2011 Supercup Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

  2011 Supercup Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race details
2011 Supercup season
Date	March 30th, 2011
Official name	2011 Supercup Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Location	Yas Marina Circuit Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course	Permanent Racing Facility 3.451 mi / 5.554 km
Distance	28 laps, 96.628 mi / 155.512 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP
Time	1:45.971
Fastest Lap
Driver	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP
Time	1:46.354
Podium
First	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP
Second	David Jundt	Nijo Racing
Third	Georgios Davakos	Nordsjoen Racing

The 2011 Supercup Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the 2nd race of the 2011 Supercup season and was won by Bart De Vos.

Report

Bart De Vos made it two out of two in the GPVWC Supercup as he fought his way to victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Belgian driver had to fend off attacks from both Sam Millar and David Jundt before opening a decisive gap, while behind the leaders an entertaining race unfolded.

The start saw a rare mistake by Bart de Vos, who went wide at turn 1 when starting from pole and allowed Millar to clinch P1, as behind them an accident almost occurred when Mal McKee and Chris Williamson got too close for comfort. Gavin Thomas was less fortunate and was hit straight on by the Ulsterman, while Adam Smith managed to avoid the mayhem around him and had gained 7 positions by the time the first lap was over.

Three laps of close battling between De Vos and Millar ensued, until a contact ended the Scotsman's race. The incident started as coming out from turn 8, the two drivers went side by side and made contact. The Malta Force of De Vos touched the rear tyres of Millar's Williamson Dynamics car, sending the latter into the wall heavily - a second DNF in two races for one of the pre-season title favourites. Controversially, De Vos sustained no damage from the contact and was able to go on. A protest was been lodged over the incident, but the GPVWC Disciplinary Committee later considered it a racing incident and no further action was taken.

The battling allowed David Jundt to climb into the lead, followed by Liam Hatchell and Georgios Davakos, who traded positions in an equally fascinating fight. However, De Vos was quick to recover positions and found himself on the tail of Jundt, pulling a decisive passing move into turn 8, just moments before Davakos passed Hatchell for 3rd.

By the halfway point in the race, positions had crystallized, with the only changes in the midfield being when both the Red 5 Racing cars of Ben Morgan and Gavin Thomas suffered heavy crashes which led to DNFs. A late battle between Paul McKenna and Dan Rusu led to a drive through penalty for the CP Lotus driver, but up ahead there were no more shocks as De Vos crossed the line first for the second time in as many weeks.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Lap	Gap
1	14	Bart de Vos	Malta Force GP	1:45.971	—
2	5	Sam Millar	Williamson Dynamics	1:46.059	+0.087s
3	4	David Jundt	Nijo Racing	1:46.688	+0.717s
4	19	Pavel Loknovski	Triple-Double Racing	1:46.991	+1.020s
5	10	Georgios Davakos	Nordsjoen Racing	1:48.169	+2.197s
6	23	Liam Hatchell	Synergetic Motorsports	1:48.189	+2.218s
7	16	Gregg Lawson	Woods Racing	1:48.925	+2.954s
8	7	Ben Morgan	Red 5 Racing	1:49.871	+3.900s
9	8	Gavin Thomas	Red 5 Racing	1:49.982	+4.011s
10	15	Leontin Nemet	Malta Force GP	1:50.351	+4.380s
11	22	Mal McKee	Synergetic Motorsports	1:50.483	+4.512s
12	17	Dan Rusu	Woods Racing	1:51.306	+5.335s
13	12	Nikos Evangelidakis	Mineral GP	1:51.735	+5.763s
14	20	Paul McKenna	CP Lotus	1:51.993	+6.022s
15	3	Chris Williamson	Nijo Racing	1:52.291	+6.319s
16	21	Luke McKee	CP Lotus	1:53.701	+7.729s
17	6	Adam Smith	Williamson Dynamics	1:53.985	+8.013s
18	11	Robert Rose	Mineral GP	1:55.256	+9.284s

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pitstops	Fastlap	Controller	Points
1	14	Bart de Vos	Malta Force GP	28	50:53.225	1	1	01:46.354		15
2	4	David Jundt	Nijo Racing	28	+41.460s	3	1	01:47.455		12
3	10	Georgios Davakos	Nordsjoen Racing	28	+1:09.013s	5	1	01:49.119		10
4	16	Gregg Lawson	Woods Racing	27	+1 Lap	7	1	01:49.685		8
5	22	Mal McKee	Synergetic Motorsports	27	+1 Lap	11	1	01:49.842		6
6	3	Chris Williamson	Nijo Racing	27	+1 Lap	15	1	01:52.747		5
7	20	Paul McKenna	CP Lotus	27	+1 Lap	14	3	01:50.857		4
8	12	Nikos Evangelidakis	Mineral GP	26	+2 Laps	13	2	01:51.756		3
9	11	Robert Rose	Mineral GP	26	+2 Laps	18	1	01:55.504		2
10	17	Dan Rusu	Woods Racing	25	+3 Laps	12	3	01:53.401		1
Ret	8	Gavin Thomas	Red 5 Racing	23	DNF	9	2	01:52.875		0
Ret	7	Ben Morgan	Red 5 Racing	23	DNF	8	2	01:50.807		0
Ret	23	Liam Hatchell	Synergetic Motorsports	18	DNF	6	3	01:48.835		0
Ret	21	Luke McKee	CP Lotus	11	DNF	16	3	01:56.742		0
Ret	6	Adam Smith	Williamson Dynamics	7	DNF	17	1	01:53.804		0
Ret	19	Pavel Loknovski	Triple-Double Racing	4	DNF	4	0	01:49.018		0
Ret	5	Sam Millar	Williamson Dynamics	3	DNF	2	0	01:48.157		0
Ret	15	Leontin Nemet	Malta Force GP	2	DNF	10	0	01:56.277		0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Bart De Vos	30
2	Georgios Davakos	15
3	Gregg Lawson	14
4	Pavel Loknovski	12
=	David Jundt	12
6	Samuli Leinonen	10
7	Gavin Thomas	8
=	Chris Williamson	8
9	Mal McKee	6
10	Paul McKenna	5
11	Ben Morgan	4
12	Nikos Evangelidakis	3
=	Dan Rusu	3
14	Robert Rose	2

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Malta Force GP	30
2	Nordsjoen Racing	25
3	Nijo Racing	20
4	Woods Racing	17
5	Triple-Double Racing	12
=	Red 5 Racing	12
7	Synergetic Motorsports	6
8	CP Lotus	5
=	Mineral GP	5

Preceded by: 2011 Supercup Australian Grand Prix

2011 Supercup Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2011

Succeeded by: 2011 Supercup Japanese Grand Prix