2011 Italian Grand Prix

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Race details
Race {{{Race_No}}} of the 2011 Superleague season
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Date September 15th, 2011
Official name 2011 Italian Grand Prix
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
3.600 mi / 5.793 km
Distance 53 laps, 190.800 mi / 307.029 km
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Time 1:20.055
Fastest Lap
Driver Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Time 1:20.613
Podium
First Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Second England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari
Third Estonia Pavel Loknovski Nordsjoen-Mercedes


The 2011 Italian Grand Prix for the Superleague - the sixteenth race of the season - took place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit in Monza, Italy on the 15th of September.

Report

An exciting Italian Grand Prix saw yet another victory for Joe Consiglio - but there were thrills and spills aplenty behind the Maltese ace as the GPVWC Superleague sets itself up for an incredibly tense season end.

Qualifying

With Ojay Clark joining Synergetic on the back of some good Supercup performances and some team buoyed by the prospect of making their power plants work to their advantage on the demanding Monza track, qualifying was an open business; while Joe Consiglio never looked in danger to relinquish the pole position, it took a last-ditch effort for team mate Pavel Loknovski to clinch the second position on the front row. Jason Muscat preceded an excellent Mark Stanton, in front of Championship leader Lee Morris and the Midnight pairing of Nick Rowland and Dave Carr-Smith. Abdel Damghi managed to put his Nijo in Q2 - a feat that evaded both Woods Racing, Ryan Walker and Phil Perkins.

Race

Consiglio leads Loknovski into turn 1 as chaos erupts further back.
The start saw drama unfold when David Jundt lost control of his Red Archer a mere metres after his starting position. The spinning Swiss was immediately collected by the faultless Bart de Vos, causing severe damage to the Belgian's car; but the impact sent the Red Archer back towards the centre of the track, where poor Gavin Thomas could only crash into it - his Computrac erupting in a ball of flames. The collision also involved Phil Perkins, who got a puncture, while Mark Wicks had to take evasive action and was hit by both Ryan Walker and William Ponissi - resulting in the Cornish driver's second first lap retirement in a row. Upfront, Consiglio was able to get away cleanly, but Jason Muscat confirmed his unlucky period as he was squeezed out of the track and into a slight collision with a barrier, picking up a puncture in the process.

Monza races are often high-attrition ones and this didn't disappoint either: Phil Perkins's engine exploded just two laps into the race, Mark Stanton, Ben Warren and Ben Morgan retired in spectacular crashes and several other drivers had to park their cars ahead of time. Consiglio, unfazed, administered his handsome advantage over his rivals as Loknovski and Morris fought behind - a battle destined to go on until the very end of the race and that the English driver would claim.

Dave Carr-Smith finished fourth, ahead of Kieran Ryan - not before the Irishman got involved in another situation, colliding with Loknovski as the Nordsjoen driver was closing in on Morris. Nick Rowland closed 6th, Ryan Walker finished 7th and David Jundt claimed 8th in a pretty miserable day for Red Archer. David Stanton and William Ponissi were the last two point-scorers.

The results in Monza allows Consiglio to close his gap from Morris to 11 points - with four races to spare. The Maltese ace now knows that winning all the remaining races would automatically mean the Championship - but the remaining tracks will provide a challenge as Morris, the Midnights and Red Archers will try and finish the season in glory. The Greek team's difficult day meant Nordsjoen is now only 1 point behind the leaders in the Constructors' Championship.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:20.055
2 0 Estonia Pavel Loknovski Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:20.550 +0.494s
3 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 01:20.609 +0.553s
4 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 01:20.771 +0.716s
5 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 01:21.192 +1.137s
6 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 01:21.298 +1.243s
7 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 01:21.467 +1.412s
8 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 01:21.568 +1.513s
9 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 01:21.784 +1.729s
10 9 England Ojay Clark Synergetic-Ferrari 01:21.887 +1.831s
11 10 Scotland Sam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari 01:22.374 +2.319s
12 21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 01:22.689 +2.634s
13 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 01:22.813 +2.758s
14 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 01:22.846 +2.791s
15 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 01:22.848 +2.793s
16 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 01:22.934 +2.879s
17 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 01:22.970 +2.914s
18 15 Scotland Ryan Walker TDR-Toyota 01:23.067 +3.012s
19 22 England Phil Perkins Draig-Ferrari 01:23.624 +3.569s
20 8 Italy William Ponissi Constant-Renault 01:23.866 +3.811s
21 20 England Ben Warren Nijo-Toyota 01:24.619 +4.564s

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pitstops Fastlap Controller Points
1 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 53 1:12:47.839 1 2 01:20.613 Wheel ffb.png 15
2 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 53 +27.618s 5 2 01:20.918 Wheel ffb.png 12
3 0 Estonia Pavel Loknovski Nordsjoen-Mercedes 53 +35.532s 2 2 01:20.829 Joypad.png 10
4 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 53 +56.745s 7 2 01:21.849 Wheel ffb.png 8
5 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 52 +1 Lap 16 2 01:22.635 Wheel generic-unknown.png 6
6 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 52 +1 Lap 6 3 01:22.056 Wheel ffb.png 5
7 15 Scotland Ryan Walker TDR-Toyota 52 +1 Lap 18 2 01:23.087 Wheel ffb.png 4
8 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 51 +2 Laps 8 2 01:23.230 Wheel ffb.png 3
9 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 51 +2 Laps 15 2 01:22.509 Wheel generic-unknown.png 2
Ret 8 Italy William Ponissi Constant-Renault 44 DNF 20 4 01:23.939 Wheel ffb.png 1
Ret 21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 42 DNF 12 2 01:23.137 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 9 England Ojay Clark Synergetic-Ferrari 37 DNF 10 3 01:22.136 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 10 Scotland Sam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari 32 DNF 11 2 01:22.070 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 28 DNF 13 3 01:22.390 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 23 DNF 3 2 01:21.246 Keyboard.png 0
Ret 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 8 DNF 9 1 01:24.402 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 20 England Ben Warren Nijo-Toyota 7 DNF 21 1 01:24.602 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 4 DNF 4 1 01:21.671 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 22 England Phil Perkins Draig-Ferrari 2 DNF 19 1 01:24.553 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 0 DNF 14 0 - Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 0 DNF 17 0 - Wheel ffb.png 0

William Ponissi completed 75% distance and therefore was eligible to score points.

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 England Lee Morris 181
2 Malta Joe Consiglio 170
3 Switzerland David Jundt 123
4 Malta Jason Muscat 100
5 England Dave Carr-Smith 82
6 England Ojay Clark 52
7 Estonia Pavel Loknovski 46
8 England Mark Wicks 45
9 England Nick Rowland 40
10 Belgium Bart De Vos 34
11 Scotland Sam Millar 33
12 Ireland Kieran Ryan 28
13 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein 23
14 Scotland Ryan Walker 22
= England Adam Rouse 22
16 England Mark Stanton 21
17 England Phil Perkins 9
18 England David Stanton 7
19 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi 6
20 Wales Ben Morgan 4
21 Norway Petter Kaasa 3
22 England Mark Fuller 2
23 Netherlands Abdel Damghi 1
= Wales Gavin Thomas 1
= Italy William Ponissi 1

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Greece Red Archer-Renault 223
2 Italy Nordsjoen-Mercedes 222
3 Wales Draig-Ferrari 201
4 England Midnight-Renault 125
5 England Woods-Mercedes 73
6 England TDR-Toyota 67
7 Northern Ireland Synergetic-Ferrari 56
8 England Williamson-Mercedes 52
9 England Constant-Renault 22
10 England ST-BMW 9
11 Belgium Computrac-BMW 5
12 England Nijo-Toyota 1

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Preceded by:
2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
2011 Italian Grand Prix
2011
Succeeded by:
2011 Spanish Grand Prix