2011 Monza GP2 Series round

The 2011 Italian GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 10 and 11, 2011 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy. It was the final round of the 2011 GP2 season. The race supported the 2011 Italian Grand Prix. This was the last of the season for series, but GP2 will race a non-championship round in Abu Dhabi.

   2011 Italian GP2 round

Round details
Round 9 of 9 rounds in the 2011 GP2 Series
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.6 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	10 September 2011
Laps	30
Pole position
Driver	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team
Time	1:32.349
Podium
First	Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni
Second	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team
Third	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni
Time	1:33.367 (on lap 27)
Sprint race
Date	11 September 2011
Laps	21
Podium
First	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering
Second	Fabio Leimer	Rapax
Third	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART
Fastest lap
Driver	Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni
Time	1:32.567 (on lap 18)

After Romain Grosjean clinched Drivers' Championship in the previous round, the contest for the Teams' title continued as Barwa Addax was only 8 points ahead DAMS in the standings,^[1] but the Spanish team won the title after the last race.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	1:32.349	1
2	19	Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni	1:32.460	2
3	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	1:32.485	3
4	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	1:32.600	4
5	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	1:32.630	5
6	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:32.684	6
7	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	1:32.727	7
8	17	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	1:32.761	8
9	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	1:32.801	9
10	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:32.811	10
11	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	1:32.848	11
12	14	Josef Král	Arden International	1:32.858	12
13	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	1:32.865	13
14	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	1:33.019	14
15	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:33.121	15
16	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	1:33.129	16
17	22	Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	1:33.183	17
18	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	1:33.206	18
19	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	1:33.293	19
20	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	1:33.297	20
21	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:33.452	21
22	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	1:33.571	22
23	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	1:33.646	23
24	21	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:34.150	24
25	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	1:35.228	25
26	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	1:39.190	26

Feature Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni	30	47:47.704	2	10+1
2	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	30	+5.627	1	8+2
3	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	30	+6.214	5	6
4	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	30	+9.992	9	5
5	17	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	30	+14.904	8	4
6	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	30	+16.710	7	3
7	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	30	+18.058	3	2
8	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	30	+22.787	19	1
9	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	30	+28.444	25
10	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	30	+31.661	18
11	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	30	+36.000	26
12	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	30	+44.096	4
13	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	30	+46.877	6
14	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	30	+49.690	15
15	21	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	30	+50.876	24
16	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	30	+58.003	23
17	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	30	+1:06.275	22
18	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	30	+1:10.221	21
19	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	30	+1:20.119	16
20	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	29	+1 lap	14
21	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	29	+1 lap	20
22	22	Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	29	+1 lap	17
Ret	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	2	Collision damage	10
Ret	14	Josef Král	Arden International	1	Collision	12
Ret	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	1	Collision	11
Ret	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	1	Collision	13
Fastest lap: Luca Filippi (Scuderia Coloni) 1:33.367 (lap 27)

Sprint Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	21	32:51.770	3	6
2	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	21	+0.730	2	5
3	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	21	+2.851	1	4
4	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	21	+3.556	5	3
5	19	Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni	21	+4.010	8	2+1
6	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	21	+10.957	9	1
7	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	21	+11.584	13
8	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	21	+16.079	14
9	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	21	+17.619	10
10	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	21	+19.814	11
11	17	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	21	+22.136	4
12	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	21	+22.617	12
13	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	21	+22.966	21
14	21	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	21	+24.538	15
15	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	21	+35.241	17
16	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	21	+35.408	19
17	14	Josef Král	Arden International	21	+35.681	24
18	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	21	+36.244	23
19	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	19	+37.728	25
20	22	Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	21	+1:23.392	22
21	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	19	+2 laps	6
Ret	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	12	Spun off	20
Ret	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	0	Accident	16
Ret	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	0	Collision	7
DNS	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	0	Not started	18
DNS	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni		Injury	1
Fastest lap: Luca Filippi (Scuderia Coloni) 1:32.567 (lap 18)

Notes

• ^1 – Herck was due to start from last grid position after being handed a ten grid position penalty for causing a collision during Feature Race,^[2] but did not take the start because of a hand injury sustained in the collision.^[3]

Final standings

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Romain Grosjean 83 2 Luca Filippi 54 3 Jules Bianchi 53 4 Charles Pic 52 5 Giedo van der Garde 49

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Barwa Addax Team 101 2 DAMS 89 3 Racing Engineering 75 4 iSport International 70 5 Lotus ART 68

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

See also

• 2011 Italian Grand Prix
• 2011 Monza GP3 Series round

References

1. "Round 9 - Monza Preview". GP2 Series. 8 September 2011.
2. "Michael Herck penalised". GP2 Series. 10 September 2011.
3. "Vietoris takes final win of the 2011 season". Crash.Net. 11 September 2011.

External links

• GP2 Series official website: Results

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