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  2011 Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix

Race details
2011 Supercup season
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Date	June 22nd, 2011
Official name	2011 Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix
Location	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.370 mi / 5.412 km
Distance	31 laps, 104.470 mi / 167.772 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP
Time	1:37.876
Fastest Lap
Driver	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP
Time	1:38.728
Podium
First	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP
Second	David Jundt	Nijo Racing
Third	Tom Parker	Kernow Sport

The 2011 Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix was the 10th race of the season and was won by Bart De Vos.

Report

Coming into the tenth round of the season, Malta Force GP had much to be pleased with after their dominance in the previous race and Bart De Vos having retaken the lead in the Drivers' Championship. However things were heating up between their driver pairing as they had fought hard at Silverstone, with Lewis Redshaw taking the win ahead of his Belgian team mate. It was immediately obvious that this battle was set to continue as they went into the qualifying session for the Bahrain Grand Prix and despite some blistering times from Lewis, it was Bart who drew first blood by taking pole by just over 4 tenths of a second. Best of the rest was Jason Muscat in the PB Racing, followed Supercup returnee Phil Perkins and championship contender Pavel Loknovski. The race also saw another driver return to the series, Ryan Walker for Nordsjoen Racing along with the Supercup debut of Alex Cooper for Red 5 Racing, who qualified 6th and 11th respectively.

The start of the race was action packed, as De Vos got the lead on the run up to Turn 1, but then ran too deep on the brakes and dropped to 3rd place behind Muscat and Redshaw. However Redshaw made a similar error at Turn 4 which allowed De Vos to regain second place, with the pair banging wheels later that lap. Behind them a 4-way battle formed between Loknovski, Walker, Jundt and Tom Parker, but it proved short lived as Loknovski and Walker tangled on Lap 2 and both slipped behind Perkins in 7th. Meanwhile at the back Teemu Toikka got into trouble with the stewards after a couple of late braking maneuvers went wrong, but the PB Racing driver would retire a few laps later. As the race settled down Muscat extended his lead over De Vos and Parker lost ground on Jundt after a tangle with Draig Racing's Phil Perkins.

By the halfway point of the race Bart De Vos had found some extra pace and was starting to put the Maltese driver under pressure as the pair got ready to make their pit stops. However a lapse of concentration saw Muscat make contact with the safety car in the pit lane, which saw him have to pit again and so he dropped down the order. De Vos had no such dramas and emerged from his stop with a comfortable lead over David Jundt, who had seen off the challenge from the damaged car of Lewis Redshaw shortly before Redshaw retired. After the pit stops Tom Parker emerged in 3rd place with Walker and Muscat battling hard behind him. A couple of minor contacts saw Walker lose a few places and he eventually finished 6th ahead of Alex Cooper, who himself had been involved in an incident with Pavel Loknovski that dropped the young Estonian out of the points. The closing laps saw Muscat pressure Parker for third place, but he was unable to get past, handing Kernow Sport their first Supercup podium. The day however belong to De Vos, who took the hattrick and finished 33s ahead of 2nd placed David Jundt.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Lap	Gap
1	14	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP	1:37.876	—
2	15	Lewis Redshaw	Malta Force GP	1:38.286	+0.410s
3	25	Jason Muscat	PB Racing	1:38.477	+0.601s
4	2	Phil Perkins	Draig Racing	1:38.490	+0.614s
5	19	Pavel Loknovski	Triple-Double Racing	1:38.669	+0.794s
6	10	Ryan Walker	Nordsjoen Racing	1:39.073	+1.198s
7	4	David Jundt	Nijo Racing	1:39.162	+1.287s
8	16	Gregg Lawson	Woods Racing	1:39.257	+1.382s
9	20	Christoph Lichtenstein	CP Lotus	1:39.305	+1.430s
10	26	Georgios Davakos	Water Blue Racing	1:39.766	+1.890s
11	7	Alex Cooper	Red 5 Racing	1:39.945	+2.069s
12	27	Ihab Abbas	Water Blue Racing	1:39.991	+2.116s
13	8	Gavin Thomas	Red 5 Racing	1:40.754	+2.879s
14	3	Chris Williamson	Nijo Racing	1:41.510	+3.635s
15	22	Mal McKee	Synergetic Motorsports	1:41.572	+3.697s
16	23	Liam Hatchell	Synergetic Motorsports	1:42.315	+4.439s
17	24	Teemu Toikka	PB Racing	1:43.138	+5.262s
18	29	Wopke Hoekstra	Kernow Sport	1:43.280	+5.404s
19	12	Nikos Evangelidakis	Mineral GP	1:46.053	+8.178s

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pitstops	Fastlap	Controller	Points
1	14	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP	31	51:57.770	1	1	01:38.728		15
2	4	David Jundt	Nijo Racing	31	33.087	7	1	01:39.242		12
3	28	Tom Parker	Kernow Sport	31	40.997	20	1	01:39.541		10
4	25	Jason Muscat	PB Racing	31	47.460	3	2	01:39.013		8
5	16	Gregg Lawson	Woods Racing	31	53.044	8	1	01:39.400		6
6	10	Ryan Walker	Nordsjoen Racing	31	68.423	6	1	01:40.040		5
7	27	Ihab Abbas	Water Blue Racing	31	70.132	12	1	01:39.635		4
8	7	Alex Cooper	Red 5 Racing	31	78.661	11	1	01:40.520		3
9	20	Christoph Lichtenstein	CP Lotus	31	88.891	9	1	01:40.609		2
10	26	Georgios Davakos	Water Blue Racing	31	89.349	10	1	01:40.471		1
11	2	Phil Perkins	Draig Racing	30	+1 Laps	4	2	01:39.124		0
12	8	Gavin Thomas	Red 5 Racing	30	+1 Laps	13	1	01:41.710		0
13	19	Pavel Loknovski	Triple-Double Racing	30	+1 Laps	5	2	01:39.898		0
14	23	Liam Hatchell	Synergetic Motorsports	30	+1 Laps	16	2	01:41.180		0
15	3	Chris Williamson	Nijo Racing	30	+1 Laps	14	2	01:41.599		0
16	22	Mal McKee	Synergetic Motorsports	29	+2 Laps	15	2	01:41.811		0
17	29	Wopke Hoekstra	Kernow Sport	29	+2 Laps	18	2	01:43.000		0
Ret	12	Nikos Evangelidakis	Mineral GP	19	DNF	19	1	01:46.109		0
Ret	15	Lewis Redshaw	Malta Force GP	18	DNF	2	2	01:39.348		0
Ret	24	Teemu Toikka	PB Racing	4	DNF	17	2	01:49.622		0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Bart De Vos 84 2 David Jundt 65 3 Pavel Loknovski 59 = Gregg Lawson 59 5 Lewis Redshaw 57 6 Jason Muscat 53 7 Georgios Davakos 41 8 Liam Hatchell 38 9 Chris Williamson 26 10 Christoph Lichtenstein 24 11 Sam Millar 21 12 Samuli Leinonen 20 = Tom Parker 20 14 Simon Cattell 18 = Ihab Abbas 18 16 Gavin Thomas 13 17 Mal McKee 10 = Nikos Evangelidakis 10 19 Paul McKenna 5 = Ryan Walker 5 21 Ben Morgan 4 22 Dan Rusu 3 = Alex Cooper 3 24 Robert Rose 2 = Luke McKee 2

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Malta Force GP 120 2 Nijo Racing 91 3 Nordsjoen Racing 82 4 Woods Racing 62 5 Triple-Double Racing 59 6 PB Racing 50 7 Synergetic Motorsports 48 8 Water Blue Racing 44 9 CP Lotus 31 10 Williamson Dynamics 21 11 Kernow Sport 20 = Red 5 Racing 20 13 Mineral GP 12