2011 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round explained

Country:	Belgium
Grand Prix:	Spa-Francorchamps
Gp3 Round No:	7
Gp3 Season No:	8
Year:	2011
Location:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
Course Mi:	4.352
Course Km:	7.004
Gp3date R1:	27 August
Gp3laps R1:	12
Gp3pole Driver Country:	United Kingdom
Gp3pole Driver:	James Calado
Gp3pole Team:	Lotus ART
Gp3pole Time:	2:20.146
Gp3first Driver Country R1:	Finland
Gp3first Driver R1:	Valtteri Bottas
Gp3first Team R1:	Lotus ART
Gp3second Driver Country R1:	United Kingdom
Gp3second Driver R1:	James Calado
Gp3second Team R1:	Lotus ART
Gp3third Driver Country R1:	Netherlands
Gp3third Driver R1:	Nigel Melker
Gp3third Team R1:	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Gp3fast Driver Country R1:	Finland
Gp3fast Driver R1:	Valtteri Bottas
Gp3fast Team R1:	Lotus ART
Gp3fast Time R1:	2:33.485
Gp3fast Lap R1:	10
Gp3date R2:	28 August
Gp3laps R2:	12
Gp3first Driver Country R2:	New Zealand
Gp3first Driver R2:	Richie Stanaway
Gp3first Team R2:	Lotus ART
Gp3second Driver Country R2:	United Kingdom
Gp3second Driver R2:	James Calado
Gp3second Team R2:	Lotus ART
Gp3third Driver Country R2:	Switzerland
Gp3third Driver R2:	Nico Müller
Gp3third Team R2:	Jenzer Motorsport
Gp3fast Driver Country R2:	United Kingdom
Gp3fast Driver R2:	James Calado
Gp3fast Team R2:	Lotus ART
Gp3fast Time R2:	2:12.498

The 2011 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on August 27 and 28, 2011 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the seventh round of the 2011 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix.

Classification

Race 1

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	12	31:02.902	2	10+1
2	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	12	+6.495	1	8+2
3	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	12	+13.979	3	6
4	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	12	+21.117	4	5
5	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	12	+24.915	6	4
6	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	12	+34.338	7	3
7	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+40.898	8	2
8	1	Richie Stanaway	Lotus ART	12	+43.583	17	1
9	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	12	+45.330	9
10	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	12	+50.869	12
11	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	12	+51.538	10
12	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	12	+53.789	19
13	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	12	+1:01.520	13
14	9	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+1:05.130	14
15	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	12	+1:06.596	11
16	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	12	+1:09.195	27
17	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	12	+1:13.548	26
18	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	12	+1:14.024	29
19	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	12	+1:14.988	22
20	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	12	+1:20.817	24
21	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	12	+1:27.518	18
22	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	12	+1:49.087	25
Ret	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	9		16
Ret	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	9		20
Ret	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	6		15
Ret	29	Daniel Mancinelli	RSC Mücke Motorsport	3		21
Ret	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	1		30
Ret	15	Callum MacLeod	Carlin	1		28
Ret	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	0		5
Ret	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	0		23

Notes

• – Laine received a fifteen place grid penalty for exiting the pitlane when a red light was showing and completing a lap of the track at the end of the practice session.^[1]
• – Da Costa was excluded from the qualifying results due to the car not complying with the technical regulations.^[2]

Race 2

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Richie Stanaway	Lotus ART	12	26:47.675	1	6
2	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	12	+4.007	7	5+1
3	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+7.126	2	4
4	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	12	+16.441	15	3
5	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	12	+17.081	19	2
6	9	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+19.013	14	1
7	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	12	+28.056	4
8	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	12	+29.348	10
9	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	12	+32.482	12
10	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	12	+32.534	25
11	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	12	+33.189	27
12	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	12	+36.271	30
13	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	12	+42.505	29
14	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	12	+44.434	17
15	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+44.881	24
16	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	12	+45.707	16
17	29	Daniel Mancinelli	RSC Mücke Motorsport	12	+46.160	26
18	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	12	+46.479	21
19	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	12	+48.235	8
20	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	12	+50.257	20
21	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	12	+2:07.765	22
Ret	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	7		5
Ret	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	7		3
Ret	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	2		6
Ret	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	1		23
Ret	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	1		11
Ret	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	1		13
Ret	15	Callum MacLeod	Carlin	1		28
Ret	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	0		18
DNS	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden			9

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Valtteri Bottas	52
2	James Calado	47
3	Nigel Melker	38
4	Alexander Sims	34
5	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	33

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Lotus ART	106
2	MW Arden	61
3	RSC Mücke Motorsport	61
4	Marussia Manor Racing	52
5	Tech 1 Racing	43

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

See also

• 2011 Belgian Grand Prix
• 2011 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

References

1. News: Post practice penalty. GP3 Series. 26 August 2011.
2. News: Antonio Felix da Costa penalised. GP3 Series. 27 August 2011.

External links

• GP3 Series official website: Results