2011 Valencia GP2 Series round

2011 Valencia GP2 round
Round details
	Round 4 of 9 rounds in the ; 2011 GP2 Series
	; Circuit de Valencia
Location	Valencia Street Circuit; Valencia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.34 km (3.32 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	25 June 2011
Laps	32
Pole position
Driver	Charles Pic
Time	1:46.675
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean
Second	Giedo van der Garde
Third	Davide Valsecchi
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean
Time	1:49.591 (on lap 20)
Sprint race
Date	26 June 2011
Laps	23
Podium
First	Esteban Gutiérrez
Second	Luiz Razia
Third	Giedo van der Garde
Fastest lap
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez
Time	1:49.916 (on lap 9)

The 2011 Valencia GP2 Series round was the fourth round of the 2011 GP2 Series season. It was held on June 24–26, 2011 at Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain, supporting the 2011 European Grand Prix.

Classification[edit]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.675	1
2	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.727	2
3	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	1:46.771	3
4	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	1:46.953	4
5	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	1:46.995	5
6	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	1:47.016	6
7	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:47.041	7
8	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	1:47.129	8
9	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	1:47.337	9
10	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:47.417	10
11	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	1:47.418	11
12	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:47.451	12
13	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	1:47.752	13
14	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	1:47.802	14
15	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	1:47.875	15
16	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	1:47.963	16
17	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	1:48.032	17
18	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	1:48.056	18
19	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	1:48.234	19
20	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	1:48.337	20
21	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:48.527	21
22	14	Josef Král	Arden International	1:48.601	22
23	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	1:48.631	23
24	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	1:48.716	24
25	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	1:48.768	25
26	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	1:48.972	26

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	30	58:19.400	3	10+1
2	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	30	+15.481	2	8
3	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	30	+20.901	8	6
4	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	30	+24.010	7	5
5	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	30	+24.323	6	4
6	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	30	+24.495	11	3
7	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	30	+48.097	5	2
8	14	Josef Král	Arden International	30	+51.064	22	1
9	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	30	+53.632	17
10	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	30	+57.032	18
11	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	30	+58.041	25
12	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	30	+58.567	26
13	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	30	+1:06.416	14
14	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	30	+1:12.085	20
15	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	30	+1:20.090	24
16	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	30	+1:25.296	21
17	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	30	+1:44.986	16
18	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	29	+1 lap	23
Ret	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	23	Retirement	12
Ret	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	15	Retirement	15
Ret	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	14	Accident	4
Ret	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	13	Retirement	1	2
Ret	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	0	Collision	10
Ret	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	0	Collision	19
Ret	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	0	Collision	9
Ret	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	0	Collision	13
Fastest lap: Romain Grosjean (DAMS) 1:49.591 (lap 20)

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	23	43:34.905	2	6+1
2	26	Luiz Razia	Caterham Team AirAsia	23	+12.995	3	5
3	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	23	+13.842	7	4
4	27	Davide Valsecchi	Caterham Team AirAsia	23	+26.633	6	3
5	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	23	+30.130	5	2
6	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	23	+30.374	10	1
7	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	23	+34.651	24¹
8	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+34.677	12
9	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	23	+36.728	11
10	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	23	+37.615	23¹
11	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	23	+40.932	21
12	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	23	+42.599	4
13	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	23	+44.840	19
14	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	23	+46.014	25¹
15	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	23	+46.777	26¹
16	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	23	+57.433	15
17	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+1:08.309	13
18	25	Álvaro Parente	Carlin	23	+1:11.936	22
19	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	21	Retirement	16
20	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	21	Retirement	17
Ret	14	Josef Král	Arden International	14	Retirement	1
Ret	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	14	Retirement	9
Ret	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	3	Retirement	18
Ret	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	0	Collision	8
Ret	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	0	Collision	14
Ret	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	0	Collision	20
Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus ART) 1:49.916 (lap 9)

Notes

^ – Bianchi, Leimer, Filippi and Varhaug were given a ten grid position penalty for causing avoidable collisions during Feature Race.^[1]

^ "Valencia Post Race Penalties". GP2 Series. 25 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.

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