2011 Porsche Supercup Explained

The 2011 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 19th Porsche Supercup season. It began on 8 May at Turkey's Istanbul Park and finished on 13 November at the Yas Marina Circuit in the United Arab Emirates, after eleven races.

Teams and drivers

Team		Drivers	Rounds
Veltins Lechner Racing	1	René Rast^[1]	All
	2	Norbert Siedler	All
	37	Oskar Slingerland	3
	37	Clemens Schmid	10
Konrad Motorsport	3	Nick Tandy	All
Konrad Motorsport	4	Christian Engelhart	All
Konrad Motorsport Austria	5	Andreas Mayerl	1–9
Konrad Motorsport Austria	6	Mathias Lauda^[2]	All
Sanitec Aquiles MRS Team	7	William Langhorne	All
	8	Nicolás Filiberti	1–3
		Matt Halliday	5–6
		Isaac Tutumlu	7
		Nicki Thiim	8–9
		Melanie Snow	10
	32	Yucel Ozbek	5
	810	Melanie Snow	4
VERVA Racing Team	9	Štefan Rosina	All
VERVA Racing Team	10	Kuba Giermaziak	All
Attempto Racing	11	Robert Lukas	1–3, 5–9
		Nicki Thiim	4
		Isaac Tutumlu	10
	12	Kévin Estre	All
	47	Isaac Tutumlu	8
Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit	14	Khaled Al Qubaisi	All
	15	Jeroen Bleekemolen	All
	16	Sean Edwards	All
Team Bleekemolen	17	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	All
	18	Patrick Huisman	All
	19	Alessandro Zampedri	1–3, 5–7, 9–10
	19	Bas Schothorst	8
MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg	30	Thomas Langer	1–3
	31	Cenk Ceyişakar	1
	31	Isaac Tutumlu	3
	32	Yadel Oskan	1
	32	Matt Halliday	3
PRO GT	33	Roland Berville^[3]	2–3
PRO GT	34	Henry Hassid	2–3
Antonelli Motorsport	35	Christian Passuti	3, 8–9
	36	Angelo Proietti	3, 9
	36	Massimo Giondi	8
	48	Gianluca Giraudi	9
Lechner Racing	37	Oskar Slingerland	8
Lechner Racing	46	Peter Scharmach	8
SAS International	38	Michael Meadows	5
SAS International	39	James Sutton	5
Porsche Cars Great Britain	41	Ahmad Al Harthy	5
	42	Benji Hetherington	5
	43	Andrew Shelley	5
Schnabl Engineering	44	Sam Tordoff	5
Schnabl Engineering	45	Keith Webster	5
Ebimotors	49	Marco Mapelli	9
Ebimotors	50	Alessandro Balzan	9
Petri Corse	51	Vito Postiglione	9
Petri Corse	52	Andrea Amici	9
Haribo Racing Team	88	Hans-Guido Riegel	6
	88	Christian Menzel	10
	99	Christian Menzel	6
	99	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	10
GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East	811	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	4
GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East	812	Johannes Waimer	4
Motopark	815	Lance David Arnold	4
Motopark	816	Timo Rumpfkeil	4

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit^[4]	Country	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1		Istanbul Park	Turkey	8 May	Christian Engelhart	Nick Tandy	Christian Engelhart	Konrad Motorsport
2		Circuit de Catalunya	Spain	22 May	Sean Edwards	Nick Tandy	Sean Edwards	Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit
3		Circuit de Monaco	Monaco	29 May	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast	Veltins Lechner Racing
4		Nürburgring Nordschleife	Germany	25 June	Norbert Siedler	René Rast	René Rast	Veltins Lechner Racing
5		Silverstone Circuit	United Kingdom	10 July	René Rast	Nick Tandy	René Rast	Veltins Lechner Racing
6		Nürburgring GP	Germany	24 July	Kuba Giermaziak	Christian Engelhart	René Rast	Veltins Lechner Racing
7		Hungaroring	Hungary	31 July	Kévin Estre	Sean Edwards	Kuba Giermaziak	VERVA Racing Team
8		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	28 August	Kuba Giermaziak	Kuba Giermaziak	Kuba Giermaziak	VERVA Racing Team
9		Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Italy	11 September	Alessandro Balzan	Kévin Estre	Kévin Estre	Attempto Racing
10	R1	Yas Marina Circuit^[5]	United Arab Emirates	12 November	Kévin Estre	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Konrad Motorsport
10	R2	Yas Marina Circuit^[5]	United Arab Emirates	13 November	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast	Veltins Lechner Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	IST	CAT	MON	NNS	SIL	NÜR	HUN	SPA	MNZ	YMC		Points
1	René Rast	5	7	1	1	1	1	Ret	2	2	2	1	181
2	Norbert Siedler	3	8	7	2	3	4	4	7	4	4	7	145
3	Kuba Giermaziak	7	3	5	12	8	2	1	1	6	10	6	140
4	Sean Edwards	4	1	3	4	10	3	3	6	Ret	6	4	140
5	Nick Tandy	2	2	2	Ret	2	DSQ	9	3	5	1	Ret	129
6	Jeroen Bleekemolen	6	5	4	6	6	6	2	4	13	7	5	129
7	Kévin Estre	8	4	Ret	5	4	Ret	5	9	1	3	2	127
8	Christian Engelhart	1	9	12	10	5	8	Ret	5	18	5	3	106
9	Štefan Rosina	10	6	Ret	8	7	5	7	10	9	8	13	83
10	Patrick Huisman	9	10	11	7	9	7	15	11	7	9	9	76
11	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	11	12	6	9	14	16	Ret	8	Ret	12	14	49
12	Mathias Lauda	15	14	15	14	18	11	11	Ret	14	13	10	40
13	Robert Lukas	12	11	9		19	14	6	12	Ret			34
14	Alessandro Zampedri	Ret	13	8		17	13	8		Ret	Ret	8	34
15	William Langhorne	14	Ret	16	13	20	10	14	19	17	16	16	33
16	Andreas Mayerl	Ret	17	14	15	21	15	13	16	19			20
17	Khaled Al Qubaisi	17	Ret	Ret	16†	22	17	10	18	21†	17	Ret	15
18	Matt Halliday			10		11	12						10
19	Nicolás Filiberti	13	15	18									5
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Alessandro Balzan									3			0
	Lance David Arnold				3								0
	Christian Passuti			13					13	8			0
	Christian Menzel						9				11	11	0
	Marco Mapelli									10			0
	Nicki Thiim				Ret				14	11			0
	Timo Rumpfkeil				11								0
	James Sutton					11							0
	Isaac Tutumlu			DSQ				12	22		DSQ	15	0
	Abdulaziz Al Faisal				Ret						15	12	0
	Vito Postiglione									12			0
	Michael Meadows					13							0
	Clemens Schmid										14	17	0
	Sam Tordoff					15							0
	Bas Schothorst								15				0
	Gianluca Giraudi									15			0
	Angelo Proietti			17						16			0
	Henry Hassid		16	19									0
	Yadel Oskan	16											0
	Benji Hetherington					16							0
	Johannes Waimer				17†								0
	Peter Scharmach								17				0
	Melanie Snow				Ret						18	18	0
	Roland Berville		18	20									0
	Cenk Ceyişakar	18											0
	Thomas Langer	Ret	19	DNQ									0
	Oskar Slingerland			DNQ					20				0
	Andrea Amici									20			0
	Massimo Giondi								21				0
	Keith Webster					23							0
	Andrew Shelley					24							0
	Yucel Ozbek					25†							0
	Ahmad Al Harthy					Ret							0
	Hans-Guido Riegel						Ret						0
Pos	Driver	IST	CAT	MON	NNS	SIL	NÜR	HUN	SPA	MNZ	YMC		Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	IST	CAT	MON	NNS	SIL	NÜR	HUN	SPA	MNZ	YMC		Points
1	align=left rowspan=2	Veltins Lechner Racing	3	7	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	2	1	318
1	5	8	7	2	3	4	Ret	7	4	4	7			318
2	align=left rowspan=2	Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit	4	1	3	4	6	3	2	4	13	6	4	266
2	6	5	4	6	10	6	3	6	Ret	7	5			266
3	align=left rowspan=2	Konrad Motorsport	1	2	2	10	2	8	9	3	5	1	3	234
3	2	9	12	Ret	5	DSQ	Ret	5	18	5	Ret			234
4	align=left rowspan=2	VERVA Racing Team	7	3	5	8	7	2	1	1	6	8	6	220
4	10	6	Ret	12	8	5	7	10	9	10	13			220
5	align=left rowspan=2	Attempto Racing	8	4	9	5	4	14	5	9	1	3	2	165
5	12	11	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	6	12	Ret	DSQ	15			165
6	align=left rowspan=2	Team Bleekemolen	9	10	6	7	9	7	15	8	7	9	9	125
6	Ret	12	11	9	14	13	Ret	11	Ret	12	14			125
7	align=left rowspan=2	SANITEC Aquiles MRS Team	13	15	16	13	12	10	12	14	11	16	16	75
7	14	Ret	18	Ret	20	12	14	19	17	18	18			75
8	align=left rowspan=2	Konrad Motorsport Austria	15	14	14	14	18	11	11	16	14	13	10	68
8	Ret	17	15	15	21	15	13	Ret	19					68
Guest teams ineligible for championship points
	align=left rowspan=2	Ebimotors									3			0
									10					0
	align=left rowspan=2	Motopark				3								0
				11										0
	align=left rowspan=2	Antonelli Motorsport			13					13	8			0
			17					21	15					0
	align=left rowspan=2	Haribo Racing Team						9				11		0
						Ret				15				0
	align=left rowspan=2	MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg	16	19	10									0
	18		DSQ											0
	align=left rowspan=2	SAS International					11							0
					13									0
	align=left rowspan=2	Petri Corse									12			0
									20					0
	align=left rowspan=2	Schnabl Engineering					15							0
					23									0
	align=left rowspan=2	PRO GT		16	19									0
		18	20											0
	align=left rowspan=2	Porsche Cars Great Britain					16							0
					24									0
	align=left rowspan=2	Lechner Racing								17				0
								20						0
	align=left rowspan=2	GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East				17†								0
				Ret										0
Pos	Team	IST	CAT	MON	NNS	SIL	NÜR	HUN	SPA	MNZ	YMC		Points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Pole
Points	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2

External links

Notes and References

Web site: All drivers of the season 2011. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2011-03-31. 2011-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20110920142239/http://www.racecam.de/index.php?lang=en&site=fahrer&sid=27. dead.
News: Former DTM racer Mathias Lauda set for Porsche Supercup campaign. Andy. Wilkinson. Motors TV. LMC. 5 May 2011. 5 May 2011. 19 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319005853/http://www.motorstv.com/car/gt/porsche-supercup/05052011/lauda-joins-porsche-supercup-ranks. dead.
Web site: Llista d'inscrits / Entry list. PDF. 12 May 2011. circuitcat.com. Circuit de Catalunya. 17 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110813153057/http://circuitcat.com/files/609-553-Document/INS%20PROV%20POR%20v1%201205.pdf. 13 August 2011. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: All races of the season 2011. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2011-03-31.
News: Abu Dhabi hosts 2011 season finale. Porsche Supercup. Porsche. 27 July 2011. 29 July 2011.