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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
 
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| Type = SL
 
| Type = SL
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| Date          = July 28th
 
| Date          = July 28th
 
| Year          = 2011
 
| Year          = 2011
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| Image          = Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez track map.png
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| Image          = Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.png
 
| Official name  = 2011 Mexican Grand Prix
 
| Official name  = 2011 Mexican Grand Prix
 
| Location      = [[Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez]]<br>Mexico City, Mexico
 
| Location      = [[Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez]]<br>Mexico City, Mexico
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==Report==
 
==Report==
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[[Red Archer]] drivers [[Jason Muscat]] and [[David Jundt]] put the Constructors' Championships in an iron fist with a commanding performance at the Mexican Grand Prix, scoring the first 1-2 for any team in the 2011 season and demonstrating a crushing superiority brought by the Greek team's package and Renault engine. The race also represented a turning point in the Championship as [[Lee Morris]] managed to recover some of his lead on rival [[Joe Consiglio]], who could only muster 5th.
  
 
===Qualifying===
 
===Qualifying===
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The Red Archer duo seemed able to set the pace at will during qualifying, and even a heroic performance by Morris in his underpowered [[Draig]] - suffering on the Mexican track's massive straights - couldn't prevent Muscat to claim a fine pole position in a time of 1:07.725. Morris was just ahead of the sister Red Archer of Jundt, less than a tenth of second separating the rivals. But the big surprise was Joe Consiglio's blunder, which relegated him at the back of the grid. The Maltese ace came back to the pits during Q1, breaking the rules and incurring in a penalty. With his work cut out, it was all about damage limitation for the [[Nordsjoen]] driver. The Italian team's blushes were spared by [[Pavel Loknovski]], who qualified 4th.
  
 
===Race===
 
===Race===
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As the lights went from red to green, Lee Morris could not answer the Red Archer's blistering pace; as Muscat and Jundt sped away, the English driver found himself fighting with an excellent [[Nick Rowland]] and Loknovski before his three-stop strategy paid dividends. Having secured third, the Draig Racing driver couldn't close enough the gap to Jundt to try and clinch any better position. Behind him, Consiglio could only pass his team-mate, but Rowland proved too hard an hurdle for the Maltese champion, despite a last-ditch attempt at Peraltada and a race to the line.
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[[Ojay Clark]] and [[Dave Carr-Smith]] scored some decent points for [[Williamson]] and [[Midnight]], while [[Phil Perkins]] had a scare when, serving a drive-through penalty on the last lap, he saw one lap docked from his race tally. The position was later reinstated, giving the [[Triple-Double|TDR]] driver a well-deserved 9th place (but last-lap penalty serving was subsequently banned); [[David Stanton]] finished 10th and brought one extremely precious point to [[ST Racing]] - lifting them equal to [[Nijo Racing]] at the bottom end of the Constructors' Championship.
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Despite the 1-2 by Red Archer, the Drivers' Championship looks increasingly a battle between Lee Morris and Joe Consiglio, the leading duo separated by 36 points. In the Constructors' Championship, instead, the Greek team opened a 14-point gap over Draig, with Nordsjoen slipping behind and seemingly out of contention.
  
 
==Classification==
 
==Classification==
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===Qualifying===
 
===Qualifying===
  
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
 +
|-
 +
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Lap !! Gap
 +
|-
 +
! 1
 +
| 5
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Jason Muscat]]
 +
| [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 +
| 01:07.725
 +
| align="center"| &mdash;
 +
|-
 +
! 2
 +
| 14
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
 +
| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
 +
| 01:07.925
 +
| +0.200s
 +
|-
 +
! 3
 +
| 6
 +
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
 +
| [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 +
| 01:08.01
 +
| +0.276s
 +
|-
 +
! 4
 +
| 0
 +
| {{flagicon|EST}} [[Pavel Loknovski]]
 +
| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 +
| 01:08.207
 +
| +0.482s
 +
|-
 +
! 5
 +
| 2
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 +
| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 +
| 01:08.487
 +
| +0.762s
 +
|-
 +
! 6
 +
| 25
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Rowland]]
 +
| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
 +
| 01:08.499
 +
| +0.774s
 +
|-
 +
! 7
 +
| 15
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
 +
| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
 +
| 01:08.641
 +
| +0.916s
 +
|-
 +
! 8
 +
| 22
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Perkins]]
 +
| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
 +
| 01:08.803
 +
| +1.078s
 +
|-
 +
! 9
 +
| 24
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Carr-Smith]]
 +
| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
 +
| 01:08.837
 +
| +1.112s
 +
|-
 +
! 10
 +
| 19
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ojay Clark]]
 +
| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
 +
| 01:09.308
 +
| +1.583s
 +
|-
 +
! 11
 +
| 7
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Stanton]]
 +
| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
 +
| 01:09.498
 +
| +1.773s
 +
|-
 +
! 12
 +
| 10
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
 +
| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| 01:09.604
 +
| +1.879s
 +
|-
 +
! 13
 +
| 17
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Stanton]]
 +
| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
 +
| 01:09.684
 +
| +1.959s
 +
|-
 +
! 14
 +
| 3
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
| 01:10.242
 +
| +2.517s
 +
|-
 +
! 15
 +
| 18
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Allen]]
 +
| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
 +
| 01:10.296
 +
| +2.571s
 +
|-
 +
! 16
 +
| 4
 +
| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
| 01:10.488
 +
| +2.763s
 +
|-
 +
! 17
 +
| 11
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Gavin Thomas]]
 +
| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
 +
| 01:10.676
 +
| +2.951s
 +
|-
 +
! 18
 +
| 12
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
 +
| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
 +
| 01:10.690
 +
| +2.965s
 +
|-
 +
! 19
 +
| 9
 +
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
 +
| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| 01:10.897
 +
| +3.172s
 +
|-
 +
! 20
 +
| 21
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Williamson]]
 +
| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
 +
| 01:10.938
 +
| +3.213s
 +
|-
 +
! 21
 +
| 16
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Fuller]]
 +
| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
 +
| 01:11.301
 +
| +3.576s
 +
|-
 +
! 22
 +
| 8
 +
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Teemu Toikka]]
 +
| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
 +
| 01:11.304
 +
| +3.579s
 +
|-
 +
! 23
 +
| 23
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ric Scott]]
 +
| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
 +
| 01:11.480
 +
| +3.755s
 +
|-
 +
! 24
 +
| 20
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ben Warren]]
 +
| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
 +
| 01:11.713
 +
| +3.988s
 +
|}
  
 
===Race===
 
===Race===
  
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
 +
|-
 +
! width="35" class="unsortable"|Pos !! width="35"|No !! width="160"|Driver !! width="150"|Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Pitstops !! Fastlap !! Controller !! Points
 +
|-
 +
! 1
 +
| 5
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} '''[[Jason Muscat]]'''
 +
| '''[[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]'''
 +
| 69
 +
| 1:20:42.932
 +
| 1
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:08.013
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Keyboard.png|25px]]
 +
| '''15'''
 +
|-
 +
! 2
 +
| 6
 +
| {{flagicon|SWI}} '''[[David Jundt]]'''
 +
| '''[[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]'''
 +
| 69
 +
| +3.259s
 +
| 3
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:08.917
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''12'''
 +
|-
 +
! 3
 +
| 14
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Lee Morris]]'''
 +
| '''[[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]'''
 +
| 69
 +
| +4.677s
 +
| 2
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:08.028
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''10'''
 +
|-
 +
! 4
 +
| 25
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Nick Rowland]]'''
 +
| '''[[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]'''
 +
| 69
 +
| +28.127s
 +
| 6
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:09.063
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''8'''
 +
|-
 +
! 5
 +
| 2
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} '''[[Joe Consiglio]]'''
 +
| '''[[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]'''
 +
| 69
 +
| +28.182s
 +
| 5
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:08.735
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''6'''
 +
|-
 +
! 6
 +
| 0
 +
| {{flagicon|EST}} '''[[Pavel Loknovski]]'''
 +
| '''[[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]'''
 +
| 69
 +
| +1:00.294s
 +
| 4
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:09.442
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Joypad.png|25px]]
 +
| '''5'''
 +
|-
 +
! 7
 +
| 24
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Dave Carr-Smith]]'''
 +
| '''[[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]'''
 +
| 69
 +
| +1:05.480s
 +
| 9
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:09.504
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''4'''
 +
|-
 +
! 8
 +
| 19
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Ojay Clark]]'''
 +
| '''[[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]'''
 +
| 68
 +
| +1 Lap
 +
| 10
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:09.803
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| '''3'''
 +
|-
 +
! 9
 +
| 22
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Phil Perkins]]'''
 +
| '''[[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]'''
 +
| 68
 +
| +1 Lap
 +
| 8
 +
| 4
 +
| 01:09.096
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''2'''
 +
|-
 +
! 10
 +
| 17
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[David Stanton]]'''
 +
| '''[[ST|ST-BMW]]'''
 +
| 68
 +
| +1 Lap
 +
| 13
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:10.246
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| '''1'''
 +
|-
 +
! 11
 +
| 3
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
| 67
 +
| +2 Laps
 +
| 14
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:10.681
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! 12
 +
| 4
 +
| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
| 67
 +
| +2 Laps
 +
| 16
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:09.340
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! 13
 +
| 16
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Fuller]]
 +
| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
 +
| 66
 +
| +3 Laps
 +
| 21
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:10.797
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! 14
 +
| 21
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Williamson]]
 +
| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
 +
| 66
 +
| +3 Laps
 +
| 20
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:11.496
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! 15
 +
| 11
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Gavin Thomas]]
 +
| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
 +
| 66
 +
| +3 Laps
 +
| 17
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:10.160
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 23
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ric Scott]]
 +
| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
 +
| 55
 +
| DNF
 +
| 23
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:10.682
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 12
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
 +
| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
 +
| 46
 +
| DNF
 +
| 18
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:10.803
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 10
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
 +
| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| 34
 +
| DNF
 +
| 12
 +
| 1
 +
| 01:09.928
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 8
 +
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Teemu Toikka]]
 +
| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
 +
| 25
 +
| DNF
 +
| 22
 +
| 4
 +
| 01:10.987
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 15
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
 +
| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
 +
| 18
 +
| DNF
 +
| 7
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:09.446
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 18
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Allen]]
 +
| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
 +
| 11
 +
| DNF
 +
| 15
 +
| 0
 +
| 01:10.334
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 9
 +
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
 +
| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| 11
 +
| DNF
 +
| 19
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:10.752
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 20
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ben Warren]]
 +
| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
 +
| 7
 +
| DNF
 +
| 24
 +
| 0
 +
| 01:12.207
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 7
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Stanton]]
 +
| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
 +
| 3
 +
| DNF
 +
| 11
 +
| 0
 +
| 01:09.775
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|}
  
 
==Standings after the Race==
 
==Standings after the Race==
  
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{{col-start}}
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{{col-2}}
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;Drivers' Championship standings
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
 +
|-
 +
! Pos
 +
! Driver
 +
! Points
 +
|-
 +
! 1
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
 +
| align="right"| 161
 +
|-
 +
! 2
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 +
| align="right"| 125
 +
|-
 +
! 3
 +
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
 +
| align="right"| 98
 +
|-
 +
! 4
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Jason Muscat]]
 +
| align="right"| 95
 +
|-
 +
! 5
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Carr-Smith]]
 +
| align="right"| 58
 +
|-
 +
! 6
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ojay Clark]]
 +
| align="right"| 50
 +
|-
 +
! 7
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
 +
| align="right"| 39
 +
|-
 +
! 8
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Rowland]]
 +
| align="right"| 35
 +
|-
 +
! 9
 +
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bart De Vos]]
 +
| align="right"| 34
 +
|-
 +
! 10
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
 +
| align="right"| 33
 +
|-
 +
! 11
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Adam Rouse]]
 +
| align="right"| 22
 +
|-
 +
! 12
 +
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
 +
| align="right"| 20
 +
|-
 +
! 13
 +
| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
 +
| align="right"| 18
 +
|-
 +
! =
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
 +
| align="right"| 18
 +
|-
 +
! 15
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Stanton]]
 +
| align="right"| 16
 +
|-
 +
! =
 +
| {{flagicon|EST}} [[Pavel Loknovski]]
 +
| align="right"| 16
 +
|-
 +
! 17
 +
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
 +
| align="right"| 6
 +
|-
 +
! 18
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
 +
| align="right"| 4
 +
|-
 +
! 19
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Perkins]]
 +
| align="right"| 4
 +
|-
 +
! 20
 +
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Petter Kaasa]]
 +
| align="right"| 3
 +
|-
 +
! 21
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Stanton]]
 +
| align="right"| 1
 +
|-
 +
! =
 +
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Abdel Damghi]]
 +
| align="right"| 1
 +
|-
 +
! =
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Fuller]]
 +
| align="right"| 1
 +
|}
 +
{{col-2}}
 +
;Constructors' Championship standings
 +
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
 +
|-
 +
! Pos
 +
! Constructor
 +
! Points
 +
|-
 +
! 1
 +
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 +
| align="right"| 193
 +
|-
 +
! 2
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Draig Racing|Draig-Ferrari]]
 +
| align="right"| 179
 +
|-
 +
! 3
 +
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nordsjoen Racing|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 +
| align="right"| 147
 +
|-
 +
! 4
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Midnight Motorsport|Midnight-Renault]]
 +
| align="right"| 96
 +
|-
 +
! 5
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
 +
| align="right"| 60
 +
|-
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25px   2011 Mexican Grand Prix
Race details
Race {{{Race_No}}} of the 2011 Superleague season
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Date July 28th, 2011
Official name 2011 Mexican Grand Prix
Location Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Mexico City, Mexico
Course Permanent racing facility
2.747 mi / 4.421 km
Distance 69 laps, 189.548 mi / 305.049 km
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault
Time 1:07.725
Fastest Lap
Driver Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault
Time 1:08.013
Podium
First Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault
Second Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault
Third England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari


The 2011 Mexican Grand Prix for the Superleague - the thirteenth race of the season - took place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit in Mexico on the 28th of July.

Report

Red Archer drivers Jason Muscat and David Jundt put the Constructors' Championships in an iron fist with a commanding performance at the Mexican Grand Prix, scoring the first 1-2 for any team in the 2011 season and demonstrating a crushing superiority brought by the Greek team's package and Renault engine. The race also represented a turning point in the Championship as Lee Morris managed to recover some of his lead on rival Joe Consiglio, who could only muster 5th.

Qualifying

The Red Archer duo seemed able to set the pace at will during qualifying, and even a heroic performance by Morris in his underpowered Draig - suffering on the Mexican track's massive straights - couldn't prevent Muscat to claim a fine pole position in a time of 1:07.725. Morris was just ahead of the sister Red Archer of Jundt, less than a tenth of second separating the rivals. But the big surprise was Joe Consiglio's blunder, which relegated him at the back of the grid. The Maltese ace came back to the pits during Q1, breaking the rules and incurring in a penalty. With his work cut out, it was all about damage limitation for the Nordsjoen driver. The Italian team's blushes were spared by Pavel Loknovski, who qualified 4th.

Race

As the lights went from red to green, Lee Morris could not answer the Red Archer's blistering pace; as Muscat and Jundt sped away, the English driver found himself fighting with an excellent Nick Rowland and Loknovski before his three-stop strategy paid dividends. Having secured third, the Draig Racing driver couldn't close enough the gap to Jundt to try and clinch any better position. Behind him, Consiglio could only pass his team-mate, but Rowland proved too hard an hurdle for the Maltese champion, despite a last-ditch attempt at Peraltada and a race to the line.

Ojay Clark and Dave Carr-Smith scored some decent points for Williamson and Midnight, while Phil Perkins had a scare when, serving a drive-through penalty on the last lap, he saw one lap docked from his race tally. The position was later reinstated, giving the TDR driver a well-deserved 9th place (but last-lap penalty serving was subsequently banned); David Stanton finished 10th and brought one extremely precious point to ST Racing - lifting them equal to Nijo Racing at the bottom end of the Constructors' Championship.

Despite the 1-2 by Red Archer, the Drivers' Championship looks increasingly a battle between Lee Morris and Joe Consiglio, the leading duo separated by 36 points. In the Constructors' Championship, instead, the Greek team opened a 14-point gap over Draig, with Nordsjoen slipping behind and seemingly out of contention.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 01:07.725 —
2 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 01:07.925 +0.200s
3 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 01:08.01 +0.276s
4 0 Estonia Pavel Loknovski Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:08.207 +0.482s
5 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:08.487 +0.762s
6 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 01:08.499 +0.774s
7 15 Scotland Ryan Walker Draig-Ferrari 01:08.641 +0.916s
8 22 England Phil Perkins TDR-Toyota 01:08.803 +1.078s
9 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 01:08.837 +1.112s
10 19 England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 01:09.308 +1.583s
11 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 01:09.498 +1.773s
12 10 Scotland Sam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari 01:09.604 +1.879s
13 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 01:09.684 +1.959s
14 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 01:10.242 +2.517s
15 18 England Chris Allen Williamson-Mercedes 01:10.296 +2.571s
16 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 01:10.488 +2.763s
17 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 01:10.676 +2.951s
18 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 01:10.690 +2.965s
19 9 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 01:10.897 +3.172s
20 21 England Chris Williamson Nijo-Toyota 01:10.938 +3.213s
21 16 England Mark Fuller ST-BMW 01:11.301 +3.576s
22 8 Finland Teemu Toikka Constant-Renault 01:11.304 +3.579s
23 23 England Ric Scott TDR-Toyota 01:11.480 +3.755s
24 20 England Ben Warren Nijo-Toyota 01:11.713 +3.988s

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pitstops Fastlap Controller Points
1 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 69 1:20:42.932 1 3 01:08.013 Keyboard.png 15
2 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 69 +3.259s 3 2 01:08.917 Wheel ffb.png 12
3 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 69 +4.677s 2 3 01:08.028 Wheel ffb.png 10
4 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 69 +28.127s 6 2 01:09.063 Wheel ffb.png 8
5 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 69 +28.182s 5 2 01:08.735 Wheel ffb.png 6
6 0 Estonia Pavel Loknovski Nordsjoen-Mercedes 69 +1:00.294s 4 2 01:09.442 Joypad.png 5
7 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 69 +1:05.480s 9 2 01:09.504 Wheel ffb.png 4
8 19 England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 68 +1 Lap 10 2 01:09.803 Wheel generic-unknown.png 3
9 22 England Phil Perkins TDR-Toyota 68 +1 Lap 8 4 01:09.096 Wheel ffb.png 2
10 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 68 +1 Lap 13 2 01:10.246 Wheel generic-unknown.png 1
11 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 67 +2 Laps 14 2 01:10.681 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
12 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 67 +2 Laps 16 3 01:09.340 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
13 16 England Mark Fuller ST-BMW 66 +3 Laps 21 3 01:10.797 Wheel ffb.png 0
14 21 England Chris Williamson Nijo-Toyota 66 +3 Laps 20 2 01:11.496 Wheel ffb.png 0
15 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 66 +3 Laps 17 3 01:10.160 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 23 England Ric Scott TDR-Toyota 55 DNF 23 2 01:10.682 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 46 DNF 18 2 01:10.803 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 10 Scotland Sam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari 34 DNF 12 1 01:09.928 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 8 Finland Teemu Toikka Constant-Renault 25 DNF 22 4 01:10.987 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 15 Scotland Ryan Walker Draig-Ferrari 18 DNF 7 2 01:09.446 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 18 England Chris Allen Williamson-Mercedes 11 DNF 15 0 01:10.334 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 9 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 11 DNF 19 2 01:10.752 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 20 England Ben Warren Nijo-Toyota 7 DNF 24 0 01:12.207 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 3 DNF 11 0 01:09.775 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 England Lee Morris 161
2 Malta Joe Consiglio 125
3 Switzerland David Jundt 98
4 Malta Jason Muscat 95
5 England Dave Carr-Smith 58
6 England Ojay Clark 50
7 England Mark Wicks 39
8 England Nick Rowland 35
9 Belgium Bart De Vos 34
10 Scotland Sam Millar 33
11 England Adam Rouse 22
12 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein 20
13 Ireland Kieran Ryan 18
= Scotland Ryan Walker 18
15 England Mark Stanton 16
= Estonia Pavel Loknovski 16
17 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi 6
18 Wales Ben Morgan 4
19 England Phil Perkins 4
20 Norway Petter Kaasa 3
21 England David Stanton 1
= Netherlands Abdel Damghi 1
= England Mark Fuller 1

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Greece Red Archer-Renault 193
2 Wales Draig-Ferrari 179
3 Italy Nordsjoen-Mercedes 147
4 England Midnight-Renault 96
5 England TDR-Toyota 60
6 England Woods-Mercedes 57
7 Northern Ireland Synergetic-Ferrari 53
8 England Williamson-Mercedes 50
9 England Constant-Renault 16
10 Belgium Computrac-BMW 4
11 England ST-BMW 1
12 England Nijo-Toyota 1

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Preceded by:
2011 Turkish Grand Prix 		2011 Mexican Grand Prix
2011 		Succeeded by:
2011 Canadian Grand Prix
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