2011 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round

The 2011 Turkish GP2 Round was the first round of the 2011 GP2 Series season. It was held on May 6–8, 2011 at Istanbul Speed Park, Istanbul, Turkey, supporting the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix.

   2011 Istanbul GP2 round

Round details
Round 1 of 9 rounds in the 2011 GP2 Series
Istanbul Park Circuit
Location	Istanbul Park Istanbul, Turkey
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.34 km (3.32 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	7 May 2011
Laps	32
Pole position
Driver	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Time	1:34.398
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Second	Sam Bird	iSport International
Third	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Sam Bird	iSport International
Time	1:37.580 (on lap 18)
Sprint race
Date	8 May 2011
Laps	23
Podium
First	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing
Second	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team
Third	Sam Bird	iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Time	1:38.442 (on lap 6)

This race was the first in the series for the new Dallara GP2/11 chassis and Pirelli as the sole tyre supplier for GP2. The GP2/11 was introduced as a replacement for the Dallara GP2/08 chassis, which was used between 2008 and 2010.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	1:34.398	1
2	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	1:34.483	2
3	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	1:34.709	3
4	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	1:34.784	4
5	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:34.797	5
6	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	1:34.888	6
7	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	1:34.954	7
8	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	1:34.975	181
9	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	1:34.981	8
10	14	Josef Král	Arden International	1:35.050	9
11	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:35.110	10
12	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	1:35.140	11
13	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	1:35.159	12
14	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	1:35.164	13
15	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	1:35.182	14
16	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	1:35.360	15
17	19	Davide Rigon	Scuderia Coloni	1:35.369	16
18	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:35.375	17
19	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:35.428	19
20	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	1:35.545	20
21	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	1:35.681	21
22	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	1:35.825	22
23	25	Mikhail Aleshin	Carlin	1:35.873	2
24	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	1:35.973	23
25	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	1:36.168	24
26	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	1:36.187	25

Notes

1. ^ – Davide Valsecchi was handed a ten place grid penalty for driving in the opposite direction during the qualifying session.^[1]
2. ^ – Mikhail Aleshin did not contest the remainder of the weekend, having fractured a metacarpal in his left hand during an accident in qualifying.^[2]

Feature Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	32	57:09.999	1	12 (10+2)
2	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	32	+0.332	2	9 (8+1)
3	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	32	+35.856	4	6
4	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	32	+45.933	11	5
5	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	32	+52.280	14	4
6	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	32	+52.866	6	3
7	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	32	+1:03.117	7	2
8	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	32	+1:11.822	5	1
9	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	32	+1:12.913	17
10	19	Davide Rigon	Scuderia Coloni	32	+1:15.636	16
11	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	32	+1:20.559	8
12	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	32	+1:26.007	19
13	14	Josef Král	Arden International	32	+1:31.885	9
14	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	32	+1:43.492	20
15	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	31	Retired	22
16	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	31	+1 lap	18
17	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	31	+1 lap	12
18	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	31	+1 lap	21
19	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	31	+1 lap	24
Ret	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	16	Gearbox	25
Ret	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	15	Accident damage	3
Ret	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	14	Accident	15
Ret	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	0	Accident	10
Ret	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	0	Accident	13
Ret	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	0	Accident	23
DNS	25	Mikhail Aleshin	Carlin		Injured
Fastest lap: Sam Bird (iSport International) 1:37.580 (lap 18)
Source:[3]

Sprint Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	23	41:40.571	4	6
2	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	23	+2.184	5	5
3	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	23	+2.756	7	4
4	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	23	+3.243	2	3
5	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	23	+3.502	12	2
6	14	Josef Král	Arden International	23	+5.038	13	1
7	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	23	+5.373	6
8	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	23	+5.602	9
9	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	23	+7.143	17
10	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	23	+7.501	8	1
11	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	23	+7.892	25
12	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	23	+9.261	14
13	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+10.697	22
14	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	23	+11.862	21
15	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	23	+12.140	1
16	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	23	+12.237	16
17	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	23	+12.359	23
18	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	23	+12.826	3
19	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+12.950	15
20	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	23	+13.708	24
21	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	23	+14.195	18
22	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	23	+15.582	20
Ret	19	Davide Rigon	Scuderia Coloni	18	Collision	10
Ret	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	18	Collision	19
Ret	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	3	Spun off	11
DNS	25	Mikhail Aleshin	Carlin		Injured
Fastest lap: Romain Grosjean (DAMS) 1:38.442 (lap 6)

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Romain Grosjean 13 2 Sam Bird 13 3 Stefano Coletti 10 4 Giedo van der Garde 10 5 Jules Bianchi 6

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Barwa Addax Team 15 2 DAMS 13 3 iSport International 13 4 Trident Racing 10 5 Lotus ART 6

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

See also

• 2011 Turkish Grand Prix
• 2011 Istanbul Park GP3 Series round