2011 British Grand Prix

25px **2011 British Grand Prix**
Race details
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.

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	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	Points
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

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lee Morris	109
2	Joe Consiglio	84
3	Jason Muscat	68
4	David Jundt	58
5	Ojay Clark	43
6	Dave Carr-Smith	42
7	Sam Millar	33
=	Mark Wicks	33
9	Adam Rouse	22
10	Bart De Vos	20
11	Kieran Ryan	18
12	Mark Stanton	16
13	Christoph Lichtenstein	14
=	Nick Rowland	14
15	Jyri Lylykorpi	6
16	Ryan Walker	8
17	Ben Morgan	4
18	Abdel Damghi	1
=	Mark Fuller	1

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Red Archer-Renault	126
2	Draig-Ferrari	117
3	Nordsjoen-Mercedes	90
4	Midnight-Renault	56
5	Woods-Mercedes	51
6	Synergetic-Ferrari	47
7	Williamson-Mercedes	43
8	TDR-Toyota	42
9	Constant-Renault	16
10	Computrac-BMW	4
11	Nijo-Toyota	1
=	ST-BMW	1