2011 Auto GP Series explained

The 2011 Auto GP Series was the second year of the Auto GP, and the thirteenth season of the former Euroseries 3000. The championship began on 14 May at Monza and finished on 4 September at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, after seven double-header rounds.

The series became part of the World Touring Car Championship meetings and received Eurosport coverage.^[1] The series also adopted the Formula One points system for the first race of the weekend, with a consequent change in the lower points-awarding second race.^[2] The season champion and the top driver under 21 years of age Kevin Ceccon received a GP2 Series test.^[3]

Ombra Racing driver Kevin Ceccon claimed the championship title, taking just one victory on Hungaroring with four other podium placings. Luca Filippi who missed Oshersleben's round due to GP2 Series commitments finished season as runner-up with one win at Brno. Sergey Afanasyev missed Donington Park round because of problems with British visa scored three wins at Budapest, Oshersleben and Valencia, more than any other driver in this season. He finished season on the third position in the standings.

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver	Rounds
DAMS[4]	1	Sergey Afanasyev[5]	1–3, 5–7
	2	Rio Haryanto	1–4, 6–7
		Kevin Korjus[6]	5
	3	Adrien Tambay	1–3
TP Formula[7]	4	Samuele Buttarelli[8]	All
	17	nowrap	Pasquale Di Sabatino[9]	2–7
Ombra Racing	5	Kevin Ceccon[10]	All
	6	Francesco Dracone[11]	4–7
	11	nowrap	Pasquale Di Sabatino[12]	1
		Stefano Bizzarri[13]	2
	71	Michele la Rosa[14]	7
Emmebi Motorsport[15]	6	Francesco Dracone	1–3
Griffitz Durango[16]	7	Giovanni Venturini[17]	All
	8	Giuseppe Cipriani	All
Super Nova Racing	9	Adrian Zaugg[18]	1
Jon Lancaster[19]		3–4
Luca Filippi		7
	10	1–4, 6
Lazarus	15	Fabrizio Crestani[20]	All
	16	Fabio Onidi[21]	All
Campos Racing[22]	22	Bruno Méndez[23]	1–5
		Adam Carroll[24]	6–7
	23	Adrian Campos, Jr.[25]	1, 4–6
		Rodolfo González[26]	2
	33	Marco Barba[27]	1–3
		Adam Carroll[28]	4
		Adrien Tambay[29]	5–7
MP Motorsport	27	Daniël de Jong[30]	4–6

Calendar

A seven-round calendar was published on 22 November 2010.^[1] Six of the seven rounds will support World Touring Car Championship events, with the other event being held as a stand-alone event, with other series in support. On 8 March 2011, the round due to be held in Marrakech was dropped from the calendar, and will be replaced by the Hungaroring.^[31] On 23 June 2011, the round scheduled to be held in Bucharest was dropped from the calendar due to financial and track difficulties.^[32] It will be replaced by a headline event, with the Italian Formula Three Championship in support, held at Mugello.^[33]

Round		Circuit/Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Monza Circuit	14 May	nowrap	Giovanni Venturini	Luca Filippi	nowrap	Giovanni Venturini	nowrap	Griffitz Durango	FIA WTCC Race of Italy
	R2		15 May		Adrian Zaugg	Fabio Onidi	Lazarus
2	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	4 June	Luca Filippi	Luca Filippi	Kevin Ceccon	Ombra Racing	FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
	R2		5 June		Luca Filippi	Sergey Afanasyev	DAMS
3	R1	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	19 June	Rio Haryanto	Jon Lancaster	Luca Filippi	nowrap	Super Nova Racing	FIA WTCC Race of Czech Rep.
	R2				Kevin Ceccon	Samuele Buttarelli	TP Formula
4	R1	Donington Park	16 July	Adam Carroll	Jon Lancaster	Jon Lancaster	Super Nova Racing	FIA WTCC Race of UK
	R2		17 July		Kevin Ceccon	Samuele Buttarelli	TP Formula
5	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	30 July	Fabrizio Crestani	nowrap	Sergey Afanasyev	Sergey Afanasyev	DAMS	FIA WTCC Race of Germany
	R2	31 July		Kevin Ceccon	Giovanni Venturini	Griffitz Durango
6	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	nowrap	3 September	Sergey Afanasyev	Luca Filippi	Sergey Afanasyev	DAMS	FIA WTCC Race of Spain
	R2		nowrap	4 September		Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto	DAMS
7	R1	Mugello Circuit	1 October	Adrien Tambay	Adam Carroll	Adrien Tambay	Campos Racing	Stand-alone event
	R2		2 October		Rio Haryanto	Adam Carroll	Campos Racing

Championship standings

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Race
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Race One	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Race Two	18	13	10	8	6	4	2	1

In addition:

• One point will be awarded for Pole position for Race One
• One point will be awarded for fastest lap in each race

Drivers' Championship

valign=middle Pos valign=middle Driver MON HUN BRN DON OSC VAL MUG valign=middle Points 1 Kevin Ceccon 5 3 1 10 3 7 4 6 3 6 3 8 4 7 130 2 Luca Filippi 2 6 11 2 1 3 2 5 12 7 2 4 127 3 Sergey Afanasyev 4 10 5 1 8 9 1 2 1 14 6 13 117 4 Adrien Tambay Ret 2 2 4 Ret 8 2 3 6 4 1 6 114 5 Fabio Onidi 8 1 4 6 Ret 5 13† DNS 4 10 2 6 3 5 99 6 Fabrizio Crestani Ret 9 7 14 2 4 3 3 Ret 9 4 5 7 3 92 7 Rio Haryanto Ret 11 10 5 6 2 11 11 5 1 5 2 82 8 Samuele Buttarelli 3 8 13 16† 7 1 8 1 Ret 8 7 3 10 8 81 9 Giovanni Venturini 1 5 3 7 Ret 11 9 7 8 1 10 9 11 9 76 10 Adam Carroll 5 2 8 2 8 1 64 11 Jon Lancaster 4 6 1 4 51 12 Pasquale Di Sabatino 7 12 8 8 5 13† 10 Ret 7 4 11 10 9 10 38 13 Bruno Méndez 9 15 9 3 Ret DNS 7 Ret 9 DSQ 22 14 Daniël de Jong 6 8 6 7 13 11 19 15 Marco Barba 6 4 Ret 9 Ret 10 16 16 Adrián Campos Jr. DNS DNS DNS 9 5 11 9 15† 12 17 Rodolfo González 6 15 8 18 Kevin Korjus 10† 5 7 19 Adrian Zaugg 11 7 3 20 Giuseppe Cipriani Ret 14 15 13 9 12 12 Ret Ret 13† 15 12 13† Ret 2 21 Francesco Dracone 10 13 12 12 Ret 14† Ret 10 Ret 12† 14 13 14† 11 1 22 Stefano Bizzarri 14 11 0 23 Michele la Rosa 12 12 0 valign=middle Pos valign=middle Driver MON HUN BRN DON OSC VAL MUG valign=middle Points

Bold – Pole for Race One Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

valign=middle Pos valign=middle Team MON HUN BRN DON OSC VAL MUG valign=middle Points 1 DAMS 4 2 2 1 6 2 11 11 1 2 1 1 5 2 238 Ret 10 5 4 8 8 10† 5 5 14 6 13 2 Campos Racing 6 4 6 3 Ret 10 5 2 2 3 6 2 1 1 190 9 15 9 9 Ret DNS 7 9 5 11 8 4 8 6 3 Lazarus 8 1 4 6 2 4 3 3 4 9 2 5 3 3 190 Ret 9 7 14 Ret 5 13† DNS Ret 10 4 6 7 5 4 Super Nova Racing 2 6 11 2 1 3 1 4 12 7 2 4 181 11 7 4 6 2 5 5 Ombra Racing 5 3 1 10 3 7 4 6 3 6 3 8 4 7 136 7 12 14 11 Ret 10 Ret 12† 14 13 12 11 6 TP Formula 3 8 8 8 5 1 8 1 7 4 7 3 9 8 113 13 16 7 13† 10 Ret Ret 8 11 10 10 10 7 Griffitz Durango 1 5 3 7 9 11 9 7 8 1 10 9 11 9 78 Ret 14 15 13 Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 13† 15 12 13† Ret 8 MP Motorsport 6 8 6 7 13 11 19 9 Emmebi Motorsport 10 13 12 12 Ret 14† 1 valign=middle Pos valign=middle Team MON HUN BRN DON OSC VAL MUG valign=middle Points

Bold – Pole for Race One Italics – Fastest Lap

Under 21 Trophy

valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Pilot	valign=middle	Points
1	Kevin Ceccon	222
2	Adrien Tambay	159
3	Samuele Buttarelli	148
4	Giovanni Venturini	147
5	Rio Haryanto	143
6	Bruno Méndez	71
7	Daniël de Jong	59
8	Kevin Korjus	18
9	Stefano Bizzarri	10

External links

• Official Auto GP site

Notes and References

1. News: Auto GP joins WTCC and Eurosport in 2011 . 22 November 2010 . . autogp.org . 22 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130150556/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0255 . 30 November 2010 .
2. News: Auto GP to use F1 points system in 2011. 25 November 2010. Auto GP. autogp.org. 25 November 2010.
3. News: Series champion and best U21 to get GP2 test . 25 February 2011 . autogp.org . . 25 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725024439/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0284 . 25 July 2011 .
4. News: DAMS to defend Auto GP title in 2011 . 10 November 2010 . . autogp.org . 22 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071235/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0253 . 16 July 2011 .
5. News: Afanasiev, Tambay et Haryanto with Dams. 14 April 2011. Oceanet. DAMS. 14 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309110542/http://www.dams.fr/detail-actu2.php?lang=en&id=268. 9 March 2012. dead.
6. News: Kevin Korjus joins DAMS in Oschersleben . 25 July 2011 . . autogp.org . 25 July 2011 .
7. News: TP Formula to be on 2011 Auto GP grid . 3 December 2010 . . autogp.org . 3 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716072937/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0262 . 16 July 2011 .
8. News: Esclusivo: Buttarelli con TP Formula e Di Sabatino con Ombra!. Italian. stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go. 10 May 2011. 10 May 2011.
9. News: Bizzarri a Budapest con il team Ombra; Di Sabatino si accasa da TP Formula . ItaliaRacing.net . Inpagina . 1 June 2011 . 6 June 2011 . Italian . Bizzarri in Budapest with the Shadow team; Di Sabatino accaso by TP Formula . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312232120/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=31743&cat=33 . 12 March 2012 .
10. News: Ceccon and Ombra Racing together in Auto GP. AutoGP.org. Auto GP. 5 March 2011. 5 March 2011.
11. News: Crestani tops the sheets. AutoGP.org. Auto GP. 15 July 2011. 15 July 2011.
12. News: Pasquale Di Sabatino joins Ombra Racing . AutoGP.org . . 10 May 2011 . 10 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009145708/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0320 . 9 October 2011 .
13. News: Bizzarri joins Ombra Racing in Budapest. AutoGP.org. Auto GP. 1 June 2011. 1 June 2011.
14. News: Buttarelli leads. AutoGP.org. Auto GP. 1 October 2011. 1 October 2011.
15. News: Dracone from IndyCar to Auto GP with Emmebi . AutoGP.org . . 22 April 2011 . 22 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009145641/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0318 . 9 October 2011 .
16. 26 April 2011. Italiaracing. Inpagina. Piatto Ricco mi ci Ficco. 35. 8 May 2011. Italian.
17. News: Venturini and Cipriani join Durango . AutoGP.org . . 9 February 2011 . 9 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725024314/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0276 . 25 July 2011 .
18. Web site: Entry List. AutoGP.org. Auto GP. 12 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110622091431/http://www.autogp.org/en/entry_list.php. 22 June 2011. dead.
19. News: Jon Lancaster signs with SuperNova. AutoGP.org. Auto GP. 18 June 2011.
20. News: Crestani on the Auto GP grid with Lazarus . AutoGP.org . . 17 February 2011 . 17 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725024349/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0280 . 25 July 2011 .
21. News: Onidi completes Lazarus line-up . AutoGP.org . . 1 March 2011 . 1 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725024532/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0286 . 25 July 2011 .
22. News: Campos joins Auto GP field for 2011. Pablo. Elizalde. 29 November 2010. Haymarket Publications. autosport.com. 29 November 2010.
23. News: Mendez con Campos, Filippi con Super Nova. 12 May 2011. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 12 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120406000233/http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=31441&cat=33. 6 April 2012. dead.
24. News: Filippi leads the pack. 2 September 2011. Auto GP. autogp.org. 2 September 2011.
25. News: Campos Jr. joins Auto GP with Campos Racing . . autogp.org . 14 April 2011 . 14 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009145559/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0314 . 9 October 2011 .
26. News: González with Campos Racing in Budapest . https://archive.today/20120525151739/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0346 . dead . 25 May 2012 . AutoGP.org . . 2 June 2011 . 2 June 2011 .
27. News: Marco Barba joins Campos Racing . 2 March 2011 . . autogp.org . 2 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725024606/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0288 . 25 July 2011 .
28. News: Adam Carrol joins Campos Racing . https://archive.today/20120525151724/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0402 . dead . 25 May 2012 . 14 July 2011 . . autogp.org . 14 July 2011 .
29. News: Ceccon tops Practice 1 in Oschersleben . AutoGP.org . . 29 July 2011 . 29 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320234740/http://autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0438 . 20 March 2012 .
30. News: MP Motorsport and De Jong join Auto GP . AutoGP.org . . 23 February 2011 . 23 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725024401/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0282 . 25 July 2011 .
31. News: Marrakech round to be replaced. Auto GP. autogp.org. 8 March 2011. 8 March 2011.
32. News: Bucharest dropped from Auto GP calendar . . autogp.org . 23 June 2011 . 8 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628043126/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0390 . 28 June 2011 .
33. News: Auto GP to race at Mugello in October . https://archive.today/20120525151711/http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0400 . dead . 25 May 2012 . . autogp.org . 8 July 2011 . 8 July 2011 .