2011 Singapore Grand Prix

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25px   2011 Singapore Grand Prix
Race details
Race {{{Race_No}}} of the 2011 Superleague season
Marina Bay Street Circuit.png
Date October 20th, 2011
Official name 2011 Singapore Grand Prix
Location Marina Bay Street Circuit
Singapore
Course Street Circuit
3.15 mi / 5.073 km
Distance 61 laps, 192.066 mi / 309.087 km
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Time
Fastest Lap
Driver Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Time 1:30.024
Podium
First Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Second Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault
Third England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari


The 2011 Singapore Grand Prix for the Superleague - the final race of the season - took place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore on the 20th of October.

Report

As the curtain came down on a spectacular 2011 season, there was still one race to go, Singapore. The Singapore night race is by far one of the most difficult ones in the calendar, but nonetheless Joe Consiglio basked under the reflective gaze of the Marina Bay lights as he dominated the event to take his tenth victory of the season.

Qualifying

Qualifying quickly came and went with Nordsjoen driver Consiglio taking a commanding pole position by well over a second. A battle was brewing though behind as the Constructors title was very much still up for grabs. Jyri Lylykorpi stepped in to the second Nordsjoen up against the power of David Jundt and Gregg Lawson in the Red Archer.

Race

The start saw a rocket launch from Mark Wicks, with the Woods Racing driver jumping up to second place from eight on the grid. The Cornish driver evoked memories of a competitive 2010 season, but the flashback would last just a few corners. At turn five, Nick Rowland took third place from Wicks who would quickly get swallowed up by the following pack.

Nordsjoen constructors' title hopes looked very bleak after Lylykorpi put the car in the wall at turn three. The Finn never looked like recovering the lost ground and would eventually retire. Lee Morris and Nick Rowland then had a titanic scrap for second place with the pair dicing right up until pit entry.

Consiglio at this point was well on his way to victory with another dominant performance, and would go on to lap all but the podium. The battling Rowland and Morris were surprised when David Jundt revealed himself to be on a two stop strategy. The Swiss driver produced a silky smooth performance to keep his tyres intact for such a long stint that would see him finish the race second.

Lee Morris would take the third spot on the podium. The championship runner-up would make a very late pit stop and try to use a fresh set of tyres to his advantage to catch Jundt. The laps just ran out for Morris as Jundt’s result, coupled with Lawson finishing in 5th, delivered the constructors' title to Red Archer in what is just their second season in the GPVWC.

Dave Carr-Smith would take 6th following a sterling drive through the field after starting at the rear. Bart de Vos showed glimpses of what to expect from the Supercup champion next season in the early stages, joining in the battle for the podium before fading away as the race grew on. Ojay Clark would pick up his first points since joining Synergetic with 8th position and Ryan Walker, driving in his final race for TDR, rounded up the points in 10th.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:28.878
2 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 01:30.848 +1.969s
3 0 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:30.977 +2.098s
4 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 01:31.069 +2.191s
5 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 01:31.159 +2.281s
6 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 01:31.494 +2.616s
7 5 England Gregg Lawson Red Archer-Renault 01:31.497 +2.619s
8 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 01:31.509 +2.630s
9 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 01:32.393 +3.515s
10 9 England Ojay Clark Synergetic-Ferrari 01:32.670 +3.792s
11 15 England Phil Perkins Draig-Ferrari 01:32.698 +3.819s
12 21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 01:32.861 +3.983s
13 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 01:33.707 +4.828s
14 22 Scotland Ryan Walker TDR-Toyota 01:34.163 +5.285s
15 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 01:34.278 +5.400s
16 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 01:34.315 +5.437s
17 9 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 01:34.673 +5.795s
18 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 01:34.749 +5.871s
19 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 01:35.051 +6.173s
20 20 England Ben Warren Nijo-Toyota 01:35.889 +7.011s
21 16 England Mark Fuller ST-BMW 01:36.828 +7.950s
22 8 Italy William Ponissi Constant-Renault 01:37.380 +8.502s

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pitstops Fastlap Controller Points
1 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 61 1:33:42.666 1 3 01:30.024 Wheel ffb.png 15
2 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 61 +1:25.201 2 2 01:30.963 Wheel ffb.png 12
3 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 61 +1:27.205 4 3 01:30.947 Wheel ffb.png 10
4 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight-Renault 60 +1 Lap 6 4 01:30.284 Wheel ffb.png 8
5 5 England Gregg Lawson Red Archer-Renault 60 +1 Lap 7 3 01:31.720 Wheel generic-unknown.png 6
6 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 60 +1 Lap 8 4 01:31.049 Wheel ffb.png 5
7 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 59 +2 Laps 5 3 01:31.990 Wheel generic-unknown.png 4
8 9 England Ojay Clark Synergetic-Ferrari 59 +2 Laps 10 4 01:32.400 Wheel generic-unknown.png 3
9 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 59 +2 Laps 9 3 01:33.148 Wheel generic-unknown.png 2
10 22 Scotland Ryan Walker TDR-Toyota 58 +3 Laps 14 4 01:33.710 Wheel ffb.png 1
11 11 Wales Gavin Thomas Computrac-BMW 58 +3 Laps 16 3 01:34.119 Wheel ffb.png 0
12 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 58 +3 Laps 19 4 01:34.251 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
13 20 England Ben Warren Nijo-Toyota 57 +4 Laps 20 4 01:35.180 Wheel ffb.png 0
14 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 56 +5 Laps 15 4 01:34.887 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 9 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 41 DNF 17 5 01:34.818 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 15 England Phil Perkins Draig-Ferrari 36 DNF 11 4 01:33.531 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 31 DNF 13 4 01:33.861 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 8 Italy William Ponissi Constant-Renault 29 DNF 22 4 01:38.341 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 16 DNF 12 1 01:33.954 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 0 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi Nordsjoen-Mercedes 13 DNF 3 1 01:32.072 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 16 England Mark Fuller ST-BMW 7 DNF 21 1 01:37.044 Wheel ffb.png 0
Ret 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 5 DNF 18 2 01:36.348 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Malta Joe Consiglio 230
2 England Lee Morris 191
3 Switzerland David Jundt 171
4 England Dave Carr-Smith 103
5 Malta Jason Muscat 100
6 Estonia Pavel Loknovski 56
7 England Ojay Clark 55
8 England Nick Rowland 54
= England Mark Wicks 54
10 Belgium Bart De Vos 43
11 England Gregg Lawson 34
12 Scotland Sam Millar 33
13 England Mark Stanton 32
14 Ireland Kieran Ryan 28
= England Adam Rouse 28
= Germany Christoph Lichtenstein 28
17 Scotland Ryan Walker 26
18 England Phil Perkins 12
= England David Stanton 12
20 Wales Ben Morgan 8
21 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi 6
22 Finland Tommi Koivunen 4
23 Norway Petter Kaasa 3
= Netherlands Abdel Damghi 3
25 England Mark Fuller 2
26 Wales Gavin Thomas 1
= Italy William Ponissi 1
= England Matt Clipp 1
= England Ric Scott 1

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Greece Red Archer-Renault 305
2 Italy Nordsjoen-Mercedes 292
3 Wales Draig-Ferrari 215
4 England Midnight-Renault 166
5 England Woods-Mercedes 82
6 England TDR-Toyota 81
7 Northern Ireland Synergetic-Ferrari 64
8 England Williamson-Mercedes 52
9 England Constant-Renault 33
10 England ST-BMW 14
11 Wales Computrac-BMW 9
12 England Nijo-Toyota 7

External Links

Preceded by:
2011 Dutch Grand Prix
2011 Singapore Grand Prix
2011
Succeeded by:
2012 Australian Grand Prix