2011 Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix

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Flag of Bahrain.png   2011 Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix
Race details
2011 Supercup season
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Date June 22nd, 2011
Official name 2011 Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix
Location Bahrain International Circuit
Sakhir, Bahrain
Course Permanent racing facility
3.370 mi / 5.412 km
Distance 31 laps, 104.470 mi / 167.772 km
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Belgium Bart De Vos Malta Force GP
Time 1:37.876
Fastest Lap
Driver Belgium Bart De Vos Malta Force GP
Time 1:38.728
Podium
First Belgium Bart De Vos Malta Force GP
Second Switzerland David Jundt Nijo Racing
Third England Tom Parker Kernow Sport


The 2011 Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix was the 10th race of the season and was won by Bart De Vos.

Report

Coming into the tenth round of the season, Malta Force GP had much to be pleased with after their dominance in the previous race and Bart De Vos having retaken the lead in the Drivers' Championship. However things were heating up between their driver pairing as they had fought hard at Silverstone, with Lewis Redshaw taking the win ahead of his Belgian team mate. It was immediately obvious that this battle was set to continue as they went into the qualifying session for the Bahrain Grand Prix and despite some blistering times from Lewis, it was Bart who drew first blood by taking pole by just over 4 tenths of a second. Best of the rest was Jason Muscat in the PB Racing, followed Supercup returnee Phil Perkins and championship contender Pavel Loknovski. The race also saw another driver return to the series, Ryan Walker for Nordsjoen Racing along with the Supercup debut of Alex Cooper for Red 5 Racing, who qualified 6th and 11th respectively.

The start of the race was action packed, as De Vos got the lead on the run up to Turn 1, but then ran too deep on the brakes and dropped to 3rd place behind Muscat and Redshaw. However Redshaw made a similar error at Turn 4 which allowed De Vos to regain second place, with the pair banging wheels later that lap. Behind them a 4-way battle formed between Loknovski, Walker, Jundt and Tom Parker, but it proved short lived as Loknovski and Walker tangled on Lap 2 and both slipped behind Perkins in 7th. Meanwhile at the back Teemu Toikka got into trouble with the stewards after a couple of late braking maneuvers went wrong, but the PB Racing driver would retire a few laps later. As the race settled down Muscat extended his lead over De Vos and Parker lost ground on Jundt after a tangle with Draig Racing's Phil Perkins.

By the halfway point of the race Bart De Vos had found some extra pace and was starting to put the Maltese driver under pressure as the pair got ready to make their pit stops. However a lapse of concentration saw Muscat make contact with the safety car in the pit lane, which saw him have to pit again and so he dropped down the order. De Vos had no such dramas and emerged from his stop with a comfortable lead over David Jundt, who had seen off the challenge from the damaged car of Lewis Redshaw shortly before Redshaw retired. After the pit stops Tom Parker emerged in 3rd place with Walker and Muscat battling hard behind him. A couple of minor contacts saw Walker lose a few places and he eventually finished 6th ahead of Alex Cooper, who himself had been involved in an incident with Pavel Loknovski that dropped the young Estonian out of the points. The closing laps saw Muscat pressure Parker for third place, but he was unable to get past, handing Kernow Sport their first Supercup podium. The day however belong to De Vos, who took the hattrick and finished 33s ahead of 2nd placed David Jundt.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Team Lap Gap
1 14 Belgium Bart De Vos Malta Force GP 1:37.876 —
2 15 England Lewis Redshaw Malta Force GP 1:38.286 +0.410s
3 25 Malta Jason Muscat PB Racing 1:38.477 +0.601s
4 2 England Phil Perkins Draig Racing 1:38.490 +0.614s
5 19 Estonia Pavel Loknovski Triple-Double Racing 1:38.669 +0.794s
6 10 Scotland Ryan Walker Nordsjoen Racing 1:39.073 +1.198s
7 4 Switzerland David Jundt Nijo Racing 1:39.162 +1.287s
8 16 England Gregg Lawson Woods Racing 1:39.257 +1.382s
9 20 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein CP Lotus 1:39.305 +1.430s
10 26 Greece Georgios Davakos Water Blue Racing 1:39.766 +1.890s
11 7 England Alex Cooper Red 5 Racing 1:39.945 +2.069s
12 27 Egypt Ihab Abbas Water Blue Racing 1:39.991 +2.116s
13 8 Wales Gavin Thomas Red 5 Racing 1:40.754 +2.879s
14 3 England Chris Williamson Nijo Racing 1:41.510 +3.635s
15 22 Northern Ireland Mal McKee Synergetic Motorsports 1:41.572 +3.697s
16 23 England Liam Hatchell Synergetic Motorsports 1:42.315 +4.439s
17 24 Finland Teemu Toikka PB Racing 1:43.138 +5.262s
18 29 Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra Kernow Sport 1:43.280 +5.404s
19 12 Greece Nikos Evangelidakis Mineral GP 1:46.053 +8.178s

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pitstops Fastlap Controller Points
1 14 Belgium Bart De Vos Malta Force GP 31 51:57.770 1 1 01:38.728 Wheel ffb.png 15
2 4 Switzerland David Jundt Nijo Racing 31 33.087 7 1 01:39.242 Wheel ffb.png 12
3 28 England Tom Parker Kernow Sport 31 40.997 20 1 01:39.541 Wheel ffb.png 10
4 25 Malta Jason Muscat PB Racing 31 47.460 3 2 01:39.013 Keyboard.png 8
5 16 England Gregg Lawson Woods Racing 31 53.044 8 1 01:39.400 Wheel generic-unknown.png 6
6 10 Scotland Ryan Walker Nordsjoen Racing 31 68.423 6 1 01:40.040 Wheel generic-unknown.png 5
7 27 Egypt Ihab Abbas Water Blue Racing 31 70.132 12 1 01:39.635 Wheel ffb.png 4
8 7 England Alex Cooper Red 5 Racing 31 78.661 11 1 01:40.520 Wheel ffb.png 3
9 20 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein CP Lotus 31 88.891 9 1 01:40.609 Wheel generic-unknown.png 2
10 26 Greece Georgios Davakos Water Blue Racing 31 89.349 10 1 01:40.471 Wheel ffb.png 1
11 2 England Phil Perkins Draig Racing 30 +1 Laps 4 2 01:39.124 Wheel ffb.png 0
12 8 Wales Gavin Thomas Red 5 Racing 30 +1 Laps 13 1 01:41.710 Wheel ffb.png 0
13 19 Estonia Pavel Loknovski Triple-Double Racing 30 +1 Laps 5 2 01:39.898 Joypad.png 0
14 23 England Liam Hatchell Synergetic Motorsports 30 +1 Laps 16 2 01:41.180 Wheel ffb.png 0
15 3 England Chris Williamson Nijo Racing 30 +1 Laps 14 2 01:41.599 Wheel ffb.png 0
16 22 Northern Ireland Mal McKee Synergetic Motorsports 29 +2 Laps 15 2 01:41.811 Wheel ffb.png 0
17 29 Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra Kernow Sport 29 +2 Laps 18 2 01:43.000 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 12 Greece Nikos Evangelidakis Mineral GP 19 DNF 19 1 01:46.109 Wheel nonffb.png 0
Ret 15 England Lewis Redshaw Malta Force GP 18 DNF 2 2 01:39.348 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 24 Finland Teemu Toikka PB Racing 4 DNF 17 2 01:49.622 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Belgium Bart De Vos 84
2 Switzerland David Jundt 65
3 Estonia Pavel Loknovski 59
= England Gregg Lawson 59
5 England Lewis Redshaw 57
6 Malta Jason Muscat 53
7 Greece Georgios Davakos 41
8 England Liam Hatchell 38
9 England Chris Williamson 26
10 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein 24
11 Scotland Sam Millar 21
12 Finland Samuli Leinonen 20
= England Tom Parker 20
14 England Simon Cattell 18
= Egypt Ihab Abbas 18
16 Wales Gavin Thomas 13
17 Northern Ireland Mal McKee 10
= Greece Nikos Evangelidakis 10
19 England Paul McKenna 5
= Scotland Ryan Walker 5
21 Wales Ben Morgan 4
22 Romania Dan Rusu 3
= England Alex Cooper 3
24 United States Robert Rose 2
= Northern Ireland Luke McKee 2

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Malta Malta Force GP 120
2 England Nijo Racing 91
3 Italy Nordsjoen Racing 82
4 England Woods Racing 62
5 England Triple-Double Racing 59
6 England PB Racing 50
7 Northern Ireland Synergetic Motorsports 48
8 Greece Water Blue Racing 44
9 Germany CP Lotus 31
10 England Williamson Dynamics 21
11 England Kernow Sport 20
= Wales Red 5 Racing 20
13 United States Mineral GP 12

Preceded by:
2011 Supercup British Grand Prix 		2011 Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix
2011 		Succeeded by:
2011 Supercup San Marino Grand Prix
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