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 Pos No. Driver Team Time Grid 14 Giedo van der GardeBarwa Addax Team 1:21.781 6 29 Sam BirdiSport International1:21.876 1 35 Jules BianchiLotus ART1:21.991 8 427 Davide ValsecchiTeam AirAsia1:22.198 2 58 Álvaro ParenteRacing Engineering1:22.371 3 621 Stefano ColettiTrident Racing1:22.449 4 714 Josef KrálArden International1:22.585 5 824 Max ChiltonCarlin1:22.664 7 96 Esteban GutiérrezLotus ART1:22.834 91023 Johnny Cecotto Jr.Ocean Racing Technology1:22.909 10 1117 Luca FilippiSuper Nova Racing1:22.929 11 123 Charles PicBarwa Addax Team1:23.077 12 1320 Rodolfo GonzálezTrident Racing1:23.114 13141 Fabio LeimerRapax1:23.217 14 1510 Marcus EricssoniSport International1:23.315 201625 Oliver TurveyCarlin1:23.373 151726 Luiz RaziaTeam AirAsia1:23.377 16187 Dani ClosRacing Engineering1:23.470 171915 Jolyon PalmerArden International1:23.496 18202 Julián LealRapax1:23.752 192119 Kevin CecconScuderia Coloni1:23.913 212216 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing1:24.103 222322 Kevin MirochaOcean Racing Technology1:24.235 232418 Michael HerckScuderia Coloni1:24.466 242512 Pål VarhaugDAMS1:25.077 2526 11 Romain Grosjean DAMS1:32.079 26
Notes – Giedo van der Garde was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision in the session with Oliver Turvey. – Jules Bianchi was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with van der Garde in Barcelona Sprint Race. – Marcus Ericsson was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with Sam Bird during the qualifying session. – 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 Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 127 Davide ValsecchiTeam AirAsia41 1:00:23.957 210+1 28 Álvaro ParenteRacing Engineering41 +1.471 38 317 Luca FilippiSuper Nova Racing41 +2.199 116 4 11 Romain Grosjean DAMS41 +4.219 265 521 Stefano ColettiTrident Racing41 +14.023 44 614 Josef KrálArden International41 +14.467 53 724 Max ChiltonCarlin41 +16.071 72 83 Charles PicBarwa Addax Team41 +19.524121 91 Fabio LeimerRapax41 +19.934 141022 Kevin MirochaOcean Racing Technology41 +26.692 231119 Kevin CecconScuderia Coloni 41 +27.315 21126 Esteban GutiérrezLotus ART41 +33.427 91318 Michael HerckScuderia Coloni41 +44.243 241425 Oliver TurveyCarlin41 +45.057 151516 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing40 Retired 22Ret2 Julián LealRapax35 Retired 19Ret15 Jolyon PalmerArden International33 Retired 18Ret9 Sam BirdiSport International30 Retired 1 2Ret10 Marcus EricssoniSport International30 Retired 20Ret4 Giedo van der GardeBarwa Addax Team22 Retired 6Ret7 Dani ClosRacing Engineering21 Retired 17Ret20 Rodolfo GonzálezTrident Racing19 Retired 13Ret26 Luiz RaziaTeam AirAsia19 Retired 16Ret23 Johnny Cecotto Jr.Ocean Racing Technology17 Retired 10Ret5 Jules BianchiLotus ART 11 Retired 8Ret12 Pål VarhaugDAMS10 Retired 25
Notes – Oliver Turvey was handed a 30-second time penalty for failing to take a drive through penalty awarded for a jump start.
Sprint Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 13 Charles PicBarwa Addax Team3045:50.498 16 214 Josef KrálArden International30 +3.332 35 3 11 Romain Grosjean DAMS30 +3.885 54+1 417 Luca FilippiSuper Nova Racing30 +14.587 63 527 Davide ValsecchiTeam AirAsia30 +27.072 82 624 Max ChiltonCarlin30 +29.626 21 71 Fabio LeimerRapax30 +29.846 9 825 Oliver TurveyCarlin30 +30.372 14 94 Giedo van der GardeBarwa Addax Team30 +30.859 191016 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing30 +31.585 151115 Jolyon PalmerArden International30 +32.317 171219 Kevin CecconScuderia Coloni 30 +32.790 11139 Sam BirdiSport International30 +33.147 231420 Rodolfo GonzálezTrident Racing30 +38.695 211518 Michael HerckScuderia Coloni30 +40.518 13168 Álvaro ParenteRacing Engineering30 +40.687 71723 Johnny Cecotto Jr.Ocean Racing Technology30 +41.131 24187 Dani ClosRacing Engineering30 +42.611 20195 Jules BianchiLotus ART 30 +51.544 252026 Luiz RaziaTeam AirAsia29 +1 lap 222112 Pål VarhaugDAMS29 +1 lap 26Ret21 Stefano ColettiTrident Racing20Retired 4Ret10 Marcus EricssoniSport International 8 Retired 18Ret2 Julián LealRapax 3 Retired 16Ret22 Kevin MirochaOcean Racing Technology 2 Retired 10DNS6 Esteban GutiérrezLotus ART0 Did not start 12
Notes – Sam Bird was handed a five place grid penalty for causing a collision with Marcus Ericsson during Feature Race.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Romain Grosjean23 2 Sam Bird23 3 Charles Pic22 4 Davide Valsecchi21 5 Giedo van der Garde21
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Barwa Addax Team43 2 iSport International31 3 Team AirAsia24 4 DAMS23 5 Racing Engineering17
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
External links GP2 Series official web site: Results
References