP3 Series. 10 September 2011.

External links

• GP3 Series official website: Results

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