2011 Supercup Chinese Grand Prix

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Flag of the People's Republic of China.png   2011 Supercup Chinese Grand Prix
Race details
2011 Supercup season
Shanghai International Racing Circuit track map.png
Date April 20th, 2011
Official name 2011 Supercup Chinese Grand Prix
Location Shanghai International Circuit
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Course Permanent Racing Facility
3.387 mi / 5.451 km
Distance 29 laps, 98.223 mi / 158.079 km
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Belgium Bart De Vos Malta Force GP
Time 1:41.786
Fastest Lap
Driver England Simon Cattell PB Racing
Time 1:43.098
Podium
First England Lewis Redshaw Nordsjoen Racing
Second Estonia Pavel Loknovski Triple-Double Racing
Third England Liam Hatchell Synergetic Motorsports

The 2011 Supercup Chinese Grand Prix was the 4th race of the 2011 Supercup season and was won by Lewis Redshaw.

Report

The 2011 Supercup Chinese Grand Prix saw an incredible race featuring grid drama, sudden disconnections, a leader's mistake and an amazing 6-car fight for the win, which eventually saw Nordsjoen Racing's Lewis Redshaw triumph for the first time.

An impressive effort from Bart de Vos clinched the Belgian driver yet another pole position in qualifying. So going into the race, it promised excitement from the go with three debutants on the grid - Lewis Redshaw for Nordsjoen, Ihab Abbas for Water Blue Racing and Simon Cattell for PB Racing. However it was one of the experienced drivers, David Jundt, who span on the grid and end up facing the wall. Luckily, the Swiss driver was allowed to start from the pits, where he was joined by Redshaw, whose engine puffed away during the formation lap.

Besides a shunt between Nikos Evangelidakis and Adam Smith on the grid, the field got off cleanly, with De Vos pipped into turn 1 by Simon Cattell and Pavel Loknovski. The three drivers would duel for several laps, until the Estonian was taken out of contention by a collision with the lapped car of Evangelidakis. Cattell seemed to be the only one able to challenge De Vos for the win and he himself was almost half a minute ahead of a crowded pack, made up of Sam Millar, Liam Hatchell, Samuli Leinonen and Gregg Lawson who all battled fiercely for P3. Positions were traded several times, with Leinonen unbeatable on the straights but Millar clearly the most suited to the mixed speed part of sector 2. A resurgent Loknovski and Redshaw - who had fought his way up from the pitlane - joined the train with about 10 laps to the end.

Unfortunately for De Vos, a disconnection meant that his race was over as soon as he had managed to open a gap from Cattell, who seemed then destined for an easy win. Behind him, Redshaw and Loknovski had somehow managed to break free of the pack and were battling furiously for P2 - until, with just 2 laps to go, live timing started indicating a massive reduction in Cattell's advantage. The PB Racing driver paid a really dear price for a fade in concentration as he hit a kerb and rolled the car, losing the rear wing and throwing a certain win down the drain. A grateful Redshaw, managing to distance Loknovski, simply had to nurse the car home to claim a famous win in his debut race and the first trophy for Nordsjoen in this Supercup campaign. Loknovski was close second, while Liam Hatchell beat Millar to 4th.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Team Lap Gap
1 14 Belgium Bart de Vos Malta Force GP 1:41.786
2 19 Estonia Pavel Loknovski Triple-Double Racing 1:42.364 +0.578s
3 24 England Simon Cattell PB Racing 1:42.524 +0.738s
4 4 Switzerland David Jundt Nijo Racing 1:42.803 +1.017s
5 5 Scotland Sam Millar Williamson Dynamics 1:42.946 +1.160s
6 10 England Lewis Redshaw Nordsjoen Racing 1:43.327 +1.541s
7 16 England Gregg Lawson Woods Racing 1:43.484 +1.698s
8 27 Egypt Ihab Abbas Water Blue Racing 1:43.709 +1.923s
9 9 Finland Samuli Leinonen Nordsjoen Racing 1:43.776 +1.990s
10 15 Romania Leontin Nemet Malta Force GP 1:43.994 +2.208s
11 23 England Liam Hatchell Synergetic Motorsports 1:44.012 +2.226s
12 7 Wales Ben Morgan Red 5 Racing 1:44.082 +2.296s
13 22 Northern Ireland Mal McKee Synergetic Motorsports 1:44.944 +3.159s
14 12 Greece Nikos Evangelidakis Mineral GP 1:45.137 +3.351s
15 20 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein CP Lotus 1:45.420 +3.634s
16 3 England Chris Williamson Nijo Racing 1:46.802 +5.016s
17 21 Northern Ireland Luke McKee CP Lotus 1:47.092 +5.306s
18 11 United States Robert Rose Mineral GP 1:47.285 +5.499s
19 6 England Adam Smith Williamson Dynamics 1:47.409 +5.623s
20 17 Romania Dan Rusu Woods Racing 1:48.190 +6.405s

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pitstops Fastlap Controller Points
1 10 England Lewis Redshaw Nordsjoen Racing 29 51:21.231 6 2 01:43.206 Wheel generic-unknown.png 15
2 19 Estonia Pavel Loknovski Triple-Double Racing 29 +4.715s 2 1 01:43.584 Joypad.png 12
3 23 England Liam Hatchell Synergetic Motorsports 29 +8.045s 11 1 01:44.570 Wheel ffb.png 10
4 5 Scotland Sam Millar Williamson Dynamics 29 +9.623s 5 1 01:44.263 Wheel nonffb.png 8
5 16 England Gregg Lawson Woods Racing 29 +12.467s 7 1 01:44.456 Wheel generic-unknown.png 6
6 27 Egypt Ihab Abbas Water Blue Racing 29 +17.870s 8 1 01:43.996 Wheel generic-unknown.png 5
7 26 Greece Georgios Davakos Water Blue Racing 29 +18.060s 21 1 01:44.020 Wheel generic-unknown.png 4
8 24 England Simon Cattell PB Racing 29 +35.621s 3 1 01:43.098 Wheel ffb.png 3
9 3 England Chris Williamson Nijo Racing 29 +1:12.634s 16 1 01:45.922 Wheel ffb.png 2
10 22 Northern Ireland Mal McKee Synergetic Motorsports 29 +1:32.920s 13 1 01:46.609 Wheel ffb.png 1
11 20 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein CP Lotus 29 +1:47.086s 15 2 01:45.409 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
12 9 Finland Samuli Leinonen Nordsjoen Racing 28 DNF 9 1 01:44.249 Wheel ffb.png 0
13 21 Northern Ireland Luke McKee CP Lotus 28 +1 Lap 17 1 01:46.733 Wheel nonffb.png 0
14 11 United States Robert Rose Mineral GP 28 +1 Lap 18 1 01:48.067 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
15 4 Switzerland David Jundt Nijo Racing 28 +1 Lap 4 3 01:45.010 Wheel ffb.png 0
16 17 Romania Dan Rusu Woods Racing 28 +1 Lap 20 2 01:46.987 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 14 Belgium Bart de Vos Malta Force GP 21 DNF 1 1 01:43.129 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 12 Greece Nikos Evangelidakis Mineral GP 14 DNF 14 1 01:46.991 Wheel nonffb.png 0
Ret 7 Wales Ben Morgan Red 5 Racing 13 DNF 12 1 01:45.330 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 15 Romania Leontin Nemet Malta Force GP 10 DNF 10 0 01:45.062 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 6 England Adam Smith Williamson Dynamics 3 DNF 19 1 02:07.662 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Belgium Bart De Vos 30
= Estonia Pavel Loknovski 30
3 England Gregg Lawson 28
4 Finland Samuli Leinonen 20
= Scotland Sam Millar 20
6 Greece Georgios Davakos 19
7 Switzerland David Jundt 17
8 Malta Jason Muscat 15
= England Lewis Redshaw 15
10 England Liam Hatchell 14
11 England Chris Williamson 13
12 Wales Gavin Thomas 9
13 Northern Ireland Mal McKee 7
14 England Paul McKenna 5
= Greece Nikos Evangelidakis 5
= Egypt Ihab Abbas 5
17 Wales Ben Morgan 4
18 Romania Dan Rusu 3
= England Simon Cattell 3
20 United States Robert Rose 2

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Italy Nordsjoen Racing 50
2 Malta Malta Force GP 45
3 England Woods Racing 31
4 England Nijo Racing 30
= England Triple-Double Racing 30
6 Northern Ireland Synergetic Motorsports 21
7 England Williamson Dynamics 20
8 Wales Red 5 Racing 13
9 Greece Water Blue Racing 9
10 United States Mineral GP 7
11 Germany CP Lotus 5
12 England PB Racing 3


Preceded by:
2011 Supercup Japanese Grand Prix
2011 Supercup Chinese Grand Prix
2011
Succeeded by:
2011 Supercup South African Grand Prix