2011 Monaco GP2 Series round

{{Infobox GP2 round report

| Country = Monaco

| Grand Prix = Monaco

| Round_No = 3

| Season_No = 9

| Image = Monte Carlo Formula 1 track map.svg

| Caption = Circuit de Monaco

| Year = 2011

| Location = Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco

| Course = Street course

| Course_mi = 2.080

| Course_km = 3.340

| Date_r1 = 27 May

| Laps_r1 = 41

| Pole_driver_country = UK

| Pole_driver = Sam Bird

| Pole_team = iSport International

| Pole_time = 1:21.876

| First_driver_country_r1 = Italy

| First_driver_r1 = Davide Valsecchi

| First_team_r1 = Team AirAsia

| Second_driver_country_r1 = Portugal

| Second_driver_r1 = Álvaro Parente

| Second_team_r1 = Racing Engineering

| Third_driver_country_r1 = Italy

| Third_driver_r1 = Luca Filippi

| Third_team_r1 = Super Nova Racing

| Fast_driver_country_r1 = Italy

| Fast_driver_r1 = Davide Valsecchi

| Fast_team_r1 = Team AirAsia

| Fast_time_r1 = 1:23.011

| Fast_lap_r1 = 40

| Date_r2 = 28 May

| Laps_r2 = 30

| First_driver_country_r2 = France

| First_driver_r2 = Charles Pic

| First_team_r2 = Barwa Addax Team

| Second_driver_country_r2 = Czech Republic

| Second_driver_r2 = Josef Král

| Second_team_r2 = Arden International

| Third_driver_country_r2 = France

| Third_driver_r2 = Romain Grosjean

| Third_team_r2 = DAMS

| Fast_driver_country_r2 = UK

| Fast_driver_r2 = Sam Bird

| Fast_team_r2 = iSport International

| Fast_time_r2 = 1:22.713

| Fast_lap_r2 = 24

}}

The 2011 Monaco GP2 Round was the third round of the 2011 GP2 Series season. It was held on May 26–28, 2011 at Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco, supporting the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix. GP2's feeder formula GP3 did not appear at this event.

Classification

=Qualifying=

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PosNo.DriverTeamTimeGrid
1

|4

|{{flagicon|NED}} Giedo van der Garde

|Barwa Addax Team

| 1:21.781

| 6{{ref|1|1}}

2

|9

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

|iSport International

|1:21.876

| 1

3

|5

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jules Bianchi

|Lotus ART

|1:21.991

| 8{{ref|2|2}}

4

|27

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Valsecchi

|Team AirAsia

|1:22.198

| 2

5

|8

|{{flagicon|POR}} Álvaro Parente

|Racing Engineering

|1:22.371

| 3

6

|21

|{{flagicon|MON}} Stefano Coletti

|Trident Racing

|1:22.449

| 4

7

|14

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Josef Král

|Arden International

|1:22.585

| 5

8

|24

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Max Chilton

|Carlin

|1:22.664

| 7

9

|6

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Esteban Gutiérrez

|Lotus ART

|1:22.834

| 9

10

|23

|{{flagicon|VEN}} Johnny Cecotto Jr.

|Ocean Racing Technology

|1:22.909

| 10

11

|17

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Filippi

|Super Nova Racing

|1:22.929

| 11

12

|3

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Charles Pic

|Barwa Addax Team

|1:23.077

| 12

13

|20

|{{flagicon|VEN}} Rodolfo González

|Trident Racing

|1:23.114

| 13

14

|1

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Fabio Leimer

|Rapax

|1:23.217

| 14

15

|10

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson

|iSport International

|1:23.315

| 20{{ref|3|3}}

16

|25

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Turvey

|Carlin

|1:23.373

| 15

17

|26

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luiz Razia

|Team AirAsia

|1:23.377

| 16

18

|7

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Clos

|Racing Engineering

|1:23.470

| 17

19

|15

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jolyon Palmer

|Arden International

|1:23.496

| 18

20

|2

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Julián Leal

|Rapax

|1:23.752

| 19

21

|19

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Kevin Ceccon

|Scuderia Coloni

|1:23.913

| 21

22

|16

|{{flagicon|MYS}} Fairuz Fauzy

|Super Nova Racing

|1:24.103

| 22

23

|22

|{{flagicon|GER}} Kevin Mirocha

|Ocean Racing Technology

|1:24.235

| 23

24

|18

|{{flagicon|ROM}} Michael Herck

|Scuderia Coloni

|1:24.466

| 24

25

|12

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Pål Varhaug

|DAMS

|1:25.077

| 25

26

| 11

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean

| DAMS

|1:32.079

| 26{{ref|4|4}}

Notes

  1. {{Note|1}} – Giedo van der Garde was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision in the session with Oliver Turvey.{{cite news|url=http://gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/05_May/Monaco-Post-Qualifying-penalties/|title=Monaco Post Qualifying penalties|date=26 May 2011|publisher=GP2 Series|access-date=28 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531024229/http://gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/05_May/Monaco-Post-Qualifying-penalties/|archive-date=31 May 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
  2. {{Note|2}} – Jules Bianchi was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with van der Garde in Barcelona Sprint Race.{{cite news|url=http://gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/05_May/Jules-Bianchi-penalised1/|title=Jules Bianchi penalised|date=25 May 2011|publisher=GP2 Series|access-date=28 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528121600/http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/05_May/Jules-Bianchi-penalised1/|archive-date=28 May 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
  3. {{Note|3}} – Marcus Ericsson was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with Sam Bird during the qualifying session.
  4. {{Note|4}} – Romain Grosjean was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with Pål Varhaug during the qualifying session. Although he did not set a laptime inside the 107%, Grosjean has been allowed to race as he set a suitable time during the practice session.

=Feature Race=

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PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1

|27

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Valsecchi

|Team AirAsia

|41

| 1:00:23.957

| 2

|10+1

2

|8

|{{flagicon|POR}} Álvaro Parente

|Racing Engineering

|41

| +1.471

| 3

|8

3

|17

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Filippi

|Super Nova Racing

|41

| +2.199

| 11

|6

4

| 11

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean

| DAMS

|41

| +4.219

| 26

|5

5

|21

|{{flagicon|MON}} Stefano Coletti

|Trident Racing

|41

| +14.023

| 4

|4

6

|14

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Josef Král

|Arden International

|41

| +14.467

| 5

|3

7

|24

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Max Chilton

|Carlin

|41

| +16.071

| 7

|2

8

|3

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Charles Pic

|Barwa Addax Team

|41

| +19.524

|12

|1

9

|1

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Fabio Leimer

|Rapax

|41

| +19.934

| 14

|

10

|22

|{{flagicon|GER}} Kevin Mirocha

|Ocean Racing Technology

|41

| +26.692

| 23

|

11

|19

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Kevin Ceccon

|Scuderia Coloni

| 41

| +27.315

| 21

|

12

|6

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Esteban Gutiérrez

|Lotus ART

|41

| +33.427

| 9

|

13

|18

|{{flagicon|ROM}} Michael Herck

|Scuderia Coloni

|41

| +44.243

| 24

|

14

|25

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Turvey

|Carlin

|41

| +45.057{{ref|5|5}}

| 15

|

15

|16

|{{flagicon|MYS}} Fairuz Fauzy

|Super Nova Racing

|40

| Retired

| 22

|

Ret

|2

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Julián Leal

|Rapax

|35

| Retired

| 19

|

Ret

|15

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jolyon Palmer

|Arden International

|33

| Retired

| 18

|

Ret

|9

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

|iSport International

|30

| Retired

| 1

| 2

Ret

|10

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson

|iSport International

|30

| Retired

| 20

|

Ret

|4

|{{flagicon|NED}} Giedo van der Garde

|Barwa Addax Team

|22

| Retired

| 6

|

Ret

|7

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Clos

|Racing Engineering

|21

| Retired

| 17

|

Ret

|20

|{{flagicon|VEN}} Rodolfo González

|Trident Racing

|19

| Retired

| 13

|

Ret

|26

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luiz Razia

|Team AirAsia

|19

| Retired

| 16

|

Ret

|23

|{{flagicon|VEN}} Johnny Cecotto Jr.

|Ocean Racing Technology

|17

| Retired

| 10

|

Ret

|5

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jules Bianchi

|Lotus ART

| 11

| Retired

| 8

|

Ret

|12

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Pål Varhaug

|DAMS

|10

| Retired

| 25

|

colspan=8|{{center|Fastest lap: Davide Valsecchi (Team AirAsia) 1:23.011 (lap 40)}}

Notes

  1. {{Note|5}} – Oliver Turvey was handed a 30-second time penalty for failing to take a drive through penalty awarded for a jump start.{{cite news|url=http://gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/05_May/Turvey-penalised-after-feature-race/|title=Turvey penalised after Feature Race|date=27 May 2011|publisher=GP2 Series|access-date=28 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530050618/http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/05_May/Turvey-penalised-after-feature-race/|archive-date=30 May 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

=Sprint Race=

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PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1

|3

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Charles Pic

|Barwa Addax Team

|30

|45:50.498

| 1

|6

2

|14

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Josef Král

|Arden International

|30

| +3.332

| 3

|5

3

| 11

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean

| DAMS

|30

| +3.885

| 5

|4+1

4

|17

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Filippi

|Super Nova Racing

|30

| +14.587

| 6

|3

5

|27

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Valsecchi

|Team AirAsia

|30

| +27.072

| 8

|2

6

|24

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Max Chilton

|Carlin

|30

| +29.626

| 2

|1

7

|1

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Fabio Leimer

|Rapax

|30

| +29.846

| 9

|

8

|25

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Turvey

|Carlin

|30

| +30.372

| 14

|

9

|4

|{{flagicon|NED}} Giedo van der Garde

|Barwa Addax Team

|30

| +30.859

| 19

|

10

|16

|{{flagicon|MYS}} Fairuz Fauzy

|Super Nova Racing

|30

| +31.585

| 15

|

11

|15

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jolyon Palmer

|Arden International

|30

| +32.317

| 17

|

12

|19

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Kevin Ceccon

|Scuderia Coloni

| 30

| +32.790

| 11

|

13

|9

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

|iSport International

|30

| +33.147

| 23{{ref|6|6}}

|

14

|20

|{{flagicon|VEN}} Rodolfo González

|Trident Racing

|30

| +38.695

| 21

|

15

|18

|{{flagicon|ROM}} Michael Herck

|Scuderia Coloni

|30

| +40.518

| 13

|

16

|8

|{{flagicon|POR}} Álvaro Parente

|Racing Engineering

|30

| +40.687

| 7

|

17

|23

|{{flagicon|VEN}} Johnny Cecotto Jr.

|Ocean Racing Technology

|30

| +41.131

| 24

|

18

|7

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Clos

|Racing Engineering

|30

| +42.611

| 20

|

19

|5

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jules Bianchi

|Lotus ART

| 30

| +51.544

| 25

|

20

|26

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luiz Razia

|Team AirAsia

|29

| +1 lap

| 22

|

21

|12

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Pål Varhaug

|DAMS

|29

| +1 lap

| 26

|

Ret

|21

|{{flagicon|MON}} Stefano Coletti

|Trident Racing

|20

|Retired

| 4

|

Ret

|10

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson

|iSport International

| 8

| Retired

| 18

|

Ret

|2

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Julián Leal

|Rapax

| 3

| Retired

| 16

|

Ret

|22

|{{flagicon|GER}} Kevin Mirocha

|Ocean Racing Technology

| 2

| Retired

| 10

|

DNS

|6

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Esteban Gutiérrez

|Lotus ART

|0

| Did not start

| 12

|

colspan=8|{{center|Fastest lap: Sam Bird (iSport International) 1:22.713 (lap 24)}}

Notes

  1. {{Note|6}} – Sam Bird was handed a five place grid penalty for causing a collision with Marcus Ericsson during Feature Race.{{cite news|url=http://gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/05_May/Bird-handed-grid-penalty/|title=Bird handed grid penalty|date=27 May 2011|publisher=GP2 Series|access-date=28 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530050550/http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/05_May/Bird-handed-grid-penalty/|archive-date=30 May 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

=Standings after the round=

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos

! Driver

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean

| align=right|23

2

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

| align=right|23

3

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Charles Pic

| align=right|22

4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Valsecchi

| align=right|21

5

| {{flagicon|NED}} Giedo van der Garde

| align=right|21

{{col-2}}

;Teams' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos

! Team

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barwa Addax Team

| align=right|43

2

| {{flagicon|GBR}} iSport International

| align=right|31

3

| {{flagicon|MYS}} Team AirAsia

| align=right|24

4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} DAMS

| align=right|23

5

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Racing Engineering

| align=right|17

{{col-end}}

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

References

{{GP2 round report

| Name_of_round = Monaco GP2 round

| Year_of_round = 2011

| Previous_round_in_season = 2011 Spanish GP2 round

| Next_round_in_season = 2011 Valencian GP2 round

| Previous_year's_round = 2010 Monaco GP2 round

| Next_year's_round = 2012 Monaco GP2 Series round

}}

{{GP2Round}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2011 Monaco Gp2 Round}}

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