2011 Superleague season

The 2011 Superleague season is the 12th GPVWC Superleague season.

2011 turned out to be another year in which the reigning Champion, Finnish Janne Tanskanen, would not be defending his title. Tanskanen announced his retirement officially in a press statement just before Christmas, on the 23rd of December, 2010.

While the league clearly loses out on one hand, on another hand some people considered that both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships to be thrown wide open. New talent had emerged at the end of the previous season and the rumour was that the league would be losing another of its top racing drivers and previous champion, Joe Consiglio, through retirement.

In the event, Consiglio didn't retire - signing another contract with Nordsjoen was surely going to keep the teams hopes high for consolidating a record-equalling three consecutive Constructors' titles in a row.

Pre-season

Testing

Report

Teams and drivers

Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Nordsjoen Racing	Cardiff, UK	Nordsjoen Racing	NR004	Mercedes-Benz FO-108X	P	0	Jyri Lylykorpi	1-4, 6-8	Georgios Davakos Pavel Loknovski
Nordsjoen Racing	Cardiff, UK	Nordsjoen Racing	NR004	Mercedes-Benz FO-108X	P	2	Joe Consiglio	1-8	Georgios Davakos Pavel Loknovski
Woods Racing	Croydon, UK	Woods Racing	WR11a	Mercedes-Benz FO-108X	P	3	Mark Wicks	1-8	Gregg Lawson Dan Rusu
Woods Racing	Croydon, UK	Woods Racing	WR11a	Mercedes-Benz FO-108X	P	4	Kieran Ryan	1-8	Gregg Lawson Dan Rusu
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer		Renault RS29	P	5	Jason Muscat	1–8	Leontin Nemet Nikos Evangelidakis
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer		Renault RS29	P	6	David Jundt	1–8	Leontin Nemet Nikos Evangelidakis
Constant Racing	St. Helens, UK	Constant Racing	CR-SL11	Renault RS29	P	7	Mark Stanton	1–8	Luis Fernando Laaff Robert Rose
						8	William Ponissi	1–5, 8
						8	Luis Fernando Laaff	6-7
Synergetic Motorsports	Belfast, UK	Synergetic Motorsports	SM-11	Ferrari 056	P	9	Christoph Lichtenstein	1–8	Ryan McConkey Liam Hatchell Mal McKee
Synergetic Motorsports	Belfast, UK	Synergetic Motorsports	SM-11	Ferrari 056	P	10	Sam Millar	1–8	Ryan McConkey Liam Hatchell Mal McKee
Computrac Motorsports	Zolder, Belgium	Computrac Motorsports		BMW P867	P	11	Gavin Thomas	1–3	Marco Vandenbroeck
Computrac Motorsports	Zolder, Belgium	Computrac Motorsports		BMW P867	P	12	Ben Morgan	1–5, 8	Marco Vandenbroeck
Draig Racing	Maerdy, UK	Draig Racing		Ferrari 056	P	14	Lee Morris	1–8	Sean Scott
Draig Racing	Maerdy, UK	Draig Racing		Ferrari 056	P	15	Ryan Walker	1–8	Sean Scott
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, UK	ST Racing		BMW P867	P	16	Mark Fuller	1–2, 4, 6-8	Luke McKee
						16	Luke McKee	3, 5
						17	David Stanton	1–8
European Williamson Dynamics GP	Berlin, Germany	Williamson Dynamics		Mercedes-Benz FO-108X	P	18	Tim-Oliver Wagner	1-5	Adam Smith Teemu Toikka
						18	Teemu Toikka	6-7	Adam Smith Teemu Toikka
						19	Ojay Clark	1–8
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, UK	Nijo Racing	NR11B	Toyota RVX-09	P	20	Ashley Walsh	5	Ben Warren Chris Williamson Tom Parker
							Chris Williamson	2, 6
							Tom Parker	1, 3-4
							Ben Warren	7-8
						21	Abdel Damghi	2-8
						21	Chris Williamson	1
Triple-Double Racing	Oxford, UK	TDR	TDR001	Toyota TVX-09	P	22	Phil Perkins	1–8	Philip Cullen Adam Rouse
						23	Adam Rouse	1-6
						23	Bart de Vos	7-8
Midnight Motorsport	UK	Midnight Motorsport		Renault RS29	P	24	Dave Carr-Smith	1–4, 6-8
Midnight Motorsport	UK	Midnight Motorsport		Renault RS29	P	25	Nick Rowland	1–4, 6

^† Mal McKee replaced himself as test/reserve driver with Liam Hatchell after the Japanese grand prix.
^‡ Adam Rouse pulled out of the competition after the Austrian grand prix.

New entries

The first new team to secure a place in the Superleague was Nijo Racing, owned and managed by Chris Williamson. Nijo came straight in from a successful Masters season, bypassing the Supercup, and looking eager to carry that success into the Superleague. Initially having signed Tom Parker and Ashley Walsh, the team underwent many changes in driver line-up in the first half of the season, with Parker pulling out after only a few races.

Triple-Double Racing was the next team to secure a place in the Superleague, founded and initially managed by Ben Warren before Phil Perkins took the reins scant days before the opening race. Driver Jyri Lylykorpi was initially linked with the team, however the team secured GPVWC stalwarts Adam Rouse and Phil Perkins.

The final new team to secure a place was Midnight Motorsport. Driver Nick Rowland's brainchild, the team managed to secure both himself and experienced racing driver and manager Dave Carr-Smith, which seemed to promise a strong team in bid for the Constructors' and Drivers' Championships. Reliability problems and bad luck were the order of the day for the beginning of the season for Midnight, however.

Team changes

Driver changes

2011 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Time
Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	Sunny	rFactor v1255	24th March	???	19:00
2	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	Sunny	rFactor v1255	31st March	???	19:00
3	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie	Sunny	rFactor v1255	7th April	???	19:00
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit	Sunny	rFactor v1255	21st April	???	19:00
5	South African Grand Prix	South African GP	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit	Sunny	rFactor v1255	5th May	???	19:00
6	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	A1-Ring	Sunny	rFactor v1255	12th May	???	19:00
7	French Grand Prix	French GP	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Sunny	rFactor v1255	19th May	???	19:00
8	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	Sunny	rFactor v1255	2nd June	12:30 pm	19:00
9	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit	Sunny	rFactor v1255	16th June	???	19:00
10	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain	Sunny	rFactor v1255	23rd June	???	19:00
11	San Marino Grand Prix	San Marino GP	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, San Marino	Sunny	rFactor v1255	7th July	???	19:00
12	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park	Sunny	rFactor v1255	14th July	???	19:00
13	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexican GP	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City	Sunny	rFactor v1255	28th July	???	19:00
14	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	Sunny	rFactor v1255	25th August	???	19:00
15	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	Sunny	rFactor v1255	1st September	???	19:00
16	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	Sunny	rFactor v1255	15th September	???	19:00
17	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	Sunny	rFactor v1255	29th September	???	19:00
18	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Sunny	rFactor v1255	6th October	???	19:00
19	Dutch Grand Prix	Dutch GP	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Sunny	rFactor v1255	13th October	???	19:00
20	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	Sunny	rFactor v1255	20th October	???	19:00

Changes

Rule changes

Qualifying

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Joe Consiglio	Lee Morris	Lee Morris	Draig Racing-Ferrari	Report
2	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Joe Consiglio	Joe Consiglio	Lee Morris	Draig Racing-Ferrari	Report
3	Japanese Grand Prix	Joe Consiglio	Lee Morris	Lee Morris	Draig Racing-Ferrari	Report
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Jason Muscat	Mark Stanton	Lee Morris	Draig Racing-Ferrari	Report
5	South African Grand Prix	Sam Millar	Sam Millar	Lee Morris	Draig Racing-Ferrari	Report
6	Austrian Grand Prix	Sam Millar	Sam Millar	Jason Muscat	Red Archer-Renault	Report
7	French Grand Prix	Jason Muscat	Joe Consiglio	Joe Consiglio	Nordsjoen-Mercedes	Report
8	Monaco Grand Prix	Lee Morris	Lee Morris	Dave Carr-Smith	Midnight-Renault	Report
9	British Grand Prix					Report
10	Bahrain Grand Prix					Report
11	San Marino Grand Prix					Report
12	Turkish Grand Prix					Report
13	Mexican Grand Prix					Report
14	Canadian Grand Prix					Report
15	Brazilian Grand Prix					Report
16	Italian Grand Prix					Report
17	Spanish Grand Prix					Report
18	Belgian Grand Prix					Report
19	Dutch Grand Prix					Report
20	Singapore Grand Prix					Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers standings

Pos	Driver	AUS	UAE	JPN	CHN	RSA	AUT	FRA	MON	GBR	BHR	RSM	TUR	MEX	CAN	BRA	ITA	ESP	BEL	NED	SIN	Points
1	Lee Morris	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	11^†													97
2	Joe Consiglio	13^†	2	2	4	3	2	1	12^†													69
3	Jason Muscat	16	3	8	2	2	1	Ret	5													58
4	David Jundt	4	4	4	6	6	4	5	7													52
5	Dave Carr-Smith	2	Ret	6	3	DNS	Ret	Ret	1													42
6	Ojay Clark	5	5	Ret	8	4	11	6	2													40
7	Sam Millar	3	Ret	3	Ret	9	8	4	Ret													33
8	Mark Wicks	9	7	7	10	8	5	7	4													32
9	Adam Rouse	6	6	Ret	7	7	7															22
10	Kieran Ryan	8	10	12	13	5	6	8	14^†													18
11	Bart De Vos							3	6													15
12	Christoph Lichtenstein	12	11	9	9	12	Ret	Ret	3													14
13	Mark Stanton	Ret	8	10	5	11	9	Ret	9													14
14	Jyri Lylykorpi	7	9	Ret	14	DNS	Ret	12	Ret													6
15	Nick Rowland	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS													6
16	Ryan Walker	11	12	15	18	10	10	9	Ret													4
17	Ben Morgan	10	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	8													4
18	Mark Fuller	15	Ret		16		13	11	10													1
19	Abdel Damghi		Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	10	Ret													1
20	David Stanton	Ret	13	13	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret													0
21	Chris Williamson	Ret	16				12															0
22	Phil Perkins	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	13^†													0
23	William Ponissi	14	14	Ret	17	Ret			Ret													0
24	Gavin Thomas	Ret	Ret	14	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS													0
25	Tim-Oliver Wagner	Ret	DNS	Ret	15	DNS																0
26	Tom Parker	Ret		Ret	Ret																	0
27	Luke McKee			Ret		DNS																0
28	Ashley Walsh					Ret																0
29	Teemu Toikka						Ret	DNS														0
30	Luis Fernando Laaff						Ret	Ret														0
31	Ben Warren							Ret	Ret													0
Pos	Driver	AUS	UAE	JPN	CHN	RSA	AUT	FRA	MON	GBR	BHR	RSM	TUR	MEX	CAN	BRA	ITA	ESP	BEL	NED	SIN	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Blank	Did not participate (-)
	Excluded (EX)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

^† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors standings

Pos	Constructor	Car No.	AUS	UAE	JPN	CHN	RSA	AUT	FRA	MON	GBR	BHR	RSM	TUR	MEX	CAN	BRA	ITA	ESP	BEL	NED	SIN	Points
1	Red Archer	5	16	3	8	2	2	1	Ret	5													110
1	Red Archer	6	4	4	4	6	6	4	5	7													110
2	Draig Racing-Ferrari	14	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	11^†													101
2	Draig Racing-Ferrari	15	11	12	15	18	10	10	9	Ret													101
3	Nordsjoen-Mercedes	0	7	9	Ret	14	DNS	Ret	12	Ret													75
3	Nordsjoen-Mercedes	2	13^†	2	2	4	3	2	1	12^†													75
4	Woods Racing	3	9	7	7	10	8	5	7	4													50
4	Woods Racing	4	8	10	12	13	5	6	8	14^†													50
5	Midnight	24	2	Ret	6	3	DNS	Ret	Ret	1													48
5	Midnight	25	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS													48
6	Synergetic-Ferrari	9	12	11	9	9	12	Ret	Ret	3													47
6	Synergetic-Ferrari	10	3	Ret	3	Ret	9	8	4	Ret													47
7	Williamson	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	15	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS													40
7	Williamson	19	5	5	Ret	8	4	11	6	2													40
8	Triple-Double	22	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	13^†													37
8	Triple-Double	23	6	6	Ret	7	7	7	3	6													37
9	Constant	7	Ret	8	10	5	11	9	Ret	9													14
9	Constant	8	14	14	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret													14
10	Computrac	11	Ret	Ret	14	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS													4
10	Computrac	12	10	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	8													4
11	Nijo	20	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret													1
11	Nijo	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	10	Ret													1
12	ST Racing	16	15	Ret	Ret	16	DNS	13	11	10													1
12	ST Racing	17	Ret	13	13	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret													1
Pos	Constructor	Car No.	AUS	UAE	JPN	CHN	RSA	AUT	FRA	MON	GBR	BHR	RSM	TUR	MEX	CAN	BRA	ITA	ESP	BEL	NED	SIN	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Blank	Did not participate (-)
	Excluded (EX)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)