2011 Catalunya GP3 Series round

   2011 Catalunya GP2 round

Round details
and Round 2 of 8 rounds in the 2011 GP3 Series
Circuit de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.665 km (2.892 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	21 May 2011
Laps	16
Pole position
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:38.498
Podium
First	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Second	James Calado	Lotus ART
Third	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART
Time	1:41.633 (on lap 6)
Race 2
Date	22 May 2011
Laps	16
Podium
First	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing
Second	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Third	Dean Smith	Addax Team
Fastest lap
Driver	Andrea Caldarelli	Tech 1 Racing
Time	1:40.548 (on lap 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
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas (Lotus ART) 1:41.633 (lap 6)
Source:

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
Fastest lap: Andrea Caldarelli (Tech 1 Racing) 1:40.548 (lap 7)
Source:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nigel Melker	22
2	Andrea Caldarelli	20
3	Mitch Evans	17
4	Alexander Sims	8
5	James Calado	8

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Tech 1 Racing	33
2	RSC Mücke Motorsport	29
3	MW Arden	17
4	Status Grand Prix	15
5	Lotus ART	14

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

See also

• 2011 Spanish Grand Prix
• 2011 Catalunya GP2 Series round

External links

• GP3 Series official website: Results