2011 Supercup British Grand Prix

  2011 Supercup British Grand Prix

Race details
2011 Supercup season
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Date	June 15th, 2011
Official name	2011 Supercup British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit Northamptonshire, UK
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.667 mi / 5.901 km
Distance	30 laps, 110.010 mi / 177.030 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Redshaw	Malta Force GP
Time	1:36.886
Fastest Lap
Driver	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP
Time	1:37.680
Podium
First	Lewis Redshaw	Malta Force GP
Second	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP
Third	Gregg Lawson	Woods Racing

The 2011 Supercup British Grand Prix was the 9th race of the season and was won by Lewis Redshaw.

Report

For Round 9 of the 2011 Supercup season, the teams moved on to the new-look Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, England. The hot topic of discussion was the surprise move of Lewis Redshaw from Nordsjoen Racing to rivals Malta Force GP. The newly formed partnership of Redshaw and Bart De Vos caused concern among many in the paddock and fully established them as the team to beat, while Nordsjoen were left in a tough position and without any representatives for the Silverstone race.

Qualifying proved to very much be a two horse race, effectively with only De Vos and Redshaw the only ones able to challenge for a front row grid spot here. The team-mates were pushing each other hard and gave it their all, but it was the young Englishman who claimed the pole with a blistering time of 1:36.886s, which was almost 4 tenths faster than De Vos's best effort. PB Racing driver Jason Muscat proved to be the best of the rest, albeit a full second away from the Malta Force drivers. Moving further down the order, Gregg Lawson claimed 4th on the grid, David Jundt was 5th and Liam Hatchell was 6th. Supercup returnee Mark Stanton showed great potential, but could only manage 10th on the grid.

Tension grew as technical issues meant the start was slightly delayed, although this did allow championship leader Pavel Loknovski to make the start after having missed the qualifying session. It also had some unexpected effects as Synergetic Motorsports driver Mal McKee was caught napping on the formation lap and collided with Welshman Gavin Thomas, forcing both drivers to start from the pit lane. As the lights went out it was De Vos who got the better start and slipped up the inside of Redshaw into Turn 1, although Redshaw managed to retake the lead with an impressive move at Stowe corner. Behind the Malta Force cars, Liam Hatchell once again got a great start and took 3rd position as Jason Muscat unfortunately suffered a disconnection moments into the race. Behind them a massive battle erupted for 5th between Tom Parker, David Jundt, Mark Stanton and Georgios Davakos.

As the race settled down, Redshaw initially pulled out a gap on De Vos, but the Belgian driver dug deep, closed the gap and ramped up the pressure on his team-mate. The pair dueled for several laps and even banged wheels a few times in an enthralling fight, but Redshaw managed to do enough to hold onto first place. The race also proved to be a tough one as several drivers retired in the opening part of the race, including Mark Stanton, Liam Hatchell and most significantly championship leader Pavel Loknovski. Hatchell's retirement promoted Lawson to a rather lonely third, with Parker and Jundt embarking on what would prove a race-long battle for 4th spot.

After a close battle in the first half of the race, it was the pit stops that proved to be the decisive factor in the leading battle as Redshaw's near perfect stop was followed up by a rather poor stop for De Vos who seemingly surprised his pit crew. Despite some strong laps from De Vos he never fully recovered from this time loss and so at the chequered flag it was Redshaw who took his second win of the season, finishing 1.4 seconds ahead of his team-mate. So the leading pair collected Malta Force's first 1-2 finish of the season and extended their lead over the other teams. Gregg Lawson claimed the final podium place for Woods Racing and David Jundt emerged from his battle with Tom Parker in 4th.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Lap	Gap
1	15	Lewis Redshaw	Malta Force GP	1:36.886	—
2	14	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP	1:37.284	+0.399s
3	25	Jason Muscat	PB Racing	1:38.193	+1.308s
4	16	Gregg Lawson	Woods Racing	1:38.485	+1.599s
5	4	David Jundt	Nijo Racing	1:38.788	+1.902s
6	23	Liam Hatchell	Synergetic Motorsports	1:39.043	+2.157s
7	28	Tom Parker	Kernow Sport	1:39.318	+2.433s
8	26	Georgios Davakos	Water Blue Racing	1:39.401	+2.515s
9	20	Christoph Lichtenstein	CP Lotus	1:39.588	+2.703s
10	7	Mark Stanton	Red 5 Racing	1:39.757	+2.871s
11	27	Ihab Abbas	Water Blue Racing	1:39.902	+3.016s
12	8	Gavin Thomas	Red 5 Racing	1:40.291	+3.405s
13	22	Mal McKee	Synergetic Motorsports	1:41.131	+4.245s
14	3	Chris Williamson	Nijo Racing	1:41.591	+4.705s
15	12	Nikos Evangelidakis	Mineral GP	1:42.615	+5.730s
16	21	Luke McKee	CP Lotus	1:45.022	+8.136s
17	24	Teemu Toikka	PB Racing	1:52.384	+15.498s

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pitstops	Fastlap	Controller	Points
1	15	Lewis Redshaw	Malta Force GP	30	49:49.954	1	1	01:37.933		15
2	14	Bart De Vos	Malta Force GP	30	+1.461s	2	1	01:37.680		12
3	16	Gregg Lawson	Woods Racing	30	+1:04.180s	4	1	01:39.928		10
4	4	David Jundt	Nijo Racing	30	+1:14.836s	5	1	01:39.573		8
5	28	Tom Parker	Kernow Sport	30	+1:21.637s	7	1	01:39.890		6
6	27	Ihab Abbas	Water Blue Racing	29	+1 Lap	11	1	01:40.473		5
7	8	Gavin Thomas	Red 5 Racing	29	+1 Lap	12	2	01:41.214		4
8	3	Chris Williamson	Nijo Racing	29	+1 Lap	14	1	01:41.628		3
9	20	Christoph Lichtenstein	CP Lotus	29	+1 Lap	9	1	01:40.953		2
10	22	Mal McKee	Synergetic Motorsports	29	+1 Lap	13	2	01:40.998		1
11	21	Luke McKee	CP Lotus	28	+2 Laps	16	1	01:42.257		0
12	24	Teemu Toikka	PB Racing	27	+3 Laps	17	2	01:42.987		0
Ret	26	Georgios Davakos	Water Blue Racing	10	DNF	8	0	01:40.609		0
Ret	23	Liam Hatchell	Synergetic Motorsports	9	DNF	6	0	01:40.083		0
Ret	19	Pavel Loknovski	Triple-Double Racing	9	DNF	18	0	01:40.903		0
Ret	7	Mark Stanton	Red 5 Racing	6	DNF	10	0	01:42.596		0
Ret	12	Nikos Evangelidakis	Mineral GP	5	DNF	15	1	01:44.972		0
Ret	25	Jason Muscat	PB Racing	0	DNF	3	0	-		0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Bart De Vos	69
2	Pavel Loknovski	59
3	Lewis Redshaw	57
4	David Jundt	53
=	Gregg Lawson	53
6	Jason Muscat	45
7	Georgios Davakos	40
8	Liam Hatchell	38
9	Chris Williamson	26
10	Christoph Lichtenstein	22
11	Sam Millar	21
12	Samuli Leinonen	20
13	Simon Cattell	18
14	Ihab Abbas	14
15	Gavin Thomas	13
16	Tom Parker	10
=	Mal McKee	10
=	Nikos Evangelidakis	10
19	Paul McKenna	5
20	Ben Morgan	4
21	Dan Rusu	3
22	Robert Rose	2
=	Luke McKee	2

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Malta Force GP	105
2	Nijo Racing	79
3	Nordsjoen Racing	77
4	Triple-Double Racing	59
5	Woods Racing	56
6	Synergetic Motorsports	48
7	PB Racing	42
8	Water Blue Racing	39
9	CP Lotus	29
10	Williamson Dynamics	21
11	Red 5 Racing	17
12	Mineral GP	12
13	Kernow Sport	10

Preceded by: 2011 Supercup Monaco Grand Prix

2011 Supercup British Grand Prix 2011

Succeeded by: 2011 Supercup Bahrain Grand Prix