2011 Bahrain Grand Prix

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Race details
Race {{{Race_No}}} of the 2011 Superleague season
Bahrain International Circuit.png
Date June 23rd, 2011
Official name 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix
Location Bahrain International Circuit
Sakhir, Bahrain
Course Permanent racing facility
3.370 mi / 5.412 km
Distance 57 laps, 191.530 mi / 308.238 km
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault
Time 1:28.846
Fastest Lap
Driver England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari
Time 1:29.207
Podium
First England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari
Second Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault
Third Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault


The 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix for the Superleague - the tenth race of the season - took place on the Sakhir circuit on the 23rd of June.

Report

Qualifying

As the 2nd half of the Superleague season dawned, the teams assembled themselves in the desert circuit at Sakhir for the Bahrain Grand Prix. With Draig Racing in the midst of a financial crisis, championship leader Lee Morris was looking to get his season back on track after four successive races without a win. However qualifying didn't go the Englishman's way as Maltese driver Jason Muscat stormed to pole with a blistering time of 1:28.846, which was a full half second ahead of Joe Consiglio who had just managed to pip Morris. Behind them David Jundt was the best of the rest, narrowly beating an improved Phil Perkins and Ryan Walker.

Race

As the race got underway the order at the front remained largely the same until a close battle between Consiglio and Morris resulted in Morris taking 2nd place on Lap 2. David Jundt held onto third place and while he couldn't quite hang on to the lead group, he did manage to build a cushion over 5th placed Bart De Vos. Further back there were several small incidents through the field in the opening phase of the race, including a collision between Ojay Clark and Dave-Carr Smith and spectacular barrel roll from Chris Williamson.

With a lighter fuel load Jason Muscat started to pull out a slender lead over his rivals before making his first stop on Lap 15. Also stopping early was Joe Consiglio who was the only one of the front runners to opt for 3 stops, later stating that this choice was made due to concern over a repeat of the brake wear issues that cost him dearly in Australia. Morris and Jundt both had their stops on Lap 21 and the positions were restored for a while as the four leaders stretched away from the rest of the field.

The final round of pit stops proved to be much more significant as once again it was Muscat who was the first to blink. Sensing a golden opportunity, Lee Morris put in some stunning laps and managed to retain the lead when he made his final stop. At the same time David Jundt was able to take control of thrid place as Consiglio made his 3rd stop of the day. In the closing stages several drivers suffered brake issues, including De Vos, Perkins and Jyri Lylykorpi and saw them drop several places. The order at the front however remained the same as Morris got his season back on track, winning the race by 9 seconds ahead of Jason Muscat. David Jundt made it two Red Archers on the podium and in doing so claimed his first ever GPVWC podium.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 01:28.846 —
2 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:29.355 +0.509s
3 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 01:29.386 +0.540s
4 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 01:30.123 +1.277s
5 22 England Phil Perkins TDR-Toyota 01:30.190 +1.344s
6 15 Scotland Ryan Walker Draig-Ferrari 01:30.195 +1.349s
7 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 01:30.228 +1.382s
8 19 England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 01:30.442 +1.596s
9 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 01:30.624 +1.778s
10 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 01:30.678 +1.832s
11 9 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 01:31.157 +2.310s
12 0 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:31.543 +2.696s
13 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 01:31.800 +2.954s
14 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 01:32.042 +3.196s
15 21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 01:32.253 +3.407s
16 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 01:32.367 +3.521s
17 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 01:32.591 +3.745s
18 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 01:32.689 +3.843s
19 16 England Mark Fuller ST-BMW 01:32.992 +4.145s
20 18 Germany Tim-Oliver Wagner Williamson-Mercedes 01:33.721 +4.875s
21 20 England Chris Williamson Nijo-Toyota 01:34.275 +5.429s

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pitstops Fastlap Controller Points
1 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 57 1:26:25.673 3 2 01:29.207 Wheel ffb.png 15
2 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 57 +9.748s 1 2 01:29.677 Keyboard.png 12
3 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 57 +50.077s 4 2 01:29.899 Wheel ffb.png 10
4 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 57 +58.197s 2 3 01:29.920 Wheel ffb.png 8
5 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 56 +1 Lap 22 2 01:30.842 Wheel ffb.png 6
6 15 Scotland Ryan Walker Draig-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 6 3 01:30.462 Wheel ffb.png 5
7 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 56 +1 Lap 9 2 01:30.544 Wheel generic-unknown.png 4
8 9 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 11 4 01:30.950 Wheel generic-unknown.png 3
9 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 13 3 01:30.901 Wheel generic-unknown.png 2
10 19 England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 8 2 01:31.584 Wheel generic-unknown.png 1
11 22 England Phil Perkins TDR-Toyota 56 +1 Lap 5 2 01:31.056 Wheel ffb.png 0
12 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 55 +2 Laps 17 4 01:31.933 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
13 21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 55 +2 Laps 15 4 01:31.758 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
14 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 55 +2 Laps 18 4 01:32.375 Wheel ffb.png 0
15 16 England Mark Fuller ST-BMW 54 +3 Laps 19 2 01:33.157 Wheel ffb.png 0
16 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 54 +3 Laps 10 3 01:31.788 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
17 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 52 +5 Laps 14 4 01:31.582 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 0 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi Nordsjoen-Mercedes 50 DNF 12 4 01:31.586 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 18 Germany Tim-Oliver Wagner Williamson-Mercedes 18 DNF 20 0 01:32.964 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 18 DNF 7 3 01:31.285 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 18 DNF 16 3 01:32.501 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 20 England Chris Williamson Nijo-Toyota 15 DNF 21 2 01:34.117 Wheel ffb.png 0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 England Lee Morris 124
2 Malta Joe Consiglio 92
3 Malta Jason Muscat 80
4 Switzerland David Jundt 68
5 England Dave Carr-Smith 48
6 England Ojay Clark 44
7 England Mark Wicks 35
8 Scotland Sam Millar 33
9 Belgium Bart De Vos 24
10 England Adam Rouse 22
11 Ireland Kieran Ryan 18
12 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein 17
13 England Mark Stanton 16
14 England Nick Rowland 14
15 Scotland Ryan Walker 13
16 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi 6
17 Wales Ben Morgan 4
18 Netherlands Abdel Damghi 1
= England Mark Fuller 1

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Greece Red Archer-Renault 148
2 England Draig-Ferrari 137
3 Italy Nordsjoen-Mercedes 98
4 England Midnight-Renault 62
5 England Woods-Mercedes 53
6 Northern Ireland Synergetic-Ferrari 50
7 England TDR-Toyota 46
8 England Williamson-Mercedes 44
9 England Constant-Renault 16
10 Belgium Computrac-BMW 4
11 England Nijo-Toyota 1
= England ST-BMW 1

External Links

Preceded by:
2011 British Grand Prix 		2011 Bahrain Grand Prix
2011 		Succeeded by:
2011 San Marino Grand Prix
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