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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
 
{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
 
| Type = SL
 
| Type = SL
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| Race Flag      = File:Flag of Canada.png
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| Race Flag      = File:Flag of Brazil.png
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| Grand Prix    = Canadian
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| Grand Prix    = Brazilian
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| Date          = August 25th
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| Date          = September 1st
 
| Year          = 2011
 
| Year          = 2011
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| Image          = Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.png
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| Image          = Autódromo José Carlos Pace.png
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| Official name  = 2011 [[Canadian Grand Prix]]
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| Official name  = 2011 [[Brazilian Grand Prix]]
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| Location      = [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]]<br>Montreal, Canada
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| Location      = [[Autódromo José Carlos Pace]]<br>São Paulo, Brazil
 
| Course        = Permanent racing facility
 
| Course        = Permanent racing facility
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| Course_mi      = 2.709
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| Course_mi      = 2.676
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| Course_km      = 4.361
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| Course_km      = 4.309
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| Distance_laps  = 70
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| Distance_laps  = 71
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| Distance_mi    = 189.694
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| Distance_mi    = 189.996
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| Distance_km    = 305.270
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| Distance_km    = 305.939
 
| Weather        = Sunny
 
| Weather        = Sunny
 
| Pole_Driver    = {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 
| Pole_Driver    = {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 
| Pole_Team      = [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 
| Pole_Team      = [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| Pole_Time      = 1:13.117
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| Pole_Time      = 1:07.950
 
| Fast_Driver    = {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 
| Fast_Driver    = {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 
| Fast_Team      = [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 
| Fast_Team      = [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| Fast_Time      = 1:14.049
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| Fast_Time      = 1:08.499
 
| First_Driver  = {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 
| First_Driver  = {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 
| First_Team    = [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 
| First_Team    = [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| Second_Driver  = {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
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| Second_Driver  = {{flagicon|EST}} [[Pavel Loknovski]]
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| Second_Team    = [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
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| Second_Team    = [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| Third_Driver  = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Carr-Smith]]
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| Third_Driver  = {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
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| Third_Team    = [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
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| Third_Team    = [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 
}}
 
}}
  
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The '''2011 Brazilian Grand Prix''' for the [[Superleague]] - the fifteenth race of the season - took place at the Interlagos circuit in ?, Canada on the 1st of September.
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The '''2011 Brazilian Grand Prix''' for the [[Superleague]] - the fifteenth race of the season - took place at the [[Autódromo José Carlos Pace]] circuit in São Paulo, Brazil on the 1st of September.
  
 
==Report==
 
==Report==
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The Brazilian GP turned into a rout for pretty much everyone who wasn't driving a [[Nordsjoen]], as [[Joe Consiglio]] and [[Pavel Loknovski]] scored the team's first 1-2 of the season in dominant fashion - being the only two drivers to finish on the lead lap.
  
 
===Qualifying===
 
===Qualifying===
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Qualifying saw another top performance by Consiglio, who demonstrated to be the one-lap specialist this season and clocked at 1:07.950 time - a whopping 7 tenths of a second in front of [[David Jundt]] in the [[Red Archer]]. Loknovksi suffered another disappointing qualifying session but still managed to put his car on the second row, alongside [[Dave Carr-Smith]] of [[Midnight]]. The English team's moment of form was highlighted also by [[Nick Rowland]], who lined up in fifth place, right ahead of Championship leader [[Lee Morris]], who was left to rue the lack of development of his [[Draig Racing]] car once again.
  
 
===Race===
 
===Race===
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The start went remarkably well up front, with Consiglio getting a quick jump off the line, followed by Loknovski, Carr-Smith and a slow-starting Jundt. Way back, however, chaos ensured when [[Ojay Clark]] collided with [[Mark Wicks]], sending the Cornish driver into the barriers for his first turn-1 retirement since [[2009 Australian Grand Prix|Australia 2009]]. Clark managed to continue with severe damage to the front end of the car.
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It took remarkably little time for Consiglio to sail away in the distance, and the fight unfolding behind him surely helped the Maltese ace. With Loknovski paying guard, Carr-Smith, Jundt and Morris started a furious fight for P3 - Morris struggling in straight line speed but able to stick to his opponents' rear wings during the twisty mid-section. A contact at the start of lap 8 costed Carr-Smith a front wing and put both Jundt and Morris in the sand, relegating DCS to the lower ranks, while at the same time promoting team-mate Rowland to a position in the thick of the action.
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Rowland was destined not to finish his race, retiring on lap 37. Morris and Jundt caught up with Loknovski and the trio traded positions for several laps, but the Draig Racing driver ended up colliding with both his rivals before opting to limit the damage for this Brazilian expedition and see his car through in fourth - and having to suffer a lapping maneuvre by Consiglio himself.
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[[File:Consiglio Brazil 11 3.png|thumb|right|220px|[[Joe Consiglio]] wins in Brazil.]]
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Carr-Smith recovered from his early trouble to finish a creditable 5th, while [[Mark Stanton|Mark]] and [[David Stanton]] were 6th and 7th - their connection, unlike [[Jason Muscat|Jason Muscat's]], lasting the distance. Yet another retirement put Muscat 69 points adrift of Morris - with 75 still available, mathematics is the only factor keeping the Maltese youngster in the race.
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[[Phil Perkins]], at his first race for Draig, brought some points to the Welsh team with 8th, while Ojay Clark and [[Mark Fuller]] were the last finishers in the points.
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In the Drivers' standings, Joe Consiglio closed his gap to Morris down to 14 points with 5 races left; behind the leading duo, David Jundt still harbours faint hopes of the Crown having gained two points over Morris and being now 49 points shy of the English driver. In the Constructors' Championship, Nordsjoen's 1-2 put them within striking distance of Red Archer; while 23 points separate the two, Jason Muscat's ongoing connection problems mean the Greek team has an uphill struggle to manage their previously very healthy lead in the rankings.
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* See also: [[2011 Brazilian Grand Prix/RaceLog|Race twitter log]]
  
 
==Classification==
 
==Classification==
  
 
===Qualifying===
 
===Qualifying===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
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|-
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! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Lap !! Gap
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|-
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! 1
 +
| 2
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
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| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 +
| 01:07.950
 +
| align="center"| &mdash;
 +
|-
 +
! 2
 +
| 6
 +
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
 +
| [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 +
| 01:08.713
 +
| +0.762s
 +
|-
 +
! 3
 +
| 0
 +
| {{flagicon|EST}} [[Pavel Loknovski]]
 +
| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 +
| 01:08.767
 +
| +0.817s
 +
|-
 +
! 4
 +
| 24
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Carr-Smith]]
 +
| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
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| 01:08.796
 +
| +0.846s
 +
|-
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! 5
 +
| 25
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Rowland]]
 +
| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
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| 01:09.259
 +
| +1.309s
 +
|-
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! 6
 +
| 14
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
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| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| 01:09.347
 +
| +1.397s
 +
|-
 +
! 7
 +
| 7
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Stanton]]
 +
| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
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| 01:09.534
 +
| +1.583s
 +
|-
 +
! 8
 +
| 22
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Perkins]]
 +
| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| 01:10.010
 +
| +2.051s
 +
|-
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! 9
 +
| 12
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
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| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
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| 01:10.090
 +
| +2.139s
 +
|-
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! 10
 +
| 17
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Stanton]]
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| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
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| 01:10.165
 +
| +2.214s
 +
|-
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! 11
 +
| 15
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
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| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
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| 01:10.169
 +
| +2.219s
 +
|-
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! 12
 +
| 4
 +
| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
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| 01:10.178
 +
| +2.228s
 +
|-
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! 13
 +
| 19
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ojay Clark]]
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| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| 01:10.598
 +
| +2.648s
 +
|-
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! 14
 +
| 23
 +
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bart De Vos]]
 +
| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
 +
| 01:10.749
 +
| +2.799s
 +
|-
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! 15
 +
| 3
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
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| 01:10.759
 +
| +2.809s
 +
|-
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! 16
 +
| 11
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Gavin Thomas]]
 +
| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
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| 01:10.876
 +
| +2.926s
 +
|-
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! 17
 +
| 16
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Fuller]]
 +
| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
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| 01:10.965
 +
| +3.014s
 +
|-
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! 18
 +
| 10
 +
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan McConkey]]
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| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| 01:10.995
 +
| +3.045s
 +
|-
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! 19
 +
| 8
 +
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Teemu Toikka]]
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| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
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| 01:11.038
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| +3.087s
 +
|-
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! 20
 +
| 21
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Williamson]]
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| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
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| 01:12.211
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| +4.261s
 +
|-
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! 21
 +
| 10
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
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| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| 01:12.522
 +
| +4.572s
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|}
  
 
===Race===
 
===Race===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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|-
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! width="35" class="unsortable"|Pos !! width="35"|No !! width="160"|Driver !! width="150"|Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Pitstops !! Fastlap !! Controller !! Points
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|-
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! 1
 +
| 2
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} '''[[Joe Consiglio]]'''
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| '''[[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]'''
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| 71
 +
| 1:22:47.266
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| 1
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:08.499
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''15'''
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|-
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! 2
 +
| 0
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| {{flagicon|EST}} '''[[Pavel Loknovski]]'''
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| '''[[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]'''
 +
| 71
 +
| +61.446s
 +
| 3
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:09.251
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| align="center" |[[File:Joypad.png|25px]]
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| '''12'''
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|-
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! 3
 +
| 6
 +
| {{flagicon|SWI}} '''[[David Jundt]]'''
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| '''[[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]'''
 +
| 70
 +
| +1 Lap
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:09.074
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''10'''
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|-
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! 4
 +
| 14
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Lee Morris]]'''
 +
| '''[[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]'''
 +
| 70
 +
| +1 Lap
 +
| 6
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:09.055
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''8'''
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|-
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! 5
 +
| 24
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Dave Carr-Smith]]'''
 +
| '''[[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]'''
 +
| 70
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| +1 Lap
 +
| 4
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:08.865
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
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| '''6'''
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|-
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! 6
 +
| 7
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Mark Stanton]]'''
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| '''[[Constant|Constant-Renault]]'''
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| 69
 +
| +2 Laps
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| 7
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:09.912
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''5'''
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|-
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! 7
 +
| 17
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[David Stanton]]'''
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| '''[[ST|ST-BMW]]'''
 +
| 69
 +
| +2 Laps
 +
| 10
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:10.420
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''4'''
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|-
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! 8
 +
| 22
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Phil Perkins]]'''
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| '''[[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]'''
 +
| 69
 +
| +2 Laps
 +
| 8
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:10.429
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''3'''
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|-
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! 9
 +
| 19
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Ojay Clark]]'''
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| '''[[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]'''
 +
| 69
 +
| +2 Laps
 +
| 13
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:10.108
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| '''2'''
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|-
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! 10
 +
| 16
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Mark Fuller]]'''
 +
| '''[[ST|ST-BMW]]'''
 +
| 68
 +
| +3 Laps
 +
| 17
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:11.173
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| '''1'''
 +
|-
 +
! 11
 +
| 18
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Allen]]
 +
| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
 +
| 68
 +
| +3 Laps
 +
| 23
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:11.475
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
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! 12
 +
| 10
 +
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan McConkey]]
 +
| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| 67
 +
| +4 Laps
 +
| 18
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:10.640
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 25
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Rowland]]
 +
| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
 +
| 37
 +
| DNF
 +
| 5
 +
| 1
 +
| 01:09.631
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 4
 +
| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
| 37
 +
| DNF
 +
| 12
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:10.473
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 21
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Williamson]]
 +
| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
 +
| 33
 +
| DNF
 +
| 20
 +
| 1
 +
| 01:12.332
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 12
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
 +
| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
 +
| 33
 +
| DNF
 +
| 9
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:10.176
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 23
 +
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bart De Vos]]
 +
| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
 +
| 14
 +
| DNF
 +
| 14
 +
| 0
 +
| 01:10.338
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 11
 +
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Gavin Thomas]]
 +
| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
 +
| 8
 +
| DNF
 +
| 16
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:10.821
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 15
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
 +
| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
 +
| 7
 +
| DNF
 +
| 11
 +
| 0
 +
| 01:10.356
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel ffb.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 8
 +
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Teemu Toikka]]
 +
| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
 +
| 6
 +
| DNF
 +
| 19
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:12.770
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 5
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Jason Muscat]]
 +
| [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
 +
| 2
 +
| DNF
 +
| 22
 +
| 1
 +
| 01:35.103
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Keyboard.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 10
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
 +
| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| 2
 +
| DNF
 +
| 21
 +
| 1
 +
| 01:21.366
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
! Ret
 +
| 3
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
| 0
 +
| DNF
 +
| 15
 +
| 0
 +
| align="center" | -
 +
| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|}
  
 
==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
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|-
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! 1
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
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| align="right"| 169
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|-
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! 2
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
 +
| align="right"| 155
 +
|-
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! 3
 +
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
 +
| align="right"| 120
 +
|-
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! 4
 +
| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Jason Muscat]]
 +
| align="right"| 100
 +
|-
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! 5
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Carr-Smith]]
 +
| align="right"| 74
 +
|-
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! 6
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ojay Clark]]
 +
| align="right"| 52
 +
|-
 +
! 7
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
 +
| align="right"| 45
 +
|-
 +
! 8
 +
| {{flagicon|EST}} [[Pavel Loknovski]]
 +
| align="right"| 36
 +
|-
 +
! 9
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Rowland]]
 +
| align="right"| 35
 +
|-
 +
! 10
 +
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bart De Vos]]
 +
| align="right"| 34
 +
|-
 +
! 11
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
 +
| align="right"| 33
 +
|-
 +
! 12
 +
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
 +
| align="right"| 23
 +
|-
 +
! 13
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Adam Rouse]]
 +
| align="right"| 22
 +
|-
 +
! =
 +
| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
 +
| align="right"| 22
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Stanton]]
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| align="right"| 21
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! 16
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| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
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! 17
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Perkins]]
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| align="right"| 9
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| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
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| align="right"| 6
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Stanton]]
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| align="right"| 5
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
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| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Petter Kaasa]]
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| align="right"| 3
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Fuller]]
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| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Abdel Damghi]]
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Gavin Thomas]]
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| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
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| align="right"| 220
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| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nordsjoen Racing|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| align="right"| 197
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Draig Racing|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| align="right"| 189
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Midnight Motorsport|Midnight-Renault]]
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| align="right"| 112
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Woods Racing|Woods-Mercedes]]
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| align="right"| 67
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
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| align="right"| 63
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| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| align="right"| 56
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Williamson Dynamics|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| align="right"| 52
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Constant Racing|Constant-Renault]]
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25px   2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race details
Race {{{Race_No}}} of the 2011 Superleague season
Autódromo José Carlos Pace.png
Date September 1st, 2011
Official name 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
Location Autódromo José Carlos Pace
São Paulo, Brazil
Course Permanent racing facility
2.676 mi / 4.309 km
Distance 71 laps, 189.996 mi / 305.939 km
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Time 1:07.950
Fastest Lap
Driver Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Time 1:08.499
Podium
First Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Second Estonia Pavel Loknovski Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Third Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault


The 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix for the Superleague - the fifteenth race of the season - took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace circuit in São Paulo, Brazil on the 1st of September.

Report

The Brazilian GP turned into a rout for pretty much everyone who wasn't driving a Nordsjoen, as Joe Consiglio and Pavel Loknovski scored the team's first 1-2 of the season in dominant fashion - being the only two drivers to finish on the lead lap.

Qualifying

Qualifying saw another top performance by Consiglio, who demonstrated to be the one-lap specialist this season and clocked at 1:07.950 time - a whopping 7 tenths of a second in front of David Jundt in the Red Archer. Loknovksi suffered another disappointing qualifying session but still managed to put his car on the second row, alongside Dave Carr-Smith of Midnight. The English team's moment of form was highlighted also by Nick Rowland, who lined up in fifth place, right ahead of Championship leader Lee Morris, who was left to rue the lack of development of his Draig Racing car once again.

Race

The start went remarkably well up front, with Consiglio getting a quick jump off the line, followed by Loknovski, Carr-Smith and a slow-starting Jundt. Way back, however, chaos ensured when Ojay Clark collided with Mark Wicks, sending the Cornish driver into the barriers for his first turn-1 retirement since Australia 2009. Clark managed to continue with severe damage to the front end of the car.

It took remarkably little time for Consiglio to sail away in the distance, and the fight unfolding behind him surely helped the Maltese ace. With Loknovski paying guard, Carr-Smith, Jundt and Morris started a furious fight for P3 - Morris struggling in straight line speed but able to stick to his opponents' rear wings during the twisty mid-section. A contact at the start of lap 8 costed Carr-Smith a front wing and put both Jundt and Morris in the sand, relegating DCS to the lower ranks, while at the same time promoting team-mate Rowland to a position in the thick of the action.

Rowland was destined not to finish his race, retiring on lap 37. Morris and Jundt caught up with Loknovski and the trio traded positions for several laps, but the Draig Racing driver ended up colliding with both his rivals before opting to limit the damage for this Brazilian expedition and see his car through in fourth - and having to suffer a lapping maneuvre by Consiglio himself.

Joe Consiglio wins in Brazil.

Carr-Smith recovered from his early trouble to finish a creditable 5th, while Mark and David Stanton were 6th and 7th - their connection, unlike Jason Muscat's, lasting the distance. Yet another retirement put Muscat 69 points adrift of Morris - with 75 still available, mathematics is the only factor keeping the Maltese youngster in the race.

Phil Perkins, at his first race for Draig, brought some points to the Welsh team with 8th, while Ojay Clark and Mark Fuller were the last finishers in the points.

In the Drivers' standings, Joe Consiglio closed his gap to Morris down to 14 points with 5 races left; behind the leading duo, David Jundt still harbours faint hopes of the Crown having gained two points over Morris and being now 49 points shy of the English driver. In the Constructors' Championship, Nordsjoen's 1-2 put them within striking distance of Red Archer; while 23 points separate the two, Jason Muscat's ongoing connection problems mean the Greek team has an uphill struggle to manage their previously very healthy lead in the rankings.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:07.950 —
2 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 01:08.713 +0.762s
3 0 Estonia Pavel Loknovski Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:08.767 +0.817s
4 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 01:08.796 +0.846s
5 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 01:09.259 +1.309s
6 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 01:09.347 +1.397s
7 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 01:09.534 +1.583s
8 22 England Phil Perkins Draig-Ferrari 01:10.010 +2.051s
9 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 01:10.090 +2.139s
10 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 01:10.165 +2.214s
11 15 Scotland Ryan Walker TDR-Toyota 01:10.169 +2.219s
12 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 01:10.178 +2.228s
13 19 England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 01:10.598 +2.648s
14 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 01:10.749 +2.799s
15 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 01:10.759 +2.809s
16 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 01:10.876 +2.926s
17 16 England Mark Fuller ST-BMW 01:10.965 +3.014s
18 10 United States Ryan McConkey Synergetic-Ferrari 01:10.995 +3.045s
19 8 Finland Teemu Toikka Constant-Renault 01:11.038 +3.087s
20 21 England Chris Williamson Nijo-Toyota 01:12.211 +4.261s
21 10 Scotland Sam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari 01:12.522 +4.572s

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pitstops Fastlap Controller Points
1 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 71 1:22:47.266 1 2 01:08.499 Wheel ffb.png 15
2 0 Estonia Pavel Loknovski Nordsjoen-Mercedes 71 +61.446s 3 2 01:09.251 Joypad.png 12
3 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 70 +1 Lap 2 2 01:09.074 Wheel ffb.png 10
4 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 70 +1 Lap 6 2 01:09.055 Wheel ffb.png 8
5 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 70 +1 Lap 4 3 01:08.865 Wheel ffb.png 6
6 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 69 +2 Laps 7 3 01:09.912 Wheel generic-unknown.png 5
7 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 69 +2 Laps 10 3 01:10.420 Wheel generic-unknown.png 4
8 22 England Phil Perkins Draig-Ferrari 69 +2 Laps 8 2 01:10.429 Wheel ffb.png 3
9 19 England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 69 +2 Laps 13 3 01:10.108 Wheel generic-unknown.png 2
10 16 England Mark Fuller ST-BMW 68 +3 Laps 17 2 01:11.173 Wheel ffb.png 1
11 18 England Chris Allen Williamson-Mercedes 68 +3 Laps 23 3 01:11.475 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
12 10 United States Ryan McConkey Synergetic-Ferrari 67 +4 Laps 18 3 01:10.640 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 37 DNF 5 1 01:09.631 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 37 DNF 12 3 01:10.473 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 21 England Chris Williamson Nijo-Toyota 33 DNF 20 1 01:12.332 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 33 DNF 9 2 01:10.176 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 14 DNF 14 0 01:10.338 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 8 DNF 16 2 01:10.821 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 15 Scotland Ryan Walker TDR-Toyota 7 DNF 11 0 01:10.356 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 8 Finland Teemu Toikka Constant-Renault 6 DNF 19 2 01:12.770 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 2 DNF 22 1 01:35.103 Keyboard.png 0
Ret 10 Scotland Sam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari 2 DNF 21 1 01:21.366 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 0 DNF 15 0 - Wheel generic-unknown.png 0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 England Lee Morris 169
2 Malta Joe Consiglio 155
3 Switzerland David Jundt 120
4 Malta Jason Muscat 100
5 England Dave Carr-Smith 74
6 England Ojay Clark 52
7 England Mark Wicks 45
8 Estonia Pavel Loknovski 36
9 England Nick Rowland 35
10 Belgium Bart De Vos 34
11 Scotland Sam Millar 33
12 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein 23
13 England Adam Rouse 22
= Ireland Kieran Ryan 22
15 England Mark Stanton 21
16 Scotland Ryan Walker 18
17 England Phil Perkins 9
18 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi 6
19 England David Stanton 5
20 Wales Ben Morgan 4
21 Norway Petter Kaasa 3
22 England Mark Fuller 2
23 Netherlands Abdel Damghi 1
= Wales Gavin Thomas 1

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Greece Red Archer-Renault 220
2 Italy Nordsjoen-Mercedes 197
3 Wales Draig-Ferrari 189
4 England Midnight-Renault 112
5 England Woods-Mercedes 67
6 England TDR-Toyota 63
7 Northern Ireland Synergetic-Ferrari 56
8 England Williamson-Mercedes 52
9 England Constant-Renault 21
10 England ST-BMW 7
11 Belgium Computrac-BMW 5
12 England Nijo-Toyota 1

External Links

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2011 Canadian Grand Prix 		2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
2011 		Succeeded by:
2011 Italian Grand Prix
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