2011 Catalunya GP3 Series round explained

Country:	Spain
Grand Prix:	Catalunya
Gp3 Round No:	2
Gp3 Season No:	8
Year:	2011
Location:	Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.892
Course Km:	4.665
Gp3date R1:	21 May
Gp3laps R1:	16
Gp3pole Driver Country:	New Zealand
Gp3pole Driver:	Mitch Evans
Gp3pole Team:	MW Arden
Gp3pole Time:	1:38.498
Gp3first Driver Country R1:	New Zealand
Gp3first Driver R1:	Mitch Evans
Gp3first Team R1:	MW Arden
Gp3second Driver Country R1:	Great Britain
Gp3second Driver R1:	James Calado
Gp3second Team R1:	Lotus ART
Gp3third Driver Country R1:	Finland
Gp3third Driver R1:	Aaro Vainio
Gp3third Team R1:	Tech 1 Racing
Gp3fast Driver Country R1:	Finland
Gp3fast Driver R1:	Valtteri Bottas
Gp3fast Team R1:	Lotus ART
Gp3fast Time R1:	1:41.633
Gp3fast Lap R1:	6
Gp3date R2:	22 May
Gp3laps R2:	16
Gp3first Driver Country R2:	Hungary
Gp3first Driver R2:	Tamás Pál Kiss
Gp3first Team R2:	Tech 1 Racing
Gp3second Driver Country R2:	Netherlands
Gp3second Driver R2:	Nigel Melker
Gp3second Team R2:	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Gp3third Driver Country R2:	Great Britain
Gp3third Driver R2:	Dean Smith
Gp3third Team R2:	Addax Team
Gp3fast Driver Country R2:	Italy
Gp3fast Driver R2:	Andrea Caldarelli
Gp3fast Team R2:	Tech 1 Racing
Gp3fast Time R2:	1:40.548
Gp3fast Lap R2:	7

The 2011 Catalunya GP3 Series round was the second round of the 2011 GP3 Series season. It was held on May 20–22, 2011 at Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain, supporting the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix.

Classification

Race 1

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	16	27:19.175	1	10+2
2	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	16	+1.885	4	8
3	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	16	+7.224	3	6
4	18	Andrea Caldarelli	Tech 1 Racing	16	+7.432	2	5
5	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+7.751	6	4
6	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+8.574	5	3
7	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	16	+8.790	8	2
8	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	16	+10.328	7	1
9	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+11.930	12
10	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	16	+13.495	9	1
11	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+15.294	11
12	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	16	+20.311	15
13	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	16	+20.611	17
14	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	16	+21.230	18
15	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	16	+24.071	16
16	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	16	+26.521	22
17	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	16	+27.108	20
18	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+27.770	29
19	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+32.782	19
20	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+33.320	21
21	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	16	+36.714	23
22	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+37.458	28
23	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	16	+44.098	26
24	15	Daniel Morad	Carlin	16	+44.886	25
25	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	16	+49.737	10
26	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	16	+51.623	30
27	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	15	+1 lap	27
Ret	23	Dominic Storey	Addax Team	9	Retired	24
Ret	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	3	Retired	14
Ret	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Retired	13

Source:^[1]

Race 2

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	16	31:08.280	1	6
2	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+1.294	3	5
3	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	16	+2.657	2	4
4	18	Andrea Caldarelli	Tech 1 Racing	16	+4.055	5	3+1
5	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	16	+5.671	8	2
6	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	16	+7.122	13	1
7	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	16	+9.341	10
8	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+10.615	9
9	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	16	+11.830	14
10	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	16	+14.205	16
11	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+15.542	20
12	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+17.398	18
13	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	16	+18.038	17
14	15	Daniel Morad	Carlin	16	+19.171	24
15	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	16	+19.733	23
16	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	+22.275	22
17	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	16	+22.785	12
18	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	16	+29.727	25
19	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+30.180	30
20	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	16	+31.256	6
21	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	16	+43.066	7
22	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	16	+46.796	21
23	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+50.892	11
24	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+1 lap	19
25	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	14	+2 laps	27
26	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	14	+2 laps	15
27	23	Dominic Storey	Addax Team	14	+2 laps	28
Ret	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	0	Collision	29
Ret	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Collision	4
Ret	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	0	Collision	26

Source:^[2]