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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
 
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| Type = SL
 
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| Date          = June 16th
 
| Date          = June 16th
 
| Year          = 2011
 
| Year          = 2011
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| Image          = Silverstone Circuit 2010 version.png
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| Image          = Silverstone Circuit - Arena Layout.png
 
| Official name  = 2011 British Grand Prix
 
| Official name  = 2011 British Grand Prix
 
| Location      = [[Silverstone|Silverstone Circuit]]<br>Northamptonshire, UK
 
| Location      = [[Silverstone|Silverstone Circuit]]<br>Northamptonshire, UK
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| Third_Team    = [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 
| Third_Team    = [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 
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The '''2011 British Grand Prix''' for the [[Superleague]] - the ninth race of the season - took place on the [[Silverstone]] track in Northamptonshire on the 16th of June.
 
The '''2011 British Grand Prix''' for the [[Superleague]] - the ninth race of the season - took place on the [[Silverstone]] track in Northamptonshire on the 16th of June.
  
 
==Report==
 
==Report==
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The British Grand Prix. There is nothing more really to be said. The wonderful fast, flowing, challenging and now new Silverstone circuit is something even more of a spectacle. The new arena section and then new pits and paddock complex being created and with all this euphoria came a GPVWC Britsh Grand Prix race that it did not let down.
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[[Joe Consiglio]] of [[Nordsjoen]] was quickest in Free Practice but only marginally over team mate [[Pavel Loknovski]] just a tenth splitting the pair. Qualifying began and the usual suspects were at the front. [[Lee Morris]] a staggering sixth tenths quicker than Consiglio, a superlative qualifying lap showing Morris’s raw natural talent and ability.
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Five red lights went out and the race began. Immediately it had become evident that a split strategy was on the cards. Both Morris and Consiglio using contrasting strategies, Morris on a three stop and Consiglio on a two stop. [[Jason Muscat]] also opting for the two over the three, while [[Nick Rowland]] followed Morris on a three stop. As Morris got the hammer down up front Consiglio maintained 2nd but on lap 2 was passed by Muscat into Brooklands. However, on lap 3 the Red Archer driver made a mistake at the new Abbey chicane and this was all Consiglio needed to reclaim 2nd place. The Nordsjoen driver was then able to slowly pull away from his Maltese compatriot and keep Morris just within his sights.
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[[File:Consiglio_Britain_11.png|thumb|left|220px|A last lap dice for the win ended in collision. [[Joe Consiglio|Consiglio]] emerged victorious.]]As the strategies played out, Morris emerged from his final pitstop 5 seconds down on Consiglio with only 8 laps to go. On fresh rubber the Englishman sliced into Consiglio’s lead at around half a second per lap. As the excitement grew, memories of [[2011 Japanese Grand Prix|Suzuka]] loomed large, would Consiglio be able to hold on this time round? At the beginning of the last lap the two aces were now nose to tail. However, onlookers were denied a grandstand finish after an unfortunate collision at Vale. From a fair way back Morris tried to outbrake the 2009 champion but in doing made the slightest of contacts with the Nordsjoen’s left rear tyre. This was enough to send Consiglio into a spin. In a great show of sportsmanship Morris acknowledged responsibility for the incident by immediately handing the position back to the Maltese driver. So after a very intense race it was Consiglio who picked up his 2nd victory of the season. Morris came home in second and the surging [[Jason Muscat]] was third.
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Morris was left to lament what could have been and also left scratching his head at the time lost during his pit stops on a three stop strategy. Let the second half of the season battle commence!
  
 
==Classification==
 
==Classification==
  
 
===Qualifying===
 
===Qualifying===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
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|-
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! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Q1 !! Q2 !! Gap !! Grid
 +
|-
 +
! 1
 +
| 14
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
 +
| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:29.428
 +
| align="center"| &mdash;
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
! 2
 +
| 2
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 +
| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:30.039
 +
| +0.611s
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
! 3
 +
| 25
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Rowland]]
 +
| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:30.427
 +
| +0.999s
 +
| 8[[2011 British Grand Prix#Race notes|<sup>1</sup>]]
 +
|-
 +
! 4
 +
| 5
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Jason Muscat]]
 +
| [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:30.885
 +
| +1.457s
 +
| 3
 +
|-
 +
! 5
 +
| 15
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
 +
| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:30.953
 +
| +1.525s
 +
| 4
 +
|-
 +
! 6
 +
| 8
 +
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Luis Fernando Laaff]]
 +
| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:31.081
 +
| +1.652s
 +
| 11[[2011 British Grand Prix#Race notes|<sup>2</sup>]]
 +
|-
 +
! 7
 +
| 23
 +
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bart De Vos]]
 +
| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:31.373
 +
| +1.944s
 +
| 5
 +
|-
 +
! 8
 +
| 6
 +
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
 +
| [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:31.402
 +
| +1.974s
 +
| 6
 +
|-
 +
! 9
 +
| 19
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ojay Clark]]
 +
| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:31.498
 +
| +2.069s
 +
| 7
 +
|-
 +
! 10
 +
| 21
 +
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Abdel Damghi]]
 +
| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:32.268
 +
| +2.839s
 +
| 9
 +
|-
 +
! 11
 +
| 3
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:32.398
 +
| +2.970s
 +
| 10
 +
|-
 +
! 12
 +
| 7
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Stanton]]
 +
| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
 +
|
 +
| 1:32.519
 +
| +3.090s
 +
| 12
 +
|-
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! 13
 +
| 0
 +
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
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| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| 1:32.844
 +
|
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| +3.416s
 +
| 13
 +
|-
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! 14
 +
| 9
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| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
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| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| 1:33.067
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|
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| +3.639s
 +
| 14
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|-
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! 15
 +
| 12
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
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| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
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| 1:33.368
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|
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| +3.940s
 +
| 15
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|-
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! 16
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| 11
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Gavin Thomas]]
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| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
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| 1:33.479
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|
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| +4.050s
 +
| 16
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|-
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! 17
 +
| 17
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Stanton]]
 +
| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
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| 1:34.337
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|
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| +4.909s
 +
| 17
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|-
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! 18
 +
| 18
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| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Teemu Toikka]]
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| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
 +
| 1:35.710
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|
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| +6.281s
 +
| 18
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|-
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! 19
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| 20
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Williamson]]
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| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
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| 1:36.175
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|
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| +6.747s
 +
| 19
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|-
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! 20
 +
| 16
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| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Luke McKee]]
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| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
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| 1:38.977
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|
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| +9.548s
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| 20
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|-
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! 21
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| 16
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| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
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| [[Woods Racing|Woods-Mercedes]]
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| align="center" colspan="3"| ''No time set''[[2011 British Grand Prix#Race notes|<sup>3</sup>]]
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| 21
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|}
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====Race notes====
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* <sup>1</sup> Nick Rowland was given a five place grid drop from a penalty from a previous race incident.
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* <sup>2</sup> Luis Fernando Laaff was given a five place grid drop from a penalty from a previous race incident.
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* <sup>3</sup> Kieran Ryan, having been given a back-of-grid penalty from a race incident in [[2011 Monaco Grand Prix|the previous race]], decided to opt out of the qualifying session.
  
 
===Race===
 
===Race===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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|-
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! width="35" class="unsortable"|Pos !! width="35"|No !! width="160"|Driver !! width="150"|Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Pitstops !! Fastlap !! Controller !! Points
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|-
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! 1
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| 2
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} '''[[Joe Consiglio]]'''
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| '''[[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]'''
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| 52
 +
| 1:19:49.736
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:30.200
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
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| '''15'''
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|-
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! 2
 +
| 14
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Lee Morris]]'''
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| '''[[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]'''
 +
| 52
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| +1.225s
 +
| 1
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:29.738
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''12'''
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|-
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! 3
 +
| 5
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} '''[[Jason Muscat]]'''
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| '''[[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]'''
 +
| 52
 +
| +18.525s
 +
| 4
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:30.573
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Keyboard.png|25px]]
 +
| '''10'''
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|-
 +
! 4
 +
| 25
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Nick Rowland]]'''
 +
| '''[[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]'''
 +
| 52
 +
| +25.497s
 +
| 3
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:29.998
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| '''8'''
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|-
 +
! 5
 +
| 6
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| {{flagicon|SWI}} '''[[David Jundt]]'''
 +
| '''[[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]'''
 +
| 52
 +
| +53.761s
 +
| 8
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:31.174
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''6'''
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|-
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! 6
 +
| 23
 +
| {{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Bart De Vos]]'''
 +
| '''[[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]'''
 +
| 52
 +
| +1:12.526s
 +
| 7
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:31.578
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| '''5'''
 +
|-
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! 7
 +
| 15
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Ryan Walker]]'''
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| '''[[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]'''
 +
| 52
 +
| +1:16.936s
 +
| 5
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:31.186
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| '''4'''
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|-
 +
! 8
 +
| 19
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Ojay Clark]]'''
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| '''[[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]'''
 +
| 51
 +
| +1 Lap
 +
| 9
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:32.029
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| '''3'''
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|-
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! 9
 +
| 7
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Mark Stanton]]'''
 +
| '''[[Constant|Constant-Renault]]'''
 +
| 51
 +
| +1 Lap
 +
| 12
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:31.982
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| '''2'''
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|-
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! 10
 +
| 3
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Mark Wicks]]'''
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| '''[[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]'''
 +
| 51
 +
| +1 Lap
 +
| 11
 +
| 4
 +
| 01:32.047
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''1'''
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|-
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! 11
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| 20
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Williamson]]
 +
| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
 +
| 50
 +
| +2 Laps
 +
| 19
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:34.563
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
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! 12
 +
| 11
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Gavin Thomas]]
 +
| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
 +
| 50
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| +2 Laps
 +
| 16
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| 4
 +
| 01:33.282
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
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! 13
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| 12
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
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| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
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| 49
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| +3 Laps
 +
| 15
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| 4
 +
| 01:32.967
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
 +
|-
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! Ret
 +
| 17
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Stanton]]
 +
| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
 +
| 20
 +
| DNF
 +
| 17
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| 1
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| 01:34.143
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
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! Ret
 +
| 0
 +
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
 +
| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 +
| 10
 +
| DNF
 +
| 13
 +
| 0
 +
| 01:32.370
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
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|-
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! Ret
 +
| 8
 +
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Luis Fernando Laaff]]
 +
| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
 +
| 10
 +
| DNF
 +
| 6
 +
| 0
 +
| 01:31.914
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
 +
| 18
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| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Teemu Toikka]]
 +
| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
 +
| 8
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| DNF
 +
| 18
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:35.772
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
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! Ret
 +
| 16
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| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Luke McKee]]
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| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
 +
| 0
 +
| DNF
 +
| 20
 +
| 0
 +
| align="center" | -
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel nonffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
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|-
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! Ret
 +
| 21
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| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Abdel Damghi]]
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| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
 +
| 0
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| DNF
 +
| 10
 +
| 0
 +
| align="center" | -
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
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! Ret
 +
| 9
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| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
 +
| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| 0
 +
| DNF
 +
| 14
 +
| 0
 +
| align="center" | -
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
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! -
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| 4
 +
| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
| 0
 +
| DNS
 +
| 21
 +
| 0
 +
| align="center" | -
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
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|}
  
 
==Standings after the Race==
 
==Standings after the Race==
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{{col-start}}
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{{col-2}}
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;Drivers' Championship standings
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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|-
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! Pos
 +
! Driver
 +
! Points
 +
|-
 +
! 1
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
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| align="right"| 109
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|-
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! 2
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 +
| align="right"| 84
 +
|-
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! 3
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Jason Muscat]]
 +
| align="right"| 68
 +
|-
 +
! 4
 +
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
 +
| align="right"| 58
 +
|-
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! 5
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ojay Clark]]
 +
| align="right"| 43
 +
|-
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! 6
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Carr-Smith]]
 +
| align="right"| 42
 +
|-
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! 7
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
 +
| align="right"| 33
 +
|-
 +
! =
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
 +
| align="right"| 33
 +
|-
 +
! 9
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Adam Rouse]]
 +
| align="right"| 22
 +
|-
 +
! 10
 +
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bart De Vos]]
 +
| align="right"| 20
 +
|-
 +
! 11
 +
| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
 +
| align="right"| 18
 +
|-
 +
! 12
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Stanton]]
 +
| align="right"| 16
 +
|-
 +
! 13
 +
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
 +
| align="right"| 14
 +
|-
 +
! =
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Rowland]]
 +
| align="right"| 14
 +
|-
 +
! 15
 +
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
 +
| align="right"| 6
 +
|-
 +
! 16
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
 +
| align="right"| 8
 +
|-
 +
! 17
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
 +
| align="right"| 4
 +
|-
 +
! 18
 +
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Abdel Damghi]]
 +
| align="right"| 1
 +
|-
 +
! =
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Fuller]]
 +
| align="right"| 1
 +
|}
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{{col-2}}
 +
;Constructors' Championship standings
 +
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
 +
|-
 +
! Pos
 +
! Constructor
 +
! Points
 +
|-
 +
! 1
 +
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 +
| align="right"| 126
 +
|-
 +
! 2
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Draig Racing|Draig-Ferrari]]
 +
| align="right"| 117
 +
|-
 +
! 3
 +
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nordsjoen Racing|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 +
| align="right"| 90
 +
|-
 +
! 4
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Midnight Motorsport|Midnight-Renault]]
 +
| align="right"| 56
 +
|-
 +
! 5
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Woods Racing|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
| align="right"| 51
 +
|-
 +
! 6
 +
| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| align="right"| 47
 +
|-
 +
! 7
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Williamson Dynamics|Williamson-Mercedes]]
 +
| align="right"| 43
 +
|-
 +
! 8
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
 +
| align="right"| 42
 +
|-
 +
! 9
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Constant Racing|Constant-Renault]]
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| align="right"| 16
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25px   2011 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race {{{Race_No}}} of the 2011 Superleague season
Silverstone Circuit - Arena Layout.png
Date June 16th, 2011
Official name 2011 British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone Circuit
Northamptonshire, UK
Course Permanent racing facility
3.667 mi / 5.901 km
Distance 52 laps, 190.604 mi / 306.747 km
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari
Time 1:29.428
Fastest Lap
Driver England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari
Time 1:29.738
Podium
First Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Second England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari
Third Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault

The 2011 British Grand Prix for the Superleague - the ninth race of the season - took place on the Silverstone track in Northamptonshire on the 16th of June.

Report

The British Grand Prix. There is nothing more really to be said. The wonderful fast, flowing, challenging and now new Silverstone circuit is something even more of a spectacle. The new arena section and then new pits and paddock complex being created and with all this euphoria came a GPVWC Britsh Grand Prix race that it did not let down.

Joe Consiglio of Nordsjoen was quickest in Free Practice but only marginally over team mate Pavel Loknovski just a tenth splitting the pair. Qualifying began and the usual suspects were at the front. Lee Morris a staggering sixth tenths quicker than Consiglio, a superlative qualifying lap showing Morris’s raw natural talent and ability.

Five red lights went out and the race began. Immediately it had become evident that a split strategy was on the cards. Both Morris and Consiglio using contrasting strategies, Morris on a three stop and Consiglio on a two stop. Jason Muscat also opting for the two over the three, while Nick Rowland followed Morris on a three stop. As Morris got the hammer down up front Consiglio maintained 2nd but on lap 2 was passed by Muscat into Brooklands. However, on lap 3 the Red Archer driver made a mistake at the new Abbey chicane and this was all Consiglio needed to reclaim 2nd place. The Nordsjoen driver was then able to slowly pull away from his Maltese compatriot and keep Morris just within his sights.

A last lap dice for the win ended in collision. Consiglio emerged victorious.
As the strategies played out, Morris emerged from his final pitstop 5 seconds down on Consiglio with only 8 laps to go. On fresh rubber the Englishman sliced into Consiglio’s lead at around half a second per lap. As the excitement grew, memories of Suzuka loomed large, would Consiglio be able to hold on this time round? At the beginning of the last lap the two aces were now nose to tail. However, onlookers were denied a grandstand finish after an unfortunate collision at Vale. From a fair way back Morris tried to outbrake the 2009 champion but in doing made the slightest of contacts with the Nordsjoen’s left rear tyre. This was enough to send Consiglio into a spin. In a great show of sportsmanship Morris acknowledged responsibility for the incident by immediately handing the position back to the Maltese driver. So after a very intense race it was Consiglio who picked up his 2nd victory of the season. Morris came home in second and the surging Jason Muscat was third.

Morris was left to lament what could have been and also left scratching his head at the time lost during his pit stops on a three stop strategy. Let the second half of the season battle commence!

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap Grid
1 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 1:29.428 — 1
2 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 1:30.039 +0.611s 2
3 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 1:30.427 +0.999s 81
4 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 1:30.885 +1.457s 3
5 15 Scotland Ryan Walker Draig-Ferrari 1:30.953 +1.525s 4
6 8 Germany Luis Fernando Laaff Constant-Renault 1:31.081 +1.652s 112
7 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 1:31.373 +1.944s 5
8 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 1:31.402 +1.974s 6
9 19 England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 1:31.498 +2.069s 7
10 21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 1:32.268 +2.839s 9
11 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 1:32.398 +2.970s 10
12 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 1:32.519 +3.090s 12
13 0 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi Nordsjoen-Mercedes 1:32.844 +3.416s 13
14 9 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 1:33.067 +3.639s 14
15 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 1:33.368 +3.940s 15
16 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 1:33.479 +4.050s 16
17 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 1:34.337 +4.909s 17
18 18 Finland Teemu Toikka Williamson-Mercedes 1:35.710 +6.281s 18
19 20 England Chris Williamson Nijo-Toyota 1:36.175 +6.747s 19
20 16 Northern Ireland Luke McKee ST-BMW 1:38.977 +9.548s 20
21 16 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes No time set3 21

Race notes

  • 1 Nick Rowland was given a five place grid drop from a penalty from a previous race incident.
  • 2 Luis Fernando Laaff was given a five place grid drop from a penalty from a previous race incident.
  • 3 Kieran Ryan, having been given a back-of-grid penalty from a race incident in the previous race, decided to opt out of the qualifying session.

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pitstops Fastlap Controller Points
1 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 52 1:19:49.736 2 2 01:30.200 Wheel ffb.png 15
2 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 52 +1.225s 1 3 01:29.738 Wheel generic-unknown.png 12
3 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 52 +18.525s 4 2 01:30.573 Keyboard.png 10
4 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 52 +25.497s 3 3 01:29.998 Wheel generic-unknown.png 8
5 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 52 +53.761s 8 2 01:31.174 Wheel ffb.png 6
6 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 52 +1:12.526s 7 2 01:31.578 Wheel generic-unknown.png 5
7 15 Scotland Ryan Walker Draig-Ferrari 52 +1:16.936s 5 3 01:31.186 Wheel generic-unknown.png 4
8 19 England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 51 +1 Lap 9 2 01:32.029 Wheel generic-unknown.png 3
9 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 51 +1 Lap 12 2 01:31.982 Wheel generic-unknown.png 2
10 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 51 +1 Lap 11 4 01:32.047 Wheel generic-unknown.png 1
11 20 England Chris Williamson Nijo-Toyota 50 +2 Laps 19 2 01:34.563 Wheel ffb.png 0
12 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 50 +2 Laps 16 4 01:33.282 Wheel ffb.png 0
13 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 49 +3 Laps 15 4 01:32.967 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 20 DNF 17 1 01:34.143 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 0 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi Nordsjoen-Mercedes 10 DNF 13 0 01:32.370 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 8 Germany Luis Fernando Laaff Constant-Renault 10 DNF 6 0 01:31.914 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 18 Finland Teemu Toikka Williamson-Mercedes 8 DNF 18 2 01:35.772 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 16 Northern Ireland Luke McKee ST-BMW 0 DNF 20 0 - Wheel nonffb.png 0
Ret 21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 0 DNF 10 0 - Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 9 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 0 DNF 14 0 - Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
- 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 0 DNS 21 0 - Wheel generic-unknown.png 0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 England Lee Morris 109
2 Malta Joe Consiglio 84
3 Malta Jason Muscat 68
4 Switzerland David Jundt 58
5 England Ojay Clark 43
6 England Dave Carr-Smith 42
7 Scotland Sam Millar 33
= England Mark Wicks 33
9 England Adam Rouse 22
10 Belgium Bart De Vos 20
11 Ireland Kieran Ryan 18
12 England Mark Stanton 16
13 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein 14
= England Nick Rowland 14
15 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi 6
16 Scotland Ryan Walker 8
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 126
2 England Draig-Ferrari 117
3 Italy Nordsjoen-Mercedes 90
4 England Midnight-Renault 56
5 England Woods-Mercedes 51
6 Northern Ireland Synergetic-Ferrari 47
7 England Williamson-Mercedes 43
8 England TDR-Toyota 42
9 England Constant-Renault 16
10 Belgium Computrac-BMW 4
11 England Nijo-Toyota 1
= England ST-BMW 1

External Links

Preceded by:
2011 Monaco Grand Prix 		2011 British Grand Prix
2011 		Succeeded by:
2011 Bahrain Grand Prix
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