2011 British Grand Prix
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Race details | ||
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Race {{{Race_No}}} of the 2011 Superleague season | ||
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 | Lee Morris | Draig-Ferrari |
Time | 1:29.428 | |
Fastest Lap | ||
Driver | Lee Morris | Draig-Ferrari |
Time | 1:29.738 | |
Podium | ||
First | Joe Consiglio | Nordsjoen-Mercedes |
Second | Lee Morris | Draig-Ferrari |
Third | 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.
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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 now something even more of 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 Joe 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 Consigilio using contrasting strategies, Morris on a three stop and Consiglio on a two stop. Muscat also opting for the two over the three, while Rowland followed Morris on a three stop.The race came to its absolute fruition at the end. Morris hunting down a relentless Consigilio at the front on ever fading tyres, where Morris could belt the laps in on a three stop strategy and fresh slick rubber. On the last lap the two were nose to tail but onlookers were denied a grandstand finish after an unfortunate collision at Vale. From a fair way back Morris had 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. However, 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 Maltese driver Jason Muscat was third.
Morris was left to lament what could have been and also left scratching his head and the time lost at the 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 |
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1 | 14 | Lee Morris | Draig-Ferrari | 1:29.428 | — | 1 | |
2 | 2 | Joe Consiglio | Nordsjoen-Mercedes | 1:30.039 | +0.611s | 2 | |
3 | 25 | Nick Rowland | Midnight-Renault | 1:30.427 | +0.999s | 81 | |
4 | 5 | Jason Muscat | Red Archer-Renault | 1:30.885 | +1.457s | 3 | |
5 | 15 | Ryan Walker | Draig-Ferrari | 1:30.953 | +1.525s | 4 | |
6 | 8 | Luis Fernando Laaff | Constant-Renault | 1:31.081 | +1.652s | 112 | |
7 | 23 | Bart De Vos | TDR-Toyota | 1:31.373 | +1.944s | 5 | |
8 | 6 | David Jundt | Red Archer-Renault | 1:31.402 | +1.974s | 6 | |
9 | 19 | Ojay Clark | Williamson-Mercedes | 1:31.498 | +2.069s | 7 | |
10 | 21 | Abdel Damghi | Nijo-Toyota | 1:32.268 | +2.839s | 9 | |
11 | 3 | Mark Wicks | Woods-Mercedes | 1:32.398 | +2.970s | 10 | |
12 | 7 | Mark Stanton | Constant-Renault | 1:32.519 | +3.090s | 12 | |
13 | 0 | Jyri Lylykorpi | Nordsjoen-Mercedes | 1:32.844 | +3.416s | 13 | |
14 | 9 | Christoph Lichtenstein | Synergetic-Ferrari | 1:33.067 | +3.639s | 14 | |
15 | 12 | Ben Morgan | Computrac-BMW | 1:33.368 | +3.940s | 15 | |
16 | 11 | Gavin Thomas | Computrac-BMW | 1:33.479 | +4.050s | 16 | |
17 | 17 | David Stanton | ST-BMW | 1:34.337 | +4.909s | 17 | |
18 | 18 | Teemu Toikka | Williamson-Mercedes | 1:35.710 | +6.281s | 18 | |
19 | 20 | Chris Williamson | Nijo-Toyota | 1:36.175 | +6.747s | 19 | |
20 | 16 | Luke McKee | ST-BMW | 1:38.977 | +9.548s | 20 | |
21 | 16 | 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 |
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1 | 2 | Joe Consiglio | Nordsjoen-Mercedes | 52 | 1:19:49.736 | 2 | 2 | 01:30.200 | 15 | |
2 | 14 | Lee Morris | Draig-Ferrari | 52 | +1.225s | 1 | 3 | 01:29.738 | 12 | |
3 | 5 | Jason Muscat | Red Archer-Renault | 52 | +18.525s | 4 | 2 | 01:30.573 | 10 | |
4 | 25 | Nick Rowland | Midnight-Renault | 52 | +25.497s | 3 | 3 | 01:29.998 | 8 | |
5 | 6 | David Jundt | Red Archer-Renault | 52 | +53.761s | 8 | 2 | 01:31.174 | 6 | |
6 | 23 | Bart De Vos | TDR-Toyota | 52 | +1:12.526s | 7 | 2 | 01:31.578 | 5 | |
7 | 15 | Ryan Walker | Draig-Ferrari | 52 | +1:16.936s | 5 | 3 | 01:31.186 | 4 | |
8 | 19 | Ojay Clark | Williamson-Mercedes | 51 | +1 Lap | 9 | 2 | 01:32.029 | 3 | |
9 | 7 | Mark Stanton | Constant-Renault | 51 | +1 Lap | 12 | 2 | 01:31.982 | 2 | |
10 | 3 | Mark Wicks | Woods-Mercedes | 51 | +1 Lap | 11 | 4 | 01:32.047 | 1 | |
11 | 20 | Chris Williamson | Nijo-Toyota | 50 | +2 Laps | 19 | 2 | 01:34.563 | 0 | |
12 | 11 | Gavin Thomas | Computrac-BMW | 50 | +2 Laps | 16 | 4 | 01:33.282 | 0 | |
13 | 12 | Ben Morgan | Computrac-BMW | 49 | +3 Laps | 15 | 4 | 01:32.967 | 0 | |
Ret | 17 | David Stanton | ST-BMW | 20 | DNF | 17 | 1 | 01:34.143 | 0 | |
Ret | 0 | Jyri Lylykorpi | Nordsjoen-Mercedes | 10 | DNF | 13 | 0 | 01:32.370 | 0 | |
Ret | 8 | Luis Fernando Laaff | Constant-Renault | 10 | DNF | 6 | 0 | 01:31.914 | 0 | |
Ret | 18 | Teemu Toikka | Williamson-Mercedes | 8 | DNF | 18 | 2 | 01:35.772 | 0 | |
Ret | 16 | Luke McKee | ST-BMW | 0 | DNF | 20 | 0 | - | 0 | |
Ret | 21 | Abdel Damghi | Nijo-Toyota | 0 | DNF | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | |
Ret | 9 | Christoph Lichtenstein | Synergetic-Ferrari | 0 | DNF | 14 | 0 | - | 0 | |
- | 4 | Kieran Ryan | Woods-Mercedes | 0 | DNS | 21 | 0 | - | 0 |
Standings after the Race
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Preceded by: 2011 Monaco Grand Prix |
2011 British Grand Prix 2011 |
Succeeded by: 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix |