2011 Silverstone GP2 Series round

The 2011 British GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 9 and 10 July 2011 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the fifth round of the 2011 GP2 Season. The race supported the 2011 British Grand Prix.

   2011 British GP2 round

Round details
Round 5 of 9 rounds in the 2011 GP2 Series
Silverstone Circuit
Location	Silverstone Circuit Northamptonshire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.901 km (3.667 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	9 July 2011
Laps	29
Pole position
Driver	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART
Time	1:58:531
Podium
First	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART
Second	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering
Third	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Time	1:43.274 (on lap 27)
Sprint race
Date	10 July 2011
Laps	21
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
Second	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering
Third	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing
Time	1:43:262 (on lap 12)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	1:58.531	1
2	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	1:58.971	2
3	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	1:59.020	131
4	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	1:59.143	3
5	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:59.881	4
6	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:59.952	5
7	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	2:00.044	6
8	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	2:00.109	7
9	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	2:00.175	8
10	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	2:00.223	9
11	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	2:00.300	10
12	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	2:00.462	11
13	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	2:00.527	12
14	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	2:00.529	14
15	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	2:00.927	15
16	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	2:01.203	16
17	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	2:01.315	17
18	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	2:01.816	18
19	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	2:02.681	19
20	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	2:01.922	20
21	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	2:02.681	21
22	14	Josef Král	Arden International	2:02.800	22
23	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	2:03.268	23
24	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	2:04.518	24
25	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	2:08.608	25
26	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	no time	DNS2

Notes

1. ^ – Grosjean was given a ten grid position penalty after Valencia Sprint Race for causing a collision.^[1]
2. ^ – Mirocha did not take part in the qualifying session and did not continue the race weekend due to a pre-existing shoulder injury.^[2]

Feature Race

Jules Bianchi (Lotus ART) took pole position and won the feature race.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	29	58:40.010	1	10+2
2	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	29	+4.177	3	8
3	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	29	+4.935	6	6
4	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	29	+5.627	13	5+1
5	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	29	+11.424	8	4
6	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	29	+23.293	4	3
7	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	29	+31.959	21	2
8	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	29	+33.711	19	1
9	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	29	+34.394	2
10	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	29	+41.761	7
11	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	29	+41.971	9
12	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	29	+46.881	10
13	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	29	+47.848	17
14	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	29	+49.612	12
15	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	29	+50.717	25
16	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	29	+56.960	16
17	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	29	+58.332	20
18	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	29	+1:05.327	23
19	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	29	+1:06.251	18
20	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	29	+1:11.1633	11
21	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	29	+1:20.989	24
22	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	29	+1:26.252	15
23	14	Josef Král	Arden International	29	+1:33.465	22
24	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	28	+1 lap	14
Ret	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	14	Collision	5
DNS	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology		Injury
Fastest lap: Romain Grosjean (DAMS) 1:43.274 (lap 27)

Notes

1. ^ – Palmer was given a 30 seconds time penalty, having forced Gutiérrez off the track.^[3]

Sprint Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	21	36:42.650	5	6+1
2	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	21	+7.019	3	5
3	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	21	+7.760	1	4
4	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	21	+8.433	6	3
5	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	21	+9.427	8	2
6	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	21	+12.924	4	1
7	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	21	+20.853	7
8	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	21	+21.888	10
9	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	21	+22.128	9
10	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	21	+23.154	11
11	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	21	+23.296	15
12	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	21	+23.624	13
13	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	21	+31.357	18
14	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	21	+32.330	17
15	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	21	+32.780	21
16	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	21	+33.447	20
17	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	21	+34.778	14
18	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	21	+38.139	24
19	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	21	+39.168	25
20	14	Josef Král	Arden International	21	+40.754	23
21	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	21	+1:25.700	22
22	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	20	+1 lap	2
23	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	20	+1 lap	16
Ret	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	10	Gearbox	12
Ret	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	6	Suspension	19
DNS	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology		Injury
Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Trident Racing) 1:43.262 (lap 12)

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Romain Grosjean 47 2 Giedo van der Garde 38 3 Sam Bird 32 4 Davide Valsecchi 30 5 Charles Pic 24

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Barwa Addax Team 62 2 iSport International 49 3 DAMS 47 4 Caterham Team AirAsia 41 5 Racing Engineering 40

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

See also

• 2011 British Grand Prix
• 2011 Silverstone GP3 Series round