2011 Nürburgring GP3 Series round explained

Country:	Germany
Grand Prix:	German
Gp3 Round No:	5
Gp3 Season No:	8
Year:	2011
Location:	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
Course Km:	5.148
Course Mi:	3.199
Gp3date R1:	23 July
Gp3laps R1:	15
Gp3pole Driver Country:	New Zealand
Gp3pole Driver:	Mitch Evans
Gp3pole Team:	MW Arden
Gp3pole Time:	1:49.366
Gp3first Driver Country R1:	Indonesia
Gp3first Driver R1:	Rio Haryanto
Gp3first Team R1:	Marussia Manor Racing
Gp3second Driver Country R1:	United Kingdom
Gp3second Driver R1:	Lewis Williamson
Gp3second Team R1:	MW Arden
Gp3third Driver Country R1:	Finland
Gp3third Driver R1:	Valtteri Bottas
Gp3third Team R1:	Lotus ART
Gp3fast Driver Country R1:	United Kingdom
Gp3fast Driver R1:	Lewis Williamson
Gp3fast Team R1:	MW Arden
Gp3fast Time R1:	1:50.985
Gp3date R2:	24 July
Gp3laps R2:	14 (15 scheduled)
Gp3first Driver Country R2:	Finland
Gp3first Driver R2:	Valtteri Bottas
Gp3first Team R2:	Lotus ART
Gp3second Driver Country R2:	United Kingdom
Gp3second Driver R2:	Alexander Sims
Gp3second Team R2:	Status Grand Prix
Gp3third Driver Country R2:	Netherlands
Gp3third Driver R2:	Nigel Melker
Gp3third Team R2:	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Gp3fast Driver Country R2:	Netherlands
Gp3fast Driver R2:	Nigel Melker
Gp3fast Team R2:	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Gp3fast Time R2:	2:07.892
Gp3fast Lap R2:	12

The 2011 Nürburgring GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on July 23 and 24, 2011 at Nürburgring, Germany. It is the fifth round of the 2011 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2011 German Grand Prix.

Classification

Race 1

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	15	29:48.703	3	10
2	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	15	+2.404	8	8+1
3	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	15	+3.183	11	6
4	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	15	+3.611	9	5
5	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+4.948	6	4
6	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	15	+18.223	16	3
7	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	15	+19.692	5	2
8	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	15	+21.387	18	1
9	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	15	+23.635	13
10	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	15	+32.818	27
11	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	15	+37.554	24
12	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	15	+39.025	7
13	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+44.359	20
14	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+47.159	23
15	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+51.928	19
16	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	15	+59.456	21
17	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	15	+1:01.306	29
18	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	15	+1:05.865	30
19	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	15	+1:09.673	1	2
20	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+1:20.469	26
21	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	15	+1:22.044	10
22	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	15	+1:22.921	4
23	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	15	+1:29.296	17
24	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	15	+1:39.214	25
25	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	15	+3:22.519	12
26	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	Retired	14
27	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	14	Retired	15
28	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	14	+1 lap	2
29	15	Callum MacLeod	Carlin	14	+1 lap	28
Ret	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	11	Retired	22

Notes

• – Nunes was penalised after the race with a 20-second addition to his race time for causing a collision.^[1]

Race 2

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	14	30:25.297	6	6
2	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	14	+1.473	12	5
3	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+2.717	10	4+1
4	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	14	+21.550	1	3
5	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	14	+24.379	22	2
6	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	14	+32.578	5	1
7	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+34.073	15
8	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	14	+39.255	3
9	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	14	+44.551	16
10	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+46.898	8
11	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+49.147	13
12	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+50.967	26
13	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	14	+51.244	2
14	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	14	+54.054	7
15	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+56.964	20
16	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	14	+59.224	9
17	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	14	+1:00.668	27
18	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	14	+1:03.961	11
19	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	14	+1:11.060	17
20	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	14	+1:18.562	21
21	15	Callum MacLeod	Carlin	14	+1:18.647	29
22	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	+1:42.208	19
23	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+2:04.432	14
24	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	13	Spun off	18
25	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	13	- 1 Lap	25
Ret	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	11	Retired	23
Ret	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	7	Retired	28
Ret	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	5	Retired	4
Ret	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	1	Collision	24
DNS	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	0	Not started	30

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alexander Sims	34
2	Lewis Williamson	28
3	Mitch Evans	28
4	James Calado	27
5	Nigel Melker	27

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	MW Arden	56
2	Lotus ART	51
3	Status Grand Prix	41
4	Tech 1 Racing	39
5	RSC Mücke Motorsport	38

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2011 German Grand Prix
• 2011 Nürburgring GP2 Series round

References

1. News: Post Race 1 penalty for Nunes . GP3 Series . 23 July 2011.

External links

• GP3 Series official website: Results