2011 Nürburgring GP3 Series round

   2011 German GP2 round

Round details
and Round 5 of 8 rounds in the 2011 GP3 Series
Location	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.148 km (3.199 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	23 July 2011
Laps	15
Pole position
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:49.366
Podium
First	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing
Second	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden
Third	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden
Time	1:50.985
Race 2
Date	24 July 2011
Laps	14 (15 scheduled)
Podium
First	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART
Second	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix
Third	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Time	2:07.892 (on lap 12)

The 2011 Nürburgring GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on July 23 and 24, 2011 at Nürburgring, Germany. It is the fifth round of the 2011 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2011 German Grand Prix.

Classification

Race 1

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	15	29:48.703	3	10
2	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	15	+2.404	8	8+1
3	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	15	+3.183	11	6
4	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	15	+3.611	9	5
5	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+4.948	6	4
6	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	15	+18.223	16	3
7	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	15	+19.692	5	2
8	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	15	+21.387	18	1
9	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	15	+23.635	13
10	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	15	+32.818	27
11	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	15	+37.554	24
12	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	15	+39.025	7
13	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+44.359	20
14	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+47.159	23
15	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+51.928	19
16	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	15	+59.456	21
17	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	15	+1:01.306	29
18	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	15	+1:05.865	30
19	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	15	+1:09.673	1	2
20	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+1:20.469	26
21	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	15	+1:22.044	10
22	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	15	+1:22.921	4
23	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	15	+1:29.296^5	17
24	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	15	+1:39.214	25
25	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	15	+3:22.519	12
26	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	Retired	14
27	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	14	Retired	15
28	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	14	+1 lap	2
29	15	Callum MacLeod	Carlin	14	+1 lap	28
Ret	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	11	Retired	22
Fastest lap: Lewis Williamson (MW Arden) 1:50.985

Notes

• ^5 – Nunes was penalised after the race with a 20-second addition to his race time for causing a collision.^[1]

Race 2

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Valtteri Bottas	Lotus ART	14	30:25.297	6	6
2	4	Alexander Sims	Status Grand Prix	14	+1.473	12	5
3	31	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+2.717	10	4+1
4	19	Tamás Pál Kiss	Tech 1 Racing	14	+21.550	1	3
5	23	Tom Dillmann	Addax Team	14	+24.379	22	2
6	3	James Calado	Lotus ART	14	+32.578	5	1
7	7	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+34.073	15
8	14	Conor Daly	Carlin	14	+39.255	3
9	21	Nick Yelloly	ATECH CRS GP	14	+44.551	16
10	11	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+46.898	8
11	9	Vittorio Ghirelli	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+49.147	13
12	30	Michael Christensen	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+50.967	26
13	17	Aaro Vainio	Tech 1 Racing	14	+51.244	2
14	28	Lewis Williamson	MW Arden	14	+54.054	7
15	8	Maxim Zimin	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+56.964	20
16	27	Simon Trummer	MW Arden	14	+59.224	9
17	24	Gabriel Chaves	Addax Team	14	+1:00.668	27
18	6	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	14	+1:03.961	11
19	16	Leonardo Cordeiro	Carlin	14	+1:11.060	17
20	22	Zoël Amberg	ATECH CRS GP	14	+1:18.562	21
21	15	Callum MacLeod	Carlin	14	+1:18.647	29
22	26	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	+1:42.208	19
23	12	Matias Laine	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+2:04.432	14
24	18	Thomas Hylkema	Tech 1 Racing	13	Spun off	18
25	29	Luciano Bacheta	RSC Mücke Motorsport	13	- 1 Lap	25
Ret	1	Pedro Nunes	Lotus ART	11	Retired	23
Ret	5	António Félix da Costa	Status Grand Prix	7	Retired	28
Ret	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Marussia Manor Racing	5	Retired	4
Ret	25	Dean Smith	Addax Team	1	Collision	24
DNS	20	Marlon Stöckinger	ATECH CRS GP	0	Not started	30
Fastest lap: Nigel Melker (RSC Mücke Motorsport) 2:07.892 (lap 12)

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alexander Sims 34 2 Lewis Williamson 28 3 Mitch Evans 28 4 James Calado 27 5 Nigel Melker 27

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 MW Arden 56 2 Lotus ART 51 3 Status Grand Prix 41 4 Tech 1 Racing 39 5 RSC Mücke Motorsport 38

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2011 German Grand Prix
• 2011 Nürburgring GP2 Series round

References

1. "Post Race 1 penalty for Nunes". GP3 Series. 23 July 2011.

External links

• GP3 Series official website: Results

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